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ipod corrupt? error message 1439.

so i went to use my ipod today and it said "connect to itunes to restore ipod" so i did. and it did its thing i pressed restore and it says "cant restore unknown error 1439". and when before i clicked restore i noticed that it didnt tell me howmany gigs of music or free space i had...it just said N/A. ive tried the 5 Rs like 10000000 times. still nothing. and the warrenty ran out...is there any way to fix this? please help i really need my ipod. its a classic 160 gig 5th gen by the way...

acer, Windows Vista, Its a good computer.

Posted on Dec 12, 2010 1:29 AM

21 replies

Jan 2, 2011 11:28 AM in response to daveo211

hey Dave where do you get the tool to take apart the ipod? and how much is it?

Jan 3, 2011 6:29 PM in response to EuphoricPsycho

I'm in this **** at the moment, too. My SMARTDATA says 2 Retracts, 5 Reallocs, 1 Pending Sector, 134 Hours on, 804 Start/Stops, Temps 27c.

I did the Autotest and everything checks out (btw you guys should spell out Firewire and Headphones so we don't have to intuit WTH the initials stand for! And check out the typo DECTECT while you're at it.).

My 160 Classic (1.1.2) does everything except sync. Nothing I've tried has done anything except cause me to spend hours researching and testing. Running iTunes 10.1.1 (4).

Any suggestions? The pod is two years old.

Thanks in advance, I hope....

Jan 3, 2011 11:28 PM in response to mitchell geller1

hey mitchell....dont tell me how to type buddy. i just typed it how i saw it on the ipod.

Jan 4, 2011 1:49 AM in response to EuphoricPsycho

Comment not directed at you, but to Apple. They assume I know WTH they're talking about (why should I already know that HP is Headphone?). The typo is in the diagnostic tool.

Jan 4, 2011 1:50 AM in response to mitchell geller1

My bad for replying to you.

Jan 4, 2011 1:52 AM in response to turingtest2

I'm in this ** at the moment, too. My SMARTDATA says 2 Retracts, 5 Reallocs, 1 Pending Sector, 134 Hours on, 804 Start/Stops, Temps 27c.

I did the Autotest and everything checks out (btw you guys should spell out Firewire and Headphones so we don't have to intuit WTH the initials stand for! And check out the typo DECTECT while you're at it.).

My 160 Classic (1.1.2) does everything except sync. Nothing I've tried has done anything except cause me to spend hours researching and testing. Running iTunes 10.1.1 (4).

Any suggestions? The pod is two years old.

Thanks in advance, I hope....

iMac Mac OS X (10.5.8) 4 GB Ram

ipod corrupt? error message 1439.