iPod Classic

All I want to know is if it will last longer, not concerning space or anything else

It should do...

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Retracts: 2

Reallocs: 320

Pending Sectors: 0

PowerOn Hours: 20

Start/Stops: 28

Temp: Current 31c

Temp: Min 19c

Temp: Max 53c

These are my numbers but they seem wonky I've had this iPod for at least 4 years but it's off. I have dropped it a couple times, but it had a case to protect it. I've had the same trouble with it freezing iTunes and given the error message that "The iPod "my name" cannot be synced. The disk could not be read from or written to." I've only had this problems since I upgraded my software a several months back. I can get a few audiobooks on it and my entire music collection but when I try to add a few new audiobooks it does this.

Is it fried?

It doesn't look too bad, though it has got too hot at some point. Have you tried running a full disk surface check on it? Perhaps there is a small section of unreliable sectors that still need to be identified and mapped out. It may also help to make sure that any AV software you have is configured to ignore your media folders and the iPod. With large audiobook files AV may interfere with the transfer process.

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"It may also help to make sure that any AV software you have is configured to ignore your media folders and the iPod."

I'm really not tech savy so could you exsplain what you mean?

As for letting it get too hot I left my iPod in the car one day when I was going swiming.

I finally figured out the problem with it (at least for now) I was so fed up I made a copy of my iTunes library and put it on an HD so I could open on my PC (laptop) and tried to sync, it didn't work, even after restoring it to work with PC (it said the songs couldn't be synced becasue the computer need to be authorized, even though it was authroized.) So I went back to my Mac so I would at least have my music and I didn't have a $380 (what I paid years ago for my iPod) paperweight. It synced everything. I have all my audiobooks, my music, the few music vids I hadn't been able to have on it since I first started having issues.

Aha, I you take a Mac formatted iPod to a PC it generally won't make any sense of it.

As for configuring anti-virus software most have some kind of advanced settings page where you can tell it not to scan a particular folder, drive or certain file types.

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I have about 600 or so Relocs, but I've tried formatting and restoring my Classic so many times, and it always gets about 200-300 songs on it and then the sync cuts out and freezes. I've tried plugging it into different USB plugs on my computer, and still it screws up on the sync. Have you heard of this? What should I do? Is the Ipod shot?

What happens to the pending & realloc counts before and after another attempt? It may there is a single hard to access chunk of the drive that just needs to get all mapped out, or it could all be a lost cause... The only way to tell is to keep trying until you decide it is no longer worth the effort.

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I restored it again and tried again and it failed again. The Reallocs went up slightly, to 704. No pending sectors. I formatted it from My Computer, I tried to download chipset drivers from the manufacturer, I have no idea what could be wrong with it. When I ran checkdisk on it it said there were no errors, so I dunno.

Chkdsk won't report errors, instead the bad blocks get silently reallocated. You can perform a few surface scans and see if the numbers settle down.

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Hi! While listening to my ipod I changed to a different song, the song indicated it was playing, but never played. I reset my ipod and a circle and red X displayed. I have followed he instructions to place the ipod in disk mode to reset only to see the X again. I also followed your directions only to receive the message [Can't open device] with another message flashing at the bottom "ERROR! Diag Halt" I cant help but to think my ipod is pretty much gone, but any help at all would really be appreciated! My ipod is like a member of my family! LOL

Again, Thanks!

-Felicia

Eek! Try sticking it on charge for a few hours and then resetting again.

Otherwise if it looks hopeless, and there is nothing to lose, then this trick might be worth a try.

See also TS1463: iPod Displays a Red "X" Icon.

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It was on charge all night:(

I tried following those steps last night from that very post! I cant get the ipod in disk mode and when I hook it to the PC and itunes...nothing! It never shows!

The iPod slap might be your last hope then, assuming the device is out of warranty.

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