Oct
24
How To Restore An Ipod That Isn’t Detected In Itunes Or Windows…
The video below may be helpul to you if you have experienced a problem where Windows or Itunes does not detect your Ipod.
Says daxmaximum about the video below…
!!*** PLEASE READ THIS FIRST! ****!!
Use this technique if all else has failed. Most users will be fine just by reseting their Ipod, or by ejecting it from windowsItunes, but for those that actually have corrupt files and just want their Ipod back, this is what you need.
A buddy gave me an Ipod to fix, he couldn’t restore it using Itunes, the reason? The corrupt files were causing a failure to read them in windows. I had to find an alternative way to get Itunes to see the Ipod.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH… IT WORKS!!!!!
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO FREAK OUT!!!
...added by Kellie /// February 13th, 2008 at 04:32 AM
So glad to hear of your fix
...added by Brian /// February 13th, 2008 at 19:28 PM
hey i have a 80gb ipod 5th generation and my ipod is not syncing but plays songs and everything fine. i tried to do that disk mode and have itunes restore it but it’s not even showing up anywhere can you help me?
...added by jimmi /// March 17th, 2008 at 03:30 AM
well, we have a 20gig U2 ipod, and as soon as you do the “soft” reset – menu and middle button – and then do the bottom two buttons it comes up with the stupid apple logo and then shows the folder with the exclamation mark.
if you have any advice, please email me! (:
thanks – hannah
...added by hannah /// March 18th, 2008 at 04:39 AM
I’ve tried this method, restored my iPod but its still not working correctly. I’ve placed a few songs on my ipod again and its actually playing songs that aren’t even on there. I’ve heard of software that you can use to restore your iPod without using iTunes – can anyone name the software?
...added by Jamie /// March 28th, 2009 at 18:24 PM
help me im freaking out and my ipod cannot be detected by itunes and its corrupted and it won’t respond to any button i press! its an ipod nano 4th gen.
...added by mac daniel /// May 13th, 2009 at 12:56 PM
hi i have a apple ipod which i was using seens i bought it later i decided to download songs from my flash drive,so its says to scan it, but now i can’t even to listen to music because it says to restore to itunes,when i restore it, it says to set your network pliz give me clear a setup for this
...added by Emele /// May 14th, 2009 at 08:23 AM
thanks sooo much, its worked, your a life saver, honestly lol, thanks alot !
...added by chris /// June 6th, 2009 at 16:37 PM
Thank you! I was so frustrated and not about to buy a 29 dollar “incident help” from apple. you’re the man!
...added by Mark /// November 30th, 2009 at 23:55 PM
my ipod classic does not appear in itunes, I did this reset got to the disk mode ok to disconnect and when I plug it in to my mac a do not disconnect pops up? Where do I go from there? Any help
...added by nikki /// December 28th, 2009 at 04:29 AM
Thanks sooo much! I didn’t even need to restore and resync my ipod!!
...added by jayem29 /// May 14th, 2010 at 04:38 AM
Thanks man, it works well. Thanks.
...added by Kudakwashe /// July 5th, 2010 at 10:51 AM
I did everything and it worked up until the iTunes part, it still won’t show up in iTunes. I have a Mac OS and whenever I plug my classic into the computer it says that the files can only be viewed and not deleted, I’ve been messing around for weeks but I can’t find a way to restore it
...added by Juju /// October 16th, 2010 at 08:12 AM
Thank you so so much. I have spent my entire weekend trying to fix this and now I can finally go for that jog I planned last Friday. Fantastic!!
...added by Suze /// January 30th, 2011 at 22:59 PM
My ipod 160gb can’t be recorgnised anywhere and it has being reseted many times dnt knw the solution for this one,i’ve tryd the diskmode bv still its not detected “please help me out here”.
...added by Mlungisi /// May 13th, 2011 at 11:47 AM
You, my friend, are one hell of a genius! Worked like a charm. Thanks a lot buddy!
...added by Ather Sharif /// November 25th, 2011 at 16:47 PM