Hi there,
yesterday i took the Rockbox Utility and updated my very old Rockbox Version (~ a year old) with the latest version.
Now when i hook up my iPod to my Pc (Windows 8.1) i only get a empty removable drive. I found a workaround (on head-fi.org)
Sadly this is not working for me. Anyone with a solution? I also have Windows 8.1 at home (at work atm) and i am afraid now that i don't have any possiblity anymore to access my iPod...
After installing Windows 8, my Rockboxed iPod Classic isn’t recognized any more!
Only an empty generic removable drive will show up when you plug it in.
1. Right click the 'Removable Drive', Properties, then Hardware tab
2. (Hopefully) you'll see your ipod, something like Apple ipod classic usb device listed under All disk drives. doubleckick it.
3. At the bottom of the Properties popup, click Change settings. There will be a new Properties popup. Choose the Driver tab.
4. Click Update driver > Browse my computer... > Let me pick from a list... > Choose 'Disk drives' and click Next. Click Next again.
You'll get a message that Windows successfully updated the driver.
The root folder of the ipod should pop up in the file explorer in a few seconds.