30gb Video error message "Attempting to copy to disk "Ipod" failed.

I have a 30gb ipod video and over the past day it is come up with this error message when I have tried to put songs from itunes into it. "Attempting to copy to disk "Ipod" failed. This disc could not be read from or written to". I've tried restarting it with no joy, I've evne tried resetting it back to it's factory settings now and nothing. Right now the Ipod had no songs on it can not even in use due to this. It was all fine till I updated to the lastest Itunes. Anyone out ther no whats wrong?

I have and 80gb Classic and Im getting the same message now it just started last night when i was syncing some new podcasts now everything that was on my ipod is gone and it acts like its syncing then i disconnect and its all gone I've reset and restored default settings nothing works
and my warranty expired 2 days ago

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wat is happening to my ipod ? im using a 3rd generation 15gb ipod. after i try to refort using the lastest ipod updater it become like this ? and my connector is using a firewire. can any one help me with this ? pls .

ok in short it is like this
I have a fire wire ipod.
I know the device is recognized by the PC because it shows up in "my computer" and I can see what is on the ipod.
When I try to update the songs in Itunes the Ipod is recognized but updates fail.
The error reads: "attempting to copy to disk "IPOD" Unknown error -69"
I try to run the IPOD update /restore software and that give an error also.
"IPOD Manager internal error" and then the window closes.
so after everything i went to check my ipod drive to see if there is any folders in it . this is all i got calander notes and contacts. tat is all i have and if i put files into my ipod folders. it can. but it jus cant transfer music over from itune. man im at my wit end

" Attempting to copy to disk "---- ipod" failed.The disk could not be.... ?

hello every one and happy holidays.
" Attempting to copy to disk "---- ipod" failed.The disk could not be read from or written to. "
I have this problem and I can find a solution
I had try every possible tip
including.
- reset many times
- restore
- diskwarrior
- disk utility
- erase disk
- erase disk Zero out data
- erase disk 7-Pass Erase
- iPod Updater 2005-03-23
- iPod Updater 2005-09-06
- iPod Updater 2005-09-23
- MacOSXUpdateCombo10.4.3
- iTunes6.0.1 reinstall
the ipod works just fine and operates properly
it just does NOT whant to sync with itunes
I know I'm not the only one with this issue
there are many post in regard of this problem
I believe that this is a software issue and not a hardware
please comment and give any tip for me and the other people with this problem
thank you
sam
dual 800 G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

I had the same problem. And to think I actually HESITATED at installing the update. Oh wait... this happened AFTER the update. Funny how often that happens, eh? But I digress...
Anyway, I had two errors- initially the iPod stated my music library was somewhere else, and did I want to sync to that library. When I said yes, it reverted then to the "attempting to copy to disk"error. Further, iTunes showed that my iPod on the iTunes was EMPTY. However, my actual iPod hadn't lost any data. Confused yet? So am I.
*Last ditch effort- I went back in, and updated all my permissions, did a permission repair and then a permission verify.
* Also did a disk verify on the iPod to make sure it wasn't sick.
*I also drug a new song into my library.
*Changed from the USB plugin to the firewire. (Although I did this earlier in the day, and hadn't seen a noticeble change)
* Opened the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc. (should have done that a few hours ago)
When my first pop up asked about did I want to sync to the mystery persons library, I said yes. (At the worst, I have all my music and could reimport all 30G of it, if necessary.) And immediately, the sync began, and began appropriately. However, it IS re-syncing every single song I had on the iPod to begin with.
I suspect something nasty happened in the iTunes update, ever since the intel thing happened, the updates have been a bit sketchy. I really like Apple products, but I've gone through 3 iPods due to software meltdowns, and it's a bit frustrating.
Good luck!
iMac G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) iPod scroll wheel,
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MSSGE attempting to copy to disk "Ipod" failed the disk could not be read..

What is going on with this alert message " Attempting to copy to the disk " Ipod" failed the disk could not be read from or written to." I down loaded a song from Itunes and all of the sudden I get this message and Itunes went crazy, it wouldn't eject my Ipod, I took it to apple and they restored my Ipod saying it was fine, then I get home and I can't put alot of songs in my library back on it, itunes keeps repeating that message. I had no problem putting them on before. I have uninstalled both Itunes and Ipod updater numerous times to no avail HELP!

See if any of the troubleshooting steps in this article help: "Disk cannot be read from or written to" when syncing iPod or "Firmware update failure" error when updating or restoring iPod

Solved "Attempting to copy to disk "ipod" failed. Could not be read from or

Finally found a solution that worked for me when getting this error message on an 2nd Gen. iPod Nano.
There is a lot of discussion on this topic with no real answers coming back other than to read this article/topic. So, I wanted to share a solution that worked on mine.
The background: Computer running Windows XP Pro. Up-to-date iTunes and iPod software. I downloaded several CDs into iTunes and synced with no problem. I made a few purchases from iTunes Store and would get to one song that when I tried to sync, the following error message appeared; "Attempting to copy to the disk "ipod" failed. The disk could not be read from or written to." When I deleted the song, then I could sync without receiving the error message, but the purchased song would not be included. I restored my iPod, my iTunes was up-to-date, ran chk dsk, emailed support, searched the forums, followed instructions, re-downloaded the problem song from iTunes Store, BUT as long as that problem song was included, I could not sync without getting the error message.
The solution (this worked in my situation): After doing all of the above and not getting rid of this problem, I set the iPod to manually manage my music and synced the iPod (without the problem song, which was already deleted from iTunes). When I deleted the song from the iTunes library, I would always click the button to keep the song in the files instead of sending it to trash. I then went into the iTunes music folder where my songs were kept and opened the file for the problem song. I dragged the song back into my purchases folder in iTunes. From the purchases folder, I dragged the song over to my iPod in iTunes. Then synced. The problem song synced without any problems and the error message did not appear. Thinking that something was still not right, I went back and clicked on the button to NOT manually manage my music and then re-synced. Same good result. No error message. The problem song sings along just fine now with no more error message.
I haven't tried to download another song just yet, so this may not hold, but at least this worked and resolved this problem song. There may be some other factors through all of the work that I did above in trying to resolve this problem that contributed, but it wasn't until I set the iPod to manually manage the music and brought back in the problem song that the error message disappeared. Hopefully this might help. It worked for me so I'm happy now.
Windows XP Pro

I see you've stumbled upon the catch-all article for this incredibly generic error message. Note the phrasing of it: "DISK cannot be READ FROM or written to." Notice that the error doesn't specifically state that it's the iPod disk that cannot be read or written. I used to get this error all the time when I had my library stored on a remote server. The issue being that my machine couldn't access my songs fast enough to copy them to the iPod w/o timing out, and so the disk, in this case my file server, could not be read from. Since you mentioned previously that you're having some anomalies with your library, I would say concentrate on correcting that, rather than worrying that your iPod is kaput.
regards,
-c.

Attempting to copy the disk "IPOD" failed. Disk could not be read from or written to?

So.....
I own a 5th genereation Ipod Nano. On a windows PC.
On my iTunes all my music and playlists exist. On my actual Ipod it only shows 3/4 of my music (for some reason it wont sync the rest). It also shows zero playlists on my Ipod. I now cant sync new music onto the device, despite it showing up on my library. Also I've noticed that for some reason the artwork is messed up e.g. the artwork for Aerosmith is now showing up when a Thin Lizzy song plays :S
I have tried restoring to to factory setting but got the same error message!
Please please please can somebody help me fix it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you worked through the suggestions in this Apple support document yet?
'Disk cannot be read from or written to' when syncing iPod or 'Firmware update failure' error when updating or restoring iPod
B-rock

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I have a fresh copy of windows 8 64bit with a slave drive installed to handle alll my media.
Im logged in as admin and salve drive has all permissions marked as "allowed"
The error messege that occures when i go to add a new song to the itunes library (which also makes a copy in the music folder on the slave)
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i have tried restoring multiple times, i have tried doing it in dfu mode, tried different ports. its a 1g 16gb ipod touch.
i see im not the only one having this problem. so what is the solution apple?
i love how its our fault. i have always taken good care of my ipod. if i take it to an apple store they would not repair whatever is wrong because my warranty ended in november.
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Help please,
On trying to sync and iphone with itunes, I get the following popup message:
Attempting to copy to the disk "..' failed. You do not have enough access priveleges for this operation.
The sync is at stage 6 of 6. Syncing Genius Data to "...." (step 6 of 6)
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This is a common problem that is most likely caused by files that are not marked to have proper read/write permissions.
To solve this problem, follow these steps.
1. Close iTunes.
2. Using the finder, Ctrl-click the folder that contains your music files, then select Get Info.
3. Ensure that the Owner is set to have Read & Write privileges. Choose to Apple to enclosed items…
Once you have modified permissions, fire up iTunes and try to sync your music again. If it throws the same error message and still doesn’t work, research more about permissions in Mac OS X, as there could be something else not right with the permissions of your music files.

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