I recently had a big scare with the red x symbol and was sure my HDD was toast, but it just now magically came back to life.
My smart data looks like this:
Retracts: 105
Reallocs: 408
Pending Sectors: 16
Poweron Hours: 318
Start/Stops: 17810
Temp: Current 33c
Is this bad? Is my harddrive going out? Is there anything I can do for it?
iPod classic 160GB (Late 2009)
Well, better backup your library, the High Start/Stops numbers is indicative of a dying hardisk, trying to boot up successfully.
the Pending numbers will fluctuates but will increase as time goes by.
Most likely your Max Temperature is above 50C if not 250C, as it gets heated up rebooting countless time.
There is nothing I can suggest here to save your hardisk, other than dont move it around too much, try using it on a Hifi dock in a cool room, I dont think you can Sync it successfully anymore.
Keep it away from Magnets and strong radiation sources like Handphones. (which can cook eggs)
I ran checkdisk on it and the numbers changed:
Retracts: 105
Reallocs: 520
Pending Sectors: 319
Poweron Hours: 318
Start/Stops: 17817
Temp: Current 36c
No worries about the library, I keep my music on an external HD.
Yeah my max is 56c
And what's a Hifi dock?
Is that just an iPod dock?
Yes the Realloc and Pending number will keep increasing, as the iPod fails to writes data to the disk.
iPod Dock or Stereo Dock, Just trying to suggest that you dont move it around too much, and dont use it in the Car Audio system.
Vibration, shocks and high temperature are very bad for a dying iPod, so replace the Hardisk and the battery if you want to use it for another about 5 years.
Well I've got a dock it can sit on for a while, at least until I get a couple extra bucks to replace the harddrive.
I hate to admit it, but I do know what killed this one so quickly: heat: most of this ipod's life was spent in the desert, where there is 100-120 degree weather, also most of the time I stick it in my backpocket and I'm sure it gets warm in there.
It did also experience a couple impacts without its thick rubber casing but not very many, and also some time in a truck with a subsystem and no AC over the summer, as well as I usually left it underneath or near my cellphone.
Its actually most likely a miracle it is still alive. Woops. At least I know better now. Remember kids, iPods are tiny special perpose computers that don't appreciate things like heat, radiation, and vibration any more than fullsize computers do.
I have one more question, will waiting to replace the harddrive cause more problems other than killing the battery faster? Because that can wait too, I can get a new battery for it for relatively cheap and just replace that when I get a new harddrive. (No worries about voiding my warranty! I didn't renew it like I should have!)
Message was edited by: KadanceLunacy
Battery is not a problem, unless you are starting to charge it twice a day, as iPod battery have a lifespan of about 400 recharge cycles, for most users we recharge about once a week, so the battery will last about 4-5 years
As long as it is in a iPod Dock with Power source, the battery is no issue, so replace the battery when you are replacing the hardisk.
I am also wondering if my ipod from 2008 has a dying hard drive. My SMART data reads:
Retracts: 195
Reallocs: 381
Pending Sectors: 5
PowerOn Hours: 570
Start/Stops: 197
Temp: Current 26c
Temp: Min 18c
Temp: Max 47c
My ipod will only fill up to about half-way out of its 80 GB, then it will start taking 10+ minutes per song. Kind of frustrating when you have 10 gigs to go...
When this happens, my ipod's screen goes from the moving "synchronizing" screen to the "connected" screen, signaling that movement has ceased in the cable.
Using a brand new macbook pro which works perfectly. After restores, this continues to happen, which forces me to pull the plug after itunes freezes, prompting the warning message from the computer about pulling drive before ejecting. do this 2 or three times then I have to put it into disk mode to erase via disk utility. Same cycle of events for a few times.
My current work around is only filling it up to 40 or so gigs but that is making me upset, because I'd like the whole thing to be full at some point. Otherwise, I might as well chop it in half.
What should my SMART data look like?
