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James Sweet
 
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Default Ipod 3G 20GB windows xp operating system

lauricek wrote:
I unplugged my ipod while it was in "Disk Mode" and the screen said "Do
Not Disconnect". Now I can't get my PC to recognize it. I may have
damaged the hard drive. I ran a hard drive test and it failed. It is
hard for me to believe that what I did could have damaged the ipod
beyond repair. Does anybody know what I can do to fix it?



I doubt you damaged the hardware itself, if it is actually bad then it's
probably a coincidence.

What I suspect happened is you unplugged it before the write cache had
cleared and corrupted the partition on the disk. Go to Administrative
Tools in the control panel and then find Disk Management, plug in the
drive and see if it shows up, you should be able to create a new
partition on it.