"The iPod '...' cannot be synced. The disk is locked and cannot be written to."

lllaass wrote:

Try:

- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost

Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at

least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

- Reset all settings

Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.

All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.

- Restore from backup. See:

iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes

- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

- Try on another computer

I did a reset since I had to restore v3.1.3 firmware and reconfigure from a Mac OS X 10.5.8 MBP before I ran into problems. Isn't that enough? Or do I have to do it again? Also, these were brand new installations and setups for iTunes and iPod Touch 1G. So, I am doing everything from scratch.

I also found out that iTunes wants full (not read) access to my shared medias in my very old, updated Windows XP Pro SP3 machine. When I gave them full access, then I got farther, but it still failed later on (almost half way since 5 out of 11 GB according to math with disk spaces on both iTunes and iOS v3.1.3?) I didn't use Mac OS X 10.5.8's iTunes (only kept it for whited00r firmware part) for syncing since all my media is on the other machine.

lllaass wrote:

'Disk cannot be read from or written to' when syncing iPod or 'Firmware update failure' error when updating or restoring…

Hmm, I should try it on another computer. Is there a way to do a disk check in iOS like on computers?

lllaass wrote:

Only with third-party programs but those programs are really made for data recovery

Well, just to check. Which ones are they? I assume from App/iTunes Store?

lllaass wrote:

How to perform iPad recovery for photos, videos

Wondershare Dr.Fone for iOS: iPhone Data Recovery - Wondershare Official

http://www.amacsoft.com/ipod-data-recovery.html

iPod recovery software to restore lost music files

You can als poke around the iPod with the free iFunBox software

Ah, nothing like Apple's Disk Utility, MS' (scan/check)disk, etc. 😟

lllaass wrote:

None that I know of

Thanks. Hopefully, someone else can answer.

antdude wrote:

lllaass wrote:

'Disk cannot be read from or written to' when syncing iPod or 'Firmware update failure' error when updating or restoring…

Hmm, I should try it on another computer. Is there a way to do a disk check in iOS like on computers?

I did more fiddling with it today:

Syncing got very slow and sometimes just stop like after ONE song. Sometimes iTunes freeze temporarily too (CPU isn't bad). iPod Touch still works to use during the sync and freeze.

"Attempting to copy to the disk '...' failed. The device timed out."

"The iPod '...' cannot be synched. An internal device error occurred."

Sometimes Windows XP Pro SP3 thinks my USB connection is not fast? Huh? I also noticed iTunes does "Verifying '...'" after connecting my iPod Touch 1G for about a minute or so. No errors ever though.

No problems when I synched almost 8 GB of music to an iPod Nano 6G from the same machine and USB connector and port. Same collection, and random songs.

I also tried 1 GB of RAM too, but that didn't help.

Tried again on a borrowed old 15" MacBook Pro (mid-2008) with Mac OS X 10.5.8 and iTunes v10.6.3. Synced from its local HDD to it without any problems.

Does anyone know where I can download the older Windows iTunes version that was the (new/lat)est in the end of 2013?

Weird.

Older iTunes v11.3 did not help. Hmmph. I did notice sometimes it say too many files during sync. I also notice I can resume where I left after disconnecting and reconnecting USB cable to manual resync. I guess this very old, Windows XP Pro SP3 is the problem. 😟

I just realized I used the wrong version. I just tried iTunes v11.1.3.8, removed all my iPod Touch 1G's music, and resynched. It worked like the end of last year! No errors! Wow! :O

OK, so what changed in iTunes after its v11.1.3.8 to cause this problem? 😟