4th Gen iPod - Can't Restore
I have a 4th generation iPod. I had a song start to skip one day and the next time I tried to connect to my computer iTunes did not recognize my iPod.
I've gone through all the suggested steps on the website even up to and including uninstalling/reinstalling the usb mass storage device, updating driver etc. The iPod is now listed with the usb mass storage device and I tried updating the driver but it says everything is ok or no newer driver than what I have already is available. But Itunes does not see my iPod and keeps freezing up. When I did get it to recognize an iPod it only said iPod and listed it as having a problem and suggested to Restore but when I hit restore it couldn't do it. Now it won't recognize the iPod at all. How do I wipe out the iPod and start over? I've also tried iPod Updater 2006-01-10 and 2006-03-23 and I get the message Invalid iPod Service Version and it closes. I have to put the iPod in Disk Mode to disconnect. When I hit button and menu to reset, after the apple appears I get the !folder error message.
This is so weird I never had any problems and then I noticed a song started to skip and then it was skipped over and the next time I connected to my computer I had all these problems listed above!
Hi!
I have a similar problem, only I know what caused it. I didn't know that my iPod wasn't compatible with Windows Vista, and i was transferring a few documents from my desktop with XP to my Laptop with Vista.
Being as it was a new system it didn't have iTunes installed, so i did the whole "windows safely remove hardware" thing, and it corrupted my iPod. Now, it'll skip songs it can't play, drain my battery, and my XP computer will not recognize it. iTunes crashes when i have it running and connect my iPod to try and restore, and i'll even use the old "iPod Updater" things, and I get the Invalid Service Number error.
I don't care if it erases all the data and songs on it, i just want to be able to restore it to its factory settings so i can have my songs re-synced and playable again.
if you have any solutions, please email me at [email protected]
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