Zen Sleek Photo Connectability Is

I've just recently discovered a problem in the performance of my Zen Sleek Photo. The problem is every now and then when changing songs the player "lags out" and it takes around 20 seconds for the next song to start playing. When the song finally starts playing, it plays little bits of the previous song every now and then. So I decided to go into the recovery mode and do a disk cleanup and reboot it. This apparently caused a whole new set of problems...
Besides the 3/4 of my songs being removed, and the player not displaying what songs are playing, my programs dont seem to recognize the player anymore. So when i connect the player to my computer via the USB connection, my computer is recognizing it, but the Media Explorer and other Media-based programs arent registering it. After looking around in the troubleshooting section of the creative website, I decided to reinstall the program that came with my player. This didnt help anything. So after looking around the website more and searching through the forums, I found myself at a complete loss as to what to do. I apologize for this becoming a novel, but I felt that the clearer I was on the issue, the better help I could possibly get. So if anyone has something to share about this, I would appreciate any help I could get.
EDIT: The previous problem is still occuring, even after the disk cleanup.Message Edited by Datte on 0-0-2006 :02 PM

probably, but with the no connection issue, its hard to take a risk that requires a connection to the computer via USB

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