Creative Zen M 30gb not starti

The player will not start. I have tried reseting and this does not work either. When I plug into my pc, the blue light flashes, but the pc will not regonise it.

Hi,
If you require assistance you can contact Customer services here http://us.creative.com/support/custsup/
Additionally I would run through these Knowledge Base case http://dmzweb3.europe.creative.com/s...n_Tree=obj(943) as it does address your problem
Hope this helps,
John

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