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by An0nym0us on July 27th, 2005
A 4GB hard drive consists of 4GB of unformatted space. You cannot store files that the ipod's firmware/hardware can understand on an unformatted volume. By formatting the volume you end up with a logical space that is slightly smaller than 4GB. The rest of the space is used up by drive structure information (partition boundaries, allocation tables, etc...) The cluster size used for the format also affects the resulting partition size and what kind of data/files can be housed there and how they are read/written.
Unrelated tidbit: hard drives are actually built taking into account that some sectors WILL fail. When they do, others take their place. They essentially have additional "reserve" or "backup" sectors on the disk on purpose.
My ipod mini is showing wheel test on the screen wont switch off or do anything
by andy63 on July 13th, 2008
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How do you fix a ipod mini?
by Joe Winfield on November 16th, 2008
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Is it ok if i put my ipod shuffle 2nd generation into a cup of rubbing acohol for about 5 to 10 seconds after dropping it in the washer by accident? please email me at mluca117@gmail.com if you have the right answer. thank you and god bless!!!!!!!
by alpha123 on August 14th, 2008
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Hi i dropped my ipod shuffle into the washer by accident and i plugged it into the computer to see if it worked but it didnt so is it ok if i put some rubbing acohol in a cup and dip the ipod shuffle in it for about 5 to 10 seconds and let it dry off.
by alpha123 on August 14th, 2008
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How to charge ur ipod using onion and elctrolyte
by Mubashir on December 4th, 2008
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You're reading I have a 4 GB iPod Mini, but when I go into "About" the capacity is- 3.6 or 3.7 GB. Why isn't the capacity exaftly 4GB?
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