HELP - "...disk could not be read from or written to."

i have a brand new 80GB ipod which has given me nothing but trouble. the latest is this error message -
"attempting to copy to the disk failed. the disk could not be read from or written to."
could somebody please help???
i've disabled my anti virus but to no avail and the 5r's are useless.
much appreciated....

Have you seen this?
"Disk Cannot be read from or written to" when syncing iPod
-Kylene

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I had the same problem after I moved my library from my PC to my new iMac. It would not sync properly. After a day of thinking about it, researching it, and trying things like starring at the screen to see what song it failed on as it ran the auto sync (a suggestion posted on this site), a light bulb went off. Switch it to manual! If you manually manage the songs that sync it is easy to discover what songs fail. When auto sync is managing it, it jumps all over the place when synchronizing, but if you manually grab say 500 +/- songs at a time, it goes in alphabetical order, and you can see where it fails. It will be the track(s) immediately following the the last track that made it on the iPod. The songs that were corrupted for me played fine in iTunes, but would not transfer to the iPod, and they worked when I was syncing with my PC. Hmmm? I hope this helps.

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There is still plently of availible space on my ipod, so what is the problem?
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Hi Hatassi,
Have you checked out the suggestions from this article? See if it helps with your issue:
"Disk cannot be read from or written to" when syncing iPod
-Kylene

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That article mentions other things also, like any anti virus software you may have. You could try turning it off.
It also mentions damaged song files.
In truth it could be a lot of things, and it's curious that you say this used to happen once in a while.
It could be also be a problem with the cable or even the iPod itself.
I take it you've tried restoring the iPod?
See: How to restore the iPod to factory settings.
I don't know what iScrobbler is, but any software can interfere with the workings of the iPod (delicate and fussy little creatures that they are).

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I don't understand why this is not working for me. Let me explain... I have two iPods, one is a 1st Gen and the other one is a Video one. Every time I tried to add music to the 1st Gen iPod I get a message that says - "Attempting to copy to the disk "NameOfiPod" failed. This disk could not be read from or written to." - but when I add music to the iPod Video it goes really smooth without any problems.
I read the following article and to be honest I didn't find an answer to this issue. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301267
I checked the list to make sure everything is on point:
1. Outdated operating system software
- I'm up to date
2. Computer needs updates
- Again, everything is up to date
3. Software interference
- No software has been installed lately
4. Damaged files
- I've tried many and same thing happenes
5. Damaged disk structure
- Everything appears to be OK.
6. To repair your computer's hard disk
- No errors or damaged files
7. To repair an iPod disk
- Restored it using latest iPod Updater
8. Corrupt iPod photo Cache
- Don't have that, this is a 1st Gen iPod
9. Lost connection
- No connection drop
10. Bad hardware
- I use the same USB cable for both iPods
I just don't know what to do next. Let me know if anyone else has another idea.
Thanks a lot in advance!

OK! I found what the problem was. It seems that the 1st Gen iPod does not like to be plugged to the front USB port on my G5, weird because my iPod Video has not complained a bit about it. As soon as I plugged the USB cable to one of the back ports it worked flawless. Dragged and dropped my music on it and it went straight in without any errors. Nice, huh?
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That article mentions other things also, like any anti virus software you may have. You could try turning it off.
It also mentions damaged song files.
In truth it could be a lot of things, and it's curious that you say this used to happen once in a while.
It could be also be a problem with the cable or even the iPod itself.
I take it you've tried restoring the iPod?
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I started experiencing the same problem 1 day after (according to Apple records) my warranty ran out. Would anyone want to post the "other solution" they have, but isn't on their website?
I may have gotten mine working again, its currently resyncing up all my songs, so it will take a while before I know for sure, but it looks promising.
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Hello!
I was syncing my sister's video iPod (30GB) and this error message pops up "Attempting to copy to the disk. "SARAH'S IPO" failed. The disk could not be read from or written to."
I have restored it three times already, but once it starts putting the music and files back onto the iPod it pops up with that error message. I have updated to the latest version of iTunes and iPod software available. My OS is Windows XP.
Is this something serious? Will I be able to fix it myself or will I need to send it in to be fixed by Apple? Will that be expensive? We didn’t get the Apple replacement plan. D=
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Okay I went thru that entire list and here's what I got...
(1) My OS is XP and is running fine.
(2) I've updated my windows
(3) I don't know of any software that might be interfering.
(4) There are no damaged files.
(5) My Windows hard-drive is not damaged and I've tried restoring my iPod's disk thru iTunes but it still doesn't work.
(6) I don't have an iPod photo and I can't find the folder to delete the cache if if I did.
(7) The USB cord is firmly connected into my USB port and my iPod
(8) My music is on my external hard-drive so I need to keep 3rd-party hardware connected
(9) I will try another USB cord to see if that works.
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Thanks!

I'm a new ipod user. I can get songs on my ipod.
But when I go to get photos I get an error message
saying, "ipod cannot be updated. The disk could not
be read from or written to."
In itunes I can see the ipod. When I go to look at My
Computer, it does not show the ipod as a disk drive.
Thanks!
It's so simple, dont worry. Just connect your ipod to the computer. iTunes must open. In iTunes clcik on the small ipod icon which appears at the right bottom of the itunes window. click on that icon and another window with some options will be opened. Click on "enable disk use" and make this selection marked and click ok.
it'll certainly help!

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Have not reset or restored it yet, wondering if there is anything I can do that doesn't involve me deleting all the songs on my ipod.
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Using OSX 10.6.3 and upgraded to iTunes 9.1.1. Once I did, I keep getting the following error message: "Attempting to copy to the disk [my ipod] failed. The disk could not be read from or written to." This is followed by another error message: "iTunes could not copy {name of file} to the iPod {iPod name} because the file could not be read or written."
I tried deleting the files mentioned in the error message, but then the message returns with the name of a different file. At this rate, I'll be deleting all my files!
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This is very annoying since I can't sync my iPhone which I need or my iPod which I would like.

ArizonaDAK wrote:
"iTunes could not copy {name of file} to the iPod {iPod name} because the file could not be read or written."
check if you have read & write permissions for your iTunes music folder. in finder, right-click on it and +get info+. unlock the little padlock (you may have to enter your admin password) and change the permission settings. next, click on the little gear-shaped icon and +apply to enclosed items+ like so
you may also give everyone read & write access. if this doesn't help, try the same on your iTunes folder (not just the iTunes music folder).
if that make no difference, try reinstalling iTunes. click here and follow the instructions. next, download a fresh copy from here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/.
you might also try to _*remove and reinstall the Apple Mobile Device Service*_
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I have an iPod mini which worked fine on my Windows XP.
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