Unformat an iPod Nano

The ipod Nano employs reliable-state memory to keep info, new music, video clip and images. A corruption in the file composition can result in the Nano to no more time see any of its contents. To reset the Nano's memory so that the running technique will the moment yet again the right way register what files are currently being saved, reformat (or 'unformat") the memory. The technique is easy and calls for the use of iTunes, the no cost technique Apple supplies for iPods for syncing with pcs.

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Insert the ipod plug at a single conclude of the ipod cable into the ipod Nano. Insert the plug at the other conclude of the ipod cable into a USB port on the PC. Wait for the icon of the ipod Nano to look on the desktop ahead of proceeding.

Start iTunes by deciding on it from the "Launch" > "All Programs" pop-up menu.

Click on the moment on the icon of the ipod Nano that is beneath "Units" in the left column of iTunes. Click on the "Restore" button to the appropriate of the icon of the ipod Nano.

Click on "No" in the "Backup" confirmation window that pops up. Click on "OK" in the confirmation window that seems soon after the very first a single disappears.

Wait as iTunes removes all of the contents of the ipod Nano and reformats the memory--a duplicate progress bar appearing in a panel at the top center of the technique's display screen to indicate the progress.

Appropriate-Click on the icon of the ipod Nano the moment iTunes states it has completed in the panel at the top center of the technique's display screen. Decide on "Eject" from the pop-up menu. Give up iTunes. Remove the ipod cable from the ipod Nano and from the USB port of the PC.