Ahhhh Help!

I have Windows ME...and I saw that question mark, BUT IT HAD THE EXCLAMATION MARK...what should I do?

Well, I loaded my firewire the other day and it worked (at the startup screen it said your computer has detected new hardware)...at the time I as on the phone with Dell because I had just reinstalled my whole computer, and well there was the yellow question mark (and it had an exclamation) and the guy told me to remove it so clicked "Remove"...now my firewire apparently isn't on the computer...I looked in the recycle bin...not there...tried reloading it by taking it out and putting it back...but no luck...what do I do?

what has the exclamation mark?

firewire card or iPOD?

I did that, and nothing. Should I take it out. Turn on the computer without it in. Then shut down. Put it back in, and try again.

But just opening it, taking it out, and putting it right back isn't working.

before you start messing with hardware, try this: (im assuming that you uninstalled your firewire card, am i correct in this assumption?)

Go to the device manager (start-control panel-system-hardware tab-device manager) in the case of xp, find your own way in in another os. Now, right click on the computer icon at the top (should have the computers name for networking etc) (alternatively, you may click on any place in the tree), and click search for new hardware/changes(should be only option). It should p&p install it no problem.

If you still have problems after this, mssg me, email me, or somethin and we can go 1 on 1.

Scotch:

I need to say two things:

1) Please make your subject lines descriptive. Just saying "Help" (as you've done in both your cross-posts) is not very informative.

2) Also, do not cross-post in these forums. They are very active and your post will get answered.

I'm merging your two threads as you've got so much info going back and forth between them.

Adam

Also...when I clicked the Bus Controller thing, under it, it says:

PCI OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller

What should I do?

What stores are those found at?

Scotch:

I don't know where you live, so how would I know. ;)

A CompUSA, BestBuy should have them. Or your local Office Depot, Staples might even have those models. Depends.

You could also get them on-line from a good computer store (www.cdw.com)

Adam

Alright, well when I plug it in...it says "Do Not disconnect" and it keeps flashing...that the Ipod Manager screen it says:

Unable to read the format of the I-Pod plugged in.

This IPod needs to be reformatted for use on your PC. Click on the update button below to run the IPod Updater application that will allow you to reformat or restore your Ipod.

I click "Run Updater", and then:

It says "Can't open IPod"

PLEASE HELP!

OK, "Do Not Disconnect" is a good thing. That's what you want it to say. It will always say that when connected to our PC.

Does the iPod show up in My Computer as a drive? It should. If it doesn't, open up iPod manager and make sure "enable firewire disk mode" is checked.

Try the updater again. But this time, click on the "Restore" button. You access the Updater not from iPod manager in this case, go to Start>Programs>iPod Updater. It might work. If you still get that error, try turning off any anti-virus software you have running. Then try.

If it still doesn't work, well need to do a reformat directly in Windows (to convert it to FAT32). But let me know the results of it first.

Adam

Alright, it shows up as a drive or whatever in My Computer as like D or E...but anyway, I did what you said, and it still doesn't work.

So what is the next thing that I do? I just want to get this freaking thing to work, *sigh*.