Im running Windows XP Home edition and Currently the last working software i was using with the ipod was ephpod. I think that matchmaker Jukebox is a pile of crap ( pardon my french :rolleyes: )

The system is an Athlon XP 1800+ with 512DDR and plenty of HDD space. Im using the firewire connector for the ipod ( didnt get the USB 2 one ) and that connects to a firewire port on my Hercules Sound card.

I had problems transfering music to the ipod right from the word go. It seems to be a very tempramental piece of equipment and appears to crash the system at times without warning. Whenever i want to transfer music to the ipod i close all programs and non essential services via the task manager. At the moment i have about 250 songs on the (should have mentioned this earlier i guess) iPod Version 2 15Gb one..

I uninstalled that stupid ipod updater thingy from apple because like the music jukebox when it tried to format the ipod it only ended up stalling at crashing my system. I was lucky enough to get the music on the ipod when i did and i must say that ephpod seems to work a treat but still seems to crash (though i dont think its a flaw with the ephpod since the ipod will often lead to my computer spontaneously restarting just if i plug it into my computer and boot it up!! Whats all that about!?! :(

I tried downloading the ipod installer update thingy (when i was using it at the time) but it really didnt seem to patch any kinds of bugs that might be causing my system to crash so as i said before at the moment the only thing installed is the ephpod software and at the moment i cant seem to get that to work. It says that the ipod doesnt have the correct directory structure (which is utter nonsense because it does since ephpod was the software i used to create it) and if i try to browse the ipod dirs from windows explorer computer locks up/and or reboots.

Basically people.. im at this point now where i want to just crush the bloody thing :/ I payed a lot for the device and the shops in the UK seem to all have this no-refund policy now unless the device actually completely stops operating (in which case they recognise it as a warranty issue)

So to summarise. Does anyone know A) what could be causing the crashing? B) why i was able to get the music on before without it crashing and though i have changed absolutely nothing on the system since then now when i try to move music onto it ephpod complains that the directory structure is wrong :/

If anyone can help me i swear with god as my witness i will be your friend/slave for life :D

Hehe :) Ok well if anyone has any ideas then do please lemmie know (Remember sometimes it works sometimes its just plain stupid but at the moment it isnt working..)

Thanks again

Alex