Hard drive for ipod 40gb photo still available?

I have been lucky enough to find my first iPod, an iPod Photo from 2005. It has some memories to go with it hence I am hoping to revive it. It won't turn on. When I perform a reset (whilst connected to approved charger) I see the apple logo as expected but then only an icon showing a file and '!' with the support url under it. I assume that the hard drive is no longer functioning. Is it possible to purchase a replacement HDD?

iPod classic, iPod (colour) Photo 40 GB

Posted on Aug 13, 2018 3:49 AM

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