"clearing out" iPod, handing down to wife

Hello -
I'm about to purchase a 60GB iPod for myself and want to hand down my 20GB to my wife. She in turn is handing down her 4GB mini to our niece.
Anyway, how do I clear out the iPods so that the new users can start out fresh?
Thanks a ton in advance.
-Chris

Hi,
If you want to clean out your iPod, you must do the following:
1. Open iPod updater 2005-09-06 with your iPod plugged in(or some other ones, the date doesn't really matter)
2. Click the "Restore Button"
3. Follow the instructions on the screen
4. Then your iPod should be restored to factory conditions, which means that everything will be reset to when you bought your iPod.
-its better to have the latest updater, just in case there is now updates available for your iPod.
if any problems arise, please post the problems
hope this helps

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