error uploading songs to shuffle

hey, i managed to partially solve the problem, but it's for temporary use only,

1. download the ipod reset utility. reset your ipod.
2. open itunes
3. there would be a window asking you to rename you ipod.
4. after naming your ipod, the would be an auto sync window.
5. click on the auto sync window and click ok.
6. itunes would pick the songs randomly for you.
7. that's the only way where you can upload your songs.

i say this is temporarily because if you download a song later on, you may find the same problem in uploading again. hope this helps.

If you download the ipod reset utility this correction should not be temporary.

My suggestion would be to download ipod shuffle reset utility (it's a separate program outside of itunes).

To find it, try googling "ipod shuffle reset utility"

Make sure it's the version for Windows (if that's what you're running for your OS) and that it supports both the 1st generation and 2nd generation ipod shuffles.

This utility does a great job of resetting the ipod shuffle from weird errors, non functioning, non recognized ipod shuffles.

Give this a whirl and post your results.

Hmm, I'm not sure about that one.

I've never seen that happen before.

Try this:

Under the ipod shuffle settings in titunes (click on your shuffle under devices) and click on the settings tab) try enabling disk use.

Fill up the shuffle to the max capacity with files/songs from your computer (NOTE: be sure to copy files over, don't move them from the original location).

Then create a folder on your desktop called temp and copy everything from the shuffle back to the hard drive.

What this will do is enable you to test the read/write capabilities of the flash memory and ensure the memory is good.

I'm starting to wonder if you have bad flash memory in your shuffle.

What kind of an error message do you get when you try to drag and drop songs to your shuffle inside of itunes?

Thanks for that link for the testing tool. I wanted to tested mine soon.

Thanks for all the responses - when I get a chance I'll try them them out.

Phil - just out of curiosity - what if most of my tracks are protected - I have to delete them all? I'm guessing that if I returned to the other MP3 player I had originally, I
wouldn't have this problem?

Thanks,

Back to the original MP3 player I had - can't lose the whole library of tracks I'd built up.