EXTREMELY ..irritated with ipod 30gb

[rrp1115]

ok so heres the problem, my ipod was working fine the other day it connected it loaded no problem, well this morning i connected it to load its music and my pc crashed. which was no biggie at the time..but as it was restarting my computer did a skan disc i log on to my account on my pc and now my ipod will not recognize nor can i put any music on it, i did everything i could think of uninstalled used ipod software updater all that. nothing is working i dunno whats up i used all my usb ports i even uninstalled and reinstalled itunes. my pc use to ding when my ipod was hooked up to let me no it was working but now i dont even get that, itunes wont recognize it and alls it does is charge please someone help me before i lose my damn mind and throw this thing out the window...below is the log file of the disc scan..please help!!!!!! :confused: ....i wish apple would realize that we dont pay 400 dollars for a piece of #### :rolleyes:

apple's site is absolutely no help

below is a sample of what my scan disk said reguarding the ipod

\iPod_Control\Music\F16\RTTL.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F16\UYYZ.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F16\BGPR.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F16\TUCN.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F15\HJFW.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F15\OGPN.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F14\FNHQ.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F14\EYCQ.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F14\OGBP.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F13\YDBJ.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F13\TFMQ.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F13\AXIY.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F13\JTMG.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F12\DQCA.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F12\TNFR.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F12\SWRV.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F12\GETE.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F11\XJKP.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F11\NAEX.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F11\EXQS.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F11\QNQM.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F11\SDPW.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F10\YIPD.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F09\YWCD.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F09\QNRR.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F09\MLWS.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F08\YDFV.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F07\BVGH.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F07\FLUQ.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F07\RZOM.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F07\UCIL.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F07\EAKP.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F05\SLUG.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F05\HFJC.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F05\PTOC.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F04\LCBW.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F04\IEDY.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F04\INCY.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F02\AEQM.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F02\CECL.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F02\MZXR.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F01\OOFX.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F00\XPHC.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F00\PTTK.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F00\QMMU.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\Music\F00\MIBZ.mp3 first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\iTunes\iTunesPrefs first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\iPod_Control\iTunes\Play Counts first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.

[MellowTone41]

Don't run scandisk on your iPod. I had the same problem that you did several times and everytime I had to use the iPod updater to restore my iPod. After the last time I finally realized what was going on. I had left my iPod attached to the computer when it crashed and on startup scandisk ran and scanned not only my PC's harddrive, but also the iPod's harddrive. Apparently scandisk likes to rearrange files and that causes iTunes not to recognize your iPod.

So, the short version is that you're going to have to restore your iPod using the updater. Just make sure to unplug the iPod from your comptuer the next time the computer crashes.

[rrp1115]

well see bro i realized that was the problem but my computer recognizes the ipod but the updater and itunes dont, thats my problem i cant get it to restore/update and i cant get my itunes to recog. it i've uninstalled itunes and the ipod reinstalled it uninstalled it and reinstalled it again. lol

[MellowTone41]

Hmm...I don't know why the updater isn't recognizing it. When I had the same problem the computer would recognize the iPod, but iTunes wouldn't. Have you tried resetting the iPod (hold down select and either menu or play...I can't remember which), then reconnect it and see if that works.

[rrp1115]

well yeah thats what im saying my computer recognizes my ipod but my itunes dont, i reset my ipod bout 10 times and even booted it into disk mode once (for what reason i dunno cuz that didnt work neither) im at a lost i've done everything i could think of or read about, n the arab from apple was no help (no offense to my arabian brothers)

[rrp1115]

also my ipod 30gb says its version 1.0 ?? a folder with the name of my ipod drive pops up so i know my pc recognize it, itunes wont though

[rrp1115]

yoo can please get some help im having like an ipod withdrawl here .

[~tl]

Can you get it to boot into forced disk mode:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651

If you can get it to boot into that, the computer will hopefully recognise it and you should be able to do a restore with the iPod updater.

TOM

[rrp1115]

my computer recognizes my ipod but itunes dont thats the problem it seems

[cjmnews]

Now you need to perform a restore on it. Here are some links to help: http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/

[rrp1115]

..ive done all this its my pc im pretty sure, my bros computer recognizes it and since it was able to i reformatted and updated it...so now i just gotta figure out why my computer wont read my ipod..i mean it does but it wont do ####

[bobb-mini]

Your PC is sick.

I suggest doing Start -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore, and restore PC to when it was working b4.

Notice this will restore EVERYTHING to that date, so if u need anything saved...

No guarantee, just something to try.