Little help here?

[Spooner]

My Ipod (10GB windows) has been working fine for months now. Recently I plugged it in and Ephpod is saying that I have to reformat or whatever. And I try to click on the drive in Windows Explorer and it also claims I need to reformat. So I try it (thinkin I can just start over again) and there are errors when it attempts to finish. So now I'm left with an ipod that only displays a folder with an exclamation point and no way of formatting the drive or putting songs on my ipod.

what gives?

 

[zimu]

go to apple and get a new one. thats what i did. or run a drive check on the apple thorugh the menu, see if it fails. mine did, i got a new ipod replacement.

 

[Spooner]

I have no access to a Mac

 

[brtspears2]

I had that problem once. The only way to fix it was to update the software on the ipod. Goodbye songs. At least firewire is fast.

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: brtspears2
I had that problem once. The only way to fix it was to update the software on the ipod. Goodbye songs. At least firewire is fast.

the firmware you mean? is this easy enough?

i don't mind having to reupload my songs, i just want it working! I have a 6.5 hour flight on friday!

 

[Spooner]

i heard that the firmware that Apple provides can only be updated through a Mac.

any way to do it from a Windows PC?

 

[Spooner]

bump

 

[kami333]

So much disinformation in the world.

Select your operating system

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: kami333
So much disinformation in the world.

Select your operating system

I saw that too, but it claims you need to have iTunes installed. Is that true, or is that just because it's Apple saying it?

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: Spooner

Originally posted by: kami333
So much disinformation in the world.

Select your operating system

I saw that too, but it claims you need to have iTunes installed. Is that true, or is that just because it's Apple saying it?

It may need the iPod service running for it to be able to service the updater. I don't remember if I had it installed when I updated mine or not. Why not just try it and if it doesn't work, install iTunes?

 

[Spooner]

very annoying that it just "decides" to not work one day

 

[Saulbadguy]

I'm having the same problem with my iPod mini. Trying to do the update does nothing..I get the message "firmware update failure. disk write error"