my ipod is stuck in recovery mode. help please?

my ipod is stuck in recovery mode. everytime i restore it, it says "the ipod "ipod" could not be restored.An unknown erroroccurred (40)" then it just says to restore it again. help please?

iPod touch, Windows Vista, (error 40)

Posted on Feb 3, 2013 6:50 PM

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Feb 3, 2013 7:06 PM in response to jordenkl

Error 20, 21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 34, 36, 37, 40

These errors typically occur when security software interferes with the restore and update process.


FollowTroubleshooting security software issues to resolve this issue. In rare cases, these errors may be a hardware issue.


If the errors persist on another computer, the device may need service

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