Creative MP3 muvo wont w

Hello there,
I purchaced a 28 mb muvo (refurbished) a few months back. it was functioning perfectly until a few days ago when, after ejecting it from the back of my compuer, it stopped working. Now, anytime I try to open the "removable dri've" or put files on i get a message saying it isn't formatted and windows asks if i would like to format the muvo. It appears to format when i try the software that came with it, howvever, this still doesn't help. And Windows is unable to format it when prompted. Strangely, when i go to properties, it says the muvo has 0 out of 0 space, i.e. the pie-chart is all in blue. Before it was around 20 mb out of 22mb.
i've tried installinig updated drivers, but this still doesnt help. actually, i'm not sure that this is of any use as the mp3 player isnt fully being read. i assume that means the driver, if it was wipped off, can't be re-installed.
Thanks in advance

I'll do SSR's job for once :
If you are having trouble with your MuVo, putting it into Recovery Mode (see the FAQ topic at the top of this forum if you don't know what this means) and reloading with the latest Firmware (http://www.nomadworld.com) making sure when you are doing this process to check the "Format Data Area" option.Message Edited by insanedeano on 0-04-2005 :24 PM

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