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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 turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Sep 27, 2015 3:04 AM in response to sheduoj
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    Sep 27, 2015 3:04 AM in response to sheduoj

    sheduoj wrote:

     

    I've got an iPod classic from 2007 or 2008 (can't really remember), 80gb, and it's randomly just stopped working.

     

    Did all the things listed in the first post, and this is what I got:

     

    Retracts: 11

    Reallocs: 1648

    Pending Sectors: 312

    PowerOn Hours: 4359

    Start/Stops: 10253

    Temp: Current 35c

    Temp: Min 64c

    Temp: Max 239c

     

    I know the numbers are so out of whack, but honestly, I just wanna know if it'll ever work again or if I should just let go of it.

    Thanks in advance

     

    If you are lucky a few rounds of DFU restore or reformat might release all of those pending sectors. If that doesn't work you could consider replacing the drive. Otherwise call it a day.

     

    tt2

  • by Roz Davis,

    Roz Davis Roz Davis Sep 28, 2015 5:38 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Sep 28, 2015 5:38 AM in response to turingtest2

    Hi tt2

     

    Success! Doing the disk repair worked! No reset required... very happy... although in the intervening three weeks I discovered the joy of iTunes radio on my iPad!

     

    Thanks again

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Sep 28, 2015 5:55 AM in response to Roz Davis
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    Sep 28, 2015 5:55 AM in response to Roz Davis

    You're welcome.

     

    tt2

  • by HWlkr,

    HWlkr HWlkr Oct 20, 2015 4:44 AM in response to Bongo73
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    Oct 20, 2015 4:44 AM in response to Bongo73

    Hi,

     

    I have an iPod classic 5th gen and am having the exact same problems. So I have read through this thread and tried everything as suggested but nothing has worked. All of my music is backed up, so I restored my iPod (so it now has no music on it), and I took the readings below. I also tried the same in disk mode.

     

    Retracts: 4

    Reallocs: 0

    Pending Sectors: 0

    PowerOn Hours: 64

    Start/Stops: 12957

    Temp: Current 27c

    Temp: Min 57c

    Temp: Max 251c

     

    On other posts it says that if there are no reallocs or pending sectors then there could be hope...is this right? Do I stand any chance at getting my iPod working or do I need to replace the hard drive as others have suggested?

     

    Any help would be really appreciated.

     

    Thanks.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Oct 20, 2015 4:57 AM in response to HWlkr
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    Oct 20, 2015 4:57 AM in response to HWlkr

    Apart from the high temperature, which I'll assume is an aberration, the stats look OK. What happens if you try to sync a single album to the device?

     

    tt2

  • by HWlkr,

    HWlkr HWlkr Oct 20, 2015 5:27 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Oct 20, 2015 5:27 AM in response to turingtest2

    Thanks for the reply.

     

    My iPod won't show in iTunes. It just tells me that the iPod is corrupt and I can restore or disconnect and reconnect. So iTunes doesn't recognise the iPod and I can't sync anything to it. I am on a Macbook so have checked Disk Utilities and tried to repair the iPod in First Aid but it doesn't allow me to do anything, only eject the iPod (which doesn't work).

     

    Any ideas?

     

    H.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Oct 20, 2015 5:36 AM in response to HWlkr
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    Oct 20, 2015 5:36 AM in response to HWlkr

    Did you try the DFU restore method?

     

    tt2

  • by HWlkr,

    HWlkr HWlkr Oct 20, 2015 5:39 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Oct 20, 2015 5:39 AM in response to turingtest2

    If that's where you connect the iPod and then press and hold the menu and select button for 12 seconds then yes?

    H.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Oct 20, 2015 5:41 AM in response to HWlkr
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    Oct 20, 2015 5:41 AM in response to HWlkr

    Can you ask a Windows owning friend to try to restore it for you?

     

    tt2

  • by HWlkr,

    HWlkr HWlkr Oct 20, 2015 6:06 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Oct 20, 2015 6:06 AM in response to turingtest2

    I have loaded up a windows laptop and received the message the the device driver software could not be installed and to consult with the device manufacturer in getting the device installed.

     

    Sorry, I am not that familiar with windows so you'll have to bear with me.

    H

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Oct 20, 2015 6:13 AM in response to HWlkr
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    Oct 20, 2015 6:13 AM in response to HWlkr
  • by HWlkr,

    HWlkr HWlkr Oct 20, 2015 6:17 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Oct 20, 2015 6:17 AM in response to turingtest2

    I put it into disk mode and reconnected the iPod. It told me I had restore it as it had previously been synced with a Mac so I restored the iPod to allow it to sync with windows. Now, it is syncing the iPod with my iTunes account on the Microsoft machine.

     

    So am I right in thinking that now it should be ok when I plug it back into my Mac? Fingers crossed!!! I'll let you know how it goes.

     

    Thanks.

     

    H.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Oct 20, 2015 6:46 AM in response to HWlkr
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    Oct 20, 2015 6:46 AM in response to HWlkr

    Sounds promising.

     

    tt2

  • by HWlkr,

    HWlkr HWlkr Oct 20, 2015 7:22 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Oct 20, 2015 7:22 AM in response to turingtest2

    Success! My iPod is now syncing with my Mac and I have music back on my iPod.

    Thanks for your help here and in previous posts! Really helpful! :-)

    H.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Oct 20, 2015 8:29 AM in response to HWlkr
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    Oct 20, 2015 8:29 AM in response to HWlkr

    You're welcome.

     

    tt2

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