Ipod nano as a hard drive?

Can you use the Ipod nano as a hard disk on your computer like the other Ipods since it uses a flash drive?

OF course it has FAT32 formatting and by going into Ipod preferences you can select to "enable disk use" and it should appear as a mounted drive in My Computer (for windows)

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IPod Nano and my hard drive won't work on my G3....Why!?!

Hey everyone.
I'm home from college, and I didn't want to take my iMac with me. Luckily, I have been using an older G3 iBook. It works fine, but when I tried to plug in my iPod Nano, it doesn't recognize it. I didn't bring my Nano install disk. Is there another way to get the computer to recognize the Nano?
Also, I brought my external Hard Drive home so I have my music collection with me. On my iMac, I have no problem. I plug it in via USB, and it works fine. But again, my G3 iBook doesn't recognize the external hard drive. Now...I'm stuck at home with no music....HELP!

If you have an older version of OS, then you will be unable to download the newest version of itunes. In that case, the best bet is to restore the ipod.

HT1353 how can i put music in an ipod nano with no hard drive only flash drive

i have an ipod nano with flash drive and i dont know how to put music

Do you have iTunes installed on your computer? Does the iPod nano come up in iTunes when you connect it?

HT1386 using iPod nano with new hard drive after original crashed

My PC hard drive died. My iPod hasa bunch of music on it. I reloaded iTunes on my new drive. Now I can't load any music from iTunes to my iPod without erasing my current content. How do I fix this?

Transfer iTunes purchases by:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848?viewlocale=en_USiTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
- Transfer othre music by using a third-party program like one of those discussed here:
Copy music
- To retain app data and other information, connect the iPod to yur computer and make a backup by right clciking on the iPod under Devices in iTunes and select Back Up
- Restore the iPod from that backup
Note that the Backup that iTunes makes does not include synced media like apps and music.

How to I transfer my music from my ipod to the new hard drive?

My windows laptop crashed two months ago and I lost everything on it. I was able to get the hard drive replaced but all of my music is on my ipod (nano - 2nd edition, I think). Only a small percentage is purchased via itunes.
I have been googling how to now move my music from my ipod to my new hard drive but most solutions assume that I still have the old laptop/hard drive. I know I was able to do this previously when the hard drive crashed, but I can't seem to remember now as it was about 5 years ago. I'm afraid to do anything just now as I don't want it syncing to an empty library and have my ipod wiped clean.
Is there any way of moving the music from my ipod to my itunes library on the new hard drive?? Please help as I don't want to have to reload over 100 cd's

See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

Using the new ipod touch as a hard drive and so enabling indexing

Hi,
is it possible to mount the ipod touch as a hard drive and then search this using spotlight.
I have the 5 th generation ipod at the mo and after enabling indexing I can search this using spotlight.
Cheers,
Steve

How do you tell your computer to see your iPod touch as a drive?
You can't from within iTunes with the iPod touch. You have to use third-party App such as:
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
http://www.itunes.com/App/AirSharing
http://www.itunes.com/App/Files

I have a video that I created for my daughter's first birthday. The hard drive on my computer crashed and I lost the video file. The only place I have it is on my iPod Classic. How can I transfer the video from my iPod to my new hard drive?

I have a video that I created for my daughter's first birthday. The hard drive on my computer crashed and I lost the video file. The only place I have it is on my iPod Classic. How can I transfer the video from my iPod to my new hard drive?

You are in luck, Refer to this recent post by tt2, on recovering media using 3rd Party Software.
He has made a comprehensive list, browse through them and decide which suits your requirements.
Have a nice day!

My mac hard drive crashed. Can I restore my iTunes library from my iPod to my new hard drive?

My mac hard drive crashed, and had to be replaced. Can I restore my iTunes library from my iPod to my new hard drive? About 2500 songs, some from iTunes store, most from other online sources or my own CDs.

To restore non-purchased music on the iTunes Store to iTunes from the iPod, you need a third-party application as Senuti > http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/ You can use others, but this has worked perfectly for me

HT5622 My Ipod Classic shows a red circle with a cross in the middle. I've completed diagnostic tests which have popped up, however any HP/FW/Hard Drive tests freeze the ipod, as if the hard drive won't spin. What do I do?

My Ipod Classic shows a red circle with a cross in the middle. I've completed diagnostic tests which have popped up, however any HP/FW/Hard Drive tests freeze the ipod, as if the hard drive won't spin. What do I do?
After holding down the Select and Play/Pause button, I was able to restart the Ipod and then it brought me to a Diagnositc test. I have tried doing both the Mannual and Annual test on the ipod however in each test, the ipod freezes on different access tests. The HP (headphones) test, shows the headphones are detected, but then if it tries to play a song to make sure they work it freezes and goes back to the red cross. I have looked at various other questions regarding the FW cable, however I don't believe i have such a cabel. Then the Hard Drive test freezes up and I can hear a ticking noise coming from the drive but it doesnt seem to be spinning. Alongside these test issues, any computer cannot see the Ipod when plugged in (including itunes). Therefore some tests for the USB drive cannot be completed. I do not recall dropping it badly, though I have dropped it previously. Does all this mean there is damage to the drive? Should I instead take it to an apple store?
Many Thanks

The stats look fine. Try the DFU Restore method shown in Corrupt iPod classic. It may pay to disable any anti-virus software and use the staged transfer method to reload data, assuming you get that far.
tt2

Installed 10.4.6 now ipod and lacie external hard drive no longer register

Hi
thankyou in advance, I updated to 10.4.6 but now the ipod and lacie external hard drive (usb drive) are not recognized by the computer. have tried disk utility, restarting etc but no difference. The lacie is recognized by another computer so it is not faulty. Any suggestions please?

after reading this and resetting the PMU, my drive works. I'd say try it, the worst that could happen is you have to fix your time and date.
read this-
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2072301&#2072301
then followed this-
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449

When I try to sync my iPod nano, it opens up driver E and then nothing happens

When I try to sync my iPod nano, it opens up driver E and then nothing happens.

I have searched all over for troubleshooting help.
Doublechecking. In the course of your troubleshooting to date, have you worked through the following document?
iTunes: Error 13019 during sync

Can i replace my 20gb 4th gen ipod with a bigger hard drive?

Can i replace my 20gb 4th gen ipod with a bigger hard drive are there any that fit?
Any help would be greatly appreciated here.

Assuming that the larger device would fit inside of the casing, yes. However, I'm not aware of any such drives. You may have to do a bit of digging around online to see if you can find out any more info.
B-rock

Ipod mini as a hard drive (windows xp)

I am trying to use my ipod mini as a hard drive on windows xp. I am having trouble getting it to appear on my windows explorer.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61711

How come i can't use my ipod mini as a hard drive

I learnt how to use my ipod mini as a hard drive by watching the video on this web site. But after I check "enable disc use" and then exit out of itunes, nothing happens. it says in the video that after you exit out of itunes a box will appear showing your ipod and then you can begin adding files to your ipod, but this doesn't happen for me. can you tell me why?

Go to My Computer and find your iPod, it would be under removable disks.

Can you use your iPod as an external hard drive?

Sorry if this has been posted before . . .
I have a 160GB iPod and like with most people, my iPod is larger than my laptop and subsequently I am running out of free space on my laptop due to all the movies and music.
I’m not so worried about the music, but I would like to remove the burnt movies from my laptop, but leave them on my iPod. Is there any way of using the iPod like an external hard drive? If I delete the movies from my laptop – the iPod tries to Sync and I lose everything?
Thanks in advance,

Thanks Chris,
When I use iTunes through the normal sync window
Devices > Ipod > movies
and select ‘Sync - selected movies’ and tick the ones to sync it removes the un-ticked items from my iPod. If I tick all of them and sync (and the movie has been removed from my hard-drive) it brings up an error message saying ‘the movie or data file cannot be found’.
I would be happy to use iTunes to store the movies, but I think I am missing a step.
Appreciate the help,

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