I'm trying to format my ipod classic because it froze on me. I've tried resetting it, making a new user account on my computer and a few other things. Nothing has worked so far. I keep getting an error message saying that itunes cannot restore my ipod. Does anyone know anything else I can try to fix this problem?
iPod classic (120 GB), Windows Vista
Most likely your iPod Hardisk has crashed, so do a Disk Diagnostic as posted by tt2, it will tell you how bad is your hardisk.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3784647?answerId=17776595022#17776595022
If you have high Pending numbers ( causing the freeze), then formatting would not help.
But if you still want to format, in Vista
Go to CMD and type
format drive: /FS:FAT32
where drive: is the iPod drive ID, eg E: or F:
note: formatting a 120GB may take a long time, could be 2 hours or more.
Good Luck!
How do you format an ipod classic?
