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Ipod 5th gen not starting - Solved and instructions for fix 1418

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Syco54645:
I fixed it today.  Rather than do the unintelligent thing and just say nothing, I will explain how to fix it.  You guys may want to stickie this since it was a combination of different methods that I used.

Basically all I did was use my gfs windows xp machine and keep disconnecting and reconnecting the ipod (just pulling the cable since it didnt respond to anything else) until the drive was in my computer and i could double click on it and see nothing (the directory was empty).  right clicking and hitting properties showed the drive was 0 gb in size and 0 was used.  So i right clicked on the drive in my computer, and hit format.  I chose fat32, named it IPOD, and clicked quick format.  It just sat there and did nothing, no progress bar, no nothing.  I walked out of the room to get a drink and came back and it was successfully formatted.  I then used the ipod restore tool (from apple) and then the ipod worked.  Here i sit now ready to reinstall rockbox on my once "bricked" ipod 5th gen.

Thanks for all of the help.  If people need anything clarified i will be around here for the next couple days, or just pm me and i can try to help.

-Syco54645 Defeater of the dreaded 1418 error

Edit
Rockbox is back on it.  HAHAHAHAHAHA

zajacattack:
Glad you fixed it. You probably could've used chkdsk to save it, though, without having to format.

Syco54645:
chkdsk didnt work, i tried it a few different times.

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