Creative zen touch 20gb installation proble

i've had a look through the forum for help, so apologys if this has been posted else where. Ive just got myself a new laptop and have installed or should i say tried to install the software for my zen touch from the installation disc, bearing in mind this worked perfectly on my old laptop. i've?installed it from the disc, the problem im having is its saying my music libary is corrupt, but i've not got any music libary loaded on the pc, also is says i should download Microsoft Jet 4.0 Database Engine Service Pack 8 :smileyindifferent: any idea what thats for ? it wont even recognise my touch is connected !?i have got windows media player installed where as i had wmp 0 on my old laptop, could this be a problem ??im at a loss as what to do, i thought installing from the disc should be straight forward like it was the last time i did it, but alas no ?any help very appricated.

Pob wrote:
Hi folks,
My old computer running XP recently gave up on me and I now have a new computer using Vista.
I have lost the cd I got with my Zen Touch as it was over 5 years ago now but it still works perfectly!
I want to set up Creative Media Player on Vista so I can start transferring music again but I have heard that if I download the firmwear I will lose all the songs that are currently stored. I really don't want this to happen as most of my music was contained on my old PC and it will be very hard to locate it all again so if there was a way I could just set up Creative Media Player the same way I had it before, without losing all my current music, that would be great!
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks,
Pob
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Creative Zen Touch 20GB - Windows Vista

(Creative Zen Touch 20GB - Windows Vista6 Hi folks,
My old computer running XP recently gave up on me and I now have a new computer using Vista.
I have lost the cd I got with my Zen Touch as it was over 5 years ago now but it still works perfectly!
I want to set up Creative Media Player on Vista so I can start transferring music again but I have heard that if I download the firmwear I will lose all the songs that are currently stored. I really don't want this to happen as most of my music was contained on my old PC and it will be very hard to locate it all again so if there was a way I could just set up Creative Media Player the same way I had it before, without losing all my current music, that would be great!
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks,
Pob

Pob wrote:
Hi folks,
My old computer running XP recently gave up on me and I now have a new computer using Vista.
I have lost the cd I got with my Zen Touch as it was over 5 years ago now but it still works perfectly!
I want to set up Creative Media Player on Vista so I can start transferring music again but I have heard that if I download the firmwear I will lose all the songs that are currently stored. I really don't want this to happen as most of my music was contained on my old PC and it will be very hard to locate it all again so if there was a way I could just set up Creative Media Player the same way I had it before, without losing all my current music, that would be great!
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks,
Pob
This should get you going? http://mrinternet.wordpress.com/2007...ether-finally/

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I seem to be having some serious problems with my player - the scroll button no longer works, and the right-side buttons (Back, Play/Pause and Forward) all malfunction as well. The main issue is the scroll button - this no longer works at all, and without this function the player is essentially useless in all modes other than 'random' - as I cannot scroll down to choose songs by album, artist, genre etc. Even in 'random' mode, the functionality of the player is negligible - I cannot fast forward a track, as if I hold down the 'forward' button it automatically skips forward to new tracks without the chance to play one of them.
This is not the first time I've had a problem with this particular model - I've had complaints before on this forum about an earlier player I had (same model), a different problem but one that was never fixed - through my own error I misplaced the receipt and was unable to have the player fixed (it was within warranty at the time), so I had to pay ?50 for a replacement - to find that this player is now essentially broken as well has left me disgusted, in honesty. Details of the earlier problems with my former player are at the following link:
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=dap&message.id=5966
As if this wasn't enough, I actually experienced problems with my newer player almost from the off - the data folder malfunctioned, to the extent that files I'd placed in there were unable to be removed - eventually I had to format the player, not only losing important data from the data folder, but also experiencing the inconvience of having to spend many hours putting all my music back onto the player once it had been formatted. This was not a massi've issue, more a minor irritance, but again it's left me wondering what the problem is...is this model notoriously poor performance-wise? Three major errors on two separate players, two of them seemingly fatal to the use of the player, inside the space of just over a year is utterly ridiculous, I think.
At this point, I'd like to know what I can do to get a reimbursement on the cost of my current player, as opposed to a replacement - although I have found the performance of the Zen Touch 20gb to be generally very good, I'm not willing to put up with having each new replacement fail within a year of receiving it. I have lost all confidence in Creative providing me with a player I can rely on, to be honest.
If anyone could point me in the right direction with regards to finding out how I can go about receiving a refund on the price of my player, I'd be very grateful.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Simon O'Brien

Simon, this is actually a common problem with the touch. Mine did it about a year after purchase, so I was safe to open it up and fix it. It is actually a really simple fix and is due to a loose connector. I know alot of other people on nomadness.net were having this problem, so I posted a solution here. Hope this helps!
http://www.nomadness.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=42838

Creative Zen Touch USB Docking Probl

Hi and thanks for looking:
I was trying to dock my Creative Zen Touch a few minutes ago, the way I usually do:
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2. I plug the USB cable into the Zen
3. It's docked.
But that didn't work. The "DOCKED" screen came up on my Zen for about 2-3 seconds, then went away and went back to Now Playing. Now, this sometimes happens, but if I reset the MediaSource software and plug it in again, it is usually all set, but no. I've tried over 20 times, with different USB cables too, but I just can't get anything to dock. I'm going to try on another computer and if I can get it to work, I'm planning on backing up everything I have on it. I don't want to reset my 3000 songs that are on my Zen, so if anyone has any solution to this problem, I could really use some help. Thanks!!

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Hi since one year a have this famous player, but now i have a few questions. Is there a chance to connect the player with a PC just like an usb-stick? without installing any Software?
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soory for my broken english :smileyindifferent:Message Edited by minibar on 05-2-2006 :2 AM

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I bought my Creative Zen Touch almost a year ago now. Yesterday my hard dri've went crazy. The sound was a funky rythm, 0 DJ "scrathes" then one more high-pitched sound. In the Rescue menu I try to format the hard dri've and it responds with "Hard dri've problems."
Yes, it has fallen down several times. I don't know what caused it to malfunction this time though. It suddenly just stopped working. It looks like a mess, was bought over internet under the name of a mother of my frien; to make a long story short. I have no warranty :/
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Tweaking 'n' Hacking Your Creative Zen Touch 20GB
Thanks for your reply SSR. I'm a clueless as to what the controller is, but at least I've found out that the Creative Zen Touch 20GB uses a .8" harddri've. So the larger Fujitsu Siemens 2.5" dri'ves, which the Creative Nomad Zen Players use, aren't compatible.
For anyone reading this post who wants a step-by-step guide to upgrading the harddri've of a Creative Nomad Zen Player (but NOT the Creative Zen Touch 20GB), visit PC World magazine online for a "how to" article: http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article...67,pg,7,00.asp
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If anyone has experience of tweaking/hacking the Creative Zen Touch 20GB or if anyone should come across a similar "how to" guide for upgrading its harddri've (and knows of specific models of compatible .8" hardri'ves) - then please post on this forum.
Cheers........... Tim Holmes.

Zen Touch 20GB.nicht berechtitgt ?!?! HI

Hallo,
ich nutze den Creative Zen Touch 20GB mit der Version 2..0. Nun wollte ich nach langer zeit wieder eine musik auf den player kopieren. ich stecke den player mit dem usb kabel an den pc (habe es an zwei pc getestet). ?ber arbeitsplatz gehe ich auf den player in das verzeichniss "Tragbare Ger?te\My Zen\Storage Media\Music" hier finde ich auch meine musik die schon auf dem player ist. nun kopiere ich meine neue musik auf den player. aber nun kommt immer diese Fehler Meldung " Datei kann nicht kopiert werden: MusikTiel konnte nicht auf das Ger?t kopiert werden. Sie sind nicht berechtitgt, dieses Element herzustellen." Diese Fehler meldung kommen von beiden pc an den ich das getestet habe. ich habe einige mp3 dateien getestet. bei allen kommt der fehler. aber wenn ich z.b. eine rar datei oder eine jpg datei kopiere, klappt das. und es kommt keine fehlermeldung. k?nnten sie mir sagen, was ich aufeinmal faltsch mache ?
ich freue mich auf antwort
mfg
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These are the models that correspond to the Hitachi Travelstar C4K40 20GB specifications, the harddisk used in the Creative Zen Touch MP3 player:
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Does anyone know a shop that still sells these? Can Creative hook me up with one of these? As they should have them in stock for repairs, right?
The newest .8" hitachi hdd's (C4K60 Slim) wich are available at every shop in my neigbourhood can't be used as they have a ZIF connector instead of an IDE connector...
Thanks in advance!
Jan AsselmanMessage Edited by Jass on 06-26-20070:32 AM

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