Please help! My iPod is not being recognized by my computer

[slicke82]

I JUST GOT THIS IPOD WHICH IS USED AND I AM TRYING TO SET IT UP ON MY COMPUTER BUT WHEN I PLUG IN MY IPOD IT SAYS TO NOT DISCONNECT AND THE UPDATING PROGEAM FREEZES ON ME AND WHEN I TRY TO DISCONNECT THE IPOD THE COMPUTER DOESNT LET. THE IPOD CAME WITH 900 SONGS ALREADY ON IT AND I AM AFRAID THAT I RESTORE IT EVERYTHING WILL BE ERASED IF SOMEONE KNOW HOW I CAN GET MY IPOD TO WORK BETTER WITH MY COMPUTER PLEASE REPLY TO THIS POST.

[yensed]

If you restore then you WILL loose all the songs and anyting on that iPod. What is the Generation of you're ipod? What is you're computers operating system(Windows 2000,XP)? Try opening iTunes(newest version) and see if its listed in there. If not, i think you might need to do a restore.

P.S. You dont need the caps...

[slicke82]

well the ipod is a G3 40 GB AND I AM USING WINDOWS ME. THE IPOD CAME USED WITH ALMOST 900 SONGS AND I WOULDNT WANT TO LOSE THEM. I WAS GIVEN THE OPTION OF DOWNLOADING THE PROGRAM THAT TRANSFERS IPOD SONGS TO YOUR COMPUTER BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT MY IPOD MUST BE RECOGNIZED BY MY COMP. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO I REALLY DONT WANT TO LOSE ALL THESE SONGS LMK

[ipodman720]

lose the caps. Please

[yensed]

Try looking here: http://www.ipodlounge.com/index.php/faqs/answers/how-to-setup-an-ipod-using-windows-98se-me/