HELP, My Zen Micro Is Screwed

I was importing music into my Zen Micro, and after i did, i closed the Creative Media Explorer. My Zen Micro did the normal thing with the pic of the file cabinet as it docked and it said please wait... . But after about 5 to 0 minutes it kept doing that and i tried to turn it off and it froze. As of this moment ( 45 min. later) it still says please wait, yet theres no pic of the file cabinent and i can't turn it off or see any backlight.
Can someone tell me wat i should do?

Hi,
Sorry I can't help you. I just wanted to let you know I have the same exact problem. It started three days ago and I've been going back and forth with creative support and nothing has worked. I am beginning to grow really distressed. I feel a little better now because after seeing that it's happening with someone else, it is most likely not the player. I am running windows 98 SE as well. I also have an AMD Duron processor. I have a new computer on the way with windows XP I really hope it works. But now I have a new problem. I listed it on the front page of this forum a few minutes ago. My player froze and now only boots up in rescue mode. I am getting so frustrated with my player. If you figure anything out will you be as kind as to send me a message on how you got your player working again? I would really appreciate it. Thanks.
Nick
Message Edited by nichols088 on <SPAN class=date_text>06-09-2005 <SPAN class=time_text>05:33 PM
Message Edited by nichols088 on 06-09-2005 05:35 PM

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