IPod Classic 160GB looping restore.

After moving my iTunes library to another disk and confirming that files were fine, I plugged in my iPod to sync and charge it, and it said that it was in recovery mode and required a restore. No problem I thought. Had a little time, so clicked restore. It then reported that in 12 seconds, iPod would reset and be back to factory settings and I could then re-sync all of my files. When iPod resets, iTunes just reports that it's in recovery mode and suggests a restore. tried this loop about 5 times, and it still will not reset. If I eject, then plug back in. Same thing again. Any ideas?

I'm having the same problem. I bought an iPod Classic 80GB two days ago. After purchasing I tried to set it up on the computer. As soon as I plugged it in it told me I needed to restore. (I never even got to use it once.) After going through what appeared to be a successful restore suddenly the exact same screen popped up thus casting me into the dreaded endless restore loop. I've read all the fixes for the same problem on older models. Nothing works. Anyone have suggestions? I live in Tibet, about a 2 hour flight away from the nearest apple service center.
I'm running Windows Vista (it's from my work - I was an iBook user until it died) and version 7.5.0.20 of iTunes.
I've tried the following fixes recommended in old conversation strings: reinstalling iTunes, downloading updates, renaming the drive, reformatting the iPod using Windows (it doesn't work on the iPod classic), the .bat file thing, disabling album art (it can't be done in this situation, but I tried emptying my iTunes library anyway), the various sequence of restarting the iPod at certain points, and other things i have forgotten.

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hi lindsay
i understand you have all your music still in your itunes library?
Try the basic resetting of your ipod,also try another usb port.
Have you tried ,when ipod is connected,click on your ipods name,for example lindsays ipod,another window should open up and you can see summary,click on the sync box ,bottom right hand corner,see if this helps.
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I have an iPod Classic 160GB in version 2.0.4 that is not recognized by itunes.
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It seems to be working now. Amazing!
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TS1382 I have a ipod classic 160GB and it's not showing any music anymore, but there is still 7GB of memory being used, and I don't have it back up on my itunes, since I had to put a new hard drive on my computer. Any suggestion to find out whats on that

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Hey Mieczysław Bukowski,
Thanks for the question and detailed information. It may be best to troubleshoot the error code you are receiving. To do so, see the steps in this resource:
iPod: Can't restore or update in iTunes with error 1415, 1417, 1418, 1428, 1429, 1430, 1436, or 1439
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1372
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TS1372 I have an ipod classic 160gb have already tried all the steps with no success. I have just bought this ipod and have had it for less than a week before this happened. what is wrong with my ipod and how can i fix it?

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Sossity wrote:
Ok, should I try the trialing X, for those persistent multi covers that do not respond to adjusting the track names as first suggested? I went to your tips page & saw the graphic for that. Is it ok to just leave the Xs in or must they be removed?
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or will playback stop at the last track of disc 1 & then one would have to select disc 2 to play.
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