No doubt, iPod is a great portable multimedia player which everyone likes to have. Still certain limitations do exist in it. Generating error while sync with iTunes, being the most common problem which every use faces once while. As there is no certainty for the problem to take place, it is always worth a keep an updated backup of iPod data to avoid troublesome data loss situation.
For resolving the problem taking place in the iPod, the only option is to restore to default settings. In the process data is lost, so you will need iPod recovery tool to restore data, if backup does not exists.
Consider a case, in which you try to sync iPod using iTunes but instead of the process to go on, an error message “the iPod cannot be synced. The required file is locked.” is shown. Also afterwards it is not actually possible to access data and files from the iPod.
It happens so because read/write function cannot be performed by iTunes, may be due to-
• Corruption of database due to error in syncing
• Corruption of the physical media
• Library is locked with read-only attribute
You may once again continue the process after removing read only settings and checking errors from properties- tools. Continued problems makes restoring iPod from iTunes necessary that will delete data. Further you may use iPod data recovery software that has the capability to restore entire data, play lists etc with original order, rating etc maintained. Also, is able to work, with different types of iPod enabling data retrieval possible in all case that includes lost, deleted, formatted and crashed iPod.