Using ipod as hard drive error..

hello i have tried about 5 times now to use my ipod as hard drive..it keeps giving me an error for a song saying "the parameter is incorrect". I don't know what to do, when it happened to one of the songs i deleted it..bc i don't listent it but i need a way to do this process without deleting the songs i like.

No, you didn't screw up your iPod. It sounds like you may have to restore it, which will wipe out all data on it so make sure you have it backed up somewhere. Restoring is an easy process and it should fix your problem. The link below tells you how to do that. Good luck.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983

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Hi there,
We've got an iPod photo, which we've used now for a while to store photos and video files when our 1Gb Compact Flash card in the digital camera gets full.
We've just got back from a holiday, and I've copied all the files (mixture of photos and video files) to the PC, and they all work fine.
However on the day (her 40th Birthday) when I took some photos, then 2 videos where she opened her presents and found a marriage proposal inside.... on the iPod itself it shows the photos, plus the 2 video files as usual.... but when I go to transfer these to the PC, it only copies the photos, not showing these 2 video files at all... even when you go into the iPod's drive through 'my computer'... it doesnt show the 2 video files.
Does anybody have any idea why these might show on the ipod when you go into 'photos... photo import.... roll #5... browse' ...........but NOT when you look at it on the PC?
I could have lost all the photos from the 2 weeks and I wouldnt have minded... but i NEEDED to keep this video.... I have short term memory problems and I'll forget the look on her face and her tears and the 'yes' she blurted out if I dont have this video to watch
thanks in advance for any help you can offer
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Hi... well this is the situation.. at work i bought a movie on itunes now the thing is my ipod is insync with the computer at home.. now i know that there has to b a way for me to transfer this movie onto my ipod, but i dont want to erase the songs on my ipod and have it sync with the itunes at work. by the way both comps are pc's... thanks!!!!!!!!

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These are two possible approaches that will normally work to move an existing library to a new computer.
Method 1
Backup the library with this User Tip.
Deauthorize the old computer if you no longer want to access protected content on it.
Restore the backup to your new computer using the same tool used to back it up.
Keep your backup up-to-date in future.
Method 2
Connect the two computers to the same network. Share your <User's Music> folder from the old computer and copy the entireiTunes library folder into the <User's Music> folder on the new one. Again, deauthorize the old computer if no longer required.
Both methods should give the new computer a working clone of the library that was on the old one, with ratings, play counts, playlists etc. preserved. As far as iTunes is concerned this is still the "home" library for your devices so you shouldn't have any issues with iTunes wanting to erase and reload.
I'd normally recommend method 1 since it establishes an ongoing backup for your library and unlike copying with Windows Explorer the process can be resumed if it is interrupted and it will continue to the next item if there are any read/access errors.
Note if you have iOS devices and haven't moved your contacts and calendar items across then you should create one dummy entry of each in your new profile and iTunes should merge the existing data from the device.
If your media folder has been split out from the main iTunes folder you may need to do some preparatory work to make it easier to move. See Make a split library portable.
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Will using an external hard drive cause me to have duplicate files on my itunes library?

I put all my ITUNES MEDIA folder on my external hard drive from my older computer.. I recently bought a new computer and installed Itunes. I synced some of my Itunes purchased songs back on by using my Ipod.. however the songs I ripped from my cds are still not reinstalled in my library.. I will have to use my external hard drive or re rip those.. and there are a lot of them.. since I have already replaced some of the ones I purchased back on using my Ipod will it duplicate them if I use the prefrences method and return them all from my external hard drive? If i delete my files that I have already returned on my new computer before using my external will Itunes remember which are Itunes purchased music and which arent as well>??? also how exactly do you move music from an external? just plug it in and click the prefrences box about syncing files and keeping Itunes library organized?? any other thing to click?

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Depending on how you have moved content to your external drive you may find you are only moved the media, but not the database. If you import this media into a new library it will work, but your library will be seen as "new" with respect to any devices that you have and iTunes will want to erase and reload them, losing you current selections, settings and data on the device.
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Method 1
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If the Mac again starts up cleanly to the Install Disc and System Profiler again reads "OK" next startup from and run the Apple Hardware Test with only that one module to see if it gets a clean bill of health.
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