wrote on the apple site my problem but no one answered 
can someone from here help?!
After a problem on the ipod I backed up the important files and went for a restore so that the iPod won't have a bit of the problem I had.
I couldn't make a restore because of an error message
what is the problem and how can I fix it?
your gonna have to reformat it manually man....search on the apple site .... one of my friends restored their ipod 1gen like that and he said it was quite easy
Restoring it isn't that bad unless you have too much music and not enough time. I just got my replacement iPod from Apple (mine was having click-wheel defects), and they did a superb job so if your iPod isn't fixed by the restore, I suggest setting up an appointment and letting a genius take a look (if you're near an Apple Store, if not I'd send it in for repairs just to be safe).
I want to restore it but can't because my computer wont let me.
I can't find how to manually reformat on the apple site, can someone help?
Once you post what your problem is i might be able to help you.
There's no chance in hell i should go to another site to see your problem.
I can copy paste the problem here if that matters so much
Does it appear in My Computer? If yes, right-click it and choose 'Format'. That should help.
And oh, you might be interested in this: http://www.methodshop.com/mp3/articles/iPodSupport.shtml
Ps. instead of posting
you could have just pasted itI can copy paste the problem here if that matters so much
yes, it does apear in My Computer and I have formatted it from there but after that I still don't havr the iPod firmware and the Updater still says the same problem.
the link u gave me was very good and I put it in my bookmarks but it didn't solved my problem.
'zondajag' said that I can manually restore my iPod. how can I do that?
Never mind, I figured it out. here's my solution:
I uninstalled all the iPod software from my computer and restarted
wimdows, after that connectem my iPod and windows recognized it and after that- a restart again because windows wanted... after the restart I started the iPod setup from the original CD, the setup told me to plug my iPod and I did, it checked the iPod and told me that he needs a format. I accepted and after that I updated the iPod and everything went well.. 
I just have a question for dorsc. I was having the same problem. I have a 3G ipod and have the Dock connector to USB and Firewire (you know, the split one so it can recharge and be connected to my computer at the same time). When I got my ipod photo it would recharge with that connector but I would get errors when trying to restore it like yours. My question is: do you use that split cable with your ipod? if so then I would do that restore process you did so that I just need one cable for both ipodsl. Thanks for your help.
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