iPod Digital Music MP3 Player Data Recovery
February 26th, 2008
By now everyone has some sort of MP3 digital music player such as an iPod. We have actually gotten quite a few in here for data recovery. An iPod or any other portable MP3 player for that matter uses solid state storage to store songs and video. Solid state data recovery is something that DTI data recovery has been doing since the beginning of digital storage.
Even though on Apple’s website they call the iPod’s storage a “hard drive”, it isn’t. The storage is flash media or solid state, not a drive with platters and heads.

DTI Data has the capabilities to recover all files that reside on an iPod, music, pictures, video, etc.
| Icon | Model | Year-Month introduced | Scrolling device | Capacity | Current iPod Software Version |
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iPod shuffle (2nd generation Early 2008) (2 GB) | 2008-02 | n/a | 2 GB | 1.0.3 |
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iPod touch (32 GB) | 2008-02 | multi-touch display | 32 GB | 1.1.3 |
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iPod touch (8 GB or 16 GB) | 2007-09 | multi-touch display | 8 GB or 16 GB | 1.1.3 |
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iPod classic (80 GB or 160 GB) | 2007-09 | Click Wheel | 80 GB or 160 GB | 1.1.1 |
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iPod nano (3rd generation) | 2007-09 | Click Wheel | 4 GB or 8 GB | 1.1 |
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iPod shuffle (2nd generation) (1 GB) | 2006-09 | n/a | 1 GB | 1.0.3 |
| iPod (5th generation late 2006) (30 GB or 80 GB) | 2006-09 | Click Wheel | 30 GB or 80 GB | 1.2.3 | |
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iPod nano (Second Generation) (2 GB, 4 GB, or 8 GB) | 2006-09 | Click Wheel | 2 GB, 4 GB, or 8 GB | 1.1.3 |
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iPod nano (1 GB) | 2006-02 | Click Wheel | 1 GB | 1.3.1 |
| iPod (5th generation) (60 GB) |
2005-10 | Click Wheel | 60 GB | 1.2.3 | |
| iPod (5th generation ) (30 GB) |
2005-10 | Click Wheel | 30 GB | 1.2.3 | |
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iPod nano (4 GB) | 2005-09 | Click Wheel | 4 GB | 1.3.1 |
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iPod nano (2 GB) | 2005-09 | Click Wheel | 2 GB | 1.3.1 |
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iPod with color display (60 GB) | 2005-06 | Click Wheel | 60 GB | 1.2.1 |
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iPod with color display (20 GB) | 2005-06 | Click Wheel | 20 GB | 1.2.1 |
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iPod photo (30 GB) (also known as iPod with color display) |
2005-02 | Click Wheel | 30 GB | 1.2.1 |
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iPod mini (4 GB Second Generation) | 2005-02 | Click Wheel | 4 GB | 1.4.1 |
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iPod mini (6 GB Second Generation) | 2005-02 | Click Wheel | 6 GB | 1.4.1 |
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iPod shuffle (512 MB) | 2005-01 | n/a | 512 MB | 1.1.5 |
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iPod shuffle (1 GB) | 2005-01 | n/a | 1 GB | 1.1.5 |
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iPod photo (40 GB) (also known as iPod with color display) |
2004-10 | Click Wheel | 40 GB | 1.2.1 |
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iPod photo (60 GB) (also known as iPod with color display) |
2004-10 | Click Wheel | 60 GB | 1.2.1 |
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iPod (20 GB Click Wheel) | 2004-07 | Click Wheel | 20 GB | 3.1.1 |
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iPod (40 GB Click Wheel) | 2004-07 | Click Wheel | 40 GB | 3.1.1 |
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iPod mini | 2004-01 | Click Wheel | 4 GB | 1.4.1 |
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iPod (20 GB dock connector) | 2003-09 | touch wheel | 20 GB | 2.3 |
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iPod (40 GB dock connector) | 2003-09 | touch wheel | 40 GB | 2.3 |
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iPod (10 GB dock connector) | 2003-04 | touch wheel | 10 GB | 2.3 |
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iPod (15 GB dock connector) | 2003-04 | touch wheel | 15 GB | 2.3 |
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iPod (30 GB dock connector) | 2003-04 | touch wheel | 30 GB | 2.3 |
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iPod (10 GB touch wheel) | 2002-07 | touch wheel | 10 GB | 1.5 |
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iPod (20 GB touch wheel) | 2002-07 | touch wheel | 20 GB | 1.5 |
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iPod (10 GB scroll wheel) | 2002-03 | scroll wheel | 10 GB | 1.5 |
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iPod (5 GB scroll wheel) | 2001-10 | scroll wheel | 5 GB | 1.5 |
See also:
- Hard Drive Form Factors Explained (January 8th, 2009)
- When good RAIDs Go Bad, A Technicians Worst Nightmare (January 8th, 2009)
- How platter swelling affects a hard drive (January 8th, 2009)
- PC World Reviews DTI Data! (January 8th, 2009)
- Slave A Laptop Hard Drive To USB (January 8th, 2009)










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