My creative isn't recognized by my p.c

I just bought a brand new creative zen micro photo and plugged it in to the usb port on the back of my p.c. My p.c never recognized it and the only songs i have are the already loaded also it means there is no way to charge up the batrey. How do i fix it without having to buy a brand new cable.

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Try different port and have you installed the software for it?

Posted on Jul 13, 2006

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