Creative Zen Mirco 8gb fro

Hi
My creative zen froze about a month or two ago .. and i've been trying to get it to work... when the battery dies i plug it into the computer.. it charges but the computer doesnt detect the player so theres no way i can update firmware or anything to fix my freezing problem. The way it happened was while i was walking it changed to another song and then just froze there... so i took the battery out to turn it off thinking it would be ok, but from then on when its charged i turn it on and it freezes at the creative screen. I've come on the forums before to see how other people fixed their problems, yet all the ways they fixed their problems requires you to connect the mp3 to the computer. Also ii've tried to do that clean up that doesnt work either... please give me some suggestions or with a soultion thank you.

Check out the thread "Say Goodbye to My Little Friend (Zen Micro)?" located on this message board at http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ssage.id=36568?for a fix that has helped quite a few people with your problem.Message Edited by Whatatay on 02-20-2007:03 AM

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I am sure the story sounds familiar... hangs at "Creative" logo, I go into recovery mode, and run scan disk or format etc... They don't work. I have even left the player on "formatting" overnight until the battery drains and it never finishes, same goes for "Scanning".
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Hello,I got a Creative Zen MicroPhoto 8GB - It's a Mp3 Player as u probably know and it got reseted or somthing i think and i've lost my driver CD incase that should solve the problemToday at the morning I tried to hear some music on my MP3 player and suddenly a weird menu that i've never seen before with some 4 options and a title like This:Recovery ModeCreative Zen MicroPhotoV0.0.65(Then the options) Clean Up2 Format All3 Reload Firmware4 Reboot?What Should I do now ?Thanke You In Advance..Message Edited by LooKeng on 0-2-20080:07 AM
Right you will need to download the latest firmware from this site.
Here is a hyperlink to where you can download the firmware:
http://uk.europe.creative.com/suppor...lect=4&x=9&y=2
You might have to put some details in.
Once you have downloaded the latest firmware just start the program up.
Plug in your Zen into the PC and then press the "Reload Firmware" button on your Zen.
You should see your computer screen pick it up.
Then you click on your PC to install firmware.
That should be it.
I hope this hel
ps.
Got any questions you have just post on this space.
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