I've been trying to restore an old iPod classic unsuccessfully. I've followed all the steps I've seen online and am now in disk mode. However, the iPod just keeps blinking Do no disconnect and isn't recognized by iTunes (System Info does see it in my USB port). I am using all original Apple products, no third-party anything.
Any ideas how to clear the 1430 error?
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), macOS High Sierra (10.13.4)
This is in response to
turingtest2 "Corrupt iPod Classic"
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10101
We had a similar problem with an iPod Classic stuck in recovery Ø and unable to be restored in mac iTunes. We tried this with two macs, and then a PC. We got the "error" message in Diagnostics Mode test of the HDD instead of the diagnostics report. There was a tip here to put the iPod into Disk Mode, after resetting (Menu/Select) and then by pressing Menu and Play/Pause whilst connected to the PC (Win 10) with latest iTunes. We were still in recovery Ø but that was OK, it said. Then we tried again to restore in PC iTunes. Suddenly it began to work, and after a bit the iPod WAS back in operation, now showing the out-of-the-box screen for setup (we actually thought the HD was finished!).
We then connected it to the original Mac and initiated a sync. It's 75Gb to download of music, but it seems that it's still working. The note about not syncing a large amount was noted, but not followed. We shall see.
While it's not sure what we did, but after putting it in Disk mode, it seemed that some software block or corruption was overrided so we could do the restore. Maybe?
Thanks for any enlightenment to us about this. Also, if this worked for someone else, then happy days.
The do not disconnect warning is standard when in disk mode. You need to safely eject the hardware (Windows) or drag to the trash to eject (Mac) rather than just pulling the plug. When a drive is being written to a so called "dirty flag" is set, which is cleared after the write is complete. If the write cycle is interrupted, e.g. by premature disconnection of the drive, then the OS will know it needs checking. OS X may do this silently in the background, blocking manual attempts to check the drive or reformat it. Hard to tell exactly what happened, but a low level format and/or restore with the other OS can often work to free up anything that is preventing iTunes from restoring the device.
What are the current HDD stats?
tt2
Note, when the iPod was connected to the Win-10 machine, after resetting and putting the ipod into Disk mode, we went into my computer and saw the disk of the iPod in the list and tried to format. But at the same time, iTunes was still working at it, OR after another try to restore it, it worked.
We don't know why it worked, although we THINK it's because we were able to put it into disk mode. OK?
Trying to restore an old iPod classic
