2nd gen ipod nano wont sync

ahhh, my ipod refuses to sync it just comes up with a message "the ipod "dave" cannot be synced.the disk could not be read from or written to." ahh please help i only have about and 1/8 of what i want onthere
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Have you had a chance to look at this troubleshooting page? It may be of some help: "Disk cannot be read from or written to" when syncing iPod

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Various methods are listed here.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1866732,00.asp

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Greetings-
I recently purchased a 2nd Gen ipod nano 4 gig. I'd like to be able to record live music, then load it in my computer. I obviously don't expect CD quality, just decent enough playback to be able to replay the music on my computer (using the Amazing Slow Downer, for example) to learn new tunes.
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As Lougoose and others have said, the "Music Videos" folder is simply there by default in the iTunes software, and does not have to do with your nano having the ability to play videos or not.
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My stepson's 2nd Gen iPod just won't sync. It behaves normally in iTunes and doesn't cause any problems or symptoms with the computer. Made a playlist and selected it to only sync to that playlist, shows that everything is fine, click sync- nothing happens. I went through every step on the website's troubleshooting pages- reset the iPod, restarted the computer, tried it on different USB ports, and reinstalled the latest version of iTunes. I tried to restore it and it went through the download process untill the end when a window popped up saying "error downloading software". I'm at a loss and feel bad for him because this was a Christmas present from a family member and now it won't work : / Any more experienced users have any ideas? I called tech support and they said they couldn't help me unless I paid the $29.99 fee because this iPod is too old for a warranty >: /

You get this problem when the option 'Sync Music - Selected playlists' is being used to sync your iPod. If the playlist selected is deleted from iTunes the iPod no longer has a location to sync from and you get an error. (Syncing selected playlists by the way is a useful setting to use when the iPod is smaller than the iTunes library). However you can make a new one or make use of an existing one.
Open iTunes and create a playlist to update your iPod from, call it -My iPod for example (the dash will position it at the top of the playlists in Sources). You can make it a smart playlist that picks the songs for you or just a normal one and drag whatever content you want to have into the playlist. If you are making a smart playlist limit it to just less than the size of your iPod (for example 3700MB for a 4G iPod Nano. Now connect your iPod and when it appears in the Source list click on the iPod icon to bring up the preference tabs in the main pane. Go to the Music tab and choose Sync Music and the Selected playlists radio button. Choose the playlist you just made from the selection and click Apply. You can also sync from any existing playlists by choosing the same setting, you just need to make sure that the size of the playlists don't exceed the capacity of your iPod:
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To make a random playlist go to File>New Smart Playlist.
Uncheck "Match the following rule"
Check "Limit to" put "3700" in the number box, choose "MB" from the first list box, choose "Random" from the next list box. Check "Live Updating"
When you want to change the selection in the smart playlist just delete everything in it and it will add a new selection. When you want to change the normal playlist just delete out what you don't want and drag in a new selection.

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I have unfortuantly had the exact same problem following my update to iTunes 11.
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Ummm.. didn't you read the box or Apple website BEFORE you bought it?
You've made it through almost 3 large OS updates without complaint so I don't see how Apple wronged you.
This is your fault for not looking into this beforehand. There were major changes in OSX starting with X.3 that made it so that some software would not be compatible with the operating systems below that version. iTunes is such software.
* Your nano needs iTunes 7 to sync.
* iTunes 7 does not work is OS9, OSX.1, or OSX.2
Just like it won't work in Windows 98 or ME
An operating system made FOUR and a HALF YEARS ago can not be expected to support into perpetuity hardware that did not exist back then.
Your laptop works just fine, you have no problems upgrading cheaply to X.3 (you don't NEED X.4 despite your claims) and you can cut the pathetic comparisons to how "simple" windows makes it with anything.
He11, their own Zune isn't even supported by Vista.
I for one am glad the OS is updated in approximately 12-18 month intervals instead of allowing it to languish on its laurels. The gains in features are a good thing not a curse. If you want them people are free to upgrade at their discretion. No one is forcing you to upgrade the OS and no one made you buy the Nano. The requirements are all over the place and it was your job to look into it before buying it.

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hey guys, iv just had a real big problem with my ipod nano (2nd gen)...
well basically i was wanting to sync some more music from my itunes onto it and it just kept disconnecting itself for some stupid reason, and after several times it said something like my ipod wasnt readable, and i think i accidently put my ipod into factory mode and iv been attemting to try to restore it back to normal and iv tried everything but i cant seem to find anything that works. iv even tried putting it into disk mode but i dont know how that works, and every time i try to restore it it keeps coming up with this error code...and now i cant even load my music back on it now, im just wondering if anyone can help and knows how to restore an ipod nano like mine and knows how i can get it back to normal so i cant put my music back onto it?? Thankyouu

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What is the exact wording of the error message?
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My boyfriend bought a ipod nano 2nd generation and can't get it to work and it only shows apple icon and an ipod with a triangle next to it. Says to see apple.com/support/ipod. Can anyone help to figure out what we need to do to get this working. Thank you

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