Transferring music from one Sansa to another, getting dreaded synchronize message

MP3 players Sansa Clip | Clip+
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Hi, I’m new.

I’ve searched through loads of posts about the dreaded “synchronize to continue your music subscription” message, but none seem to answer my query.

 I’ve had a Sansa Clip+ for a year or so and it has worked perfectly. I’ve just bought another, identical apart from 4gb instead of 2gb. I  plugged them both into my computer, the USB mode, is MSC, and I dragged and copied all the files from the old clip to the new one. None of it will play on the new clip, I keep getting the error message. Help please!

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If I’m not mistaken, you have to use MTP mode and do it through Windows Media Player as that appears to be the only way to transfer the licenses as well.  

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 “synchronize to continue your music subscription” implies it is DRM-protected.  I might be wrong…