Will mp3s from a corrupt iPod screw up my iBook

Question

Hi
I should give a bit of history for this question. I recently discovered both the hard drive and the logic board on my 3 year old iBook were horribly corrupted. I had to buy a new hard drive, and Apple replaced my logic board.
Four days after I got my computer back, my 3 month old iPod began exhibiting symptoms that seem to stem from a faulty hard drive as well. About 10% of the time, I could get the iPod menu screen to come up (the other times the iPod doesn't even turn on) but when I went to play any song, it would skip to the next song, etc.
Right before I sent the iPod back to Apple, I decided, just for kicks, to see one more time if I could use the program iPod Viewer to copy the music from my iPod back onto my iBook with its new hard drive. Amazingly, it worked. I backed up all my music. When I disconnected my iPod, suddenly, it worked again.
I am, of course, confused about why my iPod would suddenly start working again. But I am most concerned about this: These mp3's originated on my corrupt iBook hard drive and then were on my bizarre iPod. Will having them on my new hard drive corrupt it?
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Michael

Answer 1

Haven't heard of 'inssider' . Will give that a try.
I also have a Motorola baby video monitor in the room. Don't know if that can cause probs.
although I was told that other equipment (i.e. baby monitors) use G technology and wouldn't interfere with an N router)
This is not correct.. G and N both use 2.4ghz with the same band and same channels.
And unless the baby monitor is plugged into a computer it is not using wifi at all.. it is simply using the free band 2.4ghz.
Turn it off during the day and see if it makes a difference.
Unfortunately a program that analyses wifi cannot see things like cordless phone or baby monitors because they use different technology to wifi but still cause interference.
Wireless QoS, WMM (WiFi Multi media)
Supports up-to 300 Mbps data transfer
Is this a dual router???
No it is single band.. 2.4ghz.
Dual band wireless uses 5ghz as well as 2.4ghz.
Since there is so much stuff using 2.4ghz these days people are moving the 5ghz but the range is much poorer so you need rather special high power units.. which are expensive.
Also the wireless card at the other end has to be compliant to 5ghz.. most laptops for instance are.. but a lot of desktop cards or devices still need 2.4ghz.
Didn't want to purchase one if its likely to not make a difference. Would be an expensive trial and error!!
Purchase from a store that allows return.
As I said .. wireless is not science.. it is not going to give predictable results.. ethernet yes.. if you pay to get it wired it will work exactly to spec.. it is science.. wireless is voodoo.. it is affected by too many factors to give predictable results. So you have no choice but to trial and error.. sorry!!