 Is there a way to reformat your iPod's hard drive? |
| Is there a way to reformat your iPod's hard drive? |
 Feb 17 2008, 10:39 PM
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 DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55  |
the hard drive on my iPod is apaprently hosed.
Probably from using it whilst driving down rough roads. I'm pretty sure the disk is physically damaged. Is there a way, a utility from Apple or somone, that you can basically 'reformat' the drive so the firmware knows what sectors and tracks on the drive are bad and hence knows to not write to them, or is this concept totally lost on Apple because it makes sense and god forbid they release a produce that makes sense.... heh 
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Feb 18 2008, 12:03 PM
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DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
If the firmware supports it, as has been the case with IDE and SCSI drives for the last century, you can map bad sectors and tracks and basically bad sections of the disk and then the operating system will know not to try to access those portions of the disk.
Apparenty this concept everyone has known about for the last century was lost on Apple because they are too busy inventing crappy technology that makes ding dongs go "OooOOoOOooohhh YAY!" or whatever it is that they do I'm willing to bet the Zune has this capability built into it so if something like this were to happen to the disk and it was to be physically damaged the the OS would know to try to avoid writing to that portion of the disk
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Feb 18 2008, 12:41 PM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Feb 18 2008, 12:03 PM)  If the firmware supports it, as has been the case with IDE and SCSI drives for the last century, you can map bad sectors and tracks and basically bad sections of the disk and then the operating system will know not to try to access those portions of the disk. Apparenty this concept everyone has known about for the last century was lost on Apple because they are too busy inventing crappy technology that makes ding dongs go "OooOOoOOooohhh YAY!" or whatever it is that they do I'm willing to bet the Zune has this capability built into it so if something like this were to happen to the disk and it was to be physically damaged the the OS would know to try to avoid writing to that portion of the disk I stand corrected: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?sto...060309131841101 Try that out. The diagnostic mode works on mine, but I have a nano, so the tests would be different. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Dogmeat Is there a way to reformat your iPod's hard drive? Feb 17 2008, 10:39 PM
pebkac QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Feb 17 2008, 10:39 PM) t... Feb 17 2008, 11:22 PM Dogmeat I'm pretty sure it's bad.
Guess I'm ... Feb 18 2008, 08:39 AM
pebkac QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Feb 18 2008, 08:39 AM) I... Feb 18 2008, 08:53 AM Dogmeat but on a side note, the instructions on that site ... Feb 18 2008, 12:11 PM Oasis Yeah, you can
Plug it in to the USB cord then go ... Feb 18 2008, 12:14 PM |
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