Mystery solved! I had noticed that the two or three ringtones that would save were small files. I did a search on ringtone size limitations and found the following post:
http://www.everythingq.com/forum/mot...q9h-14558.html
As the instructions there say, using the registry, go to HKEY Current User> control panel > sounds. Look for the file called 'file size limit'. The instructions say to delete the DWORD, which is a 6 digit number, 3072000. My Q would not let me delete it. So I added a couple of zero's. Now things work like a charm! Problem for me now is that I might get addicted to making ringtones! I guess I'll need a bigger storage card!
jb0615