I guess my iPod is nearing death. Seriously this time; after I had revived it last time by reformatting it, this trick didn’t work. I still get weird errors hinting at disk problems, and the device is only recognized by the PC on maybe one out of four attempts. It lasted one and a half years so far, which I find way too little for such an expensive device.
Now I will have to think about I will do next. For now, the iPod still works. And I am doing an intensive disk check as I write this. But what next? What will I do if – when – the iPod dies? Buy a new one?
I really don’t know yet.
_Update, the next morning_
The type of the file system is FAT32.
Volume NILS JEPPE' created 10/25/2006 9:33 PM
Volume Serial Number is 4BDD-E7E8
Windows is verifying files and folders...
File and folder verification is complete.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.
58,450,664 KB total disk space.
1,948 KB in 88 hidden files.
2,192 KB in 545 folders.
46,767,916 KB in 10,291 files.
11,678,604 KB are available.
4,096 bytes in each allocation unit.
14,612,666 total allocation units on disk.
2,919,651 allocation units available on disk.
Well, no disk errors. I have no idea what the little guy’s problem is.
in the eu we have a 2yr manufacturer warranty. try to use it while you can.
Of course when I wanted to call Apple about it, the iPod stopped acting up.