[GTALUG] speaking of Ipod data recovery.

[Karen Lewellen]

The IPod is an IPod classic. which is the 6th generation.
As for paying the $60, I still have no written confirmation on the details 
price wise or process.
certainly open to other companies if some may exist in town.



On Fri, 23 Sep 2022, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 11:38:31PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote:
>> ..okay perhaps we were not speaking of it yet, but why not start? smiles.
>> Seriously, here is the situation.
>> While I did indeed manage to properly charge this iPod, my visit to
>> Irepair.ca, location around the corner on college, in a building I never
>> plan to entre again..certainly not in heels, shared the following.
>> while the IPod could be fixed, it would cost $175 which is about what I paid
>> for it new.
>> While the IPod data could be recovered, it would cost $60, given the hours
>> and hours and hours of music I have not even heard yet, likely worth it.
>> But, there might be a better way.  I asked said Irepair.ca to send an email
>> detailing the process, never hearing from them again.
>> So, am opening up the question to the  more technically imaginative.
>> is there a reasonable way to transfer IPod data from  an  unhappy IPod?
>
> Do you know which model it is exactly?  After all I suspect some use
> normal disks inside, some SSD, some soldered in place.  That would affect
> what methods you could use to access the data.
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> Len Sorensen
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