glen, as a follow up (and sorry to bother you again) but there was a 2nd email (i think) that described what to do if the ipod had been erased?
basically whats happened is that a friend (whos a pc user) got given a 2nd hand touch scroll wheel 10gig ipod, which was a mac version, in return payment for a web design job. the pc user instantly plugged it into his laptop using a pcmcia firewire card that didnt provide power to the ipod. during the reformatting, the battrery ran out... i've managed to get the ipod resurected on the mac but when i plug it into the pc, it still recognises it. when i run the update software and select 'restore' it takes about 5 seconds and does the uplug, then plug back in again thing. after that, it seems like theres a bug in the software - it crash's the ipod! and if you can get past the language selection screen, it wont play anything and each menu takes about 5 min's to move... so i figured it needs a complete reformat as a pc drive and then a complete restore using the software? i dont think the machines fried 'cos i can get it working again on the mac - so it seems hard drive or software related? whatcha reckon? many thanks again, jake -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
