Death of an ipod...

Youstolemyname · 11 Feb 2007 at 20:36

My ipod of three years finally gave up the ghost today but I am convinced I can bring it back to life. Its a 3rd gen one with dock and scroll, not click, wheel.

It was playing then all of a sudden froze, rebooted itself and all the music had vanished. I brought it home, connected it to the PC and it didn't launch itunes. After a while I got a BSOD.

So, reinstalled itunes and tried again. Same thing....BSOD

This time i put the ipod in disc mode and ran a proprietary app (anapod reinitializer) which identified my ipod and could read that there was 20gb but could not reset or reformat it.

I then tried running the diagnostic mode on the ipod itself and it doesnt complete the hdd scan.

Im hoping someone knows of an app that will reformat my ipod or at least let me know once and for all if it is beyond repair.

Thanks in advance

Steve Watford · 11 Feb 2007 at 21:04

If iTunes was unable restore the iPod then im pritty sure its FUBAR'd. My guess is that the HD has been corrupted.

Meatball · 12 Feb 2007 at 15:11

Any folder icons or sad iPod faces on screen?

Youstolemyname · 12 Feb 2007 at 22:29

No sad face screen. Just comes up with 'HDD fail' when I try and run the HDD diagnostic test in diagnostic mode

Meatball · 12 Feb 2007 at 23:17

have you tried it in another PC? maybe try wiping the iPods hard drive with 3rd party software?