Itunes deleted all music on Ipod and now Itunes won't respond to it.

I plugged my ipod into itunes, for no apparent reason all my music was then deleted off my ipod, and now it wont respond when i plug it back in so i can't sync it, the screen goes grey with the apple sign.

You are not alone, exactly the same happened here to our ipod classic and we really need to know why this is and what to do. Is it an itunes update glitch? Is it the harddrive?
ipod classic, Windows XP

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hI, bella
I also met this issue a few days ago and I finally find out how to transfer music from iPod to computer:
1. Plug your iPod in and wait for the computer to recognize it.
2. Open up 'My Computer' and under 'Devices With Removable Storage', double click and open apple iPod.
3. Click on 'Tools' at the top of the window and drag down to 'Folder Options'.
4. Under the 'View' tab, find the subfolder called 'Hidden files and folders'.
5. Select the option 'Show hidden files and folders'.
6. Click 'OK'.

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atoo2 wrote:
I just did the IOS8 update on my Ipad retina which had 300 photos it asked me to do an iCloud back up which i did but it deleted all my previous photos and now i only have recent photos how do i get back all my old photos? It said befor that my icloud was out of storage but i didnt know it didnt have my old photos, they arnt back up on itunes either is there any way I can get them back?
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Hey
Does it charge when connected, if not you may have broken it..
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Restoring iPod to factory settings - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201540
Restoring erases the iPod's disk and restores iPod to its original factory condition.
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Download and install the latest version of iTunes if necessary.
Open iTunes. Connect your iPod to your computer using the USB or FireWire cable that came with your iPod.
After a few moments, your iPod will appear in the Source panel in iTunes.
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Hi
I'm having the same problem on my iPads, iPods and iPhones. All use the same apple I'd for the App Store.
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hi hanka
you can do a few things (but make sure that all your music on your touch is safely sotred on your computer otherwise if you reset it you could lose all your music on your touch but not on your computer.
1. press and hold the home button the square at the bottom of the itouch for about 6 seconds (maybe a bit more).
2. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1394
3.http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1430
reseting your ipod deletes everything on it (not number 1.) But as you are syncing your music it should be easy to restore.
to reset you hold the sleep/wake button and the home button for about 10 seconds then slide the bar to turn off your ipod and connect to your computer it will notify you (if all goes to plan) that its going restore or reset your ipod. if your music is on your computer then your music will be safe.
if none of this works apple has a returns policy if it is less than a year old and they should replace it unless you have done something that is against the warranty.
Alex
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I screwed up my ipod and now it won't work

I posted a few days ago about not being able to use the new version of Itunes. That still hasn't changed, but I've been using Itunes version 7.2 fine and without any problem.
Here's my issue: I downloaded Winamp with the Itunes plugin to use with my ipod (since I couldn't use it with Itunes), and I noticed that the music files were all screwy (there seemed to be 7 folders of each artist scattered all in the ipod database. So I thought that I'd just remove all of the music files and start over. However, after I deleted all the files (with Winamp), my ipod hasn't worked at all. A popup came up saying that Windows couldn't read the ipod anymore, and even though the Ipod seems to still work, it won't connect or register on my computer. Also, all the music files have been deleted, but it still shows the mp3s as still being on the ipod (although, when I try to play something, nothing happens.)
I downloaded the Ipod Updater and tried to restore my ipod to factory settings, but the Updater won't read the ipod either. It says that there's an Ipod error, and then the Updater closes.
What can I do? Should I send the Ipod back to apple and see if they can fix it? Does anybody know what I can do to access my Ipod again?

Also, I wanted to add, Winamp isn't showing my ipod, either, like it was before I deleted all my music files.

Updated my ipod and now it won't let me restore my iPod.

My iPod was working fine until I decided to purchase Angry Birds on the AppStore on my iPod Touch 3g. Soon after I hit install the Angry Birds icon was grey and it wouldnt install, I turned the iPod off and when it turned on it still said "loading" on the little icon. After a little bit the screen went weird and shut off. The Apple logo kept coming up and it wouldn't go away. I looked up that issue and got it fixed, I held down home and then connected it to my computer. I went into iTunes and it told me I needed to update the software in order to restore my iPod. I updated the software and when I clicked restore it would say "Checking restoration with Apple" and it would start to go, the little loading bar comes up under the apple sign like its gonna work and then it disconnects my iPod and it says The iPod "iPod" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1611). And now under Capacity, Software Version, and Serial Number all show n/a. What happened to my Ipod and can it be fixed?

Hello, Andrea. This is what I just did with my shuffle.
Downloaded the newest updater - I think you were given the URL in the other thread. Then I installed the updater on my hard drive - this involved clicking the Continue button to get through a couple of screens.
Ran the updater. It was in my ' Applications/Utilites/iPod Software Updater.localized ' folder. I double clicked the icon for iPod Updater 2005-11-17.
Two screens came up, overlaid. The topmost was an information screen saying which software is in the updater. I quit that window. The window behind it was the application. Across the top it says to insert an iPod.
I plugged my shuffle in. The updater recognized my serial number and said the software needs updating. Since you said the program wouldn't allow you to choose Update, I did it to check. The software updated just fine. (Be sure to eject the shuffle once the Updater has gone through and finished its job.)
Right now iTunes is putting songs back on the shuffle.
Since the Updater doesn't have Continue buttons, I wonder if you only got as far as putting the Updater on your hard drive and haven't yet updated the shuffle?
Good luck
srb

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