chadbang
Headphoneus Supremus
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I may have been the first idiot to try this (as I can't find a story on the web of anyone else who has tried it - even at the ipod lounge), but last night I ran Norton's Utilities on my iPod. The iPod had been crashing everytime I tried to copy songs to it from my Powerbook. It was driving me crazy. A half dozen forced restarts. Then, during on non-forced restart, Norton's started doing it shutdown scan and the message popped up that there was a problem with the directory of my iPod. I didn't think Norton would have even scanned the iPod, but I guess it scans all attached discs. It said the problem could be fixed using Norton's Disc Doctor.
Well, I was pissed and frustrated and thought, why not. So I restarted the powerbook. Open itunes and connect the ipod. When it was mounted, I opened Norton's Disc Doctor and ran a check on the mounted iPod. I found the "wrong version" of a directory. I panicked and "skipped "fixing it. I mean, Apple didn't even write the iPod's software, right? Well, back into itunes. Another crash and freeze. More frustrations, so I restarted and went back into Norton's. This time I let it repair the ipod. What the heck? Well, it seemed to fix the problem. (as well as a few creation dates and a bundle bit being off.) Back in ituns I could copy songs to the iPod without it freezing. I haven't experienced any problems using the ipod on its own. So I am happy, if a bit nervous about risking it.
Anyway, anyone else ever tried running Nortons on an iPod or ever heard a story of someone else using it?
Well, I was pissed and frustrated and thought, why not. So I restarted the powerbook. Open itunes and connect the ipod. When it was mounted, I opened Norton's Disc Doctor and ran a check on the mounted iPod. I found the "wrong version" of a directory. I panicked and "skipped "fixing it. I mean, Apple didn't even write the iPod's software, right? Well, back into itunes. Another crash and freeze. More frustrations, so I restarted and went back into Norton's. This time I let it repair the ipod. What the heck? Well, it seemed to fix the problem. (as well as a few creation dates and a bundle bit being off.) Back in ituns I could copy songs to the iPod without it freezing. I haven't experienced any problems using the ipod on its own. So I am happy, if a bit nervous about risking it.
Anyway, anyone else ever tried running Nortons on an iPod or ever heard a story of someone else using it?