Yesterday, the hard drive refused to spin up. I actually hit it a few times with the palm of my hand, and it began working. This morning before work, however, it refused to boot up even with a tap from the palm of my hand.

I believe the culprit is the hard drive, and you can replace the 1.8″ Toshiba hard drives for $75.

After reading several tutorials on opening up an iPod case, I started with a screwdriver to no avail. I finally hack-sawed the corner with a pair of scissors enough that the top could then be leveraged with the multi-tool and the screwdriver at once. I slowly unsnapped the sides and the sides fell apart to reveal the shiny 1.8″ hard drive.

That’s all for now. I’ve got to send away for another drive and then see with I can resurrect my iPod.