Harddrive backup or External casing

My 5th generation iPod 30gb, appeas to be broken, it could be logic board, harddrive, battery or a combination, am attempting to back up the harddrive is there an easy way to do this or alternatively would it be possible to turn the harddrive into an external drive with a casing, does such casing exist and where can it be bought? Thanks in advance.

Can you connect and access the device? You state you want to backup the content from it but at the same time you say it appears broken. What is your problem with the device specifically?
I've used an older working iPod as a hard drive for years, I simply had no use for it as a music player. No hardware changes are necessary.
Using your iPod as a storage drive

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