Zen Micro - Installation CD error mess

Hello there...
I just bought the Zen Micro today, and as I was attempting to load the installation CD, I received the following error message:
"Exception occurred: Stream write error"
Does anyone have a fix for this problem? Thanks very much!
ZB

Try download the separate elements of the installation from Creative's site, click the link Support > Downloads on this page.

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