"The disk could be not read from or written to"

my iPod has never worked well, everytime I would add some more songs, iTunes would delete all my music (I got past that by choosing to manually sync it)... But I could always manage to transfer some songs to it(after reading the whole Apple support section and doing the 5 R's a billion times). This was before updating my iPod and iTunes... Now I'm almost throwing this "demoniac artifact" through the window. The problem is this: first, I got a message informing that my iPod needed to be restored and blablabla, so I restored it, after that I tried to transfer my music to it and got this message "Disk could not be read from or written to"(or something like that). So, I didnt give up on the first try, I tried several times to transfer stuff and got the same message, there was even one time that I got some weird error msg with some numbers that I dont remember. So I searched the error number in the Apple site and to my surprise(or not) there wasnt any error with that number!!! Now I keep getting the same msg, even after having restored it, reisntalled stuff and reseted it for 9891278108124 times. If any of you know how to solve my problem, I would be VERY VERY grateful.

This is a general problem with the iPod Nano...seems there are certain files... that it simply objects to... I wonder iif the iPod is compressing the data...and certain songs/bytes do not compress...and therefore fail. The song that was failing for me was "Creme Ibiza Classic (CD2) Floor Essence"...while I could play it off my hard drive on the pc no problem...try as I might it wasn't going to copy.
Apple do have a problem...that the numpties who thrive on 5r's must overcome.
Owls
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?atnum=301267
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Tried it with different files
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ANYONE ELSE HAVE A SOLUTION?
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The main thing I can say to do is download Quicktime Standalone. This same problem that other people have had was solved by this. I highly suggest giving it a try.
If you're having any problems with the download, go here:
Trouble installing iPod, iTunes, or Quicktime software in Windows
Hope this will solve it! Again, I definetely recommend it, because that's an answer to this same problem.

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I wonder if the disk being referred to is actually your iPod which is not plugged in. Maybe something has stuck thinking the iPod should be there.
Try completely removing all the iTunes related programs according to this method.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
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if you have windows xp, and get the error message "ipod can't be updated. the drive can't be read from or written to.", try this:
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I was syncing my sister's video iPod (30GB) and this error message pops up "Attempting to copy to the disk. "SARAH'S IPO" failed. The disk could not be read from or written to."
I have restored it three times already, but once it starts putting the music and files back onto the iPod it pops up with that error message. I have updated to the latest version of iTunes and iPod software available. My OS is Windows XP.
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Okay I went thru that entire list and here's what I got...
(1) My OS is XP and is running fine.
(2) I've updated my windows
(3) I don't know of any software that might be interfering.
(4) There are no damaged files.
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(6) I don't have an iPod photo and I can't find the folder to delete the cache if if I did.
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"The disk could not be read from or written to"??

When I try to sync my ipod it gives me following error message "Attempting to copy to the disk 'My Ipod' failed. The disk could not be read from or written to."
Have not reset or restored it yet, wondering if there is anything I can do that doesn't involve me deleting all the songs on my ipod.
5th Gen 80g Ipod, G5 Imac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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And you did follow all of the suggestions from this article?:
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ArizonaDAK wrote:
"iTunes could not copy {name of file} to the iPod {iPod name} because the file could not be read or written."
check if you have read & write permissions for your iTunes music folder. in finder, right-click on it and +get info+. unlock the little padlock (you may have to enter your admin password) and change the permission settings. next, click on the little gear-shaped icon and +apply to enclosed items+ like so
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I have an iPod mini which worked fine on my Windows XP.
Recently got Windows Vista and I downloaded iTunes and my put my music in the library.
When I plugged my iPod into the Vista, it said it was syncing all the songs to my iPod.
After about 3 hours, whilst syncing the last song a notice came up saying, 'Attempting to copy to the disk failed. The disk could not be read from or written to.'
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I decided to plug my iPod back into the Windows XP, where I've had no problems. When I did this and started snycing all the songs, I got the notice come up again.
'Attempting to copy to the disk failed. The disk could not be read from or written to.'
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