Creative zen vision m 30 GB HELP

Please help... I'm a really stressed out college student and my mp3 player just crashed.
I reinstalled everything but when i try to reinstall the firmware it says that my mp3 player is not connected. I just lost everything and now I can't even fix it.
My mp3 player is currently saying that I have version 0.0.6. I have no idea if that is normal or not. But please answer a desperate girl's plea and help!!!
If anyone knows how to fix this or knows where i can get a hold of version 0.0.6 firmware...answer back please.

That is the version of Recovery Mode on the player, not the firmware. It sounds like your player doesn't start up correctly then, is that right? Does it go straight into Recovery Mode?
If you have access to another system try updating the firmware on the player from there, to see if that helps.
When you connect the player to the PC, is there any indication that it recognises it's Can you see the player listed in Device Manager for instance? (Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager)
Cat

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