How to enable your iPod as a portable hard drive ?

Ok...so I have tried every tutorial on this website but i don't seem to come to an answer...non of them work I just can't enable my ipod touch as a pertable hard drive. When i was following theese steps:
#1 Connect your iPod to your computer.
#2 Select your iPod in the iTunes Source list.
#3 Click the Options button in the lower-right corner of the iTunes window to
open the iPod preferences window...
#4 Click “Enable disk use.” This will allow your iPod to both store your files and
I got stuck on #3 because I don't have an options button in the lower-right corner of iTunes window...but even if I go to Edit > Preferences I still don't see a “Enable disk use” icon of anything like that...
Plllllsss HELP! Since I would like to store some files on my ipod which it does not support...
Thanks

Sorry, but you can't enable your ipod touch as a portable hard drive, it's not yet supported.

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