Hi!

I've fixed many other things but have never been deeply into iPods.
What should I look for first here? Is the disk drive likely to be
defunct?

Yes, the hard disk is likely the problem. Most everything else is pretty
robust and able to stand a drop fairly well, aside from the display.
Assuming the battery is reasonably good, it would be cost effective to
repair it.

Depending upon the model, you should be able to get a new hard disk (they
use either 2.5" laptop disks or smaller CF card sized "Microdrives") fairly
cheaply. Disassembly instructions are easily found with a Google search.

William

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Hi!

I've fixed many other things but have never been deeply into iPods.
What should I look for first here? Is the disk drive likely to be
defunct?

Yes, the hard disk is likely the problem. Most everything else is pretty
robust and able to stand a drop fairly well, aside from the display.
Assuming the battery is reasonably good, it would be cost effective to
repair it.

Depending upon the model, you should be able to get a new hard disk (they
use either 2.5" laptop disks or smaller CF card sized "Microdrives")
fairly
cheaply. Disassembly instructions are easily found with a Google search.

William

How cheaply?

Depending upon the model, you should be able to get a new hard disk (they
use either 2.5" laptop disks or smaller CF card sized "Microdrives")
fairly
cheaply. Disassembly instructions are easily found with a Google search.

More importantly -- Would the replacement disk need to be formatted or
initialized somehow? Or would the iPod take care of that?

As far i know there are a few files on an ipod harddisk, other then that
it's a standard notebook drive.
I would suggest creating a disk image from another ipod and clone it back,
there's freeware on the net or use ghost.

Bart Bervoets

On 8/21/06 11:07 PM, in article ,
"Bart Bervoets" wrote:

As far i know there are a few files on an ipod harddisk, other then that
it's a standard notebook drive.
I would suggest creating a disk image from another ipod and clone it back,
there's freeware on the net or use ghost.

Bart Bervoets



The iPod software is available from the Apple site. It's free.

As I recall, it does the update via iTunes, so it can be done by a Mac or
PC.

Don

Hi!

As far i know there are a few files on an ipod harddisk, other
then that it's a standard notebook drive.

You don't need these files. Applying iPod firmware will remake them for you,
and you can download the latest firmware from Apple's web site.

William

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:54:57 GMT, "William R. Walsh"
m wrote:

Hi!

As far i know there are a few files on an ipod harddisk, other
then that it's a standard notebook drive.

You don't need these files. Applying iPod firmware will remake them for you,
and you can download the latest firmware from Apple's web site.

William


While you're at it, you can replace the drive with a bigger one if you
like. Just make sure the new drive will fit since some ipods don't
have enough room inside for some drives.
Andy Cuffe