My ipod says "ipod_control- itunes_prefs" is corrupt

What do i do?

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I am syncing my ipod but it comes up with a error saying itunes could not backup the ipod because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the ipod, what do i do?

i am syncing my ipod but it comes up with a error saying itunes could not backup the ipod because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the ipod, what do i do?

As I said the iTunes program on the computer. You open iTunes on the computer and go to the View menue in the upper rightand then click on preferences. Go to Devices and delete the backup.

My 4th gen ipod won't backup after it froze during a software update to 4.3.5. I had to cancel the backup at the start of the update and now it won't let me backup to my computer, freezes during backup or says my backup is corrupted.

I pressed 'X' during a backup after it froze during an update to software 4.3.5 and now it won't let me backup on my computer. Does anyone have any ideas? It either freezes during backup or says my 'backup is corrupted' or 'I cannot backup on my computer'. I have had to abort quite a few attempted backups since the initial problem, which I think has made it worse. I have already tried restoring my ipod, deleting the aborted backup from my preferences/devices in itunes and deleting it from my user/appdata/etc on my PC hard drive. Any ideas what to try next?

After hours of frustration I eventually decided to restore. I lost my apps, but i didn't have many and was able to reinstall them for free. During the restore it updated my ipod to the latest software 4.3.5, which i think may have caused the initial problem, but the backup issue remains. Sometimes it stops me from syncing and other times it allows me to skip the backup, but still says that i can't backup on my computer. I'm worried that it has done something to my computer as it took me six hours to do a Bullguard scan, which only normally takes about an hour. The scan didn't come up with any viruses, but it stalled at system32 for ages. The only other thing that i can think of is that a demo CD I uploaded may have caused a problem. iTunes couldn't find a track listing for it but gave me a few different options. i thought I had to choose one to continue, so did that then changed the track details to the correct tracks. I'm now worried that may have introduced an issue or caused a glitch in iTunes. How paranoid am I sounding?

My iPod nano needs to be format, but it doesn't format using fat 32. And it says that it is corrupted. What should I do?

My iPod nano needs to be format, but it doesn't format using fat 32. And it says that it is corrupted. What should I do?
As I connect it to itunes, it shows that it needs to be format. When I try to format it (fat32) it doesn't finish. And it says, the ipod appears to be corrupted.

similar to what is happening to me....the difference is, after restoring itunes detect ipod and ask to restore again and again....
I know it may look kinda stupid but: just leave the ipod there for about 2 minutes, that's about the time my itunes is taking to detect my ipod...if it doesn't work, try connecting ur ipod to other computer with itunes (no need to sync, just to check if itunes will recognize) to check if the problem is with the ipod or with the itunes and/or computer.

My ipod says corrupt what do I do?, my ipod says corrupt what do I do?

my ipod says corrupt what do I do?, my ipod says corrupt what do I do?

Normally when this error appears, your only course of action is to connect the device to your iTunes library you normally sync it with and restore it to factory settings.
Restoring iPod to factory settings
B-rock

TS1372 My 3rd generation ipod is frozen and i dont know why. iTunes says it has been corrupted and has has assigned it with a 1418 error. How can i fix this?

My 3rd generation ipod nano is frozen and i don't know why. iTunes says it has been corrupted and has has assigned a 1418 error code to my problem. how can i fix this?

You can only sync to one computer/iTunes library. To make this your syncing computer:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities

My ipod says i have no music on it, but when i plug it into itunes, and look under music on my ipod, its all there. NEED HELP ASAP!!!!! all the music came from a computer which i no longer have, so my ipod is the only place where that music is.

This morning, i downloaded about 16 songs to put on my ipod, and i manually dragged them over to my ipod to sync that way (like i always do because the music on my ipod came from a different computer which I no longer have) and on my way to work, i realized my ipod says "no content" under Music. However, when I plug my ipod into itunes and click on the music tab under my ipod name, all of my music is there. What happened and how do i get that music back on my ipod? I need help asap.

You had a glitch and the music files got corrupted. I know of no way to uncorrupt them.
You can try using a computer app like iFunbox
http://dl.i-funbox.com/
to see if yo can get them from the iPod in a usable file.
Otherwise you will have to re import them to your computer and sync
You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

Ipod that appears to be corrupted?

I have a 30GB Ipod(not new, had for awhile and never had problems.) and When i plug it in to my computer(windows XP) and open itunes (latest version) it say this:
Itunes has detected an Ipod that appears to be corrupted. You may need restore this Ipod before using it with Itunes. You may also try disconnecting and reconnecting the Ipod.
Now I have done what is has told me to do over and over again but this still comes up!
please help.
fifth Genration iPod Windows XP

I have been doign a little bit of digging and i solve it ! FOR WINDOWS
Ipod must be plugged in
go my computer icon and right click it and click on mange.
click on Disk mangement.
find you disk that you Ipod is on (the size is a little bit smaller then what you ipod hold ex. 30GB would be 27.8 GB)
right click the disk
click on change drive letter and paths
change the letter to aletter that is not been used for any of other disk!
that should work!
yay! i helped myself !

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?

After charging ipod says there is not music on ipod even though storgage useage indicated all of the music is still there

I recently charged/synched my 160 GB ipod classic - I may have disconnected it before it was ready. Now the ipod says there is not music/playlists on the ipod - when I had used up over half the space previously. I think the music is still on the ipod because it indicated something listed as "other" is taking up the same space the music used to take up. How do I get the ipod to go back to recognizing the music?

Other is corrupt files, probably caused when you disconnected. Connect the iPod to iTunes and use the Restore button on the Device/Summary pane. This will remove everything and then re-load the iPod with the contents of your Library.

Trying to update the software for my iphone and it keeps saying download has been corrupted. an same for imac update. help?

trying to update the software for my iphone and it keeps saying download has been corrupted. an same for imac update. help?

Hi NWL1,
Thanks for the question. If I understand correctly, the iPhone won't update and is stuck. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help you resolve or isolate the issue.
If you can't update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Have a great day,
Mario

Itunes regonises ipod, says it loads new music but it dosent show on ipod.

hi ....
this is my second ipod its a video one and i have had it for sixmonths had minor problems nothing that resetting didnt fix ...but now it will not load new music i have checked the free space which is amlost half yet it wont load...it even says it is loading ....every time i plug it in it shows on itunes but a small box appears on the bottom left hand side of the screen saying something about a corrupt file and to use the chksdk utility...please help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is an issue with the ipod, go here and follow Da Gopha's post/artical to fix it http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=361771

\iPod-Control\Music\F09 is corrupt

I have a 4th generation iPod that I use with my Dell computer with Windows XP. When I try to update my iPod through iTunes, only some of the songs from my library get transferred to my iPod. I then get a messeage in my notficiation area saying that "\iPod-Control\Music\F09 is corrupt, run chkdsk utility". I downloaded the latest iPod updater (6.26.2005), and installed the new software but I still have this problem. Can you please help? Thank you

An "Update" shouldn't fix one of these issues anyway. It doesn't rework the drives filesystem, which is where the error lies.
A Restore will fix it, by erasing the thing. Of course, that's overkill.
Quicker fix:
-Disconnect iPod, close iTunes.
-Using Task Manager, kill iPodService.exe. Or stop the iPod Service in the Services Control Panel.
-Connect the iPod. It'll mount as a drive letter but iTunes will not auto-launch.
-Open My Computer to get the drive letter of the iPod.
-Open a command prompt and run "chkdsk /f x:" where x is the drive letter of the iPod.
That'll fix the problem with any corrupted filespaces. Then you should be able to resync.

My ipod says now

"itunes has detected an ipod that appears to be corrupt. you may need to restore the ipod before you can use it with itunes you may want to disconnect and reconnect your ipod" Then it says their was a problem downloading the ipod software for the ipod. requested resource was not found. that's when i plugged it in to my usb. I need help big time anything would be great to resolve this issue.

Hey there Canadien!
Have a look at this:
What to do if iPod can't be updated because the firmware file was corrupt or not found
After you follow that try to restore it again.

My ipod says it cannot back-up, what can I do?

Every time I sync my ipod is successfully syncs but it will not back-up, it says "the backup was corrupt or incompatible with the ipod". I cannot update my ipod now either, can anyone help?

Have you worked through the suggestions in this Apple support document?
iOS: Troubleshooting backup issues in iTunes
B-rock

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