Update 2006-06-28 failed. Now iPod unaccesible.

Good Morning,
Tried updating my iPod Nano yesterday. It appears to have failed. I allowed it to continue all night but the updater window was blank. The iPod display says do not disconnect and a small "daisy" timer appears in the upper header from time to time. The iPod is seen in Windows as a F: drive.
When I open Updater it proceeds, says initializing, then goes blank. iPod not seen in iTunes. Tried the 5 "R"'s.
When I try to stop "Apple iPod USB Device" it says "The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device later."
If I choose to stop the "Generic Device" it will allow a disconnect.
NO music files are accesible on the iPOd although the memory on the "about" page shows memory allocated.
Please help me. I have followed all the instructions available on the website.
Thanks,
Mike
dell optiplex 160L   Windows XP Pro  

I'm answering my own question here:
In searching this forum, I found an answer from CasperGemini posted 9/3/06 9:34AM.
The Reformatting instructions worked flawlessly!
Quoting him here:
To format the drive in Windows, please do the following.
1. Force iPod into disk mode (Menu and Select until you get the Apple logo, and then immediately hold Select and Play/Pause until you get a check mark that says Disk Mode and OK to Disconnect)
2. Connect the iPod to the computer and wait for it to show Do Not Disconnect
3. Click Start, click Run
4. Type compmgmt.msc
5. In the left-hand column click on Disk Management and wait for it to complete the connection process
6. Right-click the iPod's disk (make SURE it is the iPod's disk) and click on "format"
7. Volume Label = iPod; File System = FAT32
8. You want Quickformat unchecked
9. Start the format and wait for it to be done
10. It's recommended that you restore the iPod when it is complete, but it isn't entirely necessary. Your iPod may go right back into iTunes and allow you to put your music onto it.
Hope this is helpful
CG

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