Using ipod as a hard disk

Hi,
I'm using iPod 30GB. I tried to set my iPod to be an external hard disk by following the steps in the support. Although, I tried a hundred times, I'm still having trouble that my iPod doesn't appear in the Windows Explorer on my PC. Could you tell me why? Thanks for your help ahead.

First of all, try another port on your computer. Some ports are not connected direct to the motherboard and do not recognize the iPod as well as those that are. Reset the iPod each time you connect it to another port.
Still no joy, see these.
Your Windows PC doesn't recognize iPod.
Strange iPod behavior.
Are you doing the disk mode procedure correctly?
Putting iPod into disk mode.

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I'm sure this topic will have been covered, but I can't find an answer to my problem, which is......
I want to use my iPod as an external hard disc; according to the instructions, I should be able drag music from the iPod Nano (bought just 4 weeks ago) into iTunes (when switching computers, for instance). I have followed the instructions, and clicked on Enable Disk Use, then shut iTunes down; apparently I should be able to see Ipod in Windows Explorer.....but what the heck do I do then?
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You are trying to use your iPod as a hard drive to transfer music to another computer?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173

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Trying to use my iPod as a hard disk

The iTunes tutorial, under "Other ways to use your iPod," gives specific instructions for enabling "your iPod to work as a portable hard disk," but the instructions do not follow what I see on my screen ("Select your iPod in the iTunes Source list" is one of them (there is no such thing. "Click the Options button on the lower right corner..." isn't there, either). Can anyone please tell me how I can set up my 3G iPod as a hard disk so I can transfer music and podcast files there without going through iTunes, which is a program I find excessively intrusive? Thanks. --Fred Powledge.

Connect your iPod and when it shows in iTunes click on it's icon to bring up the preference tabs in the main pane. In the Summary tab check the box "enable disk use" and click the Apply button in the right hand corner: Using your iPod as a storage drive

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every time i use the ipod as a hard disk to transfer material from various comp. my movies and music videos get transferred from the videos folder and are added to my music lists in my ipod.when i try playing these videos from the music list in my ipod only the music plays without showing the videos but occupies the same amount of space as the video file.
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"how to get all of the contents of the Dell hard drive onto my new iMac using my 60GB iPod"
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"1. How do I do it?"
Have a look at this guide specifically on moving iTunes: How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
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If you don't intend using your iPod on Windows again the you can reformat it by restoring it on the Mac: Restoring iPod to Factory Settings
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I see no problem transfering data from/to my mac to the ipod. But I cannot see the ipod on the PC. When I plug the USB cable to my windows PC, it shows a popup message "external disk is not formated. Do you want to format it?".
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Windows cannot read a Mac formatted iPod.
Macs can read Windows fomratted iPods.
You need to run iTunes for Windows, then Restore the iPod.
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Are you wanting each machine to view those photos thru iPhoto? There are several ways of sharing and others can fill you in more on the conventional ways. Some are:
http://ad.hominem.org/log/2005/07/acl.php
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That is use iPhoto in it's alias mode on each of the machines. Then store your source files on the external HD and let each machine create an alias based library of those files. Each machine will have an independent, unique library whose edits, slideshows, etc will be unique to that machine. Those machines can only delete the alias files from their library, they can't touch the original source files. The only caveat is if the external HD is not mounted the library will only be able to be used in a limited way, viewing thumbnails, adding comments and keywords only. You can put a few photos in a folder on the external HD and create a test alias library to experiment.
I've created some Tutorials to assist users in converting over to an alias based system.

Using an external ethernet hard disk to store photos

I would like to use an external hard disk to view my photos with iphoto from different macs connected to the ethernet external hardisk
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Are you wanting each machine to view those photos thru iPhoto? There are several ways of sharing and others can fill you in more on the conventional ways. Some are:
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http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030925091034677&query=share+iphot o
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030925091034677&query=share+iphot o
Let me suggest another possible way.
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