IPod restores itself every time it is plugged in

One day I plugged my iPod classic on my friends MacBook Pro for a quick charge and it deleted everything! Without even asking the iPod restored itself. Now everytime I plugg it in, no matter what computer, it restores itself. And even after it does that, after I put my music in and unplugg it, it is empty again. Any ideas?

Try resetting the iPod using the two-button combo, then connect it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1320
If that does not help, try putting the iPod into Disk Mode first, then connect it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1363
If that allows the iPod to connect without locking up the computer, run iTunes and use Restore to erase the iPod and initialize the iPod's software.

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Hi Folks,
As I wrote earlier in this thread, the iPod nano I bought for my GF (and the one before that) suffered from the 'updater bug'. At least I know now how to revive it, thanks to the great tips of a few users here, but it's a nuisance that the nano(s) tend to crash every time I want to add some music to it via iTunes. Not to say it's absurd for a mp3 player in this category to have so many bugs apparently.
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Many thanks in advance for your help, it'd be most welcome!
Some facts and figures:
- The nano is updated to V 1.2 using updater 2006-06-28 -
- iTunes is updated to V 6.5 -
- I use a Travelmate 800 notebook with Win XP Pro [fully updated except SP2]
- I did try connecting the nano to different USB ports (3) with no notable difference.
And here's the original text of the warning:
Type gebeurtenis: Waarschuwing
Bron van gebeurtenis: Disk
Categorie van gebeurtenis: Geen
Gebeurtenis-ID: 51
Datum: 20-7-2006
Tijd: 7:19:04
Gebruiker: n.v.t.
Computer: ACTM
Beschrijving:
Er is een fout ontdekt op apparaat \Device\Harddisk1\D tijdens een wisselbestandsbewerking.
Zie Help en ondersteuning op http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp voor meer informatie.
Gegevens:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 ....3..
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 -.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 aa 39 0a 23 00 00 00 .ª9.#...
0028: 79 95 00 00 00 00 00 00 y......
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 84 02 00 00 00 @......
0040: 00 20 0a 12 40 03 20 40 . ..@. @
0048: 00 10 00 00 0f 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 f1 5e 88 ba 02 82 ..ñ^º.
0058: 00 00 00 00 00 76 e0 fd .....vàý
0060: 00 00 00 00 d5 1c 85 11 ....Õ..
0068: 28 00 11 85 1c d5 00 00 (...Õ..
0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a p.......
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Hi Folks,
As I wrote earlier in this thread, the iPod nano I bought for my GF (and the one before that) suffered from the 'updater bug'. At least I know now how to revive it, thanks to the great tips of a few users here, but it's a nuisance that the nano(s) tend to crash every time I want to add some music to it via iTunes. Not to say it's absurd for a mp3 player in this category to have so many bugs apparently.
I looked up the computer's system log, and it appears it registers a 'disk' warning, logged as 'event 51' every time the iPod is connected to my notebook. If it's not connected, it never gives such a warning. When you click on the warning it states: "fault discovered on appliance \Device\Harddisk1\D during a file exchange operation". [NB: my OS is in Dutch, so I translated it as best I could, it may not be the exact text it'd be in English.]
What usually happens is that the iPod 'freezes' at the moment I manually add songs to it. Subsequently I get the familiar "use iTunes to reset your iPod" message on the nano's screen, and I have to go through the whole formatting/reset procedure again, as described in the other thread I mentioned above. I had some succes adding music with the 'auto sinc' option, but nevertheless, it crashed again when I wanted to update the music on the nano, still using the 'auto sinc'.
So every which way I want to add music, the iPod crashes! Only after a full format/restore operation it sometimes accepts music, but as soon as I want to add/update the music on the iPod nano again it crashes...
As said, this behaviour is very annoying as well as time consuming, and I'm on the verge of returning the iPod to ask my money back. But as it's a gift, I'd rather see it working like it's supposed to work.
Many thanks in advance for your help, it'd be most welcome!
Some facts and figures:
- The nano is updated to V 1.2 using updater 2006-06-28 -
- iTunes is updated to V 6.5 -
- I use a Travelmate 800 notebook with Win XP Pro [fully updated except SP2]
- I did try connecting the nano to different USB ports (3) with no notable difference.
And here's the original text of the warning:
Type gebeurtenis: Waarschuwing
Bron van gebeurtenis: Disk
Categorie van gebeurtenis: Geen
Gebeurtenis-ID: 51
Datum: 20-7-2006
Tijd: 7:19:04
Gebruiker: n.v.t.
Computer: ACTM
Beschrijving:
Er is een fout ontdekt op apparaat \Device\Harddisk1\D tijdens een wisselbestandsbewerking.
Zie Help en ondersteuning op http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp voor meer informatie.
Gegevens:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 ....3..
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 -.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 aa 39 0a 23 00 00 00 .ª9.#...
0028: 79 95 00 00 00 00 00 00 y......
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 84 02 00 00 00 @......
0040: 00 20 0a 12 40 03 20 40 . ..@. @
0048: 00 10 00 00 0f 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 f1 5e 88 ba 02 82 ..ñ^º.
0058: 00 00 00 00 00 76 e0 fd .....vàý
0060: 00 00 00 00 d5 1c 85 11 ....Õ..
0068: 28 00 11 85 1c d5 00 00 (...Õ..
0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a p.......
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

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I've had my iPod for about 3 years now. It's in excellent condition, so maybe I need a new battery or something. But lately every time I plug in my iPod and sync it, it ends up erasing everything,so then I have to reset it every time. By the next day It does the same thing. It's really annoying that it erases everything and having to reset every day. I have no clue what the problem is....

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