iPod Classic

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

I take it you tried the DFU restore route too. My understanding that was that a low level format should release all pending sectors to the reallocated list, up to the size of the area set aside for reallocations, however I don't know how the size is determined.

tt2

I have a Ipod Classic 160GB my friend dropped it in coffee and then shook it -_- but it turns on the shows a red "X" with a circle around it and then turns off and does the same thing but I tried to reset it but the red "X" still pops up I tried to put it into disk mode but that wont work either I also plugged it into my computer and put it into DFU restore and then my computer reconized it and said It was recovering my ipod but then when it was done the red "X" pop up again what do I do?

I suspect you need to write it off. The coffee will most likely have led to internal damage from which a spontaneous recovery is unlikely. That said you could try putting it in a bag of rice for a week. Some people have had success where the rice acts as a desiccant and absorbs moisture, and they were fortunate that no secondary damaged had occurred.

tt2

Hello TT2,

My iPod Classic just crashed on me last night. I ran it in trouble shooting mode and these were my results,

Retracts: 35

Reallocs: 16

Pending Sectors: 72

PowerOn Hours: 6833

Start/Stops: 61,980

Temp Current: 25c

Temp Min: 59c

Temp Max: 249c

This is the 2nd time I've ran it in trouble shooting mode since last night and the numbers have not changed. My iTunes will not detect it, and the computer freezes when I try right-clicking the drive under 'My Computer" so I cannot format it. I tried formatting the iPod using CMD.exe and a 3rd party program, and every time I do so I get the same message stating the drive is too small. Is my iPod pretty much shot?

My understanding is that iTunes for Mac should attempt to reformat the drive as HFS+ which may clear up the pending sector issue. Bring it back to a PC and ITunes will refomat back to FAT32. No guarantee, but as you say, worth a shot.

Best of luck. 🙂

tt2

Strange, I tried the DFU recovery again and this time it actually started to detect my iPod and start the recovery process. Unfortunately, the recovery process stops right before finishing. Ah well, guess I'll try out a Mac.

Hi tt2,

Please help me, your opinion required:

Retracts: 162

Reallocs: 930

Pending Sectors: 11

PowerOn Hours: 5

Start/Stops: 162

Temp Current: 28 C

Temp Min: 25 C

Temp Max: 38 C

Is there any hope?

I can hardly sync 20-25 songs. I read somewhere that full-formatting the disk may convert pending sectors into reallocs. So I tried but cannot full-format the iPod, error by Windows: 'Windows was unable to complete the format.'

Then I thought that partitioning may be a good idea, and i partitioned the disk to 50 GB instead of

(Though Surface Test did not show any errors in the disk.) Still of no use.

The overall numbers don't look that bad bar the unresolved pendings. DFU restore, third party format tool or forcing an alternate format by switching between PC and Mac are the things that come to mind. Other things that can interfere with the sync process are issues with the source drive and antivirus software.

tt2

Thanks tt2!! I used EaseUS partition master and this time I avoided the initial 10 GB part as well as last 5 GB. The remaining part is working perfectly as of now!

Thank you again for your posts and prompt reply. I was struggling for this since last 2 days and nights and your previous posts proved very useful for understanding the problem.

Regards

Hi

My ipod classic is just 5 months old and it's not been shaked, dropped, etc. so I'm not sure what's gone wrong. It started skipping certain tracks mid-song about a month ago and as the frequency of this has increased I decided to restore. The restore wiped the ipod, but seems to have corrupted it somehow. Now I can connect the ipod to itunes, but it says the ipod capacity is zero kb and only gives me the option of doing another restore. When I plug it in, itunes now tells me either that its in recovery mode and needs restoring, or that its corrupted and needs restoring. I've tried restoring multiple times without success, I only get the error 1439 each time. I've tried putting it in disc mode and restoring, but this also doesn't work. I've tried to reformat several times- sometimes it says it works, sometimes it says it doesn't- regardless of whether it works or not, every time I plug in my ipod, windows tells me it needs reformatting. I've tried the DFU restore, and this also doesn't work.

Is there anything else I can try before I send it back?

Its stats are:

Retracts: 1

Reallocs: 4144

Pending sectors: 0

PowerOn Hours: 106

Start/Stops: 2452

Temp current: 29c

Temp min: 13c

Temp max: 50c

Thanks!

Nope, it sounds like you have a lemon but at least it is still in warranty. You want an iPod with zero, or at least near zero reallocs. Get it replaced now, it isn't going to get any better by itself.

tt2

iPod Video 30GB -- error 69

What I did:

---- Restored multiple times but still get the error 69 code

---- Reformated then restored but still get the 69 code

---- Put on Disk Mode then Data Management and fixed the error but still get the 69 code but with a different song

---- Found the source of the corrupt song/file and removed but still get the 69 code on a different song when the previous song is error free on my other ipods

What I think:

---- potential hard drive failure as sound plays on the audio jack

---- will probably do a hard drive swap with another ipod and see if that is the issue

Thoughts???

Retracts: 71
Reallocs: 1023
Pending Sectors: 0
PowerOn Hours: 741
Start/Stops: 30176
Temp: Current 31c
Temp: Min 250c???
Temp: Max 64c

The hard drive is probably done. It might be that 1023 is the max, number of reallocs possible on that drive. I just serviced an HP laptop with a drive that was limited to only 255 and had failed because it had reached the limit.

tt2

Hello. My 120 GB Ipod Classic was obtained used over a year ago online from someone who likely had it for a year or two. The last couple months, whenever I put my ipod into the USB, like most of the other comments, it eventually freezes itunes up while syncing and then itunes unfreezes when the device is disconnected. I have used different adaptors and tried deinstalling/reinstalling itunes. Messages such as "Verifying Ipod" and errors like "disk cannot be found" show up. Anyway, these are the numbers. Do you have any suggestions and does the Hard Drive maybe have to be replaced? Thanks.

Retracts: 2204

Reallocs: 538

Pending Sectors: 0

PowerOn Hours: 324

Start/Stops: 2165

Temp: Current 28c

Temp: Min 5c

Temp: Max 44c