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Did I Brick my iPod Classic?

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saratoga:
I would just restore it, but if you really want, you could try and repair the file system and see what happens.

jackelliott:
Hi saratoga,

Yeah, probably the simplest thing for me to do is to restore it.

So . . . would my procedure be something like Google "restore iPod" and follow the instructions, which I gather would clean up the disk and make the iPod into a working device under iTunes; then re-install Rockbox?

If that summary is accurate then I'll charge ahead.

jackelliott:
SOLVED (I think)

Linux's disk checking tools, or the ones I found, were not helpful.

Connected the iPod in Disk Mode to a Windows PC, ran chkdsk /f and chkdsk found


--- Code: ---Nonvalid long folder entry in \.rockbox\wps ...
The \.rockbox\wps\iCatcher entry contains a nonvalid link.
--- End code ---

I chose to not let chkdsk convert the lost chains to files, unmounted the device, rebooted it, and Hey Presto! Rockback is back.

The broken link in the WPS folder makes perfect sense as it was during installing themes to play with that I forgot to unmount the device before disconnecting it.

Thanks all, for the help.

[Saint]:
In future, force DFU mode, and use iTunes to restore.

iTunes will automatically detect the iPod in DFU mode and offer to restore it. This is the canonical "I dun goofed" restore method assuming the hardware is intact. Freemyipod also offers documentation on manual restore on *nix based hosts.


[Saint]


Edit:

"Classic" is ambiguous I guess, it isn't clear if you actually mean an iPod Classic 6G or a "Classic" iPod, such as the 4G/Color/Photo, 5/5.5G/Video and friends.

Assuming you mean the Classic 6G then either force DFU mode and restore with iTunes or see Freemyipod's documentation on manual restore.

Assuming you mean any one of the other suppoerted iPod models, force Apple Disk Mode and restore with iTunes, or see our documentation on iPod manual restore.

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