Corrupt iPod classic

Hi,

I have an iPod classic 5th gen and am having the exact same problems. So I have read through this thread and tried everything as suggested but nothing has worked. All of my music is backed up, so I restored my iPod (so it now has no music on it), and I took the readings below. I also tried the same in disk mode.

Retracts: 4

Reallocs: 0

Pending Sectors: 0

PowerOn Hours: 64

Start/Stops: 12957

Temp: Current 27c

Temp: Min 57c

Temp: Max 251c

On other posts it says that if there are no reallocs or pending sectors then there could be hope...is this right? Do I stand any chance at getting my iPod working or do I need to replace the hard drive as others have suggested?

Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks.

Thanks for the reply.

My iPod won't show in iTunes. It just tells me that the iPod is corrupt and I can restore or disconnect and reconnect. So iTunes doesn't recognise the iPod and I can't sync anything to it. I am on a Macbook so have checked Disk Utilities and tried to repair the iPod in First Aid but it doesn't allow me to do anything, only eject the iPod (which doesn't work).

Any ideas?

H.

I have loaded up a windows laptop and received the message the the device driver software could not be installed and to consult with the device manufacturer in getting the device installed.

Sorry, I am not that familiar with windows so you'll have to bear with me.

H

I put it into disk mode and reconnected the iPod. It told me I had restore it as it had previously been synced with a Mac so I restored the iPod to allow it to sync with windows. Now, it is syncing the iPod with my iTunes account on the Microsoft machine.

So am I right in thinking that now it should be ok when I plug it back into my Mac? Fingers crossed!!! I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks.

H.

Hello I just purchased a used 160gb 6gen and cant restore the Ipod the test results are

Retracts: 23

Reallocs: 302

Pending Sectors: 9

PowerOn Hours: 54

Start/Stops: 198

Temp: Current 29c

Temp: Min 14c

Temp: Max 53c

I've tried everything I came across with no prevail the only thing that changed was when I tried a DFU restore my Itunes unfroze and my ipod when disconnected from usb says connect to itunes to restore but itunes keeps freezing and my computer doesn't recognize the device it never shows up in my pc and at one time I saw Itunes says that a Ipod is in recovery mode but when I reconnect my Ipod it freezes Itunes again thanks for any help =D

Hm dont think I have any friends that have a Mac I tried with a different cable with no prevail all that happens is Itunes freezes the Ipod is plugged in and sometimes when I use the DFU restore Itunes says that theres a Ipod that is in restore mode to reconnect and when I do Itunes freezes and the Ipod just keeps saying don't disconnect but nothing happens I tried just about every step that was suggested at the beginning of the forum but I cant do this step.

Reformat Drive

If all else fails try Erase your iPod - The Super Fix for most iPod Problems. Basically a low level format of the iPod’s hard drive to get around whatever problems are stopping iTunes from restoring it properly.
I tried to do this step on three different computers two of which I saw the device under devices but it wasn't near the C: drive it was i think the F: drive a few times I was able to get to format the device but it wouldn't be able to format kept saying unable to format the device. Thanks so much for your help =)

I've tried everything as suggested, but I still cannot get it to reboot and/or re-load itunes program. It's stuck in Disk Mode too. I even tried reformatting it on my windows 10 pc using disk format but when I go into to windows explorer and click on the drive, the pc locks up.

I've tried everything as suggested, but I still cannot get it to reboot and/or re-load itunes program. It's stuck in Disk Mode too. I even tried reformatting it on my windows 10 pc using disk format but when I go into to windows explorer and click on the drive, the pc locks upl

Those numbers don't look too bad, but you probably need to reformat the drive in order to release the pending sectors. You could try manually deleting all files and folders (including hidden ones) via Windows/File Explorer, you could try a quick format, (but it seems you've tried that and failed) or you could try getting a Mac owning friend to restore it for you, and then restore it again on your computer. Windows and OS X put different file systems on the device and this approach often succeeds when others don't.

tt2

Evening.

retracts: 636

reallocs: 603

pending sectors: 6

power on hours: 759

Temp: current 28c

Temp: min 10c

Temp: max 55c

Any ideas?

160 GB classic i pod

LBAs 0x12919ebO fw NB100-05

Question about physical geometry hd? testdisk_win rong Parameter...

Cylinders 4200 ?

Heads 254?

Sectors 32?

Sector-Size 512?

Bye vibe

hi,

some mistake massiv atm ^^ hddRegenerator Software only bad sectors see in 39gb.

crc...,raw..Cluster...

Normal Format for ipod hds+ FAT? Fat32?

I look atm here ..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_of_the_FAT_file_system#CLUST_1

i will try to understand the Problem to be fix atmconfused...

maby all pat. delrte?

is correct, the sector 0 may nev er begin pat?

Hi, I went into the diagnostics mode and when I ran the SmartDATA test I got 'device opened' and then 'error'. My iPod does not go into DFU mode when I try that. Windows seems to think its an unformated drive, but fails when I try to format it (I also tried downloading a fat32 formatting program you mentioned in a different thread which also failed). Doesn't show up in iTunes, but it does show up in Windows device manager.

It isn't just that it doesn't show up on the computer or show that it has music, every time it restarts it goes back to the language selection and the clicker sound turns back on.

I don't care about losing all my stuff on it, I just want to save this thing. I've been scouring different threads and posts but gotten nothing. Its five years old, I guess its had a good run. Does it sound like its dead?

I suspect the drive has failed. There is an outside chance that there is a misplaced connector in the device. You could try this: http://joshhighland.com/2006/03/29/fix-your-ipod-by-spanking-it/ or you could look into options for replacing the drive.

tt2

Max temp. isn't supposed to get above 50 but otherwise the stats look OK.

Have you tried different cables?

Does the device appear in iTunes?

Are there any error message?

What anti virus do you have, and have you tried temporarily disabling it?

tt2

tried different cable

it shows on the screen

avg free and never been a issue before

ran diagnostic this is the result

Microsoft Windows 10.0 x64 Home Premium Edition (Build 9200)

LENOVO 20351

iTunes 12.3.3.17

QuickTime not available

FairPlay 2.10.5

Apple Application Support 4.3

iPod Updater Library 12.0

CD Driver 2.2.3.0

CD Driver DLL 2.1.3.1

Apple Mobile Device 9.3.0.15

Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.67.0.0

Bonjour 3.1.0.1 (333.10)

Gracenote SDK 3.06.1.3084

Gracenote MusicID 3.06.1.3084

Gracenote Submit 3.06.1.3084

Gracenote DSP 3.06.1.3084

iTunes Serial Number 000000D4F5D521BC

Current user is an administrator.

The current local date and time is 2016-03-26 18:52:37.

iTunes is not running in safe mode.

WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.

HDCP is supported.

Core Media is supported.

**** External Plug-ins Information ****

No external plug-ins installed.

**** Device Connectivity Tests ****

iPodService 12.3.3.17 (x64) is currently running.

iTunesHelper 12.3.3.17 is currently running.

Apple Mobile Device Service service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.

No Universal Serial Bus Controller found.

No FireWire (IEEE 1394) Host Controller found.

Connected Device Information:

TIMST200'S (F:\), iPod classic running firmware version 2.0.4

Serial Number: 8K2234Y19ZU

Bus Speed: 61440

Most Recent Devices Not Currently Connected:

iPhone 5s (CDMA) running firmware version 9.1

Serial Number: DNPMPAASFFG8

**** Device Sync Tests ****

No iPod, iPhone or iPad found.