I screwed up my ipod and now it won't work
I posted a few days ago about not being able to use the new version of Itunes. That still hasn't changed, but I've been using Itunes version 7.2 fine and without any problem.
Here's my issue: I downloaded Winamp with the Itunes plugin to use with my ipod (since I couldn't use it with Itunes), and I noticed that the music files were all screwy (there seemed to be 7 folders of each artist scattered all in the ipod database. So I thought that I'd just remove all of the music files and start over. However, after I deleted all the files (with Winamp), my ipod hasn't worked at all. A popup came up saying that Windows couldn't read the ipod anymore, and even though the Ipod seems to still work, it won't connect or register on my computer. Also, all the music files have been deleted, but it still shows the mp3s as still being on the ipod (although, when I try to play something, nothing happens.)
I downloaded the Ipod Updater and tried to restore my ipod to factory settings, but the Updater won't read the ipod either. It says that there's an Ipod error, and then the Updater closes.
What can I do? Should I send the Ipod back to apple and see if they can fix it? Does anybody know what I can do to access my Ipod again?
Also, I wanted to add, Winamp isn't showing my ipod, either, like it was before I deleted all my music files.
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