How to reset iPOd Photo 60 gb?

[coreymcl]

OK I was listening to my iPod and it just locked up and I am trying to find out how to reset it. I tried docking it and my Powerbook does not see it.

Help!

[Bendrix]

Press the Menu and the Select buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo appears on the screen (this should take you about 5 seconds or so). It's in the manual.

[theanimaster]

How do you force Disk Mode on a 4th and 5th Gen iPod- is it the same as the 3rd gen- prev and next buttons held down after resetting?

[blazzinmatt]

I know that disk mode can be enabled through iTunes, but if you don't use iTunes I am not sure how it is enabled on the pod.

[AndyH]

Originally posted by theanimaster
How do you force Disk Mode on a 4th and 5th Gen iPod- is it the same as the 3rd gen- prev and next buttons held down after resetting?
Here's how...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651

[theanimaster]

Forced Disk Mode is done on the iPod itself - usually for troubleshooting purposes, like when you have to rebuild the iPod's directory (in cases where the iPod itself fails to mount on your mac/pc). I've done used it before on my 3rd gen to allow Norton Utilities to fix it up after it got 'frizzled' by a bad Firewire port on a mac i was using at university.

Im posting this question because the button arrangement on the 4th and 5th gens is different, and i tried the prev/next key combo on a friend's iPod mini once when her mini was acting strange - the key combo didn't work.

[theanimaster]

just got that, Thanks AndyH! :)