If your Ipod is dead

first off i would like to thank you for looking at this post
ok now lets get done to buisness
This happend to me and i was working on a way to fix it,
nothing anywhere help me
IMPORTANT: This clear ALL the data on the IPod
i have a ipod nano black 4gb
but this will work for any kind of ipod and any WINDOWS FORMAT COMPUTER sorry no mac at this time
this will only work if you computer is reading it (even if it reads it as a "removable disk")
you will need a few things to do this 1.kill disk (avalible simply by going to google and downloading from a site)
2.the updater cd that came with the ipod (if yyou dont have that download the updater from the apple site)
plug the ipod in, then once it reads it run killdisk
it will give you a list of drives in your computer
click either the ipodme (i think thats what it is) or unknown im not 100% sure thats what it is but chance are that it is.
Now click F10
it will bring up a screen that reads type "erase all data" type it and then it will start.
(it will take atleast 2 hours)
Now go to my computer and look for the removable disk icon, right click on it and click format
run the format
now take it off the dock or out of the cord
reboot it
reinstall the firmware
and there you go
fixed
Please dont make fun of me for my spelling, i typed this in 10 minutes
If you have any questions regarding this info
contact me at [email protected]

i made it upmy self,
i didnt want to search the internet too too much more than i already did,
if someone has this up some where already, tell me
dell dem. 4400 Windows XP Moded to be mac ,Black 4gb (moded, podzilla) ipod nano, ninteno ds

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