How do I restore an iPod with a 1416 error?

it requires some finagling in Terminal, but should not be too hard.

First, connect the iPod to your computer and open Terminal. Type:

diskutil list

You will get a list something to the effect of:

/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *931.5 Gi disk0
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 931.2 Gi disk0s2
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_partition_scheme *27.9 Gi disk2
1: Apple_partition_map 31.0 Ki disk2s1
2: Apple_MDFW 64.0 Mi disk2s2
3: Apple_HFS Hobbsit’s iPod 27.9 Gi disk2s3

So, basically, disk 0 above is my computer’s internal HD and disk 1 is my iPod in this case. Remember the number of your iPod disk.

Open Disk Utility. Basically, you have to unmount the drive to make it formatable without the “Resource in Use” error….at least in my case. So, eject the disk in Disk Utility (the application).

Once ejected, go back to Terminal and type this command:

sudo diskutil eraseDisk HFS+ iPod disk1

Where the “1” in disk1 is replaced by whatever number your iPod appeared as in the list from the diskutil list command. You may be prompted for your admin password, so type it in if prompted.

Once the iPod is formatted, pop open iTunes (if it does not auto-pop) and restore it.

And explode into dance.

Source:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1421052&tstart=1

I did some pretty extensive googling before posting this question actually. I tried that solution but didn’t work. It said, as one poster said later in the thread, that disk 1 couldn’t be found. :/

Sounds like you may need to either write a scathing email to Steve Jobs, or get yourself and the iPod down to the Apple store.

hmm… well.. it’s a few years old.. i was actually replacing the logic board.. hope i didn’t “oops” it up.. anyone need any ipod parts???