Cannot re-format my iPod..(major problems)

[joe360]

I have the newest iTunes (4.8), and the newest iPod updater (2005-03-23). And now I can't reformat my iPod. It has many problems with it, it doesn't recongize in iTunes, I see it in "my computer" but it often crashes. When I run iPod updater it use to get the service error, so I followed this the guide on the apple site.

Re-Installed iTunes (Step 1). The iPod updater worked for the first time and i clicked the 'Restore' option. But then I got this error "Cannot reformat: disk write error" something similar to that. Now when I run iPod updater it just says "initializing" and crashes there.

[jcream314]

Well, restarting my computer fixes everything. See if that works.

[joe360]

Originally posted by jcream314
Well, restarting my computer fixes everything. See if that works.

lol definitly need more than an good ol' restart

[truthslayer]

Did you try to place the ipod in disk mode (Play + Select) right after a reboot?

[joe360]

Originally posted by truthslayer
Did you try to place the ipod in disk mode (Play + Select) right after a reboot?

How do you know if you succesfully made it into disk mode. I pressed play + select..didn't seem to do anything...

[mjmoonwalker]

Reset it. Menu+Select. Perhaps your computer's HD is a bit full? That might cause some crashes.

BTW, Welcome to the Lounge.

[joe360]

Originally posted by mjmoonwalker
Reset it. Menu+Select. Perhaps your computer's HD is a bit full? That might cause some crashes.

BTW, Welcome to the Lounge.

Thanks ...But unfortuntaly resetting didn't work. I am running a little low on HD space (bout 3.5GB) but I've always had it pretty low and it never cause me a huge problem..

[dogles]

Why does a relatively full hard drive cause iTunes/iPod to crash? Is that proven?

~dogles