06-30-2006, 10:46 PM

Well.. I had my i pod video for a while now; loved it an enjoy it; I listen to it at work; it takes the stress off my day of listening to people complain about their interent and us not getting a tech out and so on. Well... now it keeps giving me the dreaded sick ipod face; and the missing folder icon; it kind of reminds me of a tomagotchi... well; what can I do to remedy this issue? I've had to let the power die out; and then plug it up; and it reformats like the day I bought it; and restores it back up; but that is getting old. Can I delete everything off of it from the disk-utility program and then run the restore? Or should I not have alot of videos on it? Thanks for the input.

Todd.

06-30-2006, 11:49 PM

vids should make no difference...

why run disk utility? just use the most recent iPod updater (available off of apple's website) and click "restore" and that will set it back to factory settings.

07-01-2006, 11:15 AM

it doesnt seem to work it comes to that it saies "An error has occured while trying to restore this I=pod"

07-01-2006, 11:19 AM

hmm...

that's weird, try taking it to an apple genius at any apple store's genius bar. see if they can fix it.

07-01-2006, 12:30 PM

geniuses know a lot

theyll fix it.....or just give you a new one if its under warranty

07-01-2006, 10:12 PM

I have the exact same problem except I've had my Video for not 24 hours and I get the sad iPod. Mine doesn't show up in Finder though and when its plugged into my iBook the pictures cycle from the sad ipod to the battery with an exclamation mark to the battery with a lightning bolt that isn't animated.

07-02-2006, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by Samsonite

I have the exact same problem except I've had my Video for not 24 hours and I get the sad iPod. Mine doesn't show up in Finder though and when its plugged into my iBook the pictures cycle from the sad ipod to the battery with an exclamation mark to the battery with a lightning bolt that isn't animated.

yeah, sounds defective. return it.