Hey - Remember that long post by Wobbley, that everyone complained about and even had the nerve to ask him to edit? Well I have similar problems, but I never saw the answers to his post... I have a 20GB ipod which when plugged in to my laptop with windows XP opens up MC9 version 9.1.213. Here's what's happening:
1) Restore, then format iPod
2) Sync files
3) Disconnect iPod and listen to music
4) Reconnect iPod
5) Click on iPod letter (G:) I also have a NEW 10GB that comes in on (E:) but these problems are exsisting without me using that ipod, I adds things to that one very infrequently.
6) After clicking letter, 0 files show to the right, but the available size is diminished correctly.
7) I rebuild, and all playlist info is gone and the number of files is lessened. I then resync everything, which brings back titles and other info, but a few songs at the end of each album is gone. Like a FOO FIGHTERS album has 8 instead of 10 songs.
Trying to put those songs back results in a duplicate, and disallows them.
9) I click file and exit, and disconnect safely, and wait til the check mark appears on the window of the ipod.
10) Then next morning I HAVE to hear PHYSICAL GRAFFITI on the way to work!!!!! I rip it and plug in the ipod and the songs are back 0. I go through the above steps, but am angered when the total number of files is diminished yet again. I try to resync and the MC9 freezes the entire PC, I have enough time, so I reformat.
I should have 18.5GB available to start over, bit have 12.5GB. I format again, BUT i NEVER get back the space I should have.
11) I decide (as I do at least once a week) that restoring is the only way, so I force the ipod off the connection, close the frozen PC and start over. I then resync 3200 files, and one hour later I am ready to go to work.
I have found that I need to restore once a week and then put everything back on. I have a few small playlists, but all the rest of my 3200 files are in a playlist called CHRISTOPHER's IPOD, which I sync on. One Q is, is it OK to often restore? Also, my ipod is a 20GB, and my partner's is a brand new 10GB (Levent's IPOD is his long playlist. Yes, we use the correct updaters for each.) Thanks...
HELP! Christopher
P.S. The smiley faces you see in this post are themselves a BUG, as I did not put them there.