Nano won't update music

I'm having trouble updating the music on my iPod through iTunes. It all began last night while I was charging my iPod, after I charged it, I noticed everything was erased?! After that I tried the 5 R's and still nothing. Then I had the apple screen come up without the backlight, then it would flash to the screen with the backlight. It would keep doing this for quite a while. I decide to re-install all software and it seemed to help the problem after I put the iPod in disk mode. Now the iPod's screen is stuck on Do Not Disconnect. When I click in the task bar to safely remove hardware, after it removes the iPod, its stuck on: Ok to Disconnect...so I disconnect and the iPod wont respond. When I put the iPod into disk mode, it shows up in iTunes, but it wont update my iPod with new music. I've tried deleting every song from iTunes and adding them in again, that still didn't work. It seems I've tried everything with no luck. Someone please help.

7. After the restore is complete and the iPod is connected to the computer, the iTunes Setup Assistant window will appear asking you to name your iPod and choose your syncing preferences similar to when you connected your iPod for the first time.
After I restored the iPod, the screen went to the Do Not Disconnect message again. It never asked me to name my iPod or choose my syncing preferences?

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If you have all your songs backed up in iTunes then try restoring your iPod. This will erase the hard drive, reload the software and return the iPod to factory settings. A fresh installation of the software will hopefully get it back updating for you as usual: Restoring iPod to Factory Settings

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My 30GB ipod wont update music videos. I bought a
couple of music videos from the itunes store and
after they downloaded I connected my ipod to my emac
and a error message popped up and said that the
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Nanos won't update or restore

Hello all, I'm new to the forums and fairly new to apple products. I have never really been a big fan of apple just because, and itunes and the nano are now giving me a good reason. I have several gripes about overall itunes functionality, but thats for another section of the forums. My big issue is that my nano will neither update or restore, and I get the message "Could not update ipod 'Ben's Ipod', an unknown error occured (1417)" or "Could not restore ipod 'Ben's ipod', an unknown error occured (1418)". During the attempted "update", the ipod looks like it just goes into the charging mode and has no indication that there is a data connection with the computer. I have come to believe that it is itunes, as i have tried with several nanos (both of my younger brothers have them) and also a shuffle (one of my friends has one) with the same results. I have a very clean install of windows, and the virus protection is disabled. I have tried restarting services and all the other usb ports to no avail. Can any of you help me? I'm just baffled.
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hmmmmmm.
it might be worth quickly checking on the issue from this document:
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wow man i have exactly the same problem than you , and i have tried all under the sun, im from venezuela but a friend of mine broght me from us an ipod nano of 4 gb, everything was correct until i decided to update my ipod , but during the install the message do not disconnect displayed forever, then, obviously i disconnected my nano after one hour ago or maybe more, but my surprise was that i didnt have neither music nor photos inside mi ipod, i cannot do an update, nor s restore because neither itunes nor ipod updater recognize the ipod as being plugged in. I don´t know what to do, but take this advice my friend, never update your ipod anymore, cause that problem can repeat over and over again, and the apple people know it, hey biff try to give back your ipod for warranty service cuz they will know exactly what to do with your ipod, bye man we are in contact, good luck

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Bug fixes:
iPod Updater 2006-01-10 delivers:
* iPod Software 1.1 for iPod
* iPod Software 1.1 for iPod nano
* iPod Software 1.2.1 for iPod with color display
* iPod Software 1.4.1 for iPod mini
* iPod Software 3.1.1 for iPod with Click Wheel
For all other iPod models, iPod Updater 2006-01-10 contains the same software versions as iPod Updater 2005-11-17.
Important: After downloading the iPod Updater software, connect your iPod to your computer and launch the iPod Updater application. If iPod Updater determines that your iPod needs to be updated, click the Update button to install the latest software on your iPod.
Features of iPod Software 1.1 for iPod, and iPod Software 1.1 for iPod nano:
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Changes to iPod Software 1.2.1 for iPod with color display, iPod Software 1.4.1 for iPod mini, and iPod Software 3.1.1 for iPod with Click Wheel:
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-My nano when connected to my PowerBook does not show up in iTunes
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-I know that i need to restore it in OSX but it will not let me, and using the disk utility to restore it has not seemed to help.
-I tried using a windows computer to restore it, which i was able to do, but it would not let me update it on my mac.
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Try to download and install the latest version of iPod software and iTunes
http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Plug your iPod with your Mac, open the iPod updater and hope it will allow you to click RESTORE.
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2. Go to Tab “Partition”, click either “Delete” or “Partition”, if fails, skip this step and go to 3
3. Go to Tab “Erase” , choose Volume Format as “MAC OS Extended (Journaled), and click Erase, again if fails, skip it and go to 4
4. Same as step 3, but open the “Security Options....” and choose “Zero Out Data” before click Erase. It will take 1 to 2 hours to complete.
5. Eject your iPod and do a Reset
6. Open the iPod Updater and click “Restore”

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My wife's iPod Nano is brand new (I have a Video iPod so iPods are not new to me!)
I get the message that the iPod cannot be updated because library is too big etc....
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I reinstalled iTunes.
Restored library and unticked all tracks.
Downloaded updater and restored iPod Nano.
Tried to update "only checked" tracks - didn't work. Restarted system - settings of "checked songs" were saved - got same message.
Tried unchecking this and doing "only sleceted playlists" with a playlist of 208MB (iPod Nano model is 1Gb) - still got same message.
Tried everything I can think of - still no joy
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Thanks for the suggestion but I am not using it as Firewire HD and I unchecked "enalbe disc use" anyway.#
Something is definitely not right somewhere - when I switch to manual management of tracks it works fine - its just a pain to do that all the time.
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Have a look
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