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Ipod erases songs after I eject

So I'd say 1 out of about every 5 times I eject my ipod from Itunes, and disconnect it from my computer (AFTER the "Do Not Disconnect" screen has gone away), all of my songs and videos have been erased. When I try to plug it back in to my computer, itunes won't recognize my ipod, and asks me to restore my ipod to default settings, and to update the software. I downloaded the updater, and updated and restored my ipod, but the same thing continues to occur.

I couldn't find an answer in the FAQ's. Should I send it in to be serviced since it's covered under warranty? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

PC, Windows XP

Posted on Jun 24, 2006 11:27 AM

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Jun 24, 2006 11:45 AM in response to Puck3tt

A couple of times the "Do not disconnect" screen wouldn't go away after I ejected the ipod on itunes, and after that happened, I had to reboot it and all my songs were gone. A few other times though, the "DND" screen went away and the main menu appeared, and my songs were still erased.

I changed the drive letter on my ipod. I hope that works. Thanks for the help, and I'll let you know how if it happens again.

Jun 24, 2006 11:55 AM in response to btabz

After I clicked eject, it'd take a long time for the ipod icon on itunes to dissapear.

I just changed the drive letter and connected my ipod. Itunes refused to update it because it didn't recognize its format. I ejected it from itunes, and the DND screen wouldn't go away. Same thing happened again. All songs have been erased.

I figure this could have happened either because of the drive letter being changed, or some other problem.

Jun 24, 2006 12:24 PM in response to btabz

Ok after I restored it, everything has been working ok, but this has happened before so, I'm still skeptical.

What doesn't make sense is that I had a 30gb Ipod Video before, and never had any problems like this with it. Now I have a 60gb Ipod Video, and I keep having this problem. If this drive letter thing is the issue, why didn't it happen with my 30gb?

Also, one thing I've noticed happen when I change my ipod settings from automatic update to manual, it gives me an error message saying "An error has occured while updating the default player for audio file types. You do not have enough access priveleges for this operation".

Ipod erases songs after I eject

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