iPOD Not Recognized By Windows XP - The Solution!!!

Well... it worked ONCE! At least it allowed me to reset the iPOD. After disconnection, the ipod is no longer recognized by the operating system, whether I use this procedure or not. :-((( I can't believe there is no real information on this problem anywhere here.

Shall I buy a Mac or simply hurl this Mini towards a solid surface? 😉

Suggestions, anyone?

Hello Mark, thanks for your reply. Yes, I have been through all those points in the articles but without success. I have just been through your process but do not arrive at the end with the proper results. Hardware Manager identifies the iPOD as "Unknown Storage Device" to which a microsoft driver has been assigned by the operating system. Hardware manager characterises this as "operating correctly".

Following your instructions, I was able to find usbstor.inf in C:\Windows\inf. When I tried to update the driver to usbstor.inf in the ADD Hardware manager, the response I get indicates that a better driver than the one currently assigned, could not be found.

I think I may be close to a solution here but I may be missing a key ingredient. Does the above suggest anything at all to you?

It is interesting perhaps that the system and itunes recognized the ipod one time only...

TIA

Peter

In case it helps point to the solution, here are the steps I am taking and what I am seeing:
1. Disconnect iPOD, toggle the hold button on/off and manually reset the device.
2. Delete "Unknown Device" in Device Manager.
3. Uninstall iPOD and iTunes software.
4. Reboot computer
5. Install iPOD and iTUNES software
6. Open iTUNES
7. Run iPOD software - connect the iPOD when instructed to do so.
Windows finds unknown USB device - installs the driver and announces successful installation and hardware ready for use. :-)))
5-6 seconds later Windows announces USB device not recognized, that a device malfunction has occurred and am advised and Windows is unable to recognize it. :-(((

To Note: a. Assigning usbstore.inf as the driver for the the iPOD doesn't "take". The assignment ends without error message but going back and checking indicates no driver assigned to the device.
b. USB mouse, keyboard and flash drive all work and are recognized by the system. I have not been using the flash drive with the ipod to avoid complications.
c. I managed (once) to connect it with the iPOD software, have it recognized in iTunes and transferred music to the device. Unable to reconnect ever since.