Formatting Ipod Nano

Use Itunes to restore
comes up everytime i try to turn on my ipod. I updated to the latest version, everything seemed to go fine but after the ipod restarted the same screen comes up. I tried again with the same results. How can i format it so it will just the stock way it came? I know theres a way through command prompt but i cant rememeber.
Thanks
matt

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darrengbl wrote:
I need to transfer my iPhone's musics, songs, apps and photo, etc to the Mac […] since I owned a iPod nano.
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The file SysInfo is empty, containing no data when opened in Notepad.
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BoardHwName: iPod M25
pszSerialNumber: JQ6040HFTXL
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HddFirmwareRev: BU011A
RegionCode: S(0x0006)
PolicyFlags: 0x00000001
buildID: 0x06128000 (6.1.2)
visibleBuildID: 0x01128000 (1.1.2)
boardHwRev: 0x00000000 (0.0 0)
boardHwSwInterfaceRev: 0x000B0005 (0.0.11 5)
bootLoaderImageRev: 0x00000000 (0.0 0)
diskModeImageRev: 0x00000000 (0.0 0)
diagImageRev: 0x00000000 (0.0 0)
osImageRev: 0x00000000 (0.0 0)
iPodFamily: 0x00000000
updaterFamily: 0x00000000
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