IPod Nano 4G Corrupt?

My iPod Nano 4G has been working fine up until now. When I connected it to my laptop to charge it, a message popped up in iTunes that said
'iTunes has detected an iPod that appears to be corrupted. You may need to restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes. You may also try disconnecting and reconnecting the iPod.'
A message from Windows also came up that said
'You need to format the disk in drive H: before you can use it.
Do you want to reformat it?'
Please help! I have no idea what to do. I tried restoring it, and that did nothing. I also tried connecting it to a different port and that also did nothing.

Have you tried pressing the centre and menu buttons for approximately 10 seconds to reboot the iPod?

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hey guys for some reason
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Ok. Soory about that. Ok, I get that you were responding, but apparently it is still easy to get mixed up.
I mean, I understand that you are trying to help (which your post actually does do, for Stasik's post), but it still had some attitude. I understand that you did not mean to have it be like that, so yeah. Plus, keep in mind I was really tired when I made my post, so when I am like that I am not particularly coherant (haha).
So, sorry for any misunderstanding, and whatever.
My post was aimed at 5carrs, the original poster, not Stasik.
Sorry for the misunderstanding! I hope we can continue on on a good note from now on! (I used on 3 times in one sentence...new record, haha).

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First of all, try another port on your computer. Some ports are not connected direct to the motherboard and do not recognize the iPod as well as those that are. Reset the iPod each time you connect it to another port.
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I have an IPOD Nano 4th Generation 8GB and am unable to restore it back to factory settings even when it is connected to my MAC. I have tried the menu/select hold but is not doing anything. When connected to the MAC and select restore in itunes it comes up with 'Firmware Corrupt'. It also states the IPOD is up to date. I have the latest operating system on my MAC and wonder if this may be part of the issue?
Can anyone shed light as to what i can do to reset it back to factory settings as would like to sell it and ensure it is ready for the new owner.
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Hi bigmike94610,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
For iPod nano troubleshooting I would suggest the troubleshooting outlined in the following web link. I would suggest working through the steps in the order presented on the website, but you may ultimately need to restore your iPod.
Apple - Support - iPod - iPod nano (4th generation) Troubleshooting
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it's plausible here that you're getting the drive-confusion-related version of the chkdsk (based on the fact that you're constantly getting the iPod setup assistant).
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There is a simple solution to your problem:
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After syncing my photos for the first time with my iPod nano, I have a number of thumbnails in iPhoto that show up as blank, and iPhoto seems to have a hard time scaling pictures in general. Rebuilding the library has not helped. Has anyone else had this problem?
Thanks!

Hi bob,
I don't think any update to the iPod software will put your iPhoto library back together again. (By the way, there is an update to the iPod software)
I suggest you navigate through the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder and see if the images are still there. If they are and you can open them with Preview, the images are fine.
I also suggest for you to create a new library and import/add to the library the images from the corrupt library. I will tell you ahead of time that this will import all your images in dated rolls, but you will have to redo albums, keywords, slideshows, books, etc.
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Drag old iPhoto Library to the desktop
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good luck if you should decide to do this.
You might also want to export just the images you want on the iPod nano to another folder in your Users folder and use this folder as the sync folder. You would do that within iTunes when you mount the iPod, click on the iPod icon on the bottom right and go to the correct place to change the location of images to sync

Can I get music off a corrupted/broken ipod nano at the apple store?

My Ipod nano had a cracked screen soon after I first got it and the screen was replaced.
My second Ipod nano screen began lifting up in the corner awhile ago, I thought nothing of it until it snagged on a persons clothing and tore the wire ribbon, taking the screen clean off.
As I ran out of space on my old computer, I had to delete all of my music, the ipod was the only way that I stored it, I tried to connect the broken ipod to my new computer to get my music back but it now claims to be corrupted.
If I take it to a store, will they be able to get my music off and onto a pen drive for me? how much will this cost?
The ipod has no warranty due to being a replacement for a fire hazard first generation nano.

No, if you are getting a message that the iPod is corrupted there is no way to retrieve your music.

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