Creative Zen Micro freezes at startup with Creative logo on screen

Sorry for the long topic name, but it anoys me when people just say help, or pls help me! for topic names (Because I have no idea what they want). I tried the firmware update, and cleanup, but even though I only have about 527MB on it, (Just got it yesterday) it takes until the battery runs out to do any of the tasks in that mode, except reboot. Also, when I try plugging it into my comp, the comp acts as if nothing is plugged in. I check my computer, and it isnt even there! Please help, cause I just got it, and because I really dont want to return this thing. (The only thing stopping me from going ipod)

Did you try a disk cleanup? To access the Rescue Mode on the Zen Micro, remove the battery, hold the power switch to the "on" position, reinsert the battery. Choose Disk Cleanup from the menu. Note: Disk cleanup should not remove your tracks. It searches through the disk for files and rebuilds the index, and can be useful for correcting any strange behaviour.

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My creative zen micro freezes on start up at the creative logo. I see this is a popular problem, and yes I hear clicking of the hard dri've. I've only had it two weeks and this isn't cool. I would recommend a Rio. In the creative warranty it says does not cover any "Damage from external causes such as floods, storms, fires, sand, dirt, earthquakes, an Act of God, exposure to sunlight.." Geez, I sure hope they don't consider this an act of god. Now, I must wait the 2+ weeks for my replacement. Not a happy customer.
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Yea, I've read the FAQ and troubleshooting. I can get into rescue mode but when I select any option it then freezes along with more clicking. I've spent the last two hours reading about this, I'm quite certain it's hard dri've failure/sticking. My last mp3 player got stolen and I had to wait a week to receive my zen micro in the mail. Now I have to wait another few weeks to have it fixed. I need it at work, so my life sucks without my mp3 player. This is very not cool. Thanks for your reply, btw. Unfortanetly, I don't think there is anything I can do.

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I'll make this post short and sweet.
Yes, I have read the FAQ.
I'm just wondering, its happened to me twice now that when i turn on my zen micro, it goes straight to the rebuilding library screen, and when the bar gets to the end it just freezes. Replacing the battery does not help. Only until i attach it to my computer at home does the library finish rebuilding. And no, on both occasions the battery was not dead. I just found out now about recovery mode and disk cleanup.
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I have had a very similar problem with my 5GB Zen Micro. I have not added music to the player in weeks but during a cold boot a couple of times a week the player will not start clean, many times hanging at the end of a library rebuild.
The player is always shutdown orderly, though most of the time it's via the 4 hour firmware shutdown included in the ..0 firmware. Each time it hangs I boot to rescue mode, run a clean-up, then reboot. During the reboot it always runs a successful rebuild, so I wonder, why didn't it do that last time and why does it keep acting up when nothing has been added or deleted to the player?
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I recently purchased a Black 5gb Creative Zen Micro, I was really content and happy with it...that is until I plugged it into my USB 2.0 Card. The moment I do that (I've tried plugging it in into every USB 2.0 slot, and NO, this isn't a hub, but a PCI card), The Zen Micro freezes! I have to resolve this by removing the cover and taking out the battery, then reinserting the battery. At the same time my Zen Micro freezes, a little bubble pops up on my computer screen saying "USB Device Not Recognized". I'm going absolutely out of my mind here, and am on the verge of returning the Zen Micro, and might get a replacement, and if that doesn't work, just returning the Zen altogether for a refund and getting a Rio Carbon. I really like the Zen, so PLEASE PLEASE help me out here!
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I have scoured the forums, and have not found anything useful or new. I know its not the USB 2.0 Card's problem, since I plugged in my USB mouse into all the ports on the USB Card, and it worked fine.
Note: When I plug the USB cable that came with the Zen Micro into the integrated USB slots on the motherboard (USB .), it at times, does work, but even then, not a high chance of it happening. Even if I do successfully connect the Zen to a USB . slot without it freezing up, the Zen ends up not being detected by any program, like Window Media Player, Mediasource, or Creative Zen Micro Explorer.
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My Zen Microphoto has exactly the same problem you described. What I like to know is if you got it replaced or if somehow you could fix it yourself. And if Creative replaced it, which they said the problem was?
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I bought it a year ago, used it for two months, then it sat in its box in a drawer for probably four months. When I went to use it again, battery was completely de-charged (or so I assumed, because it was not turning on). So I plugged it in, it began to charge, but would not turn on to play and was not recognized by the computer, even after several hours of charging. Additionally, when I held it up to my ear, I could hear a repeated clicking noise, like something was stuck inside. I took it back to Circuit City... obviously, it was too late to return it. They had a technician look at it for an hour, but he said it looked like it was fried.
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Then I put it away for a month. Again, it sat in its box. I took it out a few days ago...same old problem.
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I read responses on this forum that said to try banging it against the table. I did this and the clicking noise did stop, but it still stays frozen on the main screen.
I am a struggling, broke college student who foolishly spent $200 on this mp3 player...and in the past year, I have only been able to use it for about 5 months. So many people have the same problem with the Zen Micro that it makes me curious as to why Creative seems to not be doing anything to help. They say to send it in and get a new hard dri've - but that will cost $200...and at this point, I would only have to spend about half of that to buy a new Zen Micro altogether! Most of my family and friends use IPods and I have never witnessed such problems.
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Yea, I've read the FAQ and troubleshooting. I can get into rescue mode but when I select any option it then freezes along with more clicking. I've spent the last two hours reading about this, I'm quite certain it's hard dri've failure/sticking. My last mp3 player got stolen and I had to wait a week to receive my zen micro in the mail. Now I have to wait another few weeks to have it fixed. I need it at work, so my life sucks without my mp3 player. This is very not cool. Thanks for your reply, btw. Unfortanetly, I don't think there is anything I can do.

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Just what the subject says. I tried to start it up and it goes past the Copyright screen but stays at "CREATIVE". What do I do to fix it (If I can)?

My Zen Micro is also suffering from the same problem. It turns on and freezes on the creative logo. I tried using the Rescue mode but nothing happens. Reboot will just end up on the same frozen screen. Scan disk, format disk and reload firmware just display a popup saying that the task has started but it stays frozen there. Using the USB cable the computer does not recognize the ZEN. It does recognize that a media player was connected to the usb port but freezes any program that tries to communicate with it.
There is no harddri've noise at all coming from the player.

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What it comes down to is, there is not much us consumers can do. My dri've has the same problem as the two of yours. We cannot detect the dri've via USB, so that cancels out any firmware update or any recovery software that might be availavle to us. Atleast I think so.
As for what can be done with the unit itself, nothing much. When loaded normally, it freezes at the second screen with the creative logo.
In recovery mode, the unit is not frozen unless you make one of the four selection, all of which lead to a frozen state.
This is how my player crashed. I just finished charging it fully, and decided to change the songs on the zen micro. I connected it to my usb port while it was on. The plug and play screen appeared as I ran the Media Source Organizer program. The PnP screen with the partitioned blocks would not go away. So I was forced to remove the battery, and from that point I've had the stalling problems.
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Only the basic recovery BIOS which doesn't use the hard dri've is attainable.
I hope Creative will "REVEAL" to us a solution for this. I already paid shipping once for the unit. I hope I don't have to pay to return and then ship it again.

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Hi all,
my Zen Micro has gone crazy... all of a sudden it switched itself on, and it just stays on the "CREATIVE" screen and doesnt do anything.
I cant even update the firmware because it wont connect through the USB.
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Hi,i formatted my hd 2 days ago.
I loose my cd with creative zen micro photo expoler.
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Top of page on Creative banner, click Support-> Downloads-> MP3 Players-> Zen-> Zen MicroPhoto, chose your language and Operating System and select the software that you need.
Be sure to read and follow the instructions on the Show Details... pop-u
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Message Edited by raft on 08-4-2006 04:30 PM
Message Edited by raft on 08-4-2006 05:47 PM

Anyone from the Creative board or the guru around has an idea of what can I do?
would be really appreciated.

Creative Zen Micro freezes at startup with Creative logo on screen

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