1. A method for accessing a portable computing device by a host computer over a data link, said method comprising: (a) receiving an indication that the portable computing device has been attached to the host computer via the data link, the portable computing device having processing circuitry, a storage device and at least one of a display and a speaker, the storage device storing media content, and the portable media player being capable of itself outputting the media content stored in the storage device to at least one of the display and the speaker; (b) logically connecting the portable computing device to a file system of the host computer; (c) performing, following said attaching (a) and-said logically connecting (b), first processing at the host computer which accesses the portable computing device; and (d) logically disconnecting the portable computing device from the file system without detaching the portable computing device from the host computer via the data link, said logically disconnecting being performed after performance of the first processing.