Hard Drive on ipod died

My Apple ipod classic's hard drive went out. This ipod is less than 2 years old what kind of guarantee does Apple have to replace this? I recieved this ipod as a Christmas gift so i don't know where it was purchased. Ipods are expensive to only last for a year and a half!

Standard iPod limited warranty is 12 months from the date of purchase, unless you extend it with AppleCare
Then bring it in to Apple Store for the Genius to have a look at your iPod, they may give you a detailed cost breakdown of the repairs needed.
Yes, I agree, it is an expensive and fragile, like all hardisk device, they should have used Solid State Drives instead of Hardisk, then it may last 5 years.

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[Restorin|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1339]
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