Corrupt IPod in Itunes

I have an older IPod and it is showing up corrupt in Itunes. I don't want to restore and delete all my music. What should I do?

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  • Corrupt iPod freezes iTunes

    Basically I have this problem:
    "I have a 160 GB iPod classic, that was completely full of music (about 20,000 tracks). Something happened today, and suddenly the iPod appears to be empty... there are no tracks listed in any of the menus or in the library. The ipod reads, however, as if it is full, with only 800 MB of space left. So the music is still there... it just seems to have become invisible to the iPod."
    I read that only restoring the ipod can solve the issue, but it said that you have to go to iTunes and do it, but I cannot restore it because when I plug my iPod in it freezes iTunes and i have to end the task.
    Is there another way to restore the iPod?

    Run a file system check/recovery:
    - Windows: Run a scandisk on it with "Automatically fix system errors".
    - Linux: run fsck and let it do the business.
    - Mac: fsck or whatever equiv is.
    Now if it finds and fixes any errors iTunes should be able to pick up on it. If the iTunesDB got corrupted during this then you have two options. If that last program you used to sync with it made a backup of iTunesDB before modifying (like Winamp does) then it should be on the iPod somewhere. Otherwise iTunes restore and start resync from scratch.

  • Corrupt iPod freezes iTunes/computer so I can't restore it

    I used the restore option a few months ago to get my iPod working again (normal, stuck-on-stupid issues) and it's been fine. Until yesterday - I was listening to some music and it suddenly started skipping through all the songs and then refused to play anything at all.
    I plugged it into my computer and I got the whole ..."iPod is corrupted... you may need to restore..." message. When I tried to restore, it said resource could not be found.
    SINCE THEN... my computer has stopped even recognizing the device. It freezes iTunes (and any other programs that may be running) every time I plug in my iPod.
    I've spent all last evening and all day today trying the Apple support suggestions step-by-step - including uninstalling iTunes and reinstalling it & forcing the iPod into Disk Mode - and combing the discussion lists, but none of the suggestions I've found have helped b/c I can't actually get it connected to the computer without freezing everything up.
    (I have run virus scans, tried different USB ports, etc. No change. I even have had to resort to unplugging the stupid thing by hand b/c it stopped responding to the safe disk eject utility...)
    Found a website that suggests opening up the iPod and putting a shim inside to force the hard drive to "read"... but I'm afraid to kill it completely. Can't afford to buy a new one (or spend a lot getting it repaired either).
    If anyone can help, I'd REALLY REALLY appreciate it...
    Thanks!

    First let me say I am NOT a pro but it sounds to me like your iPod's hard disk is ka-put. May I suggest next time you connect your ipod to your pc you let it sit like that for a while. I have found that if iTunes don't find what it expects to find it can spaz out for a while, so sometimes if you wait long enough (half an hour?) with it just sitting there you may get a more helpfull responce from iTunes. Also there is a key press combination on the iPod that will put your IPod into a diagnostic mode and offer a menu with a few options.
    Sorry but I don't recall the keys and they differ from pod to pod.
    Anyways good luck, I feel for ya...

  • Ipod Corrupted? No iPod in iTunes? Space being taken up on iPod when empty?

    I have a black 80gb iPod classic, I'm pretty sure it's the newest generation. I've had it for about a year & use it constantly, & besides a few common errors it's always worked fine. Before I had my 80gb I had a 2gb iPod nano for 2 years & it worked fine also. The other day I was listening to it & turned it off for about an hour. When I turned it back on all my music, videos, and the one game I purchased were deleted. Default games still worked, clocks I had set up were still there, & every other default thing was still there; the thing is, 14 gb was being used & that's how much space I using before. I get home & plug it into iTunes & it says "The iPod 'Matt's iPod' is corrupt." It said nothing about how to fix it, but I thought of restoring it since something similar had happened to my nano & it was fixed by restoring it. Yet, when I clicked on my iPod, the screen said my corrupt & the normal screen with Update,Restore,memory used by iPod, picture of my iPod, etc. was gone. I close iTunes,take out my iPod & try again, this time my iPod's not even in iTunes. I searched Yahoo! Answers & other sites like that, the Apple Support site, everything & tried everything: tried updating my USB but it's updated as can be & Windows recognizes my iPod like normal, tried different versions of iTunes with no luck, tried searching my iPod (& iTunes) for viruses & problems, disk mode, dll's, even tried formating my iPod. So as far as I can tell, my iPod is working fine since it turns on & I can go through everything normally, but for some reason it can't be detected in iTunes.
    My iPod has also been fully charged the whole time.
    Try to help based on that info, the more I figure about what's wrong out, I'll update.

    Not certain from your post if you have tried changing the drive letter of your ipod.
    Try resetting the ipod, or putting it into disk mode before connecting it. If that does not make itunes recognize it, then you may need to change the drive letter of your ipod.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1493
    If you can't see the ipod in disk management, before you connect the ipod, open itunes, select edit/preferences. This will make itunes busy. Then connect the ipod.

  • My entire music Library is now on my ipod ONLY.iTunes corrupted.

    I need to reinstall itunes 6; however I have several music libraries on itunes 4,5,and 6. All in all I count 5 itunes folders; several more text lists only. Also 2 reciepts marked itunes. The reason my complete library (1,500 songs +podcasts) is on ipod only, is because I tried to remove some of the itunes folders, I had just reformated my ipod,and itunes...I was trying to make sure it never happened again, but BACKUP 3 corrupted my last perfect libraray.leaving the ipod copy as my only full,up to date itunes library. I had itunes folders in my HD;my Home Folders, and in backup. I must have moved, or removed the wrong files!
    I am aware everything has to go... so when I reinstall a new itunes 6; then transfer my library from my ipod I Have to get it Right the first time.
    Can anyone help me with this?

    Hi Frederick,
    To answer your question, it doesn't matter what you do with the previous iTunes libraries as they are not needed (but can be useful in emergencies as you have seen). Just put them all in the "previous Libraries" folder and ignore them,
    But it might be easier for you to just create a new fresh library based on everything in your iPod. To transfer your songs from your iPod including playlists, playcounts and ratings use a utility like iPod Rip:
    http://www.thelittleappfactory.com/application.php?app=iPodRip
    That will be much easier than rebuilding your library.
    Let us know how it goes,
    Sara.

  • My IPOD was corrupted during updating ITUNES.

    My IPOD was corrupted during updating ITUNES. Now all I get on the screen is USB up arrow ITUNES. What can I do?

    If not successful try the remaining actions of:
    - iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
    - Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
    How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
    - If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
    - If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.

  • Corrupted iPod Classic, but not synced to iTunes 9!

    My 120GB iPod Classic (thankfully still under warranty, since I'll probably need to have it fixed now) is now corrupted, according to iTunes. Last night, I had to restore it because none of my songs or videos would play, it then seemed to work. But now this... I think I'm having the same issues as everyone else, basically, but I don't want to mess with it and try to fix it because I'll probably mess it up even more.
    There's only one big difference between me and everyone else I've seen posting. My iPod is not synced to iTunes 9 and never has been. (This is due to an issue I asked a question about and never got an answer to long ago - blessing in disguise?) However, all the problems started when I connected it to my mom's laptop (which does have iTunes 9) to transfer a file. iTunes of course popped up and asked if I wanted to sync with that library, I clicked Cancel and closed iTunes...
    Could that have been enough to corrupt my iPod? Just having any form of connection to iTunes 9 at all? Because it just seems like too much of a coincidence for this to just happen now. I was already annoyed that when I try to download the free music on iTunes (and view half the store) it tells me I have to upgrade iTunes NOW constantly, and now all of this. I'm not happy with Apple/iTunes right now.

    It's possible that when you connected your iPod to your mum's computer it effectively told that iPod to only recognise iTunes 9.0 So now, when you connect it to your computer, it's confused and therefore iTunes says it's corrupted.
    Regardless of what you've read in these (or any other forums) about iTunes 9, the majority of people have upgraded to 9.0 without any problems. Since they've had no problems, they haven't spoken out about it, here or anywhere else.
    A basic troubleshooting step would include connecting your iPod to the latest version of iTunes - so I think that's what you should do. If there is still a problem after upgrading your iTunes, then try doing another Restore of your iPod.
    Phil

  • ITunes has detected an corrupt ipod in WinXP

    My itunes send me a message : iTunes has detectected an corrupt ipod. It should restore this ipod to be able to use it in tuna. Test to disconnect and
    to connect again the ipod. already try to do this but I do not function.
    Please helpme
    IBM Portable serie T   Windows XP  

    Have you had a chance to look at this troubleshooting page? Have a look at the bottom section that covers what to try if restoring doesn't work, it may be of some help: iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode - Use iTunes to restore

  • ITunes has detectected an corrupt ipod. in WinXP

    Please helpme, My itunes send me a message : iTunes has detectected an corrupt ipod. It should restore this ipod to be able to use it in tuna. Test to disconnect and
    to connect again the ipod. already try to do this but I do not function

    Have you had a chance to look at this troubleshooting page? Have a look at the bottom section that covers what to try if restoring doesn't work, it may be of some help: iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode - Use iTunes to restore

  • ITunes saying a corrupt iPod is attached!

    iTunes is telling me that a corrupt iPod is attached to my computer, when nothing is hooked up! Last night when I went to bed, iTunes was working fine, but this morning when I got up, it's all wonky!

    Do you have the sceurity update for Vista mentioned in this article?
    Ejecting iPod using Windows Explorer on Windows Vista may corrupt iPod
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305289
    Are you able to even run iPod diagnostics?
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304314

  • I want to be able to sync things from my ipod to itunes.  I had albums get corrupted in itunes but still good on my ipod. Now I want to add to my iphone.  all from CDs, none from itunes.

    I want to be able to sync things from my ipod to itunes.  I had albums get corrupted in itunes but still good on my ipod. Now I want to add to my iphone.  all from CDs, none from itunes.

    The sync process with iTunes is only one way, which is from iTunes to the iPod.  You'll need another way of copy content from your iPod back to your PC.
    See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
    B-rock

  • ITunes corrupting iPod data

    I've been attempting to sync my new iPod classic for a couple of days now. My library is stored on an external HD and I have itunes mapped to it properly and whatnot but when I sync iTunes will get to a certain point, throw up code 69 and then finish the sync but the main problem is that it decides to corrupt all 100+ gigs of music. Throwing under the "other" category and making it unplayable. So I tried doing all artists separately by alphabetic but it only worked up to a point, and then corrupted all of the music again.
    Yes I am ejecting it properly. Need help!

    See the break up large transfers method in  Corrupt iPod classic.
    tt2

  • When I look at my Ipod on Itunes on my laptop it is showing that I have a large amount of storage space taken up with Apps. (more than my music). In fact I only have the Apps which came with the ipod touch! How do I get my storage back?

    I have an ipod touch 64GB.  I have 3,146 songs, 3 videos, 106 photos and 1 app. The capacity of my ipod is 58 GB (I guess the remainder is the OS), It says I have 7.6GB remaining. When I look at my ipod on Itunes on my laptop the bar at the bottom shows a huge amount of storage space is taken up by Apps.  I don't have any apps apart from the ones which came with the ipod touch which I cannot erase and wouldnt really want to.  I am baffled why it says so much storage has been taken up by Apps! Please help me!!!

    Connect the iPod to your computer and look at the storage used by the various categories as shown in the colored bargarph in iTunes.
    Come back with the results.
    An "other" larger than about 1 1/2 GB usually indicates that the "other" includes corrupted files.  Usually restoring from backup eliminated the corrupted files. However, sometimes restoring to factory settings/new iPod is required.
    To restore from backup see:
    iOS: How to back up
    To restore to factory settings/new iPod see:
    iTunes: Restoring iOS software

  • How To Fix A Corrupt iPod

    Okay, this is my first and possibly last post here, I just thought that I should write my solution to this problem as there are a lot of people suffering with a corrupt iPod. I will first recommend you read this topic also if you're still having problems
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3639883&#3639883
    This will be a long post (sorry), so I'll break things up into an EXPLANTION of the problem and the SOLUTION as I think some people will be thankful for a bit of insight and some people just want a solution.
    read on...
    EXPLANATION:
    My problem occured when receiving a second hand iPod, it had some bugs, stutters and general problems so I tried a restore, this is where my real problems started. After the restore music would not always copy correctly to the iPod, some times returning with a "Windows Delayed Write Failure", also some songs and videos would not play sometimes requiring a restart (reset), sometimes they would return me to the menu straight, and sometimes they would play fine. Also the hard disk would make a lot of fuss just to select certain songs or videos, I would even have trouble booting the iPod or detecting in iTunes.
    These things led me to believe either: The hard disk was cactus; The hard disk had bad sectors; Or there was a file system error on the hard disk.
    When the iPod got really bad it wouldn't properly detect in iTunes, iPod Access, Anapod or Windows, it wouldn't restore in iTunes, and I couldn't access it through windows explorer even in disk mode as it claimed the disk or the control folder had corrupted.
    Using some diagnostic tools I discovered the problem was nothing more than a simple and easily fixed FAT32 filesystem error.
    The problem is that the iPod uses a FAT32 filesystem which is a 'kind of unstable' but not yet redundant filesystem we used back in the Windows 98 days, I assume it uses this filesystem for compatability reasons as pretty much any pc with Windows 98 or above can access FAT32.
    FAT32 stores files in chains, linking one file to another, and branching out like a tree, this system is very easily corruptable due to anything from bad shutdowns or yanking the dock cable of the iPod during copying.
    SOLUTION:
    1:(optional) Check your iPod by reseting it and when the apple logo first appears hold the middle select button and the rewind button to enter a diagnostic mode. Then press the menu button to enter manual testing. Scroll down to IO and press select, then select the hard disk option, then select the hard disk specs option. Read the data to check your hard disk is detected as the correct size (30Gb in my case), if it isn't then reset the iPod and repeat this step until the hard disk detects as the correct size.
    2:Reset your iPod, as the apple logo appears hold down the middle select button and the play button, it will then boot to a screen with a tick in the middle and it will say Disk Mode along the top of the screen.
    3: Now load iTunes and then plug the iPod into your computer and let it detect. iTunes should detect your iPod though it may not properly detect it. If iTunes doesn't detect an iPod AT ALL then reset your iPod and repeat steps 2 & 3 until it does.
    4: Now your iTunes should display your iPod or an iPod just call IPOD, click on your iPod and restore, you can use the same version software or update - it doesn't matter. Even if your iPod normally recieves an error when retoring it SHOULD restore as long as you're in disk mode. When it is done restoring DO NOT UNPLUG THE IPOD, just let iTunes redetect it.
    5: Now go to My Computer and right click on your iPod (could be called Removable Disk and go to properties. Now click on the tools tab and run Scandisk (Check Disk). In the scandisk box that opens tick both check boxes (fix automatically and surface scan) and click run, this will take a while but when it's done go to iTunes and eject the iPod, unplug it from the computer, and reset it.
    You have jsut fixed your iPod.
    Please if you use this solution and it works for you, post your thanks or comments so I know my time wasn't wasted writing this.
    thankyou
    -odsmart

    alright... this one's for raab in Montana
    I'll break your question down into parts to make things easier.
    1: The download error. I don't think your problem is actual iPod corruption per se, it sounds more like an Internet download problem. iTunes requests software (firmware) updates from the server for you and downloads it to your computer, Then updates your iPod. If the problem is that iTunes can't download the software then all the restoring/formatting and scandisking in the world won't help you. I really need a little more info but I think this may help: Are you on ADSL? Alot of Internet providers will not give you a static IP unless you ask and/or pay for one. Long story short, If you are behind a router, gateway or firewall your pc may be blocking the ports that iTunes requires for it's update service. One solution would be to boot your pc into safe mode, cancel the restore option and when your pc is finished booting just try to update your iPod through iTunes. Using safe mode means most antivirus/firewall services won't be running so you may be able to update that way. If not? Well post me some info on your internet connection, all I need to know is if you're on ADSL or not, and what make and model of router you use if you have one. In the mean time, try taking your iPod to a friends pc and installing iTunes and updating it there, if it works there then you'll know it's your pc/setup. Oh well, let me know.
    2: The grinding noise? They do make a noise when scanning through looking for songs and the like, and sometimes they do it for a while but I'm not sure if I'd describe the sound as "grinding". Perhaps if my first answer didn't help then you have bigger problems (hardware problems) I'm not sure, if I could hear your iPod from Australia I'd be able to tell you if it's alright or not.
    3: I mentioned above that my main posts are fixes not to be undertaken unless your iPod has similar symptoms to mine, I cannot stress enough that things like scandisk and format are NOT supposed to be run on an iPod, at least not on a regular basis, and definatly not one after the other. IF ANYBODY'S iPOD DOES NOT EXIHIBIT THE SYMPTOMS IN THE MAIN POST DO NOT USE THE FIX. In particular Raab, your problem seems to be elsewhere.
    Let me know how you go...

  • ITunesSetup says some install files are corrupt, iPod wont be read by pc..

    My ipod and itune were working fine earlier today and before, but whenever i try to update to the latest verion the install says some install files are corrupt, and now my itunes suddenly no longer reads my ipod... This is like the 20th time this ipod not being read by pc problem has occurred and it's really making me never trust apple with pcs again.

    djszapi wrote:1. "On my home partition I only found that viminfo got corrupted twice" Sometimes, it occurs by me too, I delete this file then, but it's a rare situation
    2. "I ran the system rescue cd and fsck'ed both partitions" -> Did you get any direct filesystem error message from the system?
    3. What happens if you try to delete the corrupted files and restart ? Does it become corrupted too every time?
    4."X sometimes won't start, I get a black screen and I need to power down by holding the power button." -> Which driver/kernel/xorg version do you use ? I've experienced such a situation with the nvidia-185.18.31 driver.
    Thank you for your quick response.
    1. Is it safe to delete the corrupted files in /var/log? I already deleted viminfo after it got corrupted the first time, but it happened again.
    2. In the rescue cd, fsck quickly said "it's ok" without checking. Is there a way to force it to check? The man page doesn't say. The longer check I get sometimes when booting ("hasn't been checked in the last X mounts yadda yadda") shows only "fixed write time in the future" from time to time.
    3. The Xorg.0.log particularly gets corrupted after the hard restart that I issue when X fails to start and a black screen locks up the pc.
    4. xf86-video-ati is 6.12.2-2, kernel26 is 2.6.30.4-1. xorg-server: 1.6.3-2. The black screen issue will be (I hope) solved in the other thread I made (link in first post), but I have the suspicion that both problems are very closely related (one is the cause for the other, or some sort of vicious circle.)

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