steveOooo asked.-
did u try holding the centre and menu button for 3-5seconds? that resets the ipod incase it freezes...
My iPod had frozen when synchronising.
I did try that sequence of key presses and was very relieved when it did reset..... but only to now show the Apple Logo.
So took it in to Currys where they asked me to leave it with them for an hour so they could do some tests. Upon my return they aplologised that they had not been able to bring it back to life. And I received a replacement in a week.
dslrocks asks.-
And what happens if the ipod breaks? You lose your entire music collection.
Thankfully as your Music is held in your iTunes on your Laptop/PC. when you change an iPod it is just a simple case of connecting the new iPod and it synchronises/copies all your music back on to the iPod.
Also as mentioned in my earlier post to protect yourself you can easily back up your iTunes onto DVD.
Therefore if your laptop/PC was to fail or you brought a newer one, then all you need do is start iTunes on your new PC/repared PC, and load your Back UP DVD and your library is then recovered.
Of course you must have made a back up DVD in the first place.
Unfortunately I have had to do both procedures.....
The first was out of my hands caused by my iPod failure.
The second procedure of re-installing my Library back in to my iTunes was my own fault.
Like a fool I thought I could save some space on my laptop's HDD and empty the massive 20GB ""MY MUSIC" folder as I thought everything was now held in my iTunes and didn't think I needed to duplicate ......
And quickly found out that this was not the case.
All that iTunes does is link itself to the files held in My Music.
Even though my iPod was fully loaded, my iTunes was now mostly empty. That meant as soon as I connected the iPod it would be emptied.
It is a shame you cannot download from the iPod back to iTunes.
(Apparently there are ways with free software on places like download.com).
Anyhow all I had to do was to open Itunes and insert the series of my 4 Back Up dvd's, and this re-built my iTunes library. Eventually I was back to my original situation before I started my cleaning up/save space housework.
I went thru an anxious process but was very very relieved when it all worked.
I know all you computer buffs have had a laugh about me doing somethings as silly as I did with the "My Music" folder, but if I have helped anyone by saying don't delete or move music files around in My Music it may save them having a worrying time..... especially if they haven't quite got around to making a Back Up DVD yet.
Hope you have a nice holiday Porcupine, and good luck in making your decision.
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