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Chris1900 Author

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Ipod 160Gb Problem

I have run into a problem with my ipod and was hoping someone could help me figure it out..

When I try to add songs to my ipod I get to around 1,700 songs transfered then it bugs out.. it either freezes / crashes / or transfers at an incredibly poor

speed. 😕

When I then replug the ipod to my mac it gives an error saying that the disk is corrupted and needs restoring... Also on occasion it says that the library is locked. If I then replug the ipod it usually gets rid of the library error, only for the disk corruption message to appear.

I also did a diagnostics test (by pressing the boot combo) and all tests were passed without error. I have tried reformating the drive using disk util, and I have also restored the ipod countless times.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 😎

iPod classic, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Dec 17, 2011 1:47 PM

45 replies

turingtest2

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Oct 28, 2015 7:48 AM in response to Ashtree

Glad it helped. 🙂

tt2

Dec 31, 2015 6:07 AM in response to Chris1900

Hello

my ipod reallocs is about 6680 what should I do 😟

turingtest2

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Dec 31, 2015 6:16 AM in response to mtarek8690

What is the pending count?

tt2

Jan 3, 2016 12:35 AM in response to turingtest2

Retracts: 35

Reallocs:6664

Pending sectors: 120

power on Hrs: 96

Start/Stop: 10927

temp: 20c

Min Temp 7c

Max Temp 64c

the ipod syncing then suddenly it stop syncing and I hear some noise I think its from the Hard Drive

please I want ur help 🙂

turingtest2

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Jan 3, 2016 4:09 AM in response to mtarek8690

The noise is probably the drive trying to read a damaged section over and over and failing.You can try erasing the iPod and then reloading it. You need to get the existing pending sectors converted into reallocs. You may need to erase and restore the iPod a few times to achieve this. If the counts stabalize then you may get some more useful life out of the iPod.

tt2

Jan 3, 2016 4:18 AM in response to turingtest2

that's good, but what do u mean by erasing u mean format and restore many times ?

turingtest2

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Jan 3, 2016 4:23 AM in response to mtarek8690

Yes. Try the alternate methods, DFU restore or the "Super Fix", then check the stats again before starting to load content.

tt2

May 28, 2016 1:39 PM in response to turingtest2

Many thanks for this post; it's by far the most helpful thing I've ever discovered in any Apple or Microsoft forum.

I had a problem on my iPod classic while listening to an audio book. At a specific point in the playback, it would immediately return to the menu showing the chapter listing, with not "Resume" option. I could manually skip to the next chapter, but when I tried to rewind to the previous point I'd heard, it would always return to the menu. This seemed likely to be a problem with the hard drive, but I wasn't certain which steps to take, and in what specific sequence, in order to fix the problem. After checking the S.M.A.R.T. diagnostic data (of which I was previously unaware), I used the "Select-Play" sequence and allowed Windows to "fix" the drive. After that, I restored the iPod and then re-loaded it from iTunes. Problem (apparently) solved, and the "Retracts" count dropped by about 25%.

Again, many thanks for your informative and useful contribution.

turingtest2

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May 28, 2016 1:50 PM in response to BobW@Apple

You're welcome. 🙂

tt2

Ziatron

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Dec 10, 2016 4:34 PM in response to turingtest2

I have a new iPod Classic that is self-ejecting during synchronization. I performed the tests that you discussed above.

My Reallocs = 7728. That suggests to me I need to replace the hard drive. I'm thinking of replacing it with a solid-state drive. Your thoughts are appreciated.