Great..now i have NOTHING to listen to =[ //wont restore/update

Question

Hi!
I've been having battery problems with my ipod lately [like a lot of people i've read on here] but I can deal with that I guess for now...the thing that I CAN'T deal with is how all the songs are now GONE from my ipod, and it won't re-add them.
I'm not really sure how it happened..and now when i plug my ipod in to update/add songs an error message comes up saying "the ipod cannot be updated. the disk could not be read from or written to"
so i tried to restore my ipod, but then i get an error message saying "the ipod could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1418)."
does anyone know how i can fix this? any help is greatly appreciated =[ i also have the most recent version of itunes if it helps to know that...[and personally, i don't like the new version lol]
thanks :]

Answer 1

Hi Reneenee!
Let's first start out with "the songs are GONE from my ipod!":
Try assigning your iPod a different drive letter; this is one of the strange iPod behaviors that can happpen as a result of Widnows confusing your iPod as a network device. See these steps below:
Log off of any other users on your computer.
1 - Don’t plug in your iPod yet.
2 - Close iTunes and iPod Updater programs if they are running.
3 - Go to "START -> Control Panel -> Admin Tools (if you don't see this, click on "classic view" button on the left panel) -> Computer Management."
4 - Click on the "Disk Management" button in the left panel area.
5 - Now, with "Computer Management" and Control Panel windows opened, reset your iPod, and connect it.
6 - Right-click on your iPod's listing there (after a few moments when it gets recognized in this drive window), and click on "Change Drive letter and Paths". Then the "Change..." button.
Here's what it should look like:
Assign your iPod the letter "M" "N", "O" or the like (further along in the alphabet).
For more details, see this article:
Windows confuses iPod with network device / Changing drive letter
Now, if you're still getting "Disk cannot be read from or written to" message after assigning your iPod a different drive letter, then try seeing this article -> "Disk cannot be read from or written to" when syncing iPod
Now, if errors are still occuring, you need to restore, but you can't since you're still getting "error 1418", then read here (some folks' issues are getting solved by this post) -> eboncairn, a possible solution for errors 1417 and 1418
I hope this helps you!
-Kylene
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