Getting iPod OUT of diskmode!!! HELP!

Question

hey all,
i have a 40 gig iPod with a bunch of music on it. Unfortunately, my iPod has more space than my laptop computer, so i've been forced to put music on my iPod via iTunes, and then delete the music from iTunes, but keeping it on my iPod with my preferences set to "Manage Music Manualy". Lately, my iPod has been freezing. then, when i reboot it, it boots into disk mode, making it impossible for me to play my music!!! so my first thought is to un-check "Enable Disk Mode" in iTunes preferences. However, the option is gray and unchangable, in my preferences windows, so long as i have it set to "Manually Manage Music". However, since i have more music on my iPod than in iTunes, i can't change it to "Automatically Update All Songs and Playlists" without loosing a bunch of music off of my iPod. Any suggeestions for how to fix this problem?! Thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
David

Answer 1

hey all,
i have a 40 gig iPod with a bunch of music on it.
Unfortunately, my iPod has more space than my laptop
computer, so i've been forced to put music on my iPod
via iTunes, and then delete the music from iTunes,
but keeping it on my iPod with my preferences set to
"Manage Music Manualy". Lately, my iPod has been
freezing. then, when i reboot it, it boots into disk
mode, making it impossible for me to play my music
so my first thought is to un-check "Enable Disk Mode"
in iTunes preferences. However, the option is gray
and unchangable, in my preferences windows, so long
as i have it set to "Manually Manage Music". However,
since i have more music on my iPod than in iTunes, i
can't change it to "Automatically Update All Songs
and Playlists" without loosing a bunch of music off
of my iPod. Any suggeestions for how to fix this
problem?! Thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
David
Hey, David, I'm Stan. I'll tell you what I can. My iPod is the old, 20GB click wheel iPod. No colour, no photos, it has solitaire, brick, and the music quiz.
My iPod (currently suffering from the apple logo/sad face problem) goes out of disk mode whenever I hook it up to my computer. It reverts back to its malfunctioning state.
The traditional way to get out of disk mode (and diagnostic mode) is to press and hold (holding down simutaneously) botht the "MENU" button and the middle Select button. Hold these two down for a few seconds (let's say 6 to 10), then the screen should show a line, as if resetting, for a brief moment, then you should see the apple logo. After that, depending on your iPod's current status, it'll revert to normal, or revert back to the sad face, in my case.
Hope this helped.
peace