R.I.P: Dikshipod
R.I.P: Dikshipod
Feb 2005 - Dec 2005
The accident: A few weeks ago, my iPod was lying on the bed with the charger cable running to the wall. My mother walked past, didn't notice the cable going across; ended up tripping and thereby smashing the iPod onto the floor.
I started noticing the 'disease' when umang wanted some music from my iPod. I mounted it, it kept making some weird noises. The noises appeared only when the dock connector was being used (ie.,. either while charging OR when connected to the computer). I read on the apple support forum that some folks have had disk issues and they started noticing noises too. Some have had similar symptoms even with faulty batteries.
Rescue attempts: Desperate, I tried copying all my music back. I couldn't. It just took forever. The noise seems to be that of a continuing loop of the disk powering down, spinning up for 3 seconds, shutting down. I think I have to give up before I close out all options of recovering. The bad news is all my music is only on the iPod. Not on my computer :( Everytime I encode a CD, I end up deleting the MP3s after transfering to my iPod.
I will miss my music collection. I was so proud about how neatly organized my music was. :( all that is dust now. The last attempt is to take it to Ample at Forum. I have no hopes. I don't have the purchase bill. I just have the warranty card. Maybe they wouldn't even replace it. or maybe they would want me to pay up a hefty sum to get a refurbished iPod. I don't want yet another disk based player if it means shelling out money.
My next music player will be a flash-based player. Shuffle sucks (too small a capacity for my needs). Nano sucks (the scratches). I wouldn't even purchase a music player until a nice 20GB flash based player arrives. I promise.
Evil Disk.
now, does anyone know how I can recover my music? experiences, suggestions most welcome!