Trying to help my poor PC iPod friend.

Meyvn

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My friend JUSt got a new U2 iPod for Christmas, and while her computer recognizes it just fine, iTunes will not. Any suggestions?
 
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is it pc formatted, or mac formatted? it should say on the box. if its mac, pc will recognize it, but itunes wont, youll need to reformat it to pc which will erase it.
 
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One tip. DON'T FORMAT THE IPOD USING THE WINDOWS FORMAT TOOL OR DONT FORMAT IN WINDOWS EXPLORER! I did this and the firmware was deleted and the thing wouldn't turn on. No way out of it. Had to return it. So yeah. That might've saved an iPod.
 
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I think you can reformat as fat32 using the ipod utility on mac, fat32 can be read by windows and mac.
 
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Macman said:
I think you can reformat as fat32 using the ipod utility on mac, fat32 can be read by windows and mac.
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To reformat it to FAT32, use the iPod utility on the PC (it's on the CD that came with the iPod). The iPod utility on the Mac formats in HFS+, which the PC can't read.

and as shaun89 already said, do not format it using the Windows Explorer!!
 

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