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Q: Corrupt iPod classic

My sister has corrupted her ipod classic by using the windows explorer eject route in vista  rather than the eject button in iTunes. the PC no longer recognizes the iPod  as a disc  any ideas guys n gals ?

 

Ive tried a resst to no avail

 

I also tried putting into disc mode again un responsive!

 

can it be recovered ?

 

thanks

iPod classic

Posted on May 9, 2013 12:18 PM

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  • by massroadtrip,

    massroadtrip massroadtrip Nov 10, 2013 9:10 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Nov 10, 2013 9:10 AM in response to turingtest2

    i just checked the stats again, and this time nothing changed, even after a hung sync. is that a good sign

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Nov 10, 2013 9:16 AM in response to massroadtrip
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    Nov 10, 2013 9:16 AM in response to massroadtrip

    massroadtrip wrote:

     

    i dont have my own computer. therefore i borrowed my friends computer and i backed up all my music onto it. but i cant leave it there forever. is there any way possible to use my ipod as a regular harddrive just to store the files on, until i can  get a new ipod?

     

    Thanx

     

    The fact that so many defects have been found and swapped out suggests the drive is no longer reliable. Anything you store on it may not be able to be read when you try. If you're having trouble loading data then that just adds to the picture.

     

    tt2

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Nov 10, 2013 9:20 AM in response to massroadtrip
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    Nov 10, 2013 9:20 AM in response to massroadtrip

    massroadtrip wrote:

     

    i just checked the stats again, and this time nothing changed, even after a hung sync. is that a good sign

     

    Well the hung sync is a bad one... Sectors only get marked as pending when the device tries and fails to read them. They're not checked after writing.

     

    tt2

  • by orangeshoeskid,

    orangeshoeskid orangeshoeskid Dec 10, 2013 12:39 PM in response to Bongo73
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    Dec 10, 2013 12:39 PM in response to Bongo73

    Mine has decided to stop working in the last couple days too. It plays music, but whenver I tried adding new music to it, songs would transfer sooo slowly. Made sure everything was updated, still slow. Reset the ipod to factory settings, and it was doing well for a while, but by the time I reached the J artists in iTunes, it slowed down again and eventually froze. Now plugging it in says its a corrupted iPod. I look at the stats and found 130 Reallocs, 37 Pending Sectors. I think the worst part is that the max temp said 250C, which is significantly higher than anyone else's I've seen in this thread.

     

    Tried plugging it in to run disk repair/utility but its not showing up in My Computer.

     

    Any ideas?

  • by mlinque,

    mlinque mlinque Dec 12, 2013 4:13 PM in response to Bongo73
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    Dec 12, 2013 4:13 PM in response to Bongo73

    Retracts: 501

    Reallocs: 0

    Pending Sectors: 8

    PowerOn Hours: 1724

    Start/Stops: 493

    Temp: Current 27C

    Temp: Min 12C

    Temp: Max 46C

     

    What does this say about the ipod because it hasn't been allowing me to restore andjf don't show up in the internet exploerer

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Dec 13, 2013 9:08 AM in response to orangeshoeskid
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    Dec 13, 2013 9:08 AM in response to orangeshoeskid

    orangeshoeskid wrote:

     

    Mine has decided to stop working in the last couple days too. It plays music, but whenver I tried adding new music to it, songs would transfer sooo slowly. Made sure everything was updated, still slow. Reset the ipod to factory settings, and it was doing well for a while, but by the time I reached the J artists in iTunes, it slowed down again and eventually froze. Now plugging it in says its a corrupted iPod. I look at the stats and found 130 Reallocs, 37 Pending Sectors. I think the worst part is that the max temp said 250C, which is significantly higher than anyone else's I've seen in this thread.

     

    Tried plugging it in to run disk repair/utility but its not showing up in My Computer.

     

    Any ideas?

     

    The 250C temp. is probably a corrupt value recorded as the result of some kind of crash. I think parts of the iPod would have melted had it really got that hot.

     

    The counts of pending and reallocated don't seem that serious. Might be worth trying the DFU restore method from the previous page of this thread.

     

    tt2

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Dec 13, 2013 9:10 AM in response to mlinque
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    Dec 13, 2013 9:10 AM in response to mlinque

    mlinque wrote:

     

    Retracts: 501

    Reallocs: 0

    Pending Sectors: 8

    PowerOn Hours: 1724

    Start/Stops: 493

    Temp: Current 27C

    Temp: Min 12C

    Temp: Max 46C

     

    What does this say about the ipod because it hasn't been allowing me to restore andjf don't show up in the internet exploerer

     

    Again I'd try the DFU restore method. It ought to sort things out.

     

    tt2

  • by orangeshoeskid,

    orangeshoeskid orangeshoeskid Dec 13, 2013 9:40 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Dec 13, 2013 9:40 AM in response to turingtest2

    I wanted to try that, but whenever I connect the iPod to my macbook, iTunes will recognize it (and promptly tell me the device is corrupted), but it won't be recognized as a device anywhere else, which makes me unable to do the disk utility restore, right?

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Dec 13, 2013 10:07 AM in response to orangeshoeskid
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    Dec 13, 2013 10:07 AM in response to orangeshoeskid

    DFU Restore

     

    If the device still won't restore normally try this method. Connect the device to the USB cable, press MENU+SELECT like a standard reset but keep holding for 12 seconds. The device should reboot as normal and then the screen should go blank. Now open iTunes and try to restore again.

     

    I haven't mentioned it there, but go into iTunes preferences and tick the option Prevent iPods, iPhone and iPads from syncing automatically. Close iTunes. Connect the USB cable and immediately press MENU+SELECT for exactly 12 seconds. Get the timing wrong and it starts up as normal or reboots again. iTunes should be able to restore the device if you can get the device in DFU mode.

     

    tt2

  • by alberto220,

    alberto220 alberto220 Dec 14, 2013 7:13 AM in response to Bongo73
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    Dec 14, 2013 7:13 AM in response to Bongo73

    Retracts: 99   

    Reallocs: 4928

    Pending sectors: 1248

    PowerOn Hours: 517

    Start/Stops:27956

    Temp: Current 25c

    Temp: Min 14c

    Temp: Max 51c

     

    Is the hard drive dead?

    Since i restore the IPod and i always get this image: Do not disconnect and ok to disconnect screen. Can't access to the main menus even the ipod isn't connected to the computer.. Any solutions? Btw I already tried to format and nothing.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Dec 14, 2013 7:56 AM in response to alberto220
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    Dec 14, 2013 7:56 AM in response to alberto220

    alberto220 wrote:

     

    Is the hard drive dead?

     

    I think so...

     

    Even if reformatting would convert the pending sectors to reallocated that is a high number and is a likely indication of more failures to come.

     

    tt2

  • by Wheretruthandfictioncollide,

    Wheretruthandfictioncollide Wheretruthandfictioncollide Dec 18, 2013 10:16 AM in response to Bongo73
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    Dec 18, 2013 10:16 AM in response to Bongo73

    My test results are:

    Retracts: 11

    Reallocs: 16376

    Pending Sectors: 0

    Start/Stops: 1706

    Temp: Current 26c

    Temp: Min 11c

    Temp: Max 54c

     

     

    just to check, would these results mean the hdd is bust? :c

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Dec 18, 2013 12:33 PM in response to Wheretruthandfictioncollide
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    Dec 18, 2013 12:33 PM in response to Wheretruthandfictioncollide

    I'd say so.

     

    tt2

  • by moro_schiele,

    moro_schiele moro_schiele Jan 6, 2014 2:52 PM in response to Bongo73
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    Jan 6, 2014 2:52 PM in response to Bongo73

    hello,

    I don't know if my problem is the same of yours but I try to explain.

    I have iPod classic 160GB using both Mac and Windows.

    Because a Windows crash (what news ?!?) my iPod seems crazy.

    When I connect it to Windows, everything crashes.

    In Mac is different: a lot of time iTunes says "Verifying iPod...". In iPod display there's always the sync logo with written "Syncing. Do not espell" nothing changes.

    I've tried to connect it normally, in Disk Mode; I've tried all the diagnostics in this thread and these is my results:

    Retracts:             64

    Reallocs:              2

    Péending:             3

    PowerOn Hours 846

    Start/Stop:       1030

    Temp: current      29°

    Temp: min            3°

    Temp: max         53°

     

    I've tried also the 12 seconds DFU restore. Nothing.

    I've also tried to restore with iTunes but nothing. The program says something like "Impossible to restore iPod because it's impossible to disable".

    I've tried analyze/repair with Utility Disk buth nothing.

    I've tried restore/disable/format with Disk Utility but nothing.

     

    The greatest thing is that I CAN listen iPod. Works perfect. But I can't add/remove/menage from iTunes.

     

    what could you suggest ?

  • by reptile888,

    reptile888 reptile888 Feb 9, 2014 10:39 PM in response to Bongo73
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    Feb 9, 2014 10:39 PM in response to Bongo73

    so is my ipod hd bad? i have the 7th gen. and would i be able to by a new hd and fix it? my ipod is able to connect to my computer but not itunes i restored it like 15 times and it restores but it wont connect to itunes after it finishes.

     

    retracts: 65

    reallocs: 6512

    pending sectore: 32

    poweron hours: 181

    start/stop: 5299

    temp: current 34c

    temp: min 12c

    temp: max 57c

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