Some would say that iPods are built a bit too tough.
Brad Pulaski had died of blunt trauma to the head after being repeatedly bludgeoned with an iPod
I've dropped mine while biking. Slammed my car door on it. Ran over it with my car. Left it in my car where it got so hot that the display turned black and wouldn't come on until it cooled off. The plastic that is over the LCD is so scratched that it is a bit hard to read and it probably doesn't last as long on a charge as it used to but seems to last for even a very long bike ride so it isn't a problem.
Ghost sounds a lot like Carbon Copy Cloner except it costs money and sounds difficult to use.