Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)

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gbengaijot (m)
Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« on: November 29, 2005, 10:47 AM »

I have being using my Ipod shuffle as a hard drive for a bit of time now.  I copied major softwares on it to be installed on other systems.

Yesterday I found out that it says I can't open the drive using my computer except i format the hard drive.Sure i tried formatting it and it says windows cannot format Hard drive. i tried again and again and it wont.i cheked the file properrties and it says it has 0 bytes used, 0 bytes remaining.it also say the file type is RAW. i tried using command promt to format it and it says i should specify the file type, as well as something like the /FS.do u guys av any idea to how i can make this work?.would really appreciate any assistance.
Seun (m)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #1 on: November 29, 2005, 05:04 PM »

Does your IPod Shuffle still work as a music player?
demmy (m)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #2 on: November 29, 2005, 06:24 PM »

I think you'll need to format it as FAT32 and only on windowsXP.
gbengaijot (m)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #3 on: November 30, 2005, 01:46 AM »

Thanks Seun, i never use it as a music player.av got a 128 mb player i use(i am not tht much a music freak.@demmy, please how do i go about that?.
demmy (m)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #4 on: November 30, 2005, 04:45 AM »

Since you know how to use DOS command prompt, then type

format [drive-letter]: /fs:fat32 /q

[drive-letter] = D or E or whatever your Ipod's drive letter is without the bracket of course
q= quick format

 
gbengaijot (m)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #5 on: December 01, 2005, 03:46 AM »

@ demmy, thanks for your assistance. i tried the code u gave me in DOS command promt and it showed me this:, check the picture i attached. will give u a clear meaning of what i meant. please do give me more solutions


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demmy (m)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #6 on: December 01, 2005, 09:01 AM »

My bad. I didn't pay attention to that RAW in your original post. Well it means you have to partition the Ipod's disk first.

Just go to Administrative Tools [by right clicking My Computer]---> Disk Management
  (or Click Start > Run and type diskmgmt.msc)
and partition the disk; then format.
gbengaijot (m)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #7 on: December 02, 2005, 02:04 AM »

@demmy, that was a perfect solution. thankz a lot. i really appreciate it.one more thing, there is always a messenger service box that pops up on my screen every now and then.its always telling me av got virus, of whivch i scanned my laptop again and again.i later discover that its some form of advert. i tried internet options to block pop ups but i cant get thru with it. i dont want to use an external pop up blocker coz it affects my laptop.what do u think?Huh?
demmy (m)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #8 on: December 02, 2005, 03:46 PM »

Well I am assuming you're using IE so only one advice I have on that one: Jettision it. Get  firefox. Download it without delay; then get the Adblock extension and goodbye to unwanted ads.  Cool
debanjee (m)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #9 on: January 17, 2006, 01:03 AM »

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Sephiroth (m)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #10 on: May 12, 2006, 09:36 PM »

Hi, I have a problem too with my IPOD Shuffle, basically the same problem , but I can`t format it, I tried with command prompt but nothing, and when I go th Disk Management it doesn't apear my Ipod, neither in iTunes, I don`t know what to do , Please someone , HELP ME Smiley Undecided


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mmacvicar
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #11 on: August 10, 2006, 07:05 PM »

I had a similar problem.  I was unable to format my iPod Shuffle under Win2k.  I tried command line, exploder and diskmgmt.msc.  They all reported that the format failed.

I saw some stuff on the net about using WinXP so I took my iPod to work and formatted under WinXP exploder and it worked.

Good Luck,

Mark MacVicar
oo7_pavan
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #12 on: February 28, 2007, 06:42 AM »

i am also facing the Same problem with my Ipod Shuffle.
it shows me IOCtrl call error
please help,
nkc (m)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #13 on: March 07, 2007, 05:45 PM »

well there is a solution, but it is complicated
wyller
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #14 on: December 20, 2007, 11:34 AM »

i have the same problem.  even if the solution is complicated, am willing to give it a shot. plz/
samroberts
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #15 on: July 03, 2008, 03:29 AM »

i have an ipod shuffle igb
i am able to transfer song on it using itunes but when i disconnet it and press play button
it indicates no music on set
please help!
TOH (f)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #16 on: July 03, 2008, 03:32 AM »

Have you updated your shuffle software on Itunes?
nikekenny (m)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #17 on: July 03, 2008, 08:13 PM »

where in NIgeria can i get Origina IPOD Nano 1gb? or 2gb. most of the one am seeing around are fake
samroberts
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #18 on: July 03, 2008, 10:19 PM »

yes i have updated it
it is updated with 1.0.4 firmware
i had been able to listen to songs before the firmware update
is there a way to rollback the firmware on my ipod?
thanx
TOH (f)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #19 on: July 04, 2008, 03:01 AM »

Restore shuffle to factory settings. Add songs again. Make sure itunes converts all the songs to formats that go with it as in make sure none of the songs have *wma extentions.
davidylan (m)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #20 on: July 04, 2008, 03:03 AM »

you this stingy pple. Get a real ipod.
topeorekoy (m)
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #21 on: July 04, 2008, 12:28 PM »

pls i need to format my i-pod. its not playing the songs i got from i-tunes. there r some files there. though am not too good with the computing terms. i just need to get rid of some files in the i-pod.

there is this IHC file and ALI files in the i-pod wen i accessed it through my p.c and they both cant delete
samroberts
Re: Formatting My Ipod Shuffle (Apple 1Gb Drive)
« #22 on: July 04, 2008, 11:17 PM »

i formatted my ipod to fat32 using windows explorer
i think that is the problem
please help
thanx
CobraMacos
YouTube rippier for Mac
« #23 on: February 19, 2010, 06:40 PM »

Just to share an expirience:
I found a way to download YouTube videos. Some of are webs where you put the url from YouTube and it gives you file with strange extension and small size. Some are really complicated.
My way was to use moviesherlock (moviesherlock.com or sm like this - please ask me - will rememeber). Really simple utility, that just works, and only 1 button in software.
I downloaded it from here: [url]http://download.cnet.com/3001-2140_4-75065920.html?spi=68a87b0bad1ea20e12285c5005469cde[/url].
I downloaded even HD movies!

But it looks too simple, has no player, but just works. It downloaded ~12 concurrent movies for me and actually slows down my system. Its possible to do search in moviesherlock and search results differs from what you see in YouTube. Thats strange.
Who knows - youtube results are same for same keyword? I likes cat (Simons cat / dog).
Why doesn't youtube allows to download its movies without external tools?!! It actually sucks!

Thanks in advance!
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