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.

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.

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

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.

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

Shadowed skin from DVDs shows very red on my TV. I'm pretty sure it's only the DVD player. Is there any point differentially diagnosing? Could it be cables or something fixable?

eta: never mind--I hadn't remembered the unit had its own brightness/contrast/hue/saturation settings.

If you are trying to talk on IM talk and you can hear them or at least get white noise but they can't hear you at all, what is going on?

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

NTFS, I think.

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

I have Ghost.

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

I have Ghost.

With Ghost, you can get Systemworks 2006 for $50, or Systemworks Premiere 2006 (With the latest Ghost) for $80. I recommend the CD rather than downloading Systemworks.

Or you could borrow a copy from someone to try it.