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===Diagnostics=== | |||
====Key combinations==== | |||
See the graphic at http://www.command-tab.com/2006/03/30/hidden-ipod-commands/ for key combinations. | |||
=====iPod 5th gen===== | |||
;MENU+SELECT:restart | |||
;SELECT+REVERSE:diagnostic mode | |||
===Disk repairs=== | ===Disk repairs=== | ||
====Skipping bad blocks==== | ====Skipping bad blocks==== | ||
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See http://www.macgeekery.com/node/6 for nice examples of partitioning that helped people with both new and old disks. | See http://www.macgeekery.com/node/6 for nice examples of partitioning that helped people with both new and old disks. | ||
[[Category:Computers]] | [[Category:Computers]] | ||
Revision as of 18:11, 26 August 2010
Diagnostics
Key combinations
See the graphic at http://www.command-tab.com/2006/03/30/hidden-ipod-commands/ for key combinations.
iPod 5th gen
- MENU+SELECT
- restart
- SELECT+REVERSE
- diagnostic mode
Disk repairs
Skipping bad blocks
See http://www.openobject.org/isop/?p=47 for how to re-partition an iPod's hard drive so that bad blocks are part of the partition-map partition instead of the firmware or data partitions.
See http://www.macgeekery.com/node/6 for nice examples of partitioning that helped people with both new and old disks.
