Message-Attempting to copy to disk failed, could not be read or written to

I"m getting this when I try to sync my iphone. What happened?

Read through this support article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1207

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    Read through this support article:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1207

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    This sounds more like a hardware issue, possibly a failing drive if you had mysteriously vanishing files and there are problems writing to your drive..  You could get better support on a forum for your Mac model or at lest one for your operating system version.  Have you verified the disk with Disk Utility to see what it reports?

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  • "The iPod cannot be synced. The disk could not be read or written to."

    I just bought an iPod touch today and rushed home to sync it with iTunes. After making sure I had the latest version of iTunes, I plugged the new ipod in and followed the steps to sync. It seems that after about 200 songs transfered to my iPod touch, I got an error stating, "The iPod cannot be synced. The disk could not be read or written to." followed by another error stating, "Attempting to copy to the disk failed. The disk could not be read from or written to." I disconnected the iPod then reconnected, transfered a couple hundred more songs then got the error again. I tried restoring the iPod itself 3 times and made sure all the software was up to date, even uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes. With about 3500 songs I do not want to sit here and keep having to unplug and plug the iPod back in. PLEASE PLEASE someone help me! Thanks!

    *I am pasting a message I made on another forum. I was having the same trouble syncing, but this cleared everything up.*
    Looks like Joe was correct; at least in my case. I was getting the "cannot copy to disk" message after about 50 songs. After following his advice, syncing worked fine, both music and videos.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Pos_user
    Its not the IPOD. I got that issue too. then I realized I had 8 things plugged into my USB port and USB hub.
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    Or simply unplug everything, except the ipod and see if it works.
    Another thing, if you have front USBs on your BAY...use the back ones, the front dont have as much power allocated to them since they are created/designed for wireless/bluetooth devices, like mouse and keyboard.
    Use the BACK usb devices, and reboot your machine and IPOD. and you should be fine.
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  • I have the 20gb iPod that I need to put music back onto with my new computer. It starts to sync then it says "ITunes could not copy the song to the iPod because the file could not be read or written. ????

    I have a 20gb iPod that needs music from ITunes. On my new computer I am trying to sync but I get error message "could not copy to iPod because file could not be read or written. Attempting to copy to the disk failed. The disk could not be read from or written to." I have tried several times and have reset to factory settings.

    Is the new PC running XP as well, Chalotte?
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  • ERROR - disk could not be read or written to

    I have reinstall software, updated IPOD to 2006 software, restored Ipod shuffle and when I try and Autofill using my own list of songs I get this message: The Ipod cannot be updated. The disk could not be read from or written to.

    I've gone right of iShuffles. Mine refused to play ball a couple of months ago so my wife kindly got me a new Video iPod - which I recommend) and my son's shuffle decided to shuffle off this mortal coild too. I used the online Apple service to get both replaced - really excelent service, replacements to my door and return service too. Full marks Apple.
    My replacement Shuffle worked just fine. My son's - zero marks Apple. disk could not be read or written.
    No kidding, I've been removing, re-installing, plugging, unplugging... for six hours straight now! I've definitely read all that Apple have to say, which isn't much.
    I've definitely stripped out all iPod and iTunes mentions and gone from the original install CD to latest versions - same result. Then just straight to latest versions after removing everything, same result.
    When I plug this same shuffle into my HP Laptop - it just works fine, no problem at all. This is what's kept me going all these hours - it MUST be a software issue on our shared home computer. I virus and shareware checked and cleaned, but no issues there. Some mentions on other forums showed users who's startup drive letter was not C: cured the problem by changing to C: but mine already is.
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    There's a story about Thomas Edison being positive in his search inventing a working lightbulb - along the lines that it took him 10,000 failures before he found a solution. At each point he celebrated having identified another way that did NOT work, bringing him one step closer to the answer. So in that vein... I can celebrate about 20 ways I have identified to NOT solve this problem. If it were left to me, we wouldn't have electric light - I'd have given up;-)
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  • The ipod "IPOD" cannot be updated. The disk could not be read or written to

    "The iPod "IPOD" cannot be updated. The disk could not be read or written to"
    "The iPod "IPOD" cannot be updated. An unknown error occurred. (-50)"
    I have been dealing with this ever since I installed iTunes 7. I had been getting this message with my previous version, but at least the files would load onto the iPod once I deleted the files in the library and reloaded them. Now, nothing works.
    I attempted to restore the iPod, but guess what? I got this message every time:
    "The iPod "IPOD" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1418)"
    When I checked drive E on the Device Manager on My Computer, it said the device was working fine.
    Desperate to fix the problem, I began searching online for other solutions when I stumbled upon someone mentioning the option to format the iPod with fat32, suggesting that as a way to solve the problem, so I did so. After that, nothing has worked. The device manager now says that there are no drivers for drive E and iTunes won't let me restore the iPod.
    I'm plumb out of ideas. What's left to do? I'm not rich enough to just say, "Oh well! La dee da! Let me go buy another iPod shuffle." Is there any way to fix this?

    I finally reinstalled iTunes and my 2G Shuffle on my another station (PC portable + Windows XP) and that functions without trouble.
    As I followed exactly the same procedure of installation, it's difficult to me to explain differences.
    For each pc :
    - No iPod or iTunes previously installed before this one
    - All the rights (administrator)
    Differences :
    - The OS (Windows XP and Windows XP Pro)
    - A lot of USB peripherics declared on my first PC.
    I tend to think that the problem comes from the detection or the declaration of the port usb, but I'm not at all an expert.
    So my trouble is solved, but not with a satisfactory solution.
    Patrick
      Windows XP Pro  

  • Music sync problem - The disk could not be read or written to.

    Hello!
    Since my last iPod restore I have got a problem with music syncing. When I want to sync about more than 10 files iTunes gives an error massage: "The disk could not be read or written to." It is very annoying to copy 20GB music.
    Any good idea?

    Have you had a chance to look at this troubleshooting page? It may be of some help: "Disk cannot be read from or written to" when syncing iPod

  • The iPhone cannot be synced. The disk could not be read or written to.

    +The iPhone cannot be synced. The disk could not be read or written to.+
    That's the message I get when I sync my iPhone now after flawless syncing since the second day they came on sale. I restarted, I repaired permissions. The iPhone is only half full. I have tried a couple of different usb to iPhone chords. After trouble shooting I have found that if I don't sync iPhoto it syncs everything else just fine. I have deleted the iPhoto prefs. I have reinstalled iLife. I have reinstalled iTunes and deleted the iTunes prefs. I have gotten a brand new iPhone from the Apple store. I have backed up and deleted every photo in iPhoto and it still gets the error message.
    Starting to get frustrated.

    Unfortunately, I'm an Outlook junkie, and I need to sync my iPhone (1st Gen) with Outlook. I had no problems under XP. I even synced my device to Vista Business running out of Boot Camp and via Fusion.
    When I upgraded to Vista Ultimate and Office 2007 (freshly installed) my iPhone refused to sync anything but my Contacts, Calendar, and Bookmarks. It didn't matter whether I was running under Fusion or natively via Boot Camp -- I would get a variety of errors, but mostly "the disk could not be read or written to" wtih the occassional "unknown error" thrown in to make my life even more miserable.
    It would occasionally sync an audio or video file, but 99 times out of 100 it would die in the middle of the sync, trash something on the phone, and force me to restore it.
    Restoration, though, was not possible under Windows. I would try repeatedly to restore the phone from Vista, with no success. In fact, I tried to install the updated 2.0 firmware last week, which "bricked" the phone for about 4 hours. The only way that I could restore the device was under OS X. Naturally, the error returned the first time I tried to sync on Windows again.
    I was almost to the point of declaring the iPhone toasted, smashing the overpriced little trinket that's caused me so much agony into iPieces and then dropping it into an envelope and mailing it to Steve J. with a letter stating that a $600.00+ "revoltionary internet device" shouldn't croak 1 year after purchase.
    <RANT>
    I mean think about it -- getting bent over on pricing 2 months after purchase, Apple releasing a 3G version barely one year later (and for significantly lower price than the original) and having to sign a 2 year contract with the baby Satan that is AT&T isn't exactly what I would call a GOOD experience. Not to mention the activation fiasco, etc.
    </RANT>
    At any rate, all the Windows jokes aside, I believe I've finally solved my problem and it may help the others having this same problem on dual-core or hyperthreading processors.
    With iTunes running, go to the Task Manager, select the Processes tab and find the iTunes processes (AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe, iTunes.exe, and iTunesHelper.exe). Right-click on each and select "Set Affinity..." from the context menu.
    In the "Processor Affinity" dialog, you should see both CPU 0 and CPU 1 checked, which is the default. UN-CHECK CPU 1, so that only CPU 0 is checked, then click "OK".
    You may need to retstart iTunes and/or the services, but I didn't need to do that (and technically, you shouldn't have to do that).
    Try your sync again. I'm syncing flawlessly again after that little tweak. Perhaps this is something odd about iTunes under Windows on multi-core or hyperthreading processors (read: race condition or something similar)?
    I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this will continue to work, otherwise I go the smash-and-mail-to-Steve route.

  • The disk could not be read or written to (just in my PC)

    Hey all again... I have a problem..i don´t know if is in ipod or in my pc..when i click in Update 'my ipod name' follows thi message:
    ''The Ipod 'my ipod name' could not be updated. The disk could not be read or written to''
    People, today in my friend´s house i tested my ipod nano in your PC..so, when i click in update this WORKS ! I have a 1.1 USB card and he haves a 2.0 .. but it´s not usb problem i think..
    note : In my PC only works in the first time...when i connect the usb cable in ipod-pc .. the itunes automaticaly transfer the music to my ipod..when finish, when i go click in update..follow this message (the disk could not......), for transfer the music again..i turn off the cable and turn on again... the update doesn´t works..
    sry for my english
    It´s nano or pc problem ??? please help me, thanks.

    In general, chkdsk errors should be fixed by either running chkdsk, or by Restoring the iPod using the latest iPod Updater. We have been discussing chkdsk issues (as related to buggy firmware) for a while now.
    Unfortunately, it seems to be manifesting on the Nano these days as well: Mick Pierce, "Ipod Nano connecting problems", 06:21pm Oct 25, 2005 CDT
    Try doing a Restore on your iPod - if you can, it's what is recommended to wipe the slate clean and fix any other corruption issues on the Pod.
    Kind regards,
    Gopha.

  • Cannot be synced. The disk could not be read or written to

    I keep getting "+cannot be synced. The disk could not be read or written to+" after it says during the sync process "+importing pictures+".
    I restarted my iPhone and Mac but still the same problem. I deleted all pictures from my iPhone 4, yet the problem remains as I keep getting the same message above.
    Any ideas, what I should do?

    I am having the same issues. Any resolution Apple?
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