i had a creative zen for a while. It used to do the same thing, but i only had it for a few months before it died. They replaced it with another one but it didn't last long either and i ended up taking it back to the shop and getting an ipod.
I wouldn't buy creative again.
I plug it into Windows XP. It will charge but the Zen software doesn't recognize that it is plugged into the computer. I have had it for over a year and it has worked well until about a month ago and then this happened.

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