Changed Drive Letter Still In Restore Loop

I have an iPod mini (2nd Gen) that is in the restore loop and I have changed the drive letter. I am using Windows XP. I can read and write to the iPod. I have tried it (changing drive letter and restore) on another computer and with iTunes 10 and iTunes 8. Can anyone please help?

ok over 100 people have look at this and on one has an answer to suggest?
Some one must know what is going on.
Does anyone have the files that belong on the hard drive of the mini? I think that is all that is needed for iTunes to recognize the mini.

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Software version: 1.2
OS: Windows 7 32bit
iTunes version: 10.6
I can't restore or do anything with my iPod nano touch. I followed instructions and the KB (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1493#changedrive) that recommended changing the drive letter in Windows. I changed the drive twice, restarted the machine, followed the instructions to restore after the recovery message, but still nothing. I even uninstalled / reinstalled iTunes.
I also reset the iPod multiple times (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1320), which is the last step recommended in the final KB article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1441
This is very frustrating and a pretty poor software design by Apple! I am pretty sure my drive letter is free.
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UPDATE:
While the iPod Nano would not even turn on in the two computers I tried earlier at home (and posted above about), when I plugged it in on my work computer (PC, Windows 7), the iPod Nano turned on fine as a brand new set up on this computer's iTunes and now it is working.
Very strange that it would crap out at home every time even though I changed the drive letter and followed all the other instructions.
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I have an Ipod Touch stuck in an endless loop of recovery mode. The solution seems to be to change the drive letter assigned to the Ipod touch. My problem is that my Ipod never shows up in the list of devices attached to my computer. Thus, I don't have the ability to change the drive letter.
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monkeys337 wrote:
I have an Ipod Touch stuck in an endless loop of recovery mode. The solution seems to be to change the drive letter assigned to the Ipod touch.
I don't know where you got that idea from, but it can't be correct. The "drive letter" refers to any device that Windows sees - that it can access (hard drives, memory keys, printers etc.). To actually access the device, Windows assigns the device with the first drive letter that Windows has available. But since the iPod Touch does not have memory that is accessible by Windows, there will not be a drive letter assigned. (The Touch is accessed by iTunes, not Windows. Someone is probably going to argue with me about that because of the "camera roll" on the Touch and so on, but basically, no drive letter is assigned.)
So let's examine the actual problem you have. What do you mean by "an endless loop"? What does your iPod do, or not do - what do you see on the screen?
Usually, if my iPod Touch plays up, it's either that an App closes unexpectedly or it seems to take three minutes to get past the Apple logo if I have to re-start the iPod. If it were to just keep repeating the same thing over and over, (such as staying on the logo, or re-starting the logo procedure), I would wait for the battery to run down and then connect it to power. Once the battery is run down, whatever is keeping it in a loop would stop (because there's no power) and when power is restored, the first thing an iPod will (or should) do is reset everything back to the start. In other words, it would not stay in a loop.
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File à Restore
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Go to specify Destination <NONE> and click the adjoining browse button.
I recommend you navigate to Pictures or My Pictures
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Change the Drive Letter:
Open the Control Panel.
Double click on Administrative Tools. Note: If you don't see Administrative Tools, look at the left column in Control Panel for a link that says, "Switch to Classic View," and click it.
Double click on Computer Management.
In the left column, click on Disk Management.
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Click the Change button.
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Click OK.
Click Yes on the confirmation dialog.
Close the Computer Management window.
Restart your computer.

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Hello!
Try this:
1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Double click on Administrative Tools. Note: If you don't see Administrative Tools, look at the left column in Control Panel for a link that says, "Switch to Classic View," and click it.
3. Double click on Computer Management.
4. In the left column, click on Disk Management.
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6. Click the Change button.
7. Use the drop-down menu to select a new drive letter. Note: Make sure to choose a new drive letter that is not already assigned to a network drive. The drop-down menu will display all available letters that are not assigned to a physical drive. Drive letters that are assigned to a network volume will still be listed here. It is also a good idea to assign a drive letter other than a, b, c, or d, as these letters are usually reserved for other system drives.
8. Click OK.
9. Click Yes on the confirmation dialog.
10. Close the Computer Management window.
11. Restart your computer. Make sure you're iPod is not connected to your computer when you restart it. This may cause trouble in restarting your computer, as your computer may try to "boot" to the hard drive in your iPod.
I got this information from http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1493
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[How to change drive letter assignments in Windows XP|http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844]

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