Ipod "ipod is in reocvery mode, please restore to resolve" SOLVED

This worked! Thanks.
Now is there a problem with the 1.3 software or with iTunes 7 or with both?
I'm still using iTunes 7.7.1.11 for now until this happens again I guess.

This is very frustrating!

Anyone here sitting with OS X AND a solution?

Thanks! I had this same problem and these instructions and files worked for me using iTunes 8 and a 60GB iPod Photo.

You should be able to apply these same instructions using your Mac and OS X.

I was previously having this problem and then I d/l the new version 8 and it said unkown error -53. Did you all receive this message as well? I am currently trying this fix for my ipod but I was curious if this was the same issue.

Ok I feel like a crazy person. Now everytime I try to restore I am getting different error messages. (-53, -69 and 1439). Is it bad to keep trying to restore the ipod

Suwannee Joe wrote:
You should be able to apply these same instructions using your Mac and OS X.

You should be able to apply these same instructions using your Mac and OS X.

Naw, it's full of executables, that 2kieth file. There's one thing out of all the files I've encountered that a Mac can't open or run, thats an exe file. Unless this is an exception due to being on an iPod, but I doubt it.

My ipod will not copy the files in disk mode because it says the drive needs to be formatted. But the ipod will not let me format the drive in the ipod. Any help of where to go with this?

Thanks

Nope didn't work... Will not let me do the menuselectplay thing doesn't do anything. Please help before i light this piece of crap on fire.

This fixed my issue on my Nano. Thank you very much.

I'm having the same issue on a used 5th Gen iPod I bought for my dad on eBay. When I got the iPod it kept going through the restore process on his PC (Vista). Here are two of the problems:

1) The used iPod is apparently formatted for Mac (I got it to finally be read by my G4, but it failed when accessing the Vista machine again).
2) Microsoft, in their "infinite wisdom," forces all formatting by default to be done as NTFS (NT File System) which is incompatible with the iPod.

You have to format the iPod in a compatible format (FAT32) before you begin the steps keith22 provided above. To do this:

1) Figure out which drive letter the iPod hard drive is recognized by the computer by checking My Computer. In my example, the drive letter is G:
2) Open a command window (START > Run > CMD)
3) Type the following and press return/enter:

FORMAT G: /FS:FAT32 /V:iPod

4) You will be asked to insert a new disk for drive G: and press enter, so press enter.
5) This may take a while. Formatting a 30GB drive in FAT32 could take up to 2 hours. I had NO luck formatting using Quick Format, so I don't recommend that option. Your 80GB classic may take several hours.
6) Once the formatting is complete, follow keith22's instructions above.

Good luck!
-Jeff

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I'm having problems with this on my MacBook. I can get the ipod into disk mode, but I cannot get it to show up as a disk on my computer