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Jonathan Fenton Posted on Jul 27, 2006

Creative Zen Xtra hard disk problem

My Zen Xtra was dropped the other day and now displays "hard disk problem". I have a spare laptop hard drive. Can I just replace the drive, format and install the fimware and then transfer songs back on it? Thanks much.

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THIS WORKED FOR ME:

32. I bought one of these and used it on and of for 4 months. One day I got a "harddisk problem" and tried everything. Because I purchased in the US, Creative said that it was out of warranty but they would fix for £100. I looked around the web and found a thread that shows how to fix it. The solution, and this is a bit technical, is - seriously - to hit it on the right hand side very firmly on the right hand side with your hand whilst switching it on. It re-indexed and I've never had a problem since.
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The bashing it on the right side thing works, just tried it!

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