IPod 5G Hard Drive Connector

OK guys, I am stumped with this.  Is there anyway that i can pull music off a hard drive from a 5th G ipod?  The unit itself is fried, but I have a friend that brought it to me after taking it for a swim.  She doesnt have the music backed up, yada yada, same old story.  Is there a CE-ATA to SATA connector somewhere that i am missing?  And even if there is, would there be a way to extrapulate the music once it's plugged up?

Not that I'm aware. There third party recovery solutions out there who might be able to recover her data for her, but the chances are still very slim and in most cases very costly.
She can always redownload past purchases via iCloud.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Otherwise, she'll need to redownload and rerip all of this content from its origina source again.
B-rock

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