ShocksMyBrain 9,560 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Prologue: I got a new 1TB external HD for Christmas for a killer deal via Amazon. At that time I thought, "Sweet! I can finally clean my laptop from its multitudes of music!". Cut to today. I had some extra time on my hands to move my music(75gb, ~10k songs) over to my external. I also have an iPod(160GB classic), so I needed to know how to also sync that without troubles. Beforehand, I knew my iTunes would lock up whenever I tried to connect my iPod to my computer. Anyway, here I have a detailed report of what I had to deal with for several hours(and by "several", I mean at least 8). How my night went down. *****HAY, I think I'll finally attempt to move all my music to my HD and try to sync my iPod through it in the process. I'll skip over to [One of my other message boards I frequent] for some advice/information***** Step 1: Connect iPod to computer...freezes iTunes. ****, but not surprised. Step 2: Create folder on HD Step 3: Set iTunes to read specific media library on external HD Step 4: Commence moving all music from various folders on laptop to said HD folder. Time consuming, but Success! Step 5: Delete all music on laptop Step 6: Uninstall iTunes in an attempt to get iPod working correctly Step 7: Re-install iTunes Step 8: Update iTunes libraries to make sure everything plays. Success! Step 9: Connect iPod-still ****** Step 10: Restart computer numerous times whilst trouble shooting using Apple's bull**** tech support pages Step 11: Exhausted my options via Apple. Back to the Google machine Step 12: Instantly find a poorly written, yet incredibly helpful post in a random thread regarding reformatting the iPod from over 2 years ago I've found the solution!!! I had the exact same problem. My itunes would keep freezing and I would get the blue screen of death (which is the first time I've seen it on Vista...kinda cool) Anways, what you gotta do, is connect ur iPod to ur computer. iTunes will run and connect ur iPod, but it won't sync to iTunes. This is typically when iTunes freezes, so you have to close iTunes (Alt + Ctrl + Del) or by clicking the X button maniacly to close it. Go to My Computer, and you should see a separate drive for your iPod. Right click it and click on "Format." (KEEP IN MIND: this WILL delete everything on ur iPod, so make sure all ur music/movies/pictures are still all on ur computer) Then just click format and it'll ask you, are you sure? Say yes. This takes awhile...around 30 minutes to an hour. I lost track of time while it was reformatting. Then when you open up iTunes again, your iPod will finally sync, but Restore it, so that you basically just reset ur ENTIRE ipod so it's as if you took it out of its box yesterday (Minus the scratchy exterior). Then it's as if it's brand new. Put music on it and sync, and VOILA! http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/550903 Step 13: Reformat iPod for a couple hours. Lost everything on my iPod, but at this point you have to say, "**** it". Step 14: Connect iPod to laptop whilst external HD connected Step 15: ????????????? Step 16: Success! iPod now working overtime to catch up. Epilogue: Moral of this story? **** Apple and their ******* bull**** "tech support". I ran through all their steps to correct my problem and I didn't once see a "reformat iPod" option; that of which should really have been the very first option for the "quick" fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 9,560 Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Might as well go ahead and get this out of the way as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banditmwp 713 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 9,560 Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 That's perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banditmwp 713 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 That's perfect. I've been in your shoes a few times. I now have an off brand mp3/video player, and an android phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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