first day what a waste of time and money

[XiXora]

terrible wont sync or format on my pc at all.
sick of it. gonna try to get a friend to try to fix it. but i dont think hes on osx but on os9.
more detailshere (http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=923)
but i am truly disappointed in something i waited 3 years to get my hands on.

[mongoos150]

Well I'm sorry to hear of your bad experience; I am surprised to see you have been posting here for a while and have just got your iPod! I hope things work out for you; and maby you should post your list of problems in the iPod problems forum (http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=39) for additional support.

[XiXora]

yeh i know... i've been following the ipod scene for about 2 or 3 years. but...

today i used the same firewire card and RESTORED MY IPOD!!!
on someone elses pc so it isnt the firewire or the ipod its windows xp... windows xp cant find what file type the ipod is formatted to... do i have to run update as well as restore when i run the updater?

[tastewar]

I know this doesn't help you, but just as a reality check my XP system recognized my new iPod right out of the box (after installing the iPod software, of course)

[XiXora]

its probably my firewire card in the end, going to try get a new pc soon anyway or get the USB cable when its out and suffer no music. I corrupted the HDD and couldnt reformat it this time so i sent that ipod back to the store and they will be sending me a new one soon.
hopefully it'll be trouble free as soon as i get the usb cable :p

[DigitalMac]

This is the trouble you get when you don't have a Macintosh. :cool:

[zerock]

right on ;)

[XiXora]

wanna lend me ya mac? :p

[Impulse29]

Haha, I would, but i sold the last one I don't need on ebay... Try going to a apple store (bring your iPod), and just connect it... You'll notice the difference... if you like, it, buy it

[carlin]

lol...they have not even been out for three years, dont dramatize. Has not even been 2 years... and yes, get a mac, pcs suck, i never have any problems with my iPod...haha

[stasyna]

LOL.

atleast i can play a wide variety of games and not wait for m$ to port the appz over :rolleyes:

[sac19143]

Hey XiXora,

I have the 20GB IPod and the 30GB IPod configured to the Window OS. Both work flawlessy. Your problem could be the way you confirgued your computer and the software you're using. I have no problem synching with Ephpod using the IPod manager (version 1.2.6) on both IPods. In my experience, the IPod takes about 30 seconds before it is fully synched to the computer. Just mess around with the IPod and reset the IPod if you totally mess up the IPod.

BTW, the Mac computers do make a difference for the IPod since I use to have an Apple iBook and it never have any problems.

[Drewpy]

Get a mac and a pc - best of both worlds... Like me :D