My zen player has a hard disk problem

Whenever i put on my player, it comes up on Recovery mode and tells me i have a harddisk problem..

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You will need to replace the hard drive. This involves opening up the player. You can do it yourself or take it to a technician. Be careful; you could easily damage it by opening it up.

Posted on Aug 16, 2007

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