End of me rope

Hi all.
Sorry to start my first post with a question. But I've just about had enough of BT and their couldn't care less attitude to a looong ongoing issue with slow infinity speeds. Top date I have had one engineer call. 6 conversations with an overseas "helper" approximately 3 hours of my life crawling around my living room unplugging things and am now on the 4th call back with they haven't called me back on. 3 emails of complaint which so far have only managed an auto reply
I'm at the point of cancelling my £40 a month contract with BT and going with a local company that can offer broadband without the need for phone line.
I'm prepared to deal with someone from here in the UK and wondered if anyone had a point of contact, before I throw the towel in?
Many thanks in adavance
Del

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Help! Aperture 3.0.1 Crashing - at end of my rope!

OK - I am at the end of my rope and my problem solving ability. I have an Aperture library with a little under 9,000 images - almost all referenced on an external hard drive (connected via FireWire).
I bought Aperture 3 when it came out (boxed upgrade version). I upgraded from 2.5 (which was causing no trouble). But after upgrading to Aperture 3 (with no problems) Aperture will crash every time I open it... unless I open Aperture without the external drive plugged in, then once Aperture is open, plug in the external drive. Sometimes it crashes right away, sometimes it takes a minute or so. But if I open Aperture with the external drive attached it will crash every time.
Here's what I've tried:
- Upgraded to 3.0.1 - no help
- run in 32 bit mode - no help
- run repair disk (disk utility) on main drive - no errors - no help
- repair permissions - no help
- run repair disk (disk utility) on external drive with referenced files - no errors - no help
- move referenced files to another external drive - no help
- move aperture library to another external drive - no help
- switched external drives among three drives - no help
- run Aperture's repair permissions - no help
- run Aperture's Repair Database - several times never got past 0%, twice did finish - no errors - no help
- run Aperture's Rebuild Database - once finished no errors no help - once never finished - no help
- move Aperture library to external drive and try to consolidate library - didn't finish - no help
- Force update previews for all files - no help
- trashed all preferences - no help
- trashed preference file Apple recommends to re-enter serial numbers - reentered ver 2 and ver 3 serial numbers - no help
- trashed all plug ins - no help
- turned off Faces feature - no help
Here is PART of the crash log from the last time it crashed - when I try to post the whole thing I get an error. I am totally out of ideas, and I am really tired of messing around with this after a week. At this point I'd even try waiving dead chickens over my Macbook Pro! Please, please help! Thank you.
Process: Aperture [1743]
Path: /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture
Identifier: com.apple.Aperture
Version: 3.0.1 (3.0.1)
Build Info: Aperture-1002221847~1
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [202]
Date/Time: 2010-02-26 00:16:38.483 -0600
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.2 (10C540)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 220750 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 27
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 44634 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 14
Anonymous UUID: 9ECA806B-18AE-4E47-B1D4-EE575700F631
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE at 0x00000000b0b4bfdc
Crashed Thread: 23

At last a SOLUTION!! (more or less)
I spoke with Apple this afternoon and learned two important pieces of information.
1. The "processing" that happens when I begin Aperture with the external drive attached holding my referenced image files (which would stop and crash Aperture) is Aperture checking every file in order to use it with Brushes. The Apple rep said the Quartz/video card?? system analyzes every pixel in order to set things up for the Brushes system (and that system was crashing).
2. To stop Aperture from doing this "processing" when you begin Aperture (if it hasn't already been done) open Aperture while holding down the Shift key. This process I think is only done once when your importing images for the first time (or upgrading the database/program).
Once I relayed to Apple what I had already done, and once I understood what was happening, things made a little more sense. One or more files was apparently "corrupted" and was causing the system to crash. So how to determine which? Unfortunately there is no way to determine by the crash log. You have to find it by the process of elimination(!).
For me, I already knew which project and which set of albums had the problem (see my posting above). That still left over 1,000 images. So I took the project and exported it out four times. Then one at a time opened these libraries (holding down the Shift key) and deleted files/emptied trash on each so that in each library I had about 1/4 of the images (first one with the first 1/4, next one with the next 1/4 and so on). Again, each time remembering to hold down the shift key while opening and deleting the excess images.
Once this is done open them one at a time and see which one crashes. Note the images in the one that crashes. Delete all the library copies and redo the above process on the images included in the library that crashed. *And being REALLY sure I had multiple backups of my library on other drives in case things went terribly wrong or I deleted things in the wrong library.*
EVENTUALLY I whittled it down to three versions of an image that I had edited considerably in Aperture (I had a LOT of spot/patch/retouch on them). So, back to the main library, open with shift key down, export out TIFFs of the corrupted versions (so I didn't lose the images) and delete them from the library (remembering to empty the trash). Close aperture, open (without holding the shift key) and IT WORKED!!
OK - so, I am very happy to have finally figured this out but this is FAR from a good solution. The process of resolving this took an enormous amount of time. And I was fortunate to have only 3 versions all of the same image causing trouble. If I had several images in several projects I am not sure I would live long enough to figure it out. Apple REALLY needs to implement a trap in their programming that either passes over images it has problems with or gives an error indicating which one or SOMETHING.
Anyway, I know there are many others who have reported similar problems - I feel your pain - and I hope this helps you.
Now, with all that finally over, I am off to enjoy what looks to be a very feature-rich program!
Message was edited by: Ericw

6.0.5.20, at the end of my rope

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Do you have any ideas why Motion 5 would run slow on a computer? I have an Imac with 8Gigs of ram, and plenty of hard drive space, but it still gives me the beach ball when I add a few lights and effects. I'm at the end of my rope.

Do you have any ideas why Motion 5 would run slow on a computer? I have an Imac with 8Gigs of ram, and plenty of hard drive space, but it still gives me the beach ball when I add a few lights and effects. I'm at the end of my rope.

You probably don't really need 1080 at 60 for your finished projects but since you're just starting out with Motion, you need to lower your expectations. A long way. 1080 is about 2 million pixels per frame, DV is only about 400,000. That's not just five times as many pixels for the Mac to track; everything in video is exponential.
Explore the training tutorials available by Mark Spencer. You will get an idea of how his super powerful machine reacts with the software.
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Try working in ye olde DV resolution for a few days. Get to know the software's limitations and what gets imposed by your Macintosh. Step up to 720p/30 and see how things slow down.

At the end of my rope with recent upgrade

I just bought the recent upgrade it's 2.0.1. Anyways before I bought it and updated my ipod everything worked perfect. My favorite thing to do was sit outside on the ipod surfing the net. Well now that I updated it I can not get online. I can connect to my wifi which works no problem as I am on a computer right now using wifi but I can not access the net, youtube, itunes anything at all. If I am lucky I can load apple.com or gmail.com but that is it. If I click on a link it will not load another page. I have googled like no tomorrow to fix this and nothing has worked. Here is what I have tried.
- Reset by holding down home and power
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- I have tried forgetting network and refinding it, I have also tried renewing it.
I am so fed up. I want whatever was on it before 2.0.1 back since I could get on the internet then. I bought the ipod back in december so support will do nothing for me if I called them.
Please Help!! I am ready to throw the thing out the window.

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No Sound Device/Playback Device --At the end of my rope

First let me state that I've tried several methods to fix my problem already, and none appear to help or work, I've followed the advice given by several others, and I'm really not sure what I can do at this point. I even bought a new Soundcard thinking it would solve the problem...but it has not.
If I were to go into Device Manager right now, Windows detects TWO Audio Devices:
Soundblaster Xi-Fi Extreme Audio
Vinyl AC '97 Codec Combo Driver (WDM)
The latter I can easily disable in BIOS on Startup, but this does not help me one bit.
I have checked my Sounds and Audio Devices:
No Audio Device/No Playback Device/Sound Recording is Soundblaster/Midi is Creative SoundFont Synth/No Voice Playback/Voice Recording is Soundblaster.
I have checked my Services (Local):
Windows Audio Service is "Started" and set to Automatic?
I have checked other media devices and get errors regarding "Direct Sound" or "Wave Out".
Regarding the programs related to my drivers, I have tried to uninstall them and reinstall them in Safe Mode but this has not helped. In particular one of the programs VIA Audiodeck (related to my onboard audio) cannot seem to find certain files to uninstall itself, aside from the fact it couldn't run when I installed it in the first place. (In part I'm looking for a free program that can uninstall stuff that can't be uninstalled the usual way).
Finally I've discovered I'm getting errors in trying to check for Windows Updates (even though I have Service Pack 3 now). Windows Automatic Updates says it's "On" but doesn't show up.
I don't really know what the root of my problem is, as I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling my drivers several times (even attempted to?clean up the registry from leftover fragments). I've used programs like Belarc Advisor and Driver Scan but these don't tell me what to do or how to proceed. I'm at my wit's end here.

I'm not sure what anyone here can do
Nothing. These are user to user forums, of which Apple employees do not take part in.
Does anyone know who I can EMAIL about this,
Nobody...Apple does not offer email support/correspondence. Call support and ask immediately to speak to customer relations.

Please help find driver, at the end of my rope with this ca

I purchased a used soundcard from a computer repair shop near here a few months back. The sound card did not come with an installation CD. So i was pretty much left on my own to find drivers for it. Ive got a good many years experience building pcs so i figured this wouldnt be a problem. How WRONG i was lol. After being unable to find drivers for it originally I finally gave up and put the card in a static protection bag i had laying around and havent thought about it much since then just counted it as a loss. Now im back at it trying again to find drivers to get this card to work.
The following is every bit of information i feel applicable to this sittuation, however if anymore infos needed please let me know and ill try to provide it.
My operating system= windows XP with SP2
The following is off the card itself. (which says its a creative sound blaster Li've!)
Theres an inkstamp on the uppper left hand corner of the non chipset side that reads
32AMN08B 853
94v-0 k
(backwards RJ looking symbol)e9697 3999
Serial number= m48309402990
Model number= CT4830
Steps i've taken so far are i originally went to the creative search function and looked for the drivers on their site it gave me a link to two files which i downloaded.
This is the link where i downloaded the following files
http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/download.asp?MainCategory=&nRegionFK=&nCountryFK=& nLanguageFK=&sOSName=Windows+XP&region=&Product_Na me=Li've%2&Product_ID=4857&modelnumber=&driverlang =033&OS=0&drivertype=0&x=26&y=
And this of course is the two files i got.
. Li'veDrvPack_Patch.exe
2. Li'veDrvUni-Pack(ENG).exe
File number one has a warning as follows:
(This is an update patch, it is not a complete driver installation. You must have the previous Li'veDrvPack.exe (SBLW-XPWEB-W3-US), posted July 7,2002. in your system if you wish to use this patch.)
Ive searched the site i cant find this file (SBLW-XPWEB-W3-US) after searching through the forums a bit i found this thread http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=25677&vie w=by_date_ascending&page=
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. SB Audigy & Li've!.iso
2. SB Li've! 5. (SB0228).iso
3. SB Li've! 5. (SB0229).iso
4. SB Li've! 24bit.iso
I mounted each image in daemon tools and attempted to install and recieved the following error
ERROR= Setup could not detect any sound blaster audio card on your system. Please ensure that your sound blaster hardware is properly installed before running this setup program. Setup will now exit.
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shadowcage wrote:
okay well i tryed the patching method on all of the isos i had after extracting them.
I patched it and it said it was successful. when i ran each successi've setup it still didnt detect any soundblaster hardware.
I also went to compaq and tryed a driver i found there without any luck. Im thinking at this point it is an OEM
Although i still dont understand how you got compaq from the model number, im going to continue looking around their site.
Maybe ill luck out but so far im about to the point im ready to throw this @#$%@%#@$@##@$#@$% thing away lol.
Im looking on driver guide now again. :Sighs This is so aggrivating Normally i wouldnt have bought a card without the drivers but
my wifes the one that got it and she didnt know. Oh well......
You can get the model information from here.
You can also try by installing kX drivers -> if kX package don't get installed, your card may have some problems.
kX Home pages - http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/index.php?skip=
kX support forum - http://www.driverheaven.net/forumdisplay.php?f=74
jutapa

At the end of my rope with phone support.

I'm not sure what anyone here can do, but I need somplace to share this with. Its extremely frusturating.
Less than a month ago, I purchased my first iMac. It was a slightly older model- a 20" Aluminum 2.0ghz machine. It was purchased from a re-seller and had obviously been sitting on the shelf for a while. I know that the warranty date starts from the purchase date of the re-seller; there is a form to fill out if it needs to be changed to your actual purchase date. In a situation like mine, where the computer had been in the store for around a year, this was essential if I wanted any kind of phone support.
I filled out these forms, faxed a copy of the receipt to the number I was supposed to, and assumed everything would be fine. Within 24 hours, Boot Camp managed to screw up the OS X partition of my hard drive. I needed to make several calls to customer support, where I had to argue with all of them due to the purchase date update taking up to 72 hours to go through. After several phone calls, where I had to explain my situation 15 times and wait on hold for 45 minutes while they found out that it takes 72 hours for the change to go through, and after literally 5 hours of driving to my nearest Apple stores until someone was willing to help me with the problem even though I was "out of warranty" (Reminder- I had purchased this computer 2 days prior. New, off the shelf in the store. It absolutely should've been under warranty.) I was finally able to get the computer fixed.
Today, I figured I'd check on the status of my purchase date switch, so the next time something goes wrong with my computer I don't have to battle with tech support to get them to listen to my problem. I entered the serial number in the warranty info page, and it tells me:
*Our records indicate that your product is covered under a custom contract. For more information about your coverage, please contact us.*
*Your product is not eligible for complimentary phone support.*
When I click "contact us," the only thing that would be able to potentially help me out is the Apple Customer Service phone number. I don't feel like calling and having someone with a medium-thick accent repeat back to me what they understood my issue to be 5 times until they finally get it right. I would love to write it out so someone can just re-read it if they don't wrap their mind around it the first time.
I don't see why I should have to argue my case. I went to an Apple Authorized Reseller, swiped my credit card, and walked out with a new iMac. No, it's not the newest model, but its still new. That's money that just went in Apple's pocket, because of my purchase. There is absolutely no reason why it should be this big of a struggle just to get the warranty that I deserve. I don't feel like I'm being unreasonable or out of line in any way.
Does anyone know who I can EMAIL about this, or am I going to have to put up with the non-help I get on the phone? They're going to tell me that they can't help me out, because I'm supposedly not covered for phone support anymore. Ugh. Please help.

I'm not sure what anyone here can do
Nothing. These are user to user forums, of which Apple employees do not take part in.
Does anyone know who I can EMAIL about this,
Nobody...Apple does not offer email support/correspondence. Call support and ask immediately to speak to customer relations.

IPhoto spinning ball - at the end of my rope

I can't get iPhoto to load. Every single thing I've tried results in the spinning ball of death.
I've tried:
rebuilding the library
creating a new library on another drive
using iPhoto Library Manager rebuild
restoring the picture library from a back up made before I was having problems with it.
rebuilding thumbnails
removing the .plist and .lock file
creating a new 'empty' library and that locked up too.
Nothing is working and I'm very frustrated.
I've got several gig of space on the drive, so space shouldn't be an issue.
I downloaded Picasa and tried using that, but it locks up, too. What the heck is going on?
I don't know what else to do. I'm thinking I'll have to move all my photos, years worth of them, folder by folder and just put them on another drive and delet iPhoto and start all over again. I don't know if I'd lose any meta data of the pictures if I did that.
Looking for some help, please.

That suggests that an external or 3rd party software is causing the problem.
Boot normally and then lauch Console (in your Applications/Utiities folder)
Then Launch iPhoto and see if any messages get written to it.
Regards
TD

K8N Neo3 Issues (At the end of my rope)

The parts I have are as follows:
1x K8N Neo3 MOBO
1x Sapphire x1600 Radeon Video Card 512MB PCIE
1x AMD64 Sempron +3000 (Socket 754)
1x WD 100GB HDD
1x WD 250GB HDD
2x DRAM Master PC3200 DDR400 Memory Modules
1x DWL D-Link 11.0Mbps Wireless USB Adapter
1x LiteOn 16X DVD Dual Drive (ATAPI/E-IDE)
Some things to note:
All of the parts have been tested in other machines and work perfectly. I'm currently running XP Pro on a 15gig partition on the 100GB HDD. All of the drivers are installed on this partition as well as firefox. On the other partition on that drive, I have 3DMark05 and windows media player classic installed. Both partitioned were made after formatting the entire drive. On the 250GB HDD, I have some anime and various wallpapers. Hardware acceleration currently set to two notches left of full. All of the drivers are up to date, and I have flashed the BIOS.
The problems:
First off, my CD driver could not read CDs all too well. In the middle of installation I'd get tons of errors which was odd considering the fact that the CD (XP Pro) worked in other comps. After I flashed the BIOS however, this problem was removed, or rather, it pops up less frequently.
Another issue I'm having is with the memory. Both memory modules work well, and were memtested with no errors, however, unless I go to Advanced Chipset Features in the BIOS and enter into DRAM Configuration and change the timing mode to manual, set the Memclock Index Value to 250MHZ and the CAS# Latency to 3, I can't boot into XP. Instead, it'll clear POST, and then pretend like it's going to take me to XP, and then reboot. On the issue with memory, it's interesting to note that with my old sempron processor (AMD 3200+), I don't have to change any BIOS settings to get the RAM to work.
The next problem on the list is with my video card. As mentioned previously, it's a Sapphire x1600 Radeon 512MB PCIE and I can't get it to work on this system for the life of me. I tested the card in a friend's computer (uninstalled his drivers and installed mine before attempting) and it worked like a dream. In mine however, whenever I go to run a graphic intensive program such as 3DMark05, it locks up after about 10 seconds, some times sooner. Occaisonaly VPU will kick in, but usually I have to perform a reboot. Even the little car animation in catalyst control center locks up my computer. It's interesting to note however that when watching anime, that I can usually go about 2 or 3 episodes before my computer freezes up on me, or just reboots.
It's interesting to note that my computer has not rebooted on me while surfing the net, or typing stuff up.
Another issue is that it seems like I can't go 10 or 15 minutes without something shutting down, such as firefox, or msn messenger due to errors. I've reinstalled windows and formatted twice now, and I'm still continually getting conflicts. I'm not sure if this issue might be tied into the ones I'm having with the motherboard, or if that even makes sense, but considering the fact I wasn't having these issues till I switched to this one, I'm ready to put the blame on it.
My theories:
My current theory is that there is a device driver conflict somewhere. After much searching, reinstalling, and a lot of crying, I've not been able to figure out what the video card is conflicting with. While this issue might be better dealt with on some ATI fourm, ATI has not such fourm I could find, and since I'm having issues with the board overall, I figured I'd post it here.
I have no theory as to why one processor would have me to change bios setting to get the RAM to work, and why another wouldn't.
I have no theory as to why I can watch anime, but not play games.
What I'm hoping for:
I'm open to any possible solutions to the problems I'm currently experiencing, and would even be grateful for possible causes if no solution can be met. If all else fails, and I can't get anything to work, (even though all the other parts work on other boards), I'll assume the board is faulty and just RMA it considering the fact that the people I bought it from don't accept returns.

Quote from: Xfraze on 03-February-06, 19:26:38
I plan to get a 450W PSU today and see if that helps, I have my fingers crossed though. Last time I though my computer had a power issue, it turned out the problem was somthing else and I forkedout some cash for nothing.
Yep, that happens ... that is why I always recommend to try it out with a borrowed PSU first. Still, I have the feeling that things are moving in the right direction Maybe it is time to take a closer look at the videocard - you have any idea of the temperature of the card under stress - or about the temperatures in the computer in general? CPU temp, case temp, etc?

MagicDVD, at the end of my rope.

I am extremely frustrated with my mac. I am running OS 10.5.5 and have the superdrive, I have used nearly a dozen DL discs trying to burn a large file, and I get errors or it says it's done but never actually finishes, just continues to work until I cancel the operation. None of the discs have played, and the most recent error was "Multiplexing'. I looked that up and it said it had something to do with space available--I have 175 GB available, so that shouldnt be a problem. I was trying to burn .avi first and after an hour on the phone with apple they said to try converting it and burning it as a different type. So i changed it to MP4 and it still does not work. Someone please help me before stomp on this stupid thing.
Any help much appreciated--I can't afford the minutes on hold with apple trying to have someone figure it out...

Have you considered not using MagicDVD and creating an iDVD project to add your movie to so you can save the finished project as a disk image and proof with DVD Player before committing to disk? Saves a lot of discs that way.

TS3694 Need help immediately! I am at the end of my rope (in a foreign country).

i have researched to death the dreaded 1015 error, while trying to restore my iphone 3gs. i was on 4.2.1, and tried to restore through itunes to the newest 6.1.3. this phone was previously jailbroken and unlocked. any help would be greatly appreciated! i am in a foreign country, and need my phone for many things, especially to navigate from place to place.

Hey, I hope I am not too late.
In order for your port forwarding to work, you have to point it to the IP address of your router. On the setup page, about the middle of the page, there is a 192.168.1. then a box; place a value in the box, which will complete the ip for your router's port forwarding.
save it then, try again. Just did that on mine, I found alot of information on the www.portforward.com web site.

Can't reinstall os x - please help I'm desperate and at the end of my rope

We have an iMac G5 running OS X 10.4
all of a sudden it stopped working (when we tried to reformat a G3 ipod from PC to mac)
so we restarted - it gave us the question mark
restarted again, unplugged for 30 seconds, still question mark
so we're reading all the support online, disk utility repair doesn't work - errors out
so we go to reinstall from the install disks -
but when it comes Select Destination Volume
there is no volume!! I googled and found that someone said he "formatted the image" or something like that, but I have no idea what that means and couldn't find out how to do it in disk utility or anywhere else.
any suggestions please? going crazy here.
thanks in advance,
k.

k.,
"how does one go about using a 3rd party utility to repair ..."
You go out and buy a copy of DiskWarrior or Tech Tool Pro. Once you have it, insert the CD into the drive and reboot from the CD (hold down the c-key during boot). Then repair the disk and restart.
"...or doing an archive&install?"
1. Insert the Panther or Tiger install-DVD and reboot while holding down the c-key
2. Once you are booted go to the menu and select disk utility
3. Repair the disk and Repair permissions!
4. Quit disk utility and proceed with the installation
5. Under "options" select "Archive&Install" and check the box "keep user and network data".
6. Install Tiger
7. Restart
8. Go to the folder Application/Utilities and run disk utility to repair permissions again.
9. Download (or open if you downloaded before) and install the latest Combo update: Mac OS X Update 10.3.9 (Combo) or Mac OS X Update 10.4.8 Combo PPC.
10. Restart and repair permisssions
11. Go to the Apple menu and select "Software Update"
12. Install all missing updates and restart.
13. Repair permissions
Good luck!
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At the end of my rope

I've been having the same problem for about three days now.
Everything was going just fine, other than little intervals of freezing here and there, and sudden--BOOM!
I keep getting the little sad ipod guy (who looks car sick to me), or the half charged battery. Why it keeps saying the battery is low when I've been charging it for two days is beyond me. I've reset it dozens of times, restarted my computer, got the new updater (which does nothing; it won't let me update or restore my ipod).
It seems I've tried everything and nothing is working. Help please!

I would be interested in knowing how others are solving this prob?? Is it just coincidence that I have had my ipod for a year and did not re-up my applecare protection on it when I received an email from apple recently.
Anyway, the problem with my ipod is similar. I know it is/was charged and while trying to use it with earphones plugged in, it would play a song or two and then quit. This also has happened with an itrip plugged in. If I connect the ipod to a power source, it would go back to working, generally for as long as I used it. Today it kept quitting and I would get it back to working and after the third time I stopped. Then I tried to update or restore, following the steps on the apple page. When the computer was recognizing the ipod it would not let me select it as a location to update. Now I can't even get anything up on the ipod!!!??? ***!!!!!! Someone help.....

HELP!!! AT THE END OF MY ROPE!!!

I've tried "restore to factory settings" with no avail. I am tempted to "Erase all data and petitions" but will that also mean that the system recovery petition will also be erased? I don't want that but I don't know what else to do!

I've tried "restore to factory settings" with no avail. I am tempted to "Erase all data and petitions" but will that also mean that the system recovery petition will also be erased?
Try the factory restore once again. Power off your unit, press and hold down the '0' (zero) key, power on, keep holding the power key down until you see the Toshiba Recovery menu, return your unit to its factory default out-of-the-box setup.
The recovery utility, run from the HDD recovery partition, will not wipe out the recovery partition. The recovery utility, run from a set of recovery disks, will actually rebuild the HDD recovery partition.
But yes, all other user data and partitions will be wiped out.
If you need to post back here we need your full model name/number from the Toshiba label on the bottom of your computer.
Mike

End of me rope

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