Cant update software to 2.0.1

I did think that might be the case and searched high and low for anything that look like the updater without any joy.

When I run the installer it looks as though its all running smoothly and at the end a message pops up saying its running the updater setup, then nothing happens, no error, nothing.

I've managed to get the update installed by following instructions from the iPod 2.0.1 updater for win98 users thread.

Thanks

I'm having the exact same problem that Sean was having. I installed the updater and it only gave me the choice of a restore instead of an update.

I have two brand new 3G 15GB Ipods, and I'm running WinXP Pro also patched to the nines.

I went to the Win98 sticky thread and followed the instructions there, but I did not have the temp file that would allow me to update my Ipod. I went to the folder and so on, that you recommended, Adam, but that didn't work either. I've tried launching the updater from different locations, so on and so forth, but I cannot get the software to run a firmware update. The firmware version on both Ipods is 2.0. I'd like to update them to 2.0.1, but I can't seem to.

Can anyone give me a hand here? I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks, Sean, for getting back to me. But I just figured it out. For anyone else having trouble with this type of thing, here's what I did...

First of all, I made a stupid mistake by simply overlooking an obvious step. Well, it wasn't so obvious to me at first. But I didn't install the CD that came with the Ipod. DUH! The reason I didn't do this is because the manual said that all the CD was going to install was the manual itself and MusicMatch Jukebox. This isn't entirely true. It installs those things, but it also formats the Ipod for Windows. I didn't know this because the manual didn't state this, but another user on these forums said that the Ipod comes formatted for Mac by default and not for Windows, so the CD needs to be installed in order to configure the Ipod for Windows. Geesh. I'm glad I got past this. Duh indeed.

Anyway, once I did this (and opted not to install MusicMatch JB because I had already downloaded and installed Music Center, which is a very cool program, btw), the option to update the firmware was made available to me. The Ipod updated to 2.0.1 without a hitch.

That's all it took. Simple, once I got my head out of my butt, LOL.

Once the firmware was updated, I reconnected my Ipod back up to my laptop, launched Music Center, it was recognized, and I formatted the Ipod for Music Center, which took about ten seconds. Then I just uploaded my music to my Ipod, and that was it! Simple. Music sounds great, with no cutoffs. And I couldn't be happier :) Later, I'll tackle the Smartlists and figure out how to make use of those. Yippee!

Now I just need to figure out how to get the same computer to handle a second Ipod...

managed to sort the updating problem, it was nothing to do with the updater, a network drive had mapped itself on to F:, my ipod drive, un-mapped the network drive and hey presto, the updater worked!