- Aug 9, 2005
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Alright, my iPods screwed. i posted like 2 months ago but didn't find too much help but this time i just need a second opinion. I believe my iPod's HD is fragged. the bug comes in two varieties depending on what seems to be the mood of the iPod. when i restart into apple firmware i will either: a) get into a normal apple firmware with all my songs and such. but if i go to music -> playlists -> my playlist and point to a song and hit play, the iPod will freeze for about half a minute to a minute. it will then go to now playing and get stuck, not playing any music, with the timer set to 0:00 and all the buttons locking up, if i press a few buttons eventually it'll move but nothing plays. during this time i can hear, if i put my ear to the iPod, the sound of the HD stopping and starting up again. the other flavour my ipod shows up in is b) i'll load apple firmware and it'll ask me for what language i would like my ipod in as if it was a new baby. all my songs will be deleted (well not really because then i'll go back to flavor a) occasionally) and i won't really be able to do much but restart. If I plug it into my computer and try to run apple firmware updater i just get a cannot mount drive message or something like that. Does this sound like an HD problem and if so is there any non-warranty way to fix it while preferably keeping BOTH my arm and leg... If not i'm jumping for an Archos