Corrupt iPod classic

Here are my stats:

Retracts: 11Reallocs: 0Pending Sectors: 8PowerOn Hours: 2732Start/Stops: 36783Temp: Current 27cTemp: Min 1cTemp: Max 55c

Same problem, ipod classic 80gb from 2007 and I have never had problems with it until itunes was updated. I reinstalled an older version of itunes (10.3.1.55) but it still freezes whenever I plug in my ipod. The ipod itself still works when I use it but there's no way I can add music to it now because of the freezing.

Is there anything else I can do or will I need to reformat the whole thing?

I have an ipod classic that is a few years old that keeps appearing as corrupted.

These were the stats I got:

Retracts 4

Reallocs 2848

Pending Sectors 0

Power on hours 123

starts/ stops: 11004

temp: current: 32 degrees c

min: 0 degrees c

max: 53 degrees c

When I did it a second time after trying to restore again the only thing that changed was starts and stops (to 11011)

Should I be replacing it or is it still fixable?

Thanks

Max. temp of 62 suggests you've let it get too hot at some point which may be the root of the problem, or it could be a symptom of the fact that the drive is having to work too hard to retrieve data. I can't answer for Apple, but it isn't likely to make a spontaneous recovery. I guess you could make an appointment with your local Genius Bar and see what they say.

tt2

thanx alot.

does it make sense that the reallocs keep going up but at the same time the pending sectors are going down? because these are my numbers after a bunch of attempts.

First attempt Second Third Fourth

retracts 13

reallocs 13216 13392 14208 14544

pending sectors 3160 2984 2168 1832

power on hours 203 204 214

start stops 25552 25561 25569 25590

temp current 35c 33c

temp min 3c

temp max 62c

P.S. Does it make sense that i cant even copy files onto the ipod in disk mode?

If you're struggling to add data via Windows Explorer after a restore then I think the drive is shot... Restoring should release the pending sectors for reallocation. Either they're not all being released or new ones are being detected almost as quickly as you can clear the backlog.

tt2

i just reformatted my ipod with windows and these were my new results.

retracts: 13

reallocs: 16376

pending sectors: 0

i dont have my own computer. therefore i borrowed my friends computer and i backed up all my music onto it. but i cant leave it there forever. is there any way possible to use my ipod as a regular harddrive just to store the files on, until i can get a new ipod?

Thanx

massroadtrip wrote:

i dont have my own computer. therefore i borrowed my friends computer and i backed up all my music onto it. but i cant leave it there forever. is there any way possible to use my ipod as a regular harddrive just to store the files on, until i can get a new ipod?

Thanx

The fact that so many defects have been found and swapped out suggests the drive is no longer reliable. Anything you store on it may not be able to be read when you try. If you're having trouble loading data then that just adds to the picture.

tt2

massroadtrip wrote:

i just checked the stats again, and this time nothing changed, even after a hung sync. is that a good sign

Well the hung sync is a bad one... Sectors only get marked as pending when the device tries and fails to read them. They're not checked after writing.

tt2

Mine has decided to stop working in the last couple days too. It plays music, but whenver I tried adding new music to it, songs would transfer sooo slowly. Made sure everything was updated, still slow. Reset the ipod to factory settings, and it was doing well for a while, but by the time I reached the J artists in iTunes, it slowed down again and eventually froze. Now plugging it in says its a corrupted iPod. I look at the stats and found 130 Reallocs, 37 Pending Sectors. I think the worst part is that the max temp said 250C, which is significantly higher than anyone else's I've seen in this thread.

Tried plugging it in to run disk repair/utility but its not showing up in My Computer.

Any ideas?

Retracts: 501

Reallocs: 0

Pending Sectors: 8

PowerOn Hours: 1724

Start/Stops: 493

Temp: Current 27C

Temp: Min 12C

Temp: Max 46C

What does this say about the ipod because it hasn't been allowing me to restore andjf don't show up in the internet exploerer

orangeshoeskid wrote:

Mine has decided to stop working in the last couple days too. It plays music, but whenver I tried adding new music to it, songs would transfer sooo slowly. Made sure everything was updated, still slow. Reset the ipod to factory settings, and it was doing well for a while, but by the time I reached the J artists in iTunes, it slowed down again and eventually froze. Now plugging it in says its a corrupted iPod. I look at the stats and found 130 Reallocs, 37 Pending Sectors. I think the worst part is that the max temp said 250C, which is significantly higher than anyone else's I've seen in this thread.

Tried plugging it in to run disk repair/utility but its not showing up in My Computer.

Any ideas?

The 250C temp. is probably a corrupt value recorded as the result of some kind of crash. I think parts of the iPod would have melted had it really got that hot.

The counts of pending and reallocated don't seem that serious. Might be worth trying the DFU restore method from the previous page of this thread.

tt2

mlinque wrote:

Retracts: 501

Reallocs: 0

Pending Sectors: 8

PowerOn Hours: 1724

Start/Stops: 493

Temp: Current 27C

Temp: Min 12C

Temp: Max 46C

What does this say about the ipod because it hasn't been allowing me to restore andjf don't show up in the internet exploerer

Again I'd try the DFU restore method. It ought to sort things out.

tt2

I wanted to try that, but whenever I connect the iPod to my macbook, iTunes will recognize it (and promptly tell me the device is corrupted), but it won't be recognized as a device anywhere else, which makes me unable to do the disk utility restore, right?

DFU Restore

If the device still won't restore normally try this method. Connect the device to the USB cable, press MENU+SELECT like a standard reset but keep holding for 12 seconds. The device should reboot as normal and then the screen should go blank. Now open iTunes and try to restore again.

I haven't mentioned it there, but go into iTunes preferences and tick the option Prevent iPods, iPhone and iPads from syncing automatically. Close iTunes. Connect the USB cable and immediately press MENU+SELECT for exactly 12 seconds. Get the timing wrong and it starts up as normal or reboots again. iTunes should be able to restore the device if you can get the device in DFU mode.

tt2