\iPod_Control\iTunes\Temp file corrupted -- what now?

I'm using my new iPod with iTunes 7.0.2.16 on Windows XP.
For the first few days I used this iPod, it synchronized just fine when I connected it to my PC via the USB cable.
However, yesterday I got an error message at the end of the synch. It read:
Windows -- No Disk
There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive E:
Then, after I pressed Continue, I'd get what appeared to be an iTunes error, stating that the iPod "cannnot be updated. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."
Finally, today, after getting that iTunes message, a different warning box popped up in the lower right corner of my screeen. It read:
iTunes.exe -- Corrupt File
The file or directory \iPod_Control\iTunes\Temp file is corrupted and unreadable. Please run the Chkdsk utility.
Now, from what I can gather, the chkdsk utility is a command line Windows utility that I might not even have on my PC, and don't really want to mess with.
Does anyone know how I might have gotten into this mess, or might possibly get out of it, without messing with the innards of Windows?
Are the three error messages, described above, somehow related?
Would downloading the latest version of Itunes and installing it be a solution?
iPod Windows XP Windows
iPod Windows

Running chkdsk is not "messing with Window's innards." It's just a command line utility that checks and can correct directory issues on a drive.
Click on Start and go to Run (this is with your iPod connected, of course.).
In the Run prompt type "cmd" without the quotes, and hit okay.
At the command prompt, type the following:
chkdsk E: /r
and then hit enter. The computer will scan the iPod disk and fix any directory mistakes it can. When that is finished, eject the iPod and disconnect it, then reopen iTunes and reconnect it. Hopefully it should be working fine after that.

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Ipod_control\itunes\temp file corrupt

hey, please someone help me. My ipod is working but i can not update anything. when i connect ipod on my computer its says, "ipod_control\itunes temp file is corrupt and ureadable please run the chkdsk utilities".
i did everything. i run the chkdsk, i removed all ipod files from computer and install ipod software again but still no luck. ANy idea???

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
If you restore your iPod and the problem persists, see this...
Da Gopha: What to do if Windows displays an "iTunes.exe - Corrupt File" message
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Hi
Everytime i connect my iPod to my computer i get a box pop up in the bottom right hand corner saying that the 'iPod_control\ iTunes\ Temp file 1' is either corrupt or unreadable and that i should run the chkdsk utility. This stops itunes updating my ipod so none of my new music is getting put on my iPod, even though iTunes says update is complete! I have run the chkdsk several times and i have also tried unistalling and reinstalling itunes but to no avail!
Please help!
Thanks Guys

hi ,
this message appear because one of file was open when you close ipod connection .
its a recursive problems with Usb device on windows
try to :
-Mount dismount you'r Ipod
-Reset Ipod by the Menu +central button (no care its just reboot it )
-Reboot properly your PC
-do a Chkdsk by Contextual menu of Windows Right ( Clic in your ipod disk : explorer window)
else ... Yell as as hardly as possible
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...& unreadable. Please run chklst utility."
First I had problems with the battery not charging when connected to my laptop... this is probably due to the USB port on my laptop (probably, because I have no idea just what sort of USB port is 1.1. or 2.0... I'm an inept user, for goodness sake... emphasis on the inept!), so I now charge it up using the apple mains adapter.
Now, the case of the complete wiping out of all songs on the iPod seems to be related to the following message that keeps popping up: "This file or directory \iPod_Control\iTunes\iTunesDB is corrupt & unreadable. Please run chklst utility."
I've reistalled the iPod and iTunes software... several times... because I don't know how to "... run chklst utility." *points at big INEPT USER sign on head* I then am allowed to reload songs from my iTunes Library on to my iPodNano. They will stay there until the next time I have to recharge, or I connect the Nano back up to the laptop to add more songs.
Perhaps these toys were never meant for Inepts like me, eh?

*big BIG sighs*
Than you for directing me to the discussion thread on corrupt file mesages. It's acutally very useful (and Inept-proof!).
Unfortunately, I'm encountering another problem when trying to follow the instructions to load the iPod Updater software:
I click on the Update Software button, and the screen changes to say: Thank You.
Your iPod Software download will start automatically.
followed by instructions on what to do next: Install the latest iPod Software.
After your download is finished, install the iPod Updater. Just launch the assistant and follow the on-screen instructions.
Unfortunately.......... My iPod Software download doesn't start automatically, and I'm just sitting here twiddling my thumbs until, eventually, I bang my head on the desk, look skyward and cry, "WHY ME????!"
Do you know?
Why me? What I try now?

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Greetings,
What you want to do here is to Restore your iPod using the latest iPod Updater.
Restoring: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
iPod Updater: http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/
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and the Apple KB article on the issue: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300554
Feel free to post back should you require further assistance. There is a whole stack of information on the chkdsk issue, but I won't seek to bore you with it here...
I add a note of caution - in that chkdsk issues usually affect Gen4+ iPods, and you have a Gen5. If the Restore does not solve your problems, let us know. I have been consulting on some cases where a hardware fault was to blame, and the user had to get their Pod changed out...
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hi Andrew!
first let's try this technique:
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keep us posted. (if he's around, Da Gopha may be able to help with more advanced treatments.)
love, b

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See this.
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And this thread.
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hiya!
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love, b

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