ITunes7 corrupted your iPod? Here's how to bring it back to life:

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Here is the only thing I have found that brings mine back to life:
Find a LiveCD Linux distro that has gparted on it. I have been using Puppy Linux, but found that the gparted project has also built a streamelined LiveCD image. (Check it out at http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php. Next time I will try it instead.)
Once I connect the iPod under Linux, I can run gparted and display the drive and partition configuration. I have found that when the iPod is corrupted, gparted does not recognize any partitions on it. When I go to create a partition, it instead prompts me to set the disklabel (say whether THE DRIVE ITSELF, NOT THE PARTITION, is msdos, mac, etc.). If I choose msdos (what it should be), nothing happens. If I choose mac, then it sets the disklabel accordingly and I am allowed to create a new partition.
Instead, I then change the disklabel back to msdos and recreate the FAT32 partition, shutdown, reboot to Windows, and presto the iPod is now properly read by Windows and iTunes.
When the iPod fails again, rinse and repeat.
Personally, I will not be reconnecting my iPod AT ALL until I see that there is a fix. My iPod ran perfectly fine for TWO WEEKS after doing this procedure. Then I connected it to add a couple of new albums and I had to go through this process all over again...
Hope this helps you bring your iPod back to life!
For further explanation:
A disklabel is a file at the beginning of the disk that indicates where each partition begins and how many disk sectors it occupies.
It appears as though iTunes 7 is corrupting the disklabel, and this procedure allows you to rebuild it. The problem with the formatting utilities under Windows is that they are dependent upon that preexisting disklabel and can't properly reformat the partition because the corrupted disklabel incorrectly offsets the partition.
Perhaps someone at Apple can confirm this and/or use this information to help fix the problem...

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Try a compete restore:
"Eric Hermanson
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Re: iphone 3G is as good as dead
Posted: 15-Aug-2008 9:33 PM in response to: FH Person
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To enter recover mode:
1. Turn your phone OFF. If you can't turn it off, FORCE a turn off by holding down the Power and the Home buttons together for 5 seconds.
2. While your phone is turned OFF, HOLD DOWN the Home button. Keep it held down.
3. Connect your phone to the USB cable on your computer. KEEP the Home button held down during all this time.
4. Keep holding the Home button down until you see the iTunes/restore screens appear on your computer and your iPhone.
Apple needs to fix this application installation/upgrade thing ASAP! I've had to restore my phone FIVE times after installing applications and/or updating. This is nuts. I really love the iPhone, but come on Apple! Fix this terrible problem!"