Zen micro photo charging without

How do I charge my zen micro photo using USB without XP? I tried charging using my office PC running Win 2000. I left it plugged in for 8 hours and my battery level never increased.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
OZ

I tried switching to mass storage mode, plugged to USB (with Win2000), waited ~2.5 hours and no increase in battery level. Thanks for the suggestion, but it is annoying that my ZMP does not have support for Win2000 in the first place, but now it can't even charge without XP.
Creative!!! Here are some suggestions
. Windows 2000 support.
2. USB charge capability with at least Win2000.
3. New software to manage files and playlists already on the ZMP.
I still have another week to return the ZMP, but it looks like I'll return it.

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Cheap/free DIY Zen Micro/Photo Case and wall charg

Ahoy! I've been on the Head-Fi forums and figured to check out these and didnt find much.
Its simple to make a hardcase for your Zen Micro or Micro Photo, check out mine!
I used a penguins mint tin, (like Altoids but caffinated)
also, the standard wall charger for USB motorola phones will charge your Zen Micro Photo
its still a 5v usb charger, it works and you can find them cheaper than one from
creative
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This was very easy to do.
Take the mint tin, trace it onto the back of a peice of foam (the white plasticy side)
cut slightly inside the line, about /3 a centimeter.
measure the height of the tin and take about /5 to /4 of a cm off of that and cut straight down the long edge of the foam, its an exact fit (if you want it fitted like mine)
you will need TWO of these, its double layered
Check the fit of the peice before you place anything.
i placed the sides first but do whatever you find easiest.
fold the long peices in half to find the center and just start applying from the bottom of the tin.
next, cut a peice big enough to cover your screen but not the buttons.
take the sticky side off and lay the foam, sticky side up, onto the screen. close the tin.
Your MOST of the way done
now take a dremel (what i used) or what ever else. maybe a nail and hammer the corners and scisor the between? (that may be sharp)
and you have yoruself a great case everyone will marvel at and youll be proud of it, post your pics here or atleast email me at [email protected]
(edited for grammer and aded images and title)Message Edited by HalfTwitch on 0-06-20072:59 AM

I deal with the slight buzzing while the screen is on, i just haev my screen cut off in 0sec of idle and its good to go, thats a known bug.
Also, one time my zen kinda froze booting but that was a fluke adn has been fine since then.
I Love my hard case i made, it has a mysterious ding in it but that just means that i spared my zen from that same ding.
I've been IM'd and asked abotu it overheating in the enclosure and i've used it in the sun for hours on end and the zen itself stays cool, i dont think there is a problem with that at all.
If you rmaking one know that its one layer of foam on the bottom and two on the sides.
the easiest way to apply the screen protector is to peel the sticky off of lay it on the screen, sticky side up and then just close the lid.
I had the idea of putting a hole in the lid where the screen is and glueing the clear plastic from a CD case but scrapped that idea because it would look tacky and get dirty.

Zen Micro Photo will not charge batt

My Zen Micro Photo will work (play music) when plugged to?the AC charger. However, it will not charge the battery. Since my son has a Zen also, tryed the fully charged battery, and will not play in he player.
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Hi,
Try to perform the Recovery Tool of your unit.
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My zen micro photo won`t charge with anything else but my usb port h

i bought a charging package for my creative labs zen micro photo. when i use the wall charger or the car charger, it shows it is charging but the battery icon on the micro photo does not does not fill up. i leave it on?for hours but that does not help.i bought this charging pack from ebay and it says it is mead for the micro photo.any thoughts. thank you

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when i started my zen micro photo the logo creative appear and the screen didn't change anymore. I Try to shut it down but all the button aren't responding. I plug it to my computer nothing change. Then I remove the batterie now the screen is black and I can't start it.
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Hey everyone,
For some strange reason, my MP3 player refuses to recover the music that I had on there ( at least 900 tracks with a few photos ). I've gone to Recovery Mode and cleaned it up three times. The first two times ended with a reboot to make sure everything would go along swimmingly.
However, before, my ZEN decided to freeze up on me so I had no choice but to remove the battery and let it re-build the library. After that, the infuriating "Low Battery" sign went on ( even after I let it charge for literally *hours* on end, but that's another problem ). I'm thinking that had something to do with my problem.
But here's the strange part: when I plug it in into my computer, it recognizes it, and the same amount of MB is still remaining, meaning, there is something in there but it's doesn't show up.
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Is there a possibility to copy MP3 files simply by drag-and-drop with the Windows Explorer to the Zen Micro(Photo) so that the files are treated as MP3 and NOT as simple data files? Technically it is quiet simple to do this by using the hard disk of the Zen as an extra hard disk in Windows. Even the cheapest USB-stick based MP3-player can do this. Why not a Zen (or the iPod competition)?
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I have also sent this mail to creative support! But please help me I have had this problem for almost 2 months now! =(Message Edited by anakwalajinn on 05-0-2006 08:47 PM

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Zen micro photo wont connect

well my brother got a zen micro photo for his birthday yesterday, so in the evening we tried to start putting music on it and it wont even connect. i have windows with service pack 2, windows media player 0, and the micro explorer. now when i connect it to the computer it wont even start charging :/ and the explorer says its not connected, plz help

a way to make windows detect it is too try and run add hardware wizrd in controlpanel also if u make theplayer gointo recovermode then connect it to ur pc windows USUallydetects it as a plaer in recue mode i think well try if u dont know how toget there i think that u hold down the play/pause button er i mean first take out the batery and then hold down the play/pause botton while u plug the usb into ur pc and i think itll go into recovery mode and windwosshould detect it then and thats when you caninstall the firmware using the executable file and if something goes wrong try it again and usually itll work

Zen micro photo wont char

okay, creative explorer picks it up. I can put music on it and everything but it doesn't charge! This is getting really bad. My Bat is already dead and i can't charge it. This is my second faulty zen micro photo in less the 7 days! Any reason why it wouldnt be charging? help would be greatly appreciated(<--spelling)

Won't charge? Can be a couple of reasons.
- There should be a blue pulsating light when charging and the flash icon should appear at the batt icon.
- The batt itself, player or even the USB cable may be faulty.
- The USB cable is not plugged in correctly.
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Zen Micro Photo: PC doesn't detect dev

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Nevermind, I found where to figure that out. Looks like her PC doesn' t have SP2.
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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

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