Q: iPod Classic

Thanks. It's the 120GB.

6th gen. then, those instructions should work,

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Worked!

Retracts: 41

Reallocs: 66

Pending sectors 7

Poweron hours 28

Start/stops 43

Temp current 21c

         Min 5c

         Max 54c

Doesn't look too bad. The DFU restore method ought to release those pending sectors.

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I scanned the drive and there didn't seem to be an issue. I "restored" again and the device button appeared but I am still unable to sync (the device - sync button isn't working. During the restoration it said my version of the software was up-to-date...but i have no music!

Any other thoughts on this? Thanks.

Perhaps you need to select some media to be synced before the sync button becomes active...

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Hah! Good point.

It worked -- thanks a lot. Much appreciated.

You're welcome.

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hey.

my sound is not clear. giving noise. it's 120 gb.

so my classic has become completely unusable. i tunes says a corrupt ipod has been detected and that i should reformat the device. i beg to reformat it and it says it is unable to be reformated. i have tried to format the ipod through my computer but it also says it is unable to complete the request

See Corrupt iPod classic,

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Retracts: 99    

Reallocs: 4928

Pending sectors: 1248

PowerOn Hours: 517

Start/Stops:27956

Temp: Current 25c

Temp: Min 14c

Temp: Max 51c

Is the hard drive dead?

Since i restore the IPod and i always get this image: Do not disconnect and ok to disconnect screen. Can't access to the main menus even the ipod isn't connected to the computer.. Any solutions? Btw I already tried to format and nothing.

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.

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When i formatted the IPod, i always see the diagnosis of it and the values stay the same

What are using for the format?

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