http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: How To Fix Your iPod en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:50:26 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/how-to-fix-your-ipod#post-4838 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:53:09 +0000 michael 4838@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I'm putting this here because it is useful.</p> <p>This morning, I dropped my iPod. I picked it up and reset it using the given method. And it showed me the Apple Logo Screen. It then showed me a picture of an iPod with a sad face. This meant that the hard drive was gone. Destroyed, and the only way to bring my iPod back to life would be to either get a new iPod, or get a new hard drive, and either replace it yourself, or get an Apple Support Person to do it for you. I did neither. I did the following:</p> <p>1. Wack the bottom off a paper pad. This places the connector for the hard drive back into place, if it has come loose.</p> <p>2. Place the iPod into Disk Mode, and then use iTunes to restore the software.</p> <p>The iPod should work. For some odd reason if it doesn't work, then don't give up. But I had a dead iPod, and now I have a good one. The GUI does go a tad slow, but I can't help that. :P Enjoy.</p> <p>--<br /> Mike </p>