Restoring ipod nano using vista

My son's ipod nano needs to be restored. We have the latest version of itunes and the nano is using 1.3 software. When I go into itunes and click on restore - a message pops and states the ipod software update server can not be contacted! I even tried going to the itunes store and a message pops that says itunes can not connect to the itunes store. I am not familiar at all with vista and was wondering if this is an ipod issue or does some network setting needs to be changed on my notebook? Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated
hp notebook Windows Vista

Have you had a look at this page?. It may be of some help: iTunes 7 for Windows: iTunes could not contact the iPod software update server

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Looks like the iPod Hardisk is having problem.
Can you do the iPod Disk Diagnostics as posted by tt2, it wont fix your problem but helps in troubleshooting.
You system check maybe above but dont go for Auto, select the Manual test, as tt2 described in his detailed post.

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I seem to recall that another user has this problem and found that it was because of some corrupted music files they were trying to sync over.
Try syncing smaller bunches of tracks till you come upon the ones that cause the error. You should be able to find out which ones are causing the trouble this way.
The other user said they used something called MP3Diags. I cannot vouch for this software at all, I have never used it.
I did a quick search on "how to repair MP3 files on Mac" and also found this:
http://triq.net/articles/mp3-validator-mac-os-x
i

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Configure the music to sync back over to your device from under its Music configuration tab. If your library is smaller than the capacity available on your Nano, you can set it to sync your entire music library by enabling the Sync Entire Library option from under this tab. Otherwies, you'll have to select only certain artists, albums, playlists, and genres.
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Hi
this is actually the nike plus forum for the 2nd gen ipod nanos that use nikeplus. You would getter a better response int he correct forum for 1st gen ipods at the link below.
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http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=818
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Hello dorminhoca,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
From your post I see that you're unable to restore your iPod nano. For more information on this issue and how to troubleshoot it, please follow the article below.
'Disk cannot be read from or written to' when syncing iPod or 'Firmware update failure' error when updating or restoring iPod - Apple Support
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I know it looks crazy, but it is the same thing that i would have to do to get this problem fixed.
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Hi
My ipod nano is saying "use itunes to restore" when i am doing that, itunes keps telling me to do it again. I just cant restore my ipod.
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Try putting your iPod into disk mode:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
And then try the restore again.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
If it still doesn't work, you can try formatting the iPod:
Click on Start, right-click on My Computer and click Manage
Click on Disk Management (in the left-hand column)
Wait for Windows to connect to the Logical Disk Manager Service
When it does, you should see a drive listed that represents the iPod. (You can verify this by checking the capacity, which should be listed as slightly less than what is printed on the iPod. Or, you can open My Computer with the iPod disconnected, and then plug in the iPod to see which drive letter appears).
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Restoring ipod nano using vista

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