[X4U] Dead iPod

[Michael Elliott]

Richard,

Sounds bad.  I had a 4G HP iPod that I had replaced no less than FIVE  
times under their excellent warranty. No wonder they shelved that  
contract with Apple.

I would get an (apparently) new unit each time, and within a few  
weeks, the same thing would happen:  freeze of the UI on the iPod,  
requiring me to hard-reset it, then the "sad iPod" icon and the  
endless clicking.

I DID find that there is a sequence of buttons to press to put it  
into sort of a command-line mode where you can select almost like an  
FSCK scan of the hard drive.  I can't remember what the sequence was,  
plus you don't mention what model of iPod it is.

Michael