Attempting to copy to the disk "My shortname's iPod" failed.

Attempting to copy to the disk "My shortname's iPod" failed. The disk could not be read from or written to.
^^^^^^
I get this error since i want to upgrade my music in my ipod 5th gen.
I have done the 5 R's. I cannot believe my iPod gor ruined when i only listen to music when i go to sleep.
Please can someone who has gotten this same error explain what they did to remove it? What will i have to do to get this fixed. I bought the ipod on Dec. 15 2005, i cant believe it went broke...
My 3rd gen ipod never broke up ever....

I think one of the 5 R's is restore so I won't mention it.
You can try to use Disk utility. It's standard software with the Mac OS and should be in Applications under utilities.
plug in your ipod make sure it shows up. Go to Disk utility. choose your ipod from your source list. choose to verify disk. It should be able to see if anything is wrong with the disk. If it says the disk needs to be repaired you can repair.
you can also try to run the system's checker in the ipod.
press th menu+middle button then the middle+back buttons. I think. But I've never tried to do that so I don't know how it works.
good luck

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