Help!! Need to reload my Zen Touch Pla

I tried to upgrade my player and it told me that it upgraded successfuly and when my player restarted it now tells me that there is firmware problem and the recovery mode comes up.
Creative Zen Touch v0.0.0
. Cleanup
2. Format All
3. Reload Firmware
4. Reboot
I have formated the player and attemped to reload the firmware, it asks to me to erase the current firmware and reload via usb cable. Then tells me to start firmware update now. I have downloaded the ZenTouchP4S_PCFW_LB_2__0 firmware file and all it tells me that my device is not connected. I hear that the usb connection is acti've and windows asks me what to do with the device, and it shows up in My Computer.
My player is only about 6 months old.
My computer system is Windows XP Media Center 2005
Pentium D 2.8GHz
024MB RAM
Intel chipset
Any help would be appriceated
Tony

Try attaching the AC charger to your Touch and then plug it into the USB port - this has been known to get the computer to recognise the player and then you can re-install the firmware.?With regards to the pointless and unhelpful comments that have been posted on this thread (and elsewhere on the forum), what's the point? Of course there will be people wth poroblems here - that's what the forum exists for! All major electrical companies have units with faults, not just Creative (try googling Apple and see the 6 million websites dedicated to iPod problems!!!!). You fail to mention the thousands, if not millions of people using their Creative products with no problems. The opinions of one disgruntled customer is unlikely to deter informed people of making a decision to puchase from Creative. True, you have a right to your opinions and to express them, I'm just not sure this is the right place. This forum is intended to help people. Contact Creative directly if you to?have an issue, and get out of the way of those on this forum who are trying to HELP people.

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    Q: Can I uninstall preinstalled System APPs (ZiiO Space, Audible, Default Browser) ?
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