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Jon B. - Dec 30, 2005 1:45:43 pm PST #6225 of 10003

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I... uhhh... dropped a hard drive and now the computer thinks it's not even initialized. If I try to initialize it, I'll loose all the data on it, right? Is my only hope to spend a lot of money by bringing it to one of those HD hospital places? Or is there something I should try at home?

(It was the drive I used to store back-ups, so I don't think there was anything extremely valuable on it, but I'd like to grab the most recent back-up image on it if possible)

Jessica - Dec 30, 2005 2:29:44 pm PST #6226 of 10003

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

My iPod has gone completely dead. It was working fine this morning, and now I can't even turn it on. I've tried restarting by holding down Menu and Play/Pause -- no response.

Could the battery have died that quickly? If I go to the Apple Store, will they let me trade up for a new one?

Tom Scola - Dec 30, 2005 2:36:05 pm PST #6227 of 10003

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

If you plug the iPod in and reset it, does it work?

tiggy - Dec 30, 2005 2:36:07 pm PST #6228 of 10003

I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

Jessica, this just happened to me too. my ipod died for three days(!!!!) then i (randomly)decided to try it on the third day and boom, it started to work again. to say i was happy (yet apprehensive) would be an understatement.

this isn't that helpful except to say that it's possible not all is lost.

Spidra Webster - Dec 30, 2005 2:37:49 pm PST #6229 of 10003

I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

I'm rather ignorant being a very new iPod user. But an old troubleshooting article is here:

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Jessica - Dec 30, 2005 2:38:47 pm PST #6230 of 10003

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

If you plug the iPod in and reset it, does it work?

Nope -- I was hoping the battery was just drained, but plugging it in hasn't done anything. Resetting while plugged in, still no response.

Tiggy, that's hopeful. I don't have time to deal with it until Tuesday anyway.

Jon B. - Dec 30, 2005 2:49:08 pm PST #6231 of 10003

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

My iPod has gone completely dead. It was working fine this morning, and now I can't even turn it on. I've tried restarting by holding down Menu and Play/Pause -- no response.

Asking the obvious -- is the little switch set to the lock position? I've made that mistake a couple of times.

Jessica - Dec 30, 2005 2:52:21 pm PST #6232 of 10003

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Yeah, that was the first thing I checked (because usually that's the problem!)

DCJensen - Dec 30, 2005 4:20:33 pm PST #6233 of 10003

All is well that ends in pizza.

I... uhhh... dropped a hard drive and now the computer thinks it's not even initialized.

Those HD recovery places are very very expensive.

Have you Norton Utilities? Have you any Norton/Symantec product you can use as an upgrade basis to get Systemworks?

I would suggest trying something like Norton Disk Doctor on the drive, first. There are other drive recovery tools, as well.

DCJensen - Dec 30, 2005 4:26:02 pm PST #6234 of 10003

All is well that ends in pizza.

Jon, What file system do you have on the drive?

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