My mini ipod will not go into disk mode. What should I do?

When ever I try to put it into disk mode it will either not go into disk mode for a few seconds or it will not go into disk mode at all.

Hi Jennifer,
Have you checked out these two articles?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61131
Best of luck,
Ant B

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