friend of mine has 2 ipod 30 gig (with screen)

she is having problems with itunes 7 uploading the ipod, it loads about 16 songs then stops and then comes up with error "disc cannot be read or written too and cannot update ipod"

what is she doing wrong and what can she do.

thanks.

You could try>
1) Its an XP issue? When you plug in your nano DO NOT start up itunes, try to prevent itunes from starting(uninstalling it could do it.) you might find in my computer that it recognizes your ipod.(mine was under drive E right click on the drive go to properties >hardware>double click ipod usb device>go to policies>click optimize for preformance. an voila! the issue is solved.

2) Zeroing data (look under the security tab in disk utility).

3) Try a different USB port. Even behind the computer.

4) When connecting your iPod, make sure iTunes doesn’t start…
you’ll see an icon of a flash disk in ‘My Computer’ - That’s your iPod (don’t say “duh”)… anyways
Right click on that icon and ‘Reset’ or ‘Format’ (it’s different in Hebew).
Upon formatting completion, unplug your iPod and the Apple logo will appear… do not be scared!!!
The iPod will ask you for software language and then the main menu will appear…
Now plug your iPod back and enjoy song and picture transferring as long as you wish!!!
(Keywords for searchers: “iPod cannot be updated”, “The disk could not be read from or written to”, sync, sync error in iPod).

5) Go to add/remove programs. uninstall EVERYTHING apple/iTunes/iPod related.

When this is done, go to program files. Find anything iTunes, and DELETE IT. find anything iPOD, and DELETE IT. get that crap off your machine.

Next, go to search from the start panel.

Search for “itunes” …delete anything related to iTunes from everywhere; temp folders, startups, anything. if it says iTunes, GET RID OF IT.

Now that this is done, go to my documents, find the old itunes library… after backing up all your music, delete all other iTunes library

Now, your computer thinks iTunes was never there. Steve jobs, you tricky bastard.

Now, reinstall itunes.

Once iTunes is reinstalled, plug your ipod in

NOTE: make sure you plug your iPod in the same USB port everytime u sync, i suspect this caused the original error messages.

another IMPORTANT note: after you sync something, you have to unplug the iPod and plug it back into the SAME usb port you first used. Then it should work

voila. iTunes is terrible, and it needs to be fixed.

ALSO..if for some reason this doesnt work, I found a way to work around iTunes. If you cant get it to work, uninstall iTunes, and download a program called vPod (google it). You will see how much better than iTunes it is for syncing.

6) Simply just use Tech Tool Pro 4.5.2 and you can repair the structure of the ipod.
TechTool Pro 4.5.2

https://www.micromat.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=83

Reformat the ipod drive under windows(fat) and resync with itunes.
I hate itunes so im in the middle of writting my own app so at least id be able to extract mp3's off it after putting them on!

thanks for that, will call and see my friend on sunday after seeing kylie at wembley.