Unable to reset or restore ipod nano

Hi, Haven't synced my ipod for over a year and today I connected my nano to my laptop, pressed sync and got a message to say files are corrupted. Looked at ipod and it was syncing however it’s actually wiped all files from the ipod. They're still in iTunes. I thinks it's something to do with ipod using file system FAT32. It seems the ipod wants to use that and it can't because it says another program is using it. It won't let me select another file system option, as it says they are in use too. I do have Mini Tool Partition Wizard on my laptop and don't want to uninstall it but I need to sync my ipod. Can anyone advise, please? thanks. (It may be nothing to do with mini tool as I've only used this to root my Sony Xperia smartphone).

Hello dorminhoca,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
From your post I see that you're unable to restore your iPod nano.  For more information on this issue and how to troubleshoot it, please follow the article below.
'Disk cannot be read from or written to' when syncing iPod or 'Firmware update failure' error when updating or restoring iPod - Apple Support
Cheers,
Alex H.

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