ITunes has corrupted my iPod Classic's data

I recently upgraded to a new computer, now running Windows 7 from XP and also with that installed the latest version of iTunes. I had never had too much trouble prior syncing and managing my music until recently when all of a sudden syncing even small amounts of data my iTunes and then essentially my whole computer would freeze(and/or encounter an error message where it would claim an issue with the last file it was trying to sync and i think it was an error 56 or something?) or become unresponsive. I even had it where I could still open and use other programs but I could no longer use Ctrl+Alt+Del even to access the task manager to force iTunes to close. Also anything that had made it through the first part of the sync was gone.
It seemed like I would no longer be able to sync my iPod when it suddenly started working again and for the last week it has been fine until today where my main issue comes in...
Today when trying to add a few CDs to my iPod it didn't freeze but ran into the same 56? error after freezing partway through syncing. However it didn't freeze so I restarted the program, plugged my ipod back in(this time the first few songs had stayed) and tried again...
Except this time it froze, had to be shut down. I shut down and restarted my whole computer and then when I plugged my iPod and it tried verifying in I was told that (not only had I lost 2 GB of data) all of my music (about 130-140 GB) was listed under "Other" data in yellow instead of blue, and no longer appeared in the Music tab. I ejected and plugged it back in through iTunes, and still it was under other with another 24 GB missing in general this time.
I have no idea what happened here and I have never had issues like this before. If this means I have to restore I will not only be losing certain things that were on my iPod from an old old computer that isn't around anymore but also due to other issues when transfering my iTunes library to my external hard drive I lost quite a few cds I'd have to rip again because that also is a mess.
That and I am not sure if restoring will fix where it is freexing during sync to begin with.
So I am sure there is no way to magically fix this... Especially because it seems there are a lot of similar issues though not the same with the newest iTunes(or historically many iTunes updates it seems) and iDevices, especially due to I suppose what are compatibility issues between iTunes and apparently life form what eve some Macs are saying... but I was wondering if anyone knew what was going on and if there was anything I could do short of "delete everything because our software ate your (some of it irreplacable) data, sorry" ?

Are you using the Part of Gapless Album or crossfading, I came across an earlier iTunes post, that suggest this option was causing the iTunes to freeze, especially with huge library.

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So here is my sorry story - please let me know if you have had similar symptoms and if you have found a solution.
I have a MacBook Pro, running Snow Leopard. I recently upgraded iTunes to iTunes version 9.0.2 and attempted to synchronise my iPod Classic (not sure which version I have - it's about 2 years old if that) whereby I was sent down all sorts of nonsense alleyways by Apple as iTunes told me that my iPod was corrupt and needed to be restored etc.
I have uninstalled every aspect of iTunes 9 from my mac and have installed iTunes 8 instead, as I didn't seem to have any problems with that before (lucky me? or better software?). I have verified and erased my iPod then restored it in iTunes.
I then thought perhaps I ought to manually manage my music as the auto-sync was what seemed to start this whole nightmare in the first place. This all goes well until I reach around 12GB when the iPod starts crunching and iTunes freezes to transfer. I am then unable to stop the transfer and unable to eject the iPod from Finder.
All that I can assume from this and from reading these discussion boards is that my iPod has been irreparably damaged by iTunes 9.
There are theories being expounded on these boards that this is all an elaborate ploy by Apple in order to capture the Christmas market - what more incentive do you need for a new shiny iPod than the fact your perfectly good one is not defunct? I'm not sure I buy into that as the negative publicity is surely more damaging than a few iPod sales. However this is massively negligent on Apple's part if iTunes is in fact the cause of all of this destruction.
Whilst the software licence agreement purports to exclude all liability for any damage caused by such software, in the UK this is overridden by the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 and the Sale of Goods Act 1979 which restrict the degree to which a company can exclude liability for loss caused and which imply a term into the contract which states that the goods must be of satisfactory quality. Whilst Apple could potentially have limited itself by clearly pointing out that the software is not suitable for iPod Classic owners they have not done this therefore to my mind there is a clear case for asking Apple to provide its now disillusioned and iPod-less customers with adequate compensation for their loss.
I am going to progress this with Apple and will post back here as to how I get on. Meanwhile, if any other UK customers would like to add anything please do as it seems that the voice of millions may be what Apple needs to do something about this.

My Ipod Classic wouldn't connect with my iMac after I updated to iTunes 9. Long story short, I discovered it was a problem with the software version on the iPod; not so much iTunes 9. I think this is why only some of us are suffering this problem. The catch is, you need a successful sync to update the iPod software.
As others have tried, resetting the iPod numerous times and trying it on other computers with iTunes 9 didn't work.
If you happen to have a second computer with iTunes 8.2 or earlier, you can use that, but if you are like 99% of people with the same version of iTunes on all computers, you need to:
1. Uninstall iTunes 9
2. Install iTunes 8.2
3. Update your iPod software version
4. Reinstall iTunes 9
In detail for Mac (Windows will have it's own similar steps):
1. Uninstall the iTunes 9 application as far as step 13 on this help file http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1224
(this will remove the application, but leave the music and your libraries intact)
2. Download and install iTunes 8.2. I found a site with an old version using a google search http://en.kioskea.net/telecharger/telecharger-241-itunes-for-mac
3. After version 8.2 is installed, start iTunes by holding down the OPTIONS key on your keyboard and use one click (don't double-click) on your iTunes icon (if it doesn't work, just quit iTunes, and try again...you will get it eventually). A window will pop-up enabling you to create a new library. Do that, and give it a random name (you won't use this library again).
4. iTunes will start (without any of your original library showing, but don't panic; it's still there), and your iPod should now connect. Choose not to transfer any files, or authorisation, however, take the option to update the iPod software.
5. Once the software is updated and has restarted, eject the iPod (no need to complete the sync)
6. Perform a normal mac software update to reinstall iTunes 9.
7. When starting iTunes 9 for the first time after reinstalling, hold down the OPTION key on your keyboard and use one click on the iTunes icon; pick the CHOOSE LIBRARY option. Open your original library that has all your music, and you should be back to where you want to be; your iPod syncing as normal. Next time you open iTunes, it will open to the correct library. The use of the OPTION key is only needed the first time.
8. Hopefully, stop banging your head against your desk.

I am getting an 'iTunes has detected an iPod that appears to be corrupted" message from my 80GB iPod Classic.

I am getting an 'iTunes has detected an iPod that appears to be corrupted" message from my 80GB iPod Classic. It plays music fine and has 2.5 GB of space left. I get the message on multiple PC's and USB ports. I have tried resetting it and using Disk Mode. Any advice?

In my Computer folder
Right Click the iPod
Select properties->tools->error check
tick both fix filesystem error and surface scan.
Press OK
May take about 2 hours to complete.
PS: dont be in a hurry to disconnect your iPod, as future recurrence will come, as the HD is almost full, do back up your iTunes library, before your iPod HD gives the dreaded fatal Red X sign.
Good Luck!

"Itunes has detected an iPod that appears to be corrupted" - Ipod Classic

I recently noticed little tiny jumps or skips appearing in songs on my 80GB ipod classic, so decided to restore it. Having done this I got the following message:
"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."
Reconnecting it just brings up the same message. I have Itunes 9.0 and have noticed others here describing problems between the latest versions of Itunes and their iPods.
Is anyone else experiencing similar problems to mine, or do I just have a faulty iPod? Sadly it's out of warranty, but it is just over 2 years old so I'll be pretty disgusted if it's already broken, as I've looked after it very well.
Any advice much appreciated - thank you!

Ok, I updated Itunes to 9.03, and so far it seems to have rectified the problem i.e. I'm no longer getting ipod corrupted message, and I can transfer all my songs onto it as normal. Whether it will solve the little ticks I'm hearing in songs throughout my library on the iPod, I've yet to see.
Sorry and good luck to those having similar problem that cannot find such an easy solution.

ITunes has detecetd a iPod that appears to be corrupted message - DESPERATE

We have several iPods in th family. 2 iPod Classics, 1 4GB nano. All woking fine until recently. Now when each one is connected we get the same message:
+"iTunes has detecetd a iPod that appears to be corrupted. You may need to restore it...."+
I have restored all three iPods and updated their software many tens of times in different sequences.
I have followed all the help forum suggestions and more. Have reinstalled iTunes many times. (before and after registry clean ups.) Have even removed regitry settings for USB upper and lower limits. Have re-installed all USB drivers on teh wintel machine. Have deleted the iPod updater files to force an update to latest iPod s/w version through itunes. Have cleaned registry with some tools I have. Have tried other USB ports. I know the iPods are OK because we have tested them on our MacBook Pro.
It doesn't matter what I do on this windows XP box - The same message always ends up reappearing.
I can't find anything on teh support or forum sites that gives any clue to this.
*Is there anyone out there who has experienced this?*
*I've run out of ideas*

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Error message "iTunes has detected an iPod that appears to be corrupted"

Everything used to work just fine until recently. On my Windows XP Home SP3 laptop, with iTunes (version 9.0.2.25) already open, I connect my 5th Generation iPod Nano and get the following message in iTunes:
"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."
If I plug the iPod into the computer without first starting iTunes, the Windows ‘Auto Play’ message comes up immediately then disappears and then the following message appears:
"Your iPod needs to be formatted for use with Windows. Would you like to run iTunes to restore your iPod Now?"
Otherwise, the iPod functions normally when not connected in iTunes. I can play the music, videos, and record videos with no problems.
The troubleshooting steps I took were:
I performed a reset of the Nano by first sliding the hold switch on/off a few cycles, leaving switch off (no orange showing), then pressed and held the Menu + Select button until the Apple logo appeared. Then I tried it in iTunes again; no such luck, same error. I then did a reset again, this time with the iPod connected to an AC power source; still no luck. I tried the reset numerous times and it didn’t help.
Next, I ran the diagnostics by pressing and holding the Menu + Select buttons immediately followed by the Select + Reverse buttons. I stepped through all the diagnostics tests and all tests passed as far as I could tell (there was no errors reported).
After this, I tried it in iTunes again and still no luck.
I even tried the iPod on my Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit) machine and it behaved the same way. The version of iTunes on that machine was at an earlier version when I first tried it there. I then upgraded iTunes to the latest version but that didn’t help either.
I can sync my iPod Touch and 2nd gen Nano without any problems.
Sorry about be long winded about this but I am wondering if anyone else may have other suggestions. I want to try and avoid a restore if possible because I have some videos I recorded that I would like to get off the iPod. I’m not concerned about my music files as I have them always backed up but didn’t get the videos off yet.

I am having this same problem with my brand new Mac Pro. It seems to be tied to the computer awaking from sleep (no I am not leaving the iPod connected while sleep... I am referring to waking the computer from sleep and then connecting iPod as opposed to restarting the computer and then connecting the iPod). In other words, if you are getting this error message, try ejecting the iPod, restart your computer, then connect the iPod and see if the error message goes away. For me it does, but I only get one shot at it, if I eject the iPod and then reconnect it, the error message returns. This happens on both iPods I have. I have rebooted (hold menu-select) and gone to disc mode (hold select-play) and the error message remains. The only way it goes away is to reboot the computer, then I get one shot at hooking up an iPod.
I NEVER had nor get this error message when I connect to the Windows PC that I started with. Perhaps the iPod does not like moving from PC to Mac?

When I hook my ipod up to my mac I used to get the Itunes has detected an ipod that appears to be corrupted error message. It would then sync all my song to the ipod but when I ejected it, none of the songs would be on the ipod. Now I hook it up and I get

When I hook my ipod up to my mac I used to get the Itunes has detected an ipod that appears to be corrupted error message. It would then sync all my song to the ipod but when I ejected it, none of the songs would be on the ipod. Now I hook it up and I get the Mac OS X can't repair the disk error message. Then the spinning colored pinwheel pops up and I can't use iTunes. Please HELP!!!!!!

Sounds like your iPod is broken. Take it to Apple or someone else who repairs iPods and see if you can get it fixed, or get it replaced.

ITunes has detected an iPod that appears to be corrupt

I try to restore my 30G iPod 5G under windows XP, Vista, macosx ...
I try iTunes 4 and iTunes 5 ...
the software update for my ipod is 1.2.1 ...
and every time "iTunes has detected an iPod that appears to be corrupt" ...
In disk mode, iTunes can use my iPod correctly ... as soon as i eject it. Next time i plugged my iPod ... "iTunes has detected an iPod that appears to be corrupt"
When my iPod is not connected to the computer, it told me about : "Connect to your computer - Use iTunes to restore" ...
Any new idea ?
Thanks for your help !

Start here: http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/
Then if that fails you, perhaps contacting Apple Care is a good move.
Beavis2084

TS3474 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.

What do I do about this message? I've restored it 3 times, but this message still comes up, and i cannot put music on it now.
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.

Sounds like your iPod is broken. Take it to Apple or someone else who repairs iPods and see if you can get it fixed, or get it replaced.

Error-Itunes has detected an ipod that appears to be corrupted

When I connect the ipod to the computer it says "Itunes has detected an ipod that appears to be corrupted. You may need to restore the ipod before it can be used with itunes. You may also try disconnecting and reconnecting again." I disconnected and reconnected many times, I have restarted, check for updates, and finally restored my ipod. It has deleted everything off of my ipod then I get a do not disconnect message that never goes away. What should I do please advise?

Bummer! Have you tried resetting the ipod while it's plugged into the PC?
The thing with the hold switch and the buttons on the ipod.
You mentioned restarting, but I'm not sure what you restarted - itunes, I guess?

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"iTunes has detected an ipod that appears to be corrupted" is the error message I continue to get with iTunes v.7.0.1 in Windows XP. My iPod will load on my iMac and let me add songs. I wanted to start using my iPod with my PC so I restored it on the PC. It shows up as Removable Disk (M:) under My Computer. I have uninstalled iTunes and have read just about everything I can to figure out the problem. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Did you do it using the latest iPod updater? In fact, you may want to find a past version of the updater and not use the utility bundled in iTunes 7.0.1.

TS1441 when i pluged my ipod classic 5g to PC then it shows "iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. you must restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes"?then after restoring the PIOD when IPod restarted then Itunes again detect the same ER

when i pluged my ipod classic 5g to PC then it shows “iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. you must restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes”?then after restoring the PIOD when IPod restarted then Itunes again detect the same ERROR.

If you are using XP, and you went through the procedure at the bottom of the previously linked document to change the iPod's assigned drive letter, and you also tried putting it into Disk Mode...
If you have not already, try shutting down your computer and disconnecting all USB devices, including hub. Start up with only standard keyboard and mouse connected. Just to be safe, put the iPod into Disk Mode again
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1363
Run iTunes. Connect iPod to a direct USB port on computer. iTunes may prompt you about "recovery" and ask you to do a Restore. Try to do a Restore again.

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This is really irritating! I just want to listen to music on the subway and bus! If anyone has any ideas or tips that would be greatly appreciated.
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ITunes has wiped my iPod, I think I have then songs on an external drive?

my iTunes has wiped my iPod of 8500+ songs. I have alway backed up my laptop, I think the songs should be on my external drive, can anyone help me to try an recover them, not to bothered about the playlist.
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See Corrupt iPod classic. If you can't locate the files on your external drive it may be possible to copy them back from the device. Your media should be kept in an iTunes library which you backup properly.
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ITunes has detected an iPod that appears to be currupted.

About a week ago my iPod completely froze while I was trying to use it. Since then nothing has worked right. It doesn't seem to charge and it doesn't connect and disconnect correctly. When I try to connect my iPod it either doesn't show up in iTunes at all or I get the following error message "iTunes has detected an iPod that appears to be corrupted. You may need to restore iPod before it can be used iTunes. You may also try disconnecting and reconnecting the iPod." After the error message my iPod immediately disappears from the left hand side. After reading through the users guide I figured out how to get my iPod into disc mode and was able to restore it that way. However, I am still receiving the same error message. Any suggestions would be appreciated. My iPod is only a couple of months old.

I am experiencing a similar problem. My ipod turned on successfully but since then it has stayed frozen. According to the screen it is on hold but it isn't.I've tried charging it, but the message 'this ipod seems to be corrupt' comes up. I've tried to reset it but a message comes up saying it is not possible. I'm sorry I am not able to answer your problem but could you please help me by telling me how long the warranty is as i want to get it sorted in the apple store tomorrow and possibly exchange it.
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