I've been given a 40Gb ipod (4th generation click wheel?) with a suspected broken hard drive. The unit is out of warranty. I know nothing of the world that is Apple. What should I do?
These can be very dangerous, send it to me and I'll dispose of it safely
Seriously, why do you think that it has a broken hard drive?
Was it originally formatted for Mac or PC?
Do you have a cable for it?
If so what happens if you plug it into a computer? Does it get recognised as a USB drive?
Better get hold of a copy of iTunes - which is a free download from
Apple, and see if it get recognised as step 1 may fail if it's not been set for 'disc use'.
HTH
Paul