Ipod Classic 160GB - cannot format or restore
Hi guys,
I have a two year old 160GB Ipod Classic, which has recently stopped working. It happened pretty much out of nowhere.
First of all, all the music disappeared from the Ipod. Then, when I connected it to the PC in order to see what's up (I'm using Windows 7); it wasn't picking it up properly - a message popped up saying that Windows needs to format the drive before it can be used. I also couldn't access any files on the drive manually through Windows Explorer.
I can't restore it using iTunes either. The Ipod just isn't picking up on iTunes altogether... - but it's weird, because whenever I plug the Ipod in, iTunes opens itself automatically as per usual, but it's not actually registering the device, if that makes sense... All I see are my playlists and stuff, but nothing about an iPod actually being plugged in...
Also, I have noticed that in Memory Settings on the Ipod itself it says that there is 0kb free space (despite there only being about 15GB filled)...
I tried using Windows to format the device, but it didn't get anywhere - All I got was a message saying that Windows could not complete the format.
I have researched this thoroughly on the internet, but really couldn't find anything helpful.
I read something about using Windows to format Ipod devices being a bad idea, because of the FAT32 files used by such devices, so I downloaded a separate program recommended on another site called 'Fat32 Formatter', but that wasn't able to format it either.
On top of that, I now started having a problem with the hold button - basically, the Ipod is constantly locked, as if the hold button was on, but it isn't. I read about this being a fairly common issue, but still, it means I can't even try disc mode anymore.
If anyone has any ideas, that'd be greatly appreciated.
i too need help with this, i have exactly 137 videos, but it only syncs 106 of them, and then when i try to resync it, it actually took a few off! needless to say i am frustrated because i want to be able to watch all of my shows and stuff! hopefully apple will give us another fix soon (hear that apple! we gave u money now give us a working product!) any help is apreciated, oh ya, and i made a playlist with all the videos once, and then they all synced up which was fantastic! but then that one broke and i got a new one, and that doesnt work for this one for some reason... go figure, and this is all on a 160 btw, thanx
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