Three ipod cLassics fail to upate and lost everything. wont restore!
I have had three ipods crash and loose everything on them, itunes says to resore but cannot. Is it my windows 7 or what?
First try this
For Mac computer
1. Open the disk utility, hope your iPod appears there (left hand side), highlight it
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”
If does not manage to solve it, connect your 3G iPod with a PC, make sure that you connect your iPod via Firewire port and pre-install the iPod updater (prefer 6-2006 version) with the PC. Try to do a Restore there, but please not that does not matter whether you can complete the Restore or not, after a while, connect your iPod back with your Mac, it will get recognized.
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The following Knowledge Base article goes over the steps that will help you resolve your issue:
Restoring iPod to factory settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1339
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
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Howdy applebyusmc,
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Apple - Support - iPod - iPod classic Troubleshooting Assistant
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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thank you,
Saajan jainTo give you something, I need something too, like
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Are you running Windows iTunes or Mac iTunes?
What do you see on the iPod screen?
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See
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or
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paying special attention to item #5
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