If i dropped my zen micro will reformatting the hard drive make it work aga

I dropped my zen micro on concrete by accident while it was off. I tried to turn it back on but it just freezes on the rescue screen, and makes a barely audible noise inside the player. I am able to get into recovery mode, will formattting the harddri've fix the problem or will i have to return it's

>OMG... So i got to school this morning and my Zen Micro, would freeze when rebuilding, and make this weird noise after about 7 seconds of playing after the rebuild. So After trying to reset the unit, i looked it up in the forum, and found this article about how hitting the player against my leg, might help it.
So I gave it a shot. And now it works. So thank you, for posting that.
Elizabeth B
~Playing music again!!!

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