Resolving Error 50 within iPod Shuffle

iPod Shuffle is a digital audio player provided and marketed by Apple Inc. It was the first iPod model that used flash memory instead of hard disk. Apple introduced iPod Shuffle as the smallest audio player. At times, when you connect your iPod Shuffle to your Windows based system and try to perform usual tasks, it might prompt you errors suggesting that it should be restored. Such errors make it compelling that you restore lost data from backup. But if these errors occur while you have no valid backup available, you should use iPod Data Recovery applications.

As an instance, when you connect your second generation iPod Shuffle to a Windows 2000 based computer system and try to edit (add or music) music from iPod, you might encounter the following error message:

The iPod Administrators iPod cannot be updated. An unknown error occurred -50.

When you click OK to this error message, you get an alert as follows:
iTunes has detected an iPod that appears to be corrupted. Yo may need to restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes. You may also try disconnecting and reconnecting the iPod

At subsequent attempts of trying to add or music to this iPod Shuffle, it returns the same error message and alert.

Cause

Error -50 is encountered with iPod Shuffle when its software is outdated i.e. if iPod Shuffle is installed with an older version ofiPod recovery software, it might give an error as above.

Solution

To resolve error -50 with iPod Shuffle, you need to restore and update it with the latest version of iPod Shuffle software available. Before accomplishing the task, make sure that you have backed up all the data as restoring iPod deletes all the data and restores it to original factory settings.

After restoring your iPod Shuffle if you find that data backup is incomplete, corrupted or is not available, iPod Recovery software can help recovering lost data. These utilities are desigd with high-tech engineers to safely scan a logically crashed iPod. iPod Data Recovery tools are embedded with exceptionally realistic user interface and pleasing set of features.

Stellar Phoenix iPod Recovery is a fully-featured data recovery tool that recovers lost data from iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, iPod Mini and iPod Classic. It is a non-destructive tool that recovers all lost music files, videos, documents, graphics, podcasts, audio books and other contents from iPods. ThisiPod data recovery tools is available for both Mac and Windows operating systems.