Ipod problem with reformat

[Tyguy]

I had fedora 9 on my laptop and I was finally able to wipe my hard drive and install XP. Everything is working great except when i plug my ipod in it tells me it found new hardware.

I choose to "Locate and install driver software" and it then says "installing driver software". A few seconds later it prompts me to insert the CD that came with my ipod (even though there isn't one).

I don't know what the problem is, I installed all windows updates and necessary drivers so i'm hoping some of you might have an idea.

This is what I'm seeing in device manager:

 

[kupocake]

Have you installed itunes, ipod updater? And does it definitely work on other machines? In what way does it not work on this one? (As a music device, or as a Hard Disk Drive?)

 

[kineaesth]

You could try to see if iTunes recognises it first, and if it does, try updating it through iTunes. There used to be a seperate iPod updater program but since iTunes 8 (?) it's merged with the main program.

 

[arch5]

What kind of iPod are you using?

 

[Tyguy]

Have you installed itunes, ipod updater? And does it definitely work on other machines? In what way does it not work on this one? (As a music device, or as a Hard Disk Drive?)

i installed the lastest updater i could find, which was 2006 and it didn't work. I have the latest version of iTunes and I use the iTouch with my PC without any problems.

The only thing I can think of is I got this copy of windows as a torrent, but I gave it the correct serial key...maybe there's something missing in WINDOWS\System32 or something.

 

[VirusType2]

in device manager, while online, right click the question mark and hit 'update' using 'automatic'. That worked for me before when all else failed. good luck. edit, no im sorry, i had burned the driver to a CDrom and had it in the drive when i hit 'automatic'

you could also uninstall it completely from device manager, restart, install the iTunes software first, then restart again and when windows finishes booting, then plug in your iPod.

 

[Tyguy]

in device manager, while online, right click the question mark and hit 'update' using 'automatic'. That worked for me before when all else failed. good luck. edit, no im sorry, i had burned the driver to a CDrom and had it in the drive when i hit 'automatic'

you could also uninstall it completely from device manager, restart, install the iTunes software first, then restart again and when windows finishes booting, then plug in your iPod.

As far as the automatic updates, they don't work...I've tried multiple times. I will try uninstalling everything and reinstalling and let you know what happens.

 

[VirusType2]

I wasn't talking about automatic updates.

I said go to device manager from control panel > System > Device manager, and then right click the ? icon where you have the problem. Click 'Update', then click 'search for the driver automatically'. But you may need to put the driver on a CDROM and have it in the drive when you do that.


Anyway, there is no driver for an ipod, is there, so I'm not sure what we are talking about. I would think it would treat it as a Removable USB drive right?

 

[Tyguy]

I'd assume so, I never installed a driver for my other ipods on other computers and they worked fine.

I should just sell this POS and get a macbook or something.

 

[VirusType2]

I should just sell this POS and get a macbook or something.

They have issues too.

Until you uninstall it and install it properly, like I outlined in the above post, you are really just making it hard. This is not a big deal I don't think.