Ipod video as an external hardrive?
Hi all,
Im a bit new with all this, but please bear with me
Im a little confused about how my ipod works which may sound silly but when i plug it into my computer it doesn't recognise the ipod apart from in itunes?
Can i use this ipod as a hardrive or solely only as part of iTunes?
(I have a 30G video)
thanks, ana
iPod 5G 30G video Windows XP Pro
all you have to do using windows xp is, click on the my computer icon, find the ipod listed in there, click on that and there is the ipod`s folder you can drag what you want to save to the harddrive right there.
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Mahalo (Thanks)Does this iPod appear in the Finder when you have it connected? If so, try doing a low level format on the iPod's HD (either as FAT32 or Mac OS X Extended Journaled). See this article for more details.
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If the iPod is not appearing in the Finder either try manually placing the iPod into Disk Mode. Doing so may be able to at least help it mount as an external drive on your Mac. From there, use the procedure outlined in the article above to reformat the iPod's HD again if it's still not appearing in iTunes.
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