I know that most of you would hate me for saying how much of a hassle an iPod is, and some others are sitting there with their "other" no-name branded music players hating me just as much for using the "infidel iPod."
Quite simply, iPods can be a bit of a hassle. With the product of popularity comes a product of pain. This is only the second time my player has died on me, but I am wearing thin. Its bad enough I can't listen to my music, but considerable amount of money goes into the purchase/repair/repair cycle.
Maybe I can disclose a couple things I've learned about them through the cycle:
- Don't drop your iPod. It's expensive, so be nice to them. While this might seem a little common sense, I didn't get this one the first time around
- Don't pay Apple to fix it (you can get a new one for cheaper). I fixed mine (for a while) by following these directions. It's pretty simple and only costs around $50 for a new hard drive.
- No matter how much you reformat the drive, try to reformat the drive, do chkdsk on the drive, restore the drive, etc., etc. -- it won't help. Once you've got that little "whizzzz--/CLICK..whizzzz--/CLICK..whizzzz--/CLICK" noise going, there's no going back to happy tunes.
But after I did all that I've been very careful to handle my iPod with gentle love and care, but its back to not working again, and it's pissing me off!
So FYI: DIY iPods can be a hassle!
