How To Recover Data When iPod Displays A Sad iPod Icon

iPod is one of the most popular portable music gadget for music lovers. With its ample space of storing thousands music and videos, It can be used as external disk, synchronize contacts, calenders, and to do lists, and store and read notes. Therefore, using the iPod is an enjoyable experience but encountering and troubleshooting any error of it is not an easy task.

Sometimes the condition becomes that worst that we have to restore the iPod. The 'restoring', erases all the data from the iPod and puts it to the original factory settings. At that time, with the use of your previously stored backup, you can get back your lost data. But, in the absence of an updated backup, you can use a third-party iPod recovery software to get back all your songs, videos, contacts, and calender. These software can recover lost, deleted, or formatted music files, video files, audio books, images, and documents.

Consider a scenario wherein you want to sync some songs from your Windows XP based PC to your iPod classic. So, in that process when you connected your iPod to your machine, you observed that a sad iPod icon is being displayed. After this error, your computer is unable to recognize your iPod.

Causes:

The causes of the above icon can be:

* The iPod is not recognized in My Computer. Or
* Some hard ware issue.

Resolution:

If you are able to force iPod into Disk Mode, then it is not a hard ware issue. In that case, you can follow any of these steps of resolutions:

* Charge the battery of iPod at least for 30 minutes. If the issue still persists then
* Reset the iPod.
* If any of the above two resolution steps are not able to solve the issue, then you have to 'Restore' the iPod to its factory settings.

As restoring deletes all the data, so, you can recover that data from an updated backup and in the absence of the backup using iPod data recovery software is advisable. These softwares support various photo, image, picture, video, document, and music file format.

A third party iPod Recovery Software can recover all your lost, deleted, formatted, iPod data from Windows Operating System – based computers. The software is easy to operate and recovers iPod data in all cases of data loss. You can also restart the recovery process later using the scan information or the image file.

Resolving the iPod (-50) error

Have you got corrupt error message for your iPod and you are facing cases of data loss? You can recover your data (music) by the use of iPod recovery software.

iPod is yet another revolutionary product from Apple that has changed the very way music lovers go for music. A large number of music can be saved in an organized manner on your iPod and can be carried along any where any time. You can even view the motion videos of the music you are listening on the iPod. The software that is responsible for data transfer between your computer and your iPod is your iTune. But many times it is noticed that while synchronizing iPod or changing iPod setting or conducting restore operation of iPod from within iTunes, you find one of the following error message that reads:

“The iPod "Customer's iPod" cannot be updated. An unknown error occurred (-50)”

or

“The disk could not be read from or written to”

or

“The iPod "Customer's iPod" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1418, 1429, 1430, 1436 or 1439)”

Causes:

The causes responsible for the above error messages is the digital signing of Windows XP drivers.

Resolution:

The resolution to the above error message restore the iPod using latest version of iTune. If you are unable to fix the problem with this step, perform the following procedures:

• Disconnect the iPod from your computer and close the iTunes
• Highlight all the following texts which has regsvr32 as the beginning text

regsvr32 /s softpub.dll
regsvr32 /s wintrust.dll
regsvr32 /s dssenh.dll
regsvr32 /s rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 /s gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 /s sccbase.dll
regsvr32 /s slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 /s mssip32.dll
regsvr32 /s cryptdlg.dll
regsvr32 /s initpki.dll

Click on the Copy option from the Edit menu of your web browser

• Navigate Start > All Programs > Accessories > Notepad to reach the Notepad program
• Choose Paste from the Edit menu from the Notepad option
• Select the Save As option from the File menu
• Type appleipod.bat as the File name and save the file on the desktop
• Close Notepad and locate the appleipod.bat file
• Double click on the file. A black screen appears within a minute. Wait till the black window disappears and then follow the next step. This will delete the appleipod.bat file
• Open iTunes and connect the iPod
• This would lead to appearance of iPod in the iTunes. Restore the iPod and synchronize the content

However, the listed procedures might not always resolve the situation. In such a case, you can recover the data from your iPod by a third party ipod recovery utility. The software restores the music that has become inaccessible in your iPod.

Ipod Data Recovery from Damage or Accidental Deletion

Your ipod data is not very prone to damage but you cannot bank on your luck to stay good always. There are times when some problems do occur and you are required to fix it for accessing your files again. You should realize that your iPod is very much the same as your computer's hard disk. After deletion, it shows the space as available but the deleted content does not become permanently so unless it gets overwritten. Ipod recovery can be accomplished with ipod data recovery software. You only need to make sure that something has not been overwritten on the space left vacant by the delete command.

Accidental deletion of your ipod files is very much a possibility too as it is often noticed. Ipods are the latest fad and for many people, it is much more than that. They depend on it for their daily entertainment and at times more than even the television. For them, ipod recovery software assumes a lot of importance in case they lose their files.

Some ways in which you can lose your ipod data are :-

• Resetting of ipod to factory settings
• Crashing of ipods
• Re-formatting the iPod.
• Accidental deletion of items from the iTunes folder.

It can result in error messages like :-

• "Disk is locked"
• "iTunes folder cannot be found"
• "There was an error in the iTunes Store. Please try again later."
• "Firmware update failure"
• "the iPod ** cannot be updated, the required folder cannot be found"

When faced with such an error, you fear losing out on your favorite songs, videos, pictures or any other document you valued and stored in the iPod. You might have thought nothing could go wrong with it but that was not to be. Ipod recovery software can still work things around to your benefit.

To recover iPod from any of the above mentioned errors, an effective third-party software can work best. It is doubtless the easiest way to fix the problem than any other method of doing it yourself can be. You can take it to a repair center but then that is not the most economical. So, it is worth considering the software as it is the most feasible alternative.