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Hi, I purchased my 2nd gen Ipod Touch in 2009 and since then I was able to upgrade to 3.1.2. A year ago when I tried to upgrade higher, itunes would take forever to back up. A small loading window appeared and it stayed that way for hours. Itunes crashed.
Yesterday I was able to complete a successful manual backup of my ipod touch using the latest itunes software. This time itunes didn't crash and it lasted 15 hours.
But when I clicked on the upgrade button again, the small window appeared and itunes froze again. Before doing this I also made sure to have 2.3 GB of capacity available and I got rid of my largest apps.
Is it possible to upgrade to 4.0? I have read previous discussions and people don't have a problem with upgrading.
I use Windows XP and I downloaded the latest itunes.

The topic of your referenced article is:
iOS 4: Syncing Notes
A 2G iPOd can go as high as 4.2.1.
For the OP, do you have a 2G iPod? Identify your iPod here:
Identifying iPod models
Eric Ross wrote:
Your iPod touch can not be updated to iOS 4. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4191

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