Has my Micro's Hard Drive fail

Just today, my Zen Micro appears to have suffered hard dri've failure. When I turn the player on, it wil initially turn onto the creative start-up screen with the copyright message, and then proceed to just the creative logo, and then stay there, forever. I can enter recovery mode, and when I attempt a clean-up, format, or reload firmware, it goes to the first screen and then sits there, forever. Further, it does not make a typical hard dri've start up sound if you listen very closely, rather a strange undulating buzzing sound for about 5 seconds before going silent.
As I mentioned, I presume this is hard dri've failure. Am I correct? Is there anything I can possibly do?
Or am I at the point where I will need to find a new player? And if so, anyone want to buy a couple of batteries?
Thanks.

I am having the same problem, any information would be helpful

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