Frimware Update Failure - Ever heard of this ??

Our household now has three iPods. A 20GB 4g, a 6GB 4g mini and a brand new 20GB 4g just received today. All have worked great with the exception of the new one. Have updated iTunes and updated the iPod updater to 2005-09-06 and click RESTORE (only option) and get this error mssg:
FIRMWARE UPDATE FAILURE-Disk Write Error. Also unable to restore manually using firewire wall socket.
What gives????

Hi, I also have a Firmware update failure on my 20gb ipod, took my ipod to the apple shop today and they tested my unit and said it was ok but suggested it was a computer configaration problem. I have tried everthing to cure this and seem to be going backwards. Only had the unit a month and I am really getting fed up with it.
Any help you get will be helpful to me also.

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I went and sought the advice of a mac genius at the local apple store. They found that some kernel issue, something software related, was spiking in the activity monitor thereby causing the battery to have to re-evaluate how much time is left rapidly. they said there was nothing wrong with my battery and that I should do an archive and install and see what happens. they also told me they had NEVER heard of this before - which seems impossible - someone has to have experienced this.
anyways, did the archive and install and when that was completed and my computer was 10.4.9 the problem was fixed! time was back to normal.
then mindlessly, i went through the required software updates to get me up to speed and then tried the battery again just to make sure if was working - and suddenly it was back to old problem again. So it must be some apple software update that I downloaded? And if it is, somebody must have heard of this before.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thank you,
Jack

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Has anyone ever heard of this happening?!

Hi Everyone,
If you set up a site definition as an FTP Server and then
delete that definition, would it delete files?
I've never heard of this...I thought site definitions were
really just a link to files...can someone please advise?
See details below:
I was working with a client today in DWMX 2004 on WinXP Home
and she had about 4 different site definitions for the same site -
each a different type of definition.
( She was trying to get her site defined on her own and
didn't know what to do so she had tried each option.)
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definition. (The files had previously been located on her C Drive
according to the paths in 'Open Recent'. )
She asked me ' Will this delete my files?' and I responded
'Nope, a site definition is just like a bookmark-so your files will
remain where they are on your local machine'.
Her files (even the ones showing in 'Open Recent' on the
Welcome Screen) were nowhere to be found on her machine-we looked
in her recycle bin too.
Like I said, I never heard of this happening. I was assuming
that she just had misplaced her files-but the 'Open Recent' paths
seemed to be indicating that the files had once been right where
she was expecting them to be.
Please help--Thanks so much!
-Daria

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>> Hi Everyone,
>> If you set up a site definition as an FTP Server and
then delete that
>> definition, would it delete files?
>> I've never heard of this...I thought site
definitions were really just a
>> link
>> to files...can someone please advise?
>> See details below:
>>
>> I was working with a client today in DWMX 2004 on
WinXP Home and she had
>> about
>> 4 different site definitions for the same site -
each a different type of
>> definition.
>>
>> ( She was trying to get her site defined on her own
and didn't know what
>> to do
>> so she had tried each option.)
>>
>> Anyway, I had her delete one of her site
definitions-which she had
>> defined as
>> an FTP Server--after that, she was unable to find
the files that had been
>> previously connected to that site definition. (The
files had previously
>> been
>> located on her C Drive according to the paths in
'Open Recent'. )
>>
>> She asked me ' Will this delete my files?' and I
responded 'Nope, a site
>> definition is just like a bookmark-so your files
will remain where they
>> are on
>> your local machine'.
>>
>> Her files (even the ones showing in 'Open Recent' on
the Welcome Screen)
>> were
>> nowhere to be found on her machine-we looked in her
recycle bin too.
>>
>> Like I said, I never heard of this happening. I was
assuming that she
>> just had
>> misplaced her files-but the 'Open Recent' paths
seemed to be indicating
>> that
>> the files had once been right where she was
expecting them to be.
>>
>> Please help--Thanks so much!
>> -Daria
>>
>
>

WRT350N Frimware Update Failure

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I really hope that someone will be able to help me with this.
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Linksys have been happy to offer a replacement if I could supply with a prove of purchase which is very kind but I purchased on eBay and the seller would not respond to my requests for chasing its origin. So I am stack with a device I once liked so much and now I dislike even looking at it.
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Hey man, that worked! You are a genius!
How did you know that?
Anyway the result is great.
* I could not update with EU ver. Firmware for some reason but the new US worked. Possibly because the router originates from the US.
You saved me so much trouble. Wish that Linksys support is so knowledgeable.
Many, many thanks

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Does anyone know how to solve: "Firmware update failure. Disk write error"?

Hi all,
Here is the list of all what went wrong and where I am now:
1. My Ipod worked well
2. I wanted to update it, you know, the normal thing with Itunes
3. Every time I tried, my computer froze. I was unable to add only one song (both automatically and manually).
4. I took my external drive (where my music is) at work and tried again: same result.
5. I decided to run the Updater I have on the CD that came with the Ipod.(2005-02-07; I usually avoid the newer version, having had once a problem when putting a newer version of Updater).
6. The Updater was unable to operate any action on my Ipode (I don't remember the messages now).
7. Like I tried what I describe here above like a hundred time. I decided to format the Ipod with Windows (My Computer, right click on the Ipod, format).
8. It did and now I have only the famous folder with an exclamation mark on my Ipod.
9. Now when I am running the Updater, it says it cannot Restore the factory settings giving this message "Firmware update failure. Disk write error".
I would appreciate any help because, during the last 2 hours, I read and tried all I found on the Support Help here on the Apple web side without any result yet.
Thank a lot for your answer

Hi Cyrille,
Have you looked at Knowledge Base Document #301267 on "Disk cannot be read from or written to" when syncing iPod or "Firmware update failure" error when updating or restoring iPod?
Jon
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