I get this message from I-tunes. I-tunes has detedted an I-pod that appears to be corrupted. You may need to restore this i-pod before it can be sued with i-tunes. Can someone tell me how to fix without having to restore it?

Well,

What kind of computer do you have? If you have a Mac you can try to scan it with Disk Utility, but that probably wont work.

On a PC, I dont know of any way to fix that issue. But you can try programs that pull music off the iPod. Just search on Google getting music off iPod Classic without iTunes.

Most of the time when iTunes says a restore is needed you will need to do that.

If you are using iTunes wouldn't the music already be on iTunes, downloaded in purchases or on CD. You could just redownload music.

Unless, you recieved a used iPod from a friend and his music is already on it. If that is the case try the things above and if that does not help, I will say you probably need to restore it.

Take a look at Corrupt iPod Classic.

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