Error:the ipod cannot be updated. the disc could not be read from or writte

May sound silly I am sorry, new to this. Just got an ipod shuffle and have gone through all troubleshooting suggestions ie: restore ipod, reinstall software etc. Am getting an error: "The ipod "administrator's ipod" cannot be updated. The disc could not be read from or written to". This occurs when I click and drag a playlist from the source section to my ipod in the source section. Getting a wee bit discouraged by reading all the problems associated with this ipod and am hoping for an easy fix to slide past further frustration. Please help. Thank you muchly.
Windows XP

Go to the iPod Shuffle Support Page, look around in there, and follow the troubleshooting steps in the article entitled "Can't be written to" or words to that effect.

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this is the message that appeared when i tried putting songs on my shuffle..what should i do?

I had this same issue and stumbled across this solution on a random web sales site for second gen shuffles.
"It is ESSENTIAL that when you first sync the shuffle you enable disk use via the option in iTunes. This prevents iTunes from automatically disconnecting the shuffle. If you do not do this, the shuffle is disconnected automatically as soon as you plug it in, which means you are unable to update it. You will get the messages "Unknown error: Device cannot be read from or written to" which is displayed because the iPod has been disconnected although iTunes doesn't' realise it has disconnected it. iTunes will then freeze and you will be unable to reset the iPod or enable disk use. So make sure you enable Disk Use the very first time you plug in your shuffle! Otherwise you will have to manually reformat the Shuffle"
So I downloaded the ipod restore utillity to reset the ipod to factory defaults. I then ran itunes, gave the ipod a name and let it autofill to give me time to change settings in the ipods setting tab in itunes. Down the bottom of this tab I ticked the checkbox to allow ipod disk use and clicked the apply button and all is working fine now. If the ipod completes synching before you click the apply button then you will need to reset the ipod and try again.
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - pass the word. If you have issues at all trying to sync your iPhone to your Mac please make sure you connect the cable directly to its USB port. DO NOT connect the sync cable to your keyboard. And in a huge revelation to myself - DO NOT connect your sync cable to a USB hub which in turn is connect to your Mac, even if the hub is powered by A/C. I thought for sure my two week old iPhone was defective by getting errors from iTunes saying "iPhone . . . cannot be synced. The disk could not be read or written to", "Attempting to copy to disk failed". The best one was when I thought I might need to restore my iPhone and getting "Could not be restored unknown error occured (OXE800006B). I would suggest to Mac to place a suggestion in the error messages to check if your cable is directly connected to your Mac. It might save some headaches. My phone works fine now!
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Good to hear of your success, and a good post. Using Mac keyboard usb ports and hubs is definitely not to be advised.
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My Ipod mini gives error -47 (ipod cannot be updated, the required file is in use).

When I try to sync my Ipod mini, I get the following error : Error -47 (ipod cannot be updated, the required file is in use). My software is all up to date and the ipod was restored. Nothing helped, how do I fix this? I have a macbook pro.
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I just tries that,
So you were able to find that setting via Sophos -> Preferences?
It has to be some other process/application on your system that is trying to access the iPod then.
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The iPod cannot be updated because there is not enough free space to hold..

My nano has been working fine until recently, when the following error has come up each time I plug it in:
The iPod cannot be updated because there is not enough free space to hold all of the songs in the iTunes music library, would you like iTunes to choose a selection of songs to copy to this iPod.
This would make sense except that I have my iPod set on Manual Upload of my songs, so iTunes shouldn't even be trying to move all the songs on my iTunes library on to my iPod. I reinstalled iTunes but still no change. The Automatic Upload of my Podcast feature doesn't work as before, and I don't have that many podcasts, and about 250 mb of free space. Anyone know why Manual Upload isn't working right?

The reason why all this is probably happening is because you either have no memory on ur ipod or u have so many songs that in ur itunes that ur ipod cant hold all such as if u have a 1050 songs say and ur ipod only holds 1000 or less then that message would be coming up but dont worry about its just telling u and saying it wants u to get a bigger ipod : )

I firewired I-tunes music from crashed I-mac to a new I-mac. Then tried to sync my I-pod w/ the new computer and got messages "I-pod cannot be synced". Also, "the disc could not be read from or written to- you don't have the privilege to make changes"

I firewired my i-tunes library from my old computer to a used I-mac which I bought. All purchased songs & playlists
were succesfully transferred. When I tried to sync my empty I-pod to the used I-mac I received these messages.
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This is all my music legally downloaded and purchased from I-tunes. How to I circumvent this barrier?
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I had similar problems, it was a nightmare and on a 3 month ipod too!. I use a Powerbook G4 at home and a G5 at work - both were returning the same problems. so I sent it off to apple, they quickly sent it back saying there was nothing wrong with and it didn't need to be repaired. I tried it again and the same problems occurred "disc cannot be written to or read from." I could copy 20 songs onto it at the very most. A couple of guys at my work suggested updating it on a PC, then adding tunes via my mac as normal - guess what!? it works a treat!?. How ridiculous is that!? an Apple product works best on a PC. these generations of ipods are obviously designed to work best on Intel based Macs. What is wrong Apple? are you abandoning the G-generation!? still, atleast my ipod works for now - it will prove a problem when I have to update the iPod's software since I don't own a PC or an intel-based Mac.

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I tunes: I am using version 12 of I tunes. Ever since downloading it I get the message when trying to burn a playlist it says, The attempt to burn a disc failed. The disc could not be read from or written to.
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Welcome to the Support Communities! The resource below provides some general things to consider when burning a disc with iTunes. I would also try burning a music CD and a data disc from a different application in the Windows OS and trying a different brand CD just to confirm the issue is not with the optical drive.
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Find out what to do if you can't burn an audio CD using iTunes for Windows. Sometimes an audio disc may not burn as expected. Here are some things to check.
Update iTunes
Download and install the latest version of iTunes for Windows.Check for unauthorized songs
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If there are too many songs in a playlist to fit on a single CD, iTunes should ask if you want to burn multiple discs or cancel the burn. This message should appear: "The songs in this playlist will not fit on one Audio CD. Do you want to create multiple Audio CDs with this playlist split across them? This will require more than one blank CD to complete."
If you click the Audio CDs button, the burn will continue and you'll be asked to insert blank CDs until the playlist is completely burned. If you click cancel, the burn will be canceled.
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I am trying to burn a cd after upgrading to itunes 12 and this message keeps coming up."The attempt to burn a disc failed. The disc could not be read from or written to." there is no problem with my hardware since I can burn cds using nero. Please help. Thanks

Here is a solution that worked for me!
1. Uninstall iTunes 12
2. Download and install iTunes 11.4
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4. Uninstall iTunes 11.4
5. Install iTunes 12.0.1 again. This time disc burning should be working.
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Error: This disc could not be read from or written to....

Hi,
Just got a new ipod video 30g. When transferring songs, fails after a while....transfers some songs then this error pops up:
"Attempting to copy to the disk 'Joe's Ipod'failed. The disc could not be read from or written to."
I've searched this in the help section and this page comes up:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301267
But my computer software is very minimal..and Windows XP is up to date. Cords appear fine and not loose...
HAVE NO IDEA What the problem is. I've tried restoring it to original settings. I've even reinstalled iTunes...
Anyone know what to do?
Is my iPod just faulty?
Ipod video 30g Windows XP
Windows XP

Hey there,
Have you tried any of the troubleshooting techniques from below? Check it out. Hope it helps.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1207
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I'm a novice at all this, so any sympathetic help would be really welcome. I have downloaded the uptodate iPod and iTunes updates but I still keep getting the failure message ' Attemting to copy to iPod failed. the disc could not be read from or written to.' It is downloading some music, on occasions, but not all. What is wrong? Is my iPod faulty? Any help would be welcome.

Thanks Jeff. Only thing that rings true is updating OS; when I tried to downoad 10.4 message said I 'could not on this computer'. Since I purchased and installed 10.3 a year ago I don't understand. Also, iPod was downloading perfectly until two days ago when -36 appeared. Bummer. I am not a techie, Apple tech support does not have a clue, and iPod is useless. Ideas?

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Welcome to AD!
Does it do anything differently if you reset that iPod while it's connected to your PC?
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The Ipod cannot be updated - The Disk cannot be read from or written to!!!!

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Help needed from somone very smart, very proAPPLE , THIS IS REALLY PISSINNNNGGG ME OFFFF, i cant drag music in the ipod, i can use it as data but this message keeps on poping up!...This is the second time i change my ipod shuffle.
Does anyone else have this problem???
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Try using the apple updater to do a restore. (I had to uninstall the updater and iTunes then reinstall just the updater do the restore then reinstall itunes.)
After it's been restored, make sure you've got music in your library. When iTunes next recognises the restored shuffle it should start to automatically copy music to the iPod. While it's doing this, go in to the ipod optons and tick the 'enable disk use' box.
After doing this you'll need to click the eject button evry time you want to unplug the iPod but at least it should work.

The iPod cannot be updated The file or directory is corrupted or unreadabl

I have started getting the above error message every time I connect my iPod to update. I have reinstalled iTunes, but still no joy. My computer advises me to run utility 'chkdsk' which I have done, but I still cannot update my iPd with the last 37 songs I have downloaded. I am not sure if this is an iPod problem or computer software
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It can be either some bad sectors on the HD of your iPod or there are couples corrupted music files on your iTunes
For the bad sectors, see doing the following helps
For Mac computer
1. Open the disk utility, hope your iPod appears there (left hand side), highlight it
2. Go to Tab “Partition”, click either “Delete” or “Partition”, if fails, skip this step and go to 3
3. Go to Tab “Erase” , choose Volume Format as “MAC OS Extended (Journaled), and click Erase, again if fails, skip it and go to 4
4. Same as step 3, but open the “Security Options....” and choose “Zero Out Data” before click Erase. It will take 1 to 2 hours to complete.
5. Eject your iPod and do a Reset
6. Open the iTunes 7 and click “Restore”
For Window computer
Go to folder “My Computer”
Hope you can see your iPod there and right click on the iPod
Choose “Format”. Ensure the settings are at “Default” and that “Quick Format” is not checked
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Eject your iPod and do a Reset
Open the iTunes 7 and click “Restore”
For corrupted music files on the iTunes, you have to find a way to find them out, and delete them.
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