Corrupt iPod classic

Alright thx, maybe if I connect it to a Mac then it may show up, although I'll have to try find one first...Got no clue what else to do..thx Apple for not building in a hard factory format on the device itself..

The fact that it relies so heavily on iTunes which more often than not freezes when issues like this arise is the most stupid thing I have ever seen !

9 pending sectors doesn't seem too bad, but if they are where critical data about the drive is stored, such as the root directory, that might explain why iTunes hangs when it tries to access the drive and even possibly why Windows Explorer is having trouble.

tt2

Im having trouble with my iPod Classic 160gb 7th gen.

I did a report and i got these results:

Retracts: 7

Reallocs: 3904 first time round, 3970 second time round

P Sectors: 0

Power on hours:124

Start/Stops: 15980

Temp Current: 30c

Temp Min: 57c

Temp Max: 255c

Ive tried all the methods pretty much, help please.

If i took it into an apple store for repair or sent it in, how much would it cost? its frustrating to ****.

Don't know what to do

None pending is good, but the high reallocation count and climbing, plus the high temperature (which is unlikely to be accurate, but hints that it probably did get too hot >50 at some point) look bad. Apple no longer make the iPod classic. I don't know if they are interested in repairing out of warranty devices but they certainly won't be the cheapest. There are companies than can either supply and fit replacement drives, or supply the drive for you to swap it yourself.

You might try persisting with putting the media back using the break up large transfers method and see it if settles down.

tt2

A big thank you, turingtest2, for your earlier post with instructions for disc-checking, restoring, DFU restore of ipod classic and the link to the advice on reformatting the ipod hard drive. Your post put me on the track to solving my ipod classic problem. I hope my own experience, which ended in success, may be of some help to others. I have an ipod classic 5th generation 30gb which I'd been syncing to my iTunes library on a Windows 7 64bit HP Probook for two years with no problems. A couple of days ago I docked my ipod on my Bose Sounddock and was fast forwarding through tracks when the hard drive started making a high pitched whistle. I removed the ipod from the dock and tried to turn it off but could not. I let the battery run down and the hard drive stopped (of course). I connected to my laptop, opened iTunes; my ipod and all songs on it showed in the iTunes window but when I tried to sync I got a "device not found" message. I thought my ipod might be dying but the disc checks described by turingtest2 showed it to be healthy. I tried restore (menu + select for 6 seconds) and DFU restore (connect to computer without iTunes running, menu+select for 12 seconds, open iTunes) but neither worked. I did a bit more research and identified that the problem could be with the drive letter assignments by Windows (my ipod and all the folders on its drive were showing in windows explorer and in iTunes but iTunes sync could not connect; previously I'd had a problem with Windows randomly changing the drive letter for my Seagate expansion drive that I use for back up). I plugged in my Seagate and changed the drive letter and changed the drive letter for the DVD drive and restarted the computer. I plugged in my ipad - iTunes not running - and changed the drive letter and reformatted it and restarted the computer. I plugged in my ipod and started iTunes. iTunes recognised my ipod but I had to restore it with the iTunes restore button. Now, as I write this, my ipod is happily syncing (and my laptop is backing up to my Seagate).

Hi,

Not sure whether you can help but my I pod is coming up that it is corrupt. I have tried all of the things suggested above and still nothing. I think my hardrive may be on its way out but the stats are as below :

Retracts 12

Reallocs 2736

Pending Sectors 0

Power on hours 17

Start/Stops 2144

Temp Current 25c

Temp min 12c

Temp max 55c

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! 😟

Hi.

You have a fair number of failed clusters, but within the range that is catered for. None pending is good, max. temp has got a little warm as the device should never exceed 50c. Try the DFU Restore followed by the Break Up Large Transfers method to put your music on it.

tt2

I have loaded up a 480GB mSATA with 145GB, over 30K songs, and then found that the IPod was unusable, stuck on the logo, unable to re-boot, etc. I sent it back to the seller to re-set and format for me, but I am concerned about repeating the problem when I get it back. I will use your suggestion to break up large transfers. My question is will I be able to later synchronize my actual playlists after that, and should I put them in a certain amount at a time (after all the media is loaded)?

I found that once all of the media had been added, introducing the additional playlists I wanted on it could be done in one step. That said I was using a regulation 160Gb iPOd classic, but I can't think of a good reason for it to be any different.

tt2

I apologize for replying to this long forgotten post but I just want to know if you can determine if my Ipod classic (80g) is worth trying to fix. I've tried so many different methods to repair this problem of being unable to sync music to ipod with error codes -50,-69 (and a couple others), itunes cannot finish syncing 5k songs into ipod (itunes freezes so I am forced to manually disconnect ipod). Ive tried to break apart my sync, re-installed itunes, restoring ipod, and countless other methods. Could you just let me know if the specs of my diagnostic test of the hard drive is worth to keep trying to solve the issue or should i just scrap it. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Retracts:116

Reallocs: 328

Pending sectors:33

PowerOn Hours:1089

Start/stops: 895

Temp: Current 29c

Temp: min 18c

Temp: Max 42c

Those numbers are low enough to suggest the iPod probably has some life left in it. Try the DFU restore or reformat methods. Other things to try are the break up large transfers method on a smaller transfer size, excluding any anti-virus from the library and the iPod's drive, or disabling it altogether, and a different cable.

tt2

Will do, I will try to the the DFU asap along with cable and anti-virus disabled, however, I was unable to transfer in small sizes I have roughly 4.8k songs so I synced in playlists of 4 (~1200 tracks each) I am able to sync half successfully but am not able to add the other half for some reason (doesn't matter what order I add the playlist in). Thank you I appreciate your help!

After the DFU or reformat check the stats again before you start loading data. The numbers should change from:

Reallocs: 328

Pending sectors: 33

to:

Reallocs: 361

Pending sectors: 0

If it fails again try repeating the same steps several times to clear up any remaining pendings. Unless there is some really large contiguous block of fatally damaged disk it ought to be possible to map out the bad clusters and write data to the good ones.

tt2

Unfortunately after 4-5 DFU
attempts with both different cable and antivirus uninstalled, the diagnostics of
the still shows, even tried formatting the ipod, though I think it was unnecessary to fix pending sectors.

Reallocs: 328

Pending sectors :33

That's a shame, DFU or reformatting ought to have changed those numbers. 😕

One other approach would be to get a Mac owning friend to try restoring it, which would change the file system, then restore it again on your computer. This has sometimes helped to fix obscure issues with classics.

tt2