I have a 7th gen Classic that won't boot past the Apple logo. I tried restoring it with iTunes following the steps to force it into Disk Mode but when I click restore in iTunes, it gets to the message that the iPod will now reset, and it gets stuck again at the Apple logo. Help please?
iPod classic, Windows 10
Retracts: 168
Reallocs: 136
Pending Sectors: 8
PowerOn Hours: 953
Start/Stops: 127855
Temp: Current 31c
Temp: Min 69c
Temp: Max 236c
The max. temp. is presumably a rogue result of an earlier crash of the device. Reallocation count isn't too high. Try the DFU or reformat methods and check to see the pendings have been cleared before you try to reload your media.
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Tried the DFU and that did not work.
Tried to reformat and Windows tells me it cannot format my device.
Try a quick format. Alternatively make sure you can see hidden and system files, then try deleting everything you can see on the device via Windows Explorer and empty the recycle bin.
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So I had it plugged in for a better part of the evening, and after messing around with everything, it eventually booted up and I was able to restore it and it is syncing now.
Do you think it's possible that my battery is shot and it didn't have enough power to boot the hard drive? The battery did seem like it was showing signs of slowing down over the past year or so, but I never addressed it because I always use it plugged in USB in my car.
Whether or not the battery is shot is a separate issue. Those 8 pending sectors would have been areas of the hard drive that wouldn't read reliably when called on. When they form part of a music track the iPod can just give up and skip to the next one, but if they hold part of the device's database or a folder then it can cause the iPod to freeze or reboot.
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iPod Classic 7th gen won't boot
