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Corrupt iPod classic

My sister has corrupted her ipod classic by using the windows explorer eject route in vista rather than the eject button in iTunes. the PC no longer recognizes the iPod as a disc any ideas guys n gals ?


Ive tried a resst to no avail


I also tried putting into disc mode again un responsive!


can it be recovered ?


thanks

iPod classic

Posted on May 9, 2013 12:18 PM

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Aug 26, 2015 2:05 PM in response to turingtest2

I have an IPod Classic from 2007 that has this same problem, and I am hoping it can be fixed.


My last computer was Windows Vista, and I moved to Windows 8. The previous computer had a motherboard fail and I moved to a new computer.


I managed to move all of my library over the old iPod into a new iTunes on my new computer, and then the trouble began.


The iPod says it has 0KB free yet there is nothing on it whatsoever. When it's plugged into the computer, it just freezes up my windows (can't access it through the 'My Computer') and it freezes iTunes, or iTunes absolutely won't open at all. Then when it's unplugged, the computer goes back to normal.



I did the instructions on the opening thread, and here's what I got out of my results.


Retracts: 31

Reallocs: 0

Pending Sectors: 2

PowerOn Hours: 192

Start/Stops: 294

Temp: Current 32c

Temp: Min 20c

Temp: Max 46c



After this, I went into iTunes and checked the box to not sychronize with an iPod plugged up, then plugged it in and as it did before, iTunes froze up, however when I unplugged the iPod this time, it seemed to have read it and said the unit was corrupted and needed to be restored, however I can't restore it at all since iTunes freezes up.


I pray this thing has not been broken and is possible to fix. It's a Classic 80 gig and I know they aren't made brand new today.

Aug 28, 2015 2:24 AM in response to turingtest2

Relived to hear that it's not 100% broken.



Tried a DFU restore this morning. Plugged it up, held in the buttons, then opened iTunes. iTunes froze as it always does, but when I unplugged the iPod, iTunes came back to normal with a screen reading that the iPod was corrupted and needed to be restored. So hopefully I'm doing something right.


I don't know anyone else with a Mac, and I don't think reformating it is possible since as soon as you plug it up, iTunes won't run and if you right click it in 'My Computer', it just freezes up that window.

Sep 8, 2015 12:22 PM in response to turingtest2

hi turingtest2


The stats on my iPod are


retracts: 20

reallocs: 0

pending sectors: 1

everything else is quite low compared to every one else's posts


My main problem is that I am traveling for work and don't have iTunes on my work computer, so I can't connect to iTunes at the moment. I had plugged my iPod into the tv in my hotel, however it didn't work (said something in German which I didn't understand), so I unplugged it without ejecting. Now I have nothing on my iPod. Guessing I'm stuffed until I get home and can get onto iTunes...


Thanks for for any suggestions you might have.

Sep 8, 2015 12:46 PM in response to Roz Davis

Yes, if the library file on the device gets corrupted then there is generally no other way to "see" the media on it. The first section of my Corrupt iPod classic post deals with extracting media from an iPod with a corrupt library. This would normally be into an iTunes library, but Windows Media Player or MediaMonkey could also potentially read the recovered files. It depends on how locked down the computer is and how much free space there is to play with.


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