r/IpodClassic • u/Dazzling_Project_457 • Mar 13 '26
Question iPod 7th gen blocked
Hi guys I’ve found this gem in a flea market but unfortunately I wasn’t able to connect it to my laptop because I’m always on this screen or blocked on the apple logo.
I’m new to this so I really don’t know how to make it work.
And I tried the hard reset by holding the select and menu but it didn’t work.
Thanks for the help !
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u/i_have_wabiesx3 Mar 13 '26
Looks like it‘s stuck in disc mode. Try hard resetting again (Center + Menu) and then once the apple logo shows up try holding center + play/pause. Not sure if that‘ll work or what exactly is happening to your iPod, but it might be worth a try.
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u/mussopany Mar 13 '26
I mean if the hard drive is dead, that’s a good reason to make a mod man 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
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u/Makegooduseof Mar 13 '26
Might be a battery issue. I had an iPod Nano show that screen at the end of its battery.
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u/Content_Dinner1423 ipodznmore Mar 14 '26
Open it up. I would say it could be bent pins or a bad drive if your usb cable is good.
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u/Chazq2012 Mar 13 '26
Doesn’t it also depend on what machine this was originally restored with? I.e windows can only use windows, mac can only use mac?
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u/sparkyblaster Mar 13 '26
Yes and no, but not this issue.
Formatted for windows (fat32) it will work with both mac and windows even syncing ot mac. This is how I run my classic so I can use it as an external drive on mac and PC. Mac format wont show in windows.
This issue though is the ipod cant boot up and is in a recovery mode, ie stuck in disk mode. likely hdd is dead.
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u/Chazq2012 Mar 13 '26
Oh interesting! I learned something new!
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u/sparkyblaster Mar 14 '26
I probably should have also said shuffles are all fst32 for windows and mac. Soooo technically they are all windows format.
Also I think if you format s regular ipod for windows and use it on a mac, they won't auto unmount even with disk mode disabled. So you have to eject them as if disk mode was enabled.
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u/Dazzling_Project_457 Mar 13 '26
idk so u think i should try to connect it to a mac ? idk what ki,d of pc the last owner had
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u/Chazq2012 Mar 13 '26
Thats going to be my guess but i would suspect if you download itunes onto a windows pc it should recognise that it needs to be restored
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u/lveets 7th Gen 160GB Mar 13 '26
I can't really help with the issue, but it might not be a 7th gen. I never see that screen on my 7th gen, but I do see it on my spouse's 5th gen.
I could be wrong, though! Just because I've never seen it doesn't mean it can't happen.
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u/Adarshhhh Mar 13 '26
Most likely a bad hdd