60gb iPod won't keep songs on it.
I have a 60gb Ipod 5th gen Video. I replaced the hdd about 2 years ago from a 30gb to the new 60gb. But one day I connected to Itunes and it froze and I had to disconnect and then it showed no artists, albums, songs, playlists, etc... But in settings it showed it was still full! So after researching I reformated and add albums back and got half way then next day I started adding bigger chunks and it froze again and did it again! No artists, albums, songs etc etc!!! Is my hdd fried?!
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thejulianath20, did you get it fixed?
by oldturkey03
No it did not work... Boooo crappy little expensive stupid hard drives that only last no more than 2 years! I tried everything. I even put it into disk mode and reformated, then scan disk twice. Still after adding half full and then waiting a day and trying to add more albums it froze again and wiped the hdd! The ipod under settings>about> said it was 3/4 full but there were NO songs at all! I bet that hdd was used and not new! Stupid liars on Ebay! Why are these tiny small gb size hdds so ^*** much money?! I can buy 2TeraBytes for the same price!
by thejulianath20
Yes, it is size that matters. There is an awful lot in those little drives that make them relatively expensive. a drive for your iPod is around $60 on ebay and if you get 2 yrs out of it you are looking at $2.50 a month to have a pretty good MP3 player. I do not think that there is anything as inexpensive with that capacity out there that is as good. Give it a try and get it back on the road...:-)
by oldturkey03
What exactly do you mean, "There is an awful lot in those little drives"? Those drives are just hard drives, a normal little laptop platter disc hard drive, not even solid state!
by thejulianath20
Yes but compared to the full size drives its micro mechanics. These drives were strictly meant to function in consumer electronics only and do take a bit more abuse than any other HDD that I have in my possession. You are of course right, not being solid state etc. As those drives will come down in price one will see a further increase in replacement drives for the older generation iPod.
by oldturkey03
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