Unable to install original software

ok seems no one else has replied so i can only give you help on the little knowledge i have, the whole process my be irrelevant but only wayi can think of solving it.

First i suggest you revert your computer settings to an earlier time

Start>All Programs>Accessories>System tools>System recovery

(hopefully youl have had turned that option on before)

select a date earlier to the time you had done all your i-pod business.

After reverting (this is how i had done it, since i had done all this before even getting my mini, i had it all prepared lol):

Go to apple.com and get the latest i-tunes software and install it, you can get your collection together now if ya want.

Go to the downloads section on apple.com and download the i-pod updating software for the mini. You will have to sign-up first with your e-mail address, and install the software.

Now plug in the mini, i used the USB cable (i have the slwoer 1.1 port) it says all the new hardware has been blah blah blah. It does everything for me.

Then i opened the i-pod updating software after all that had finished, and started the update. After it had finished i had to plug it into the mains to charge coz it had to flash the firmware update or something.

After it had done that open i-tunes, plug it back into your computer. I-tunes eventually lists the i-pod as a playlist icom sorta thing and started synchronising (sincei set it that way.

Hopefully that works for you, or hopefully youve already got it sorted. I diddnt mind writing all that.