Upgrade your iPod's hard drive

Geek · 03-12-2007, 08:38 PM

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A number of people have asked about upgrading iPod hard drives — what to buy, how to prepare, and how to perform the upgrade — so here are all the technical details. If you’ve never worked inside an iPod before, this is certainly an advanced tutorial, but don’t let that scare you. Working slowly and methodically, you too can upgrade your iPod and store even more music, photos, and videos.
What to Buy
Which hard drive to buy depends on your specific iPod model, so like any half-decent attempt at an upgrade, a little research will be necessary before purchasing. The main factor that will affect your decision is the height, or thickness, of both the iPod and hard drive. Since day one of the iPod launch, Toshiba has produced all the hard drives employed in the full size iPod lineup. While they currently enjoy a profitable OEM business agreement with Apple, the drives are in no way exclusive to the iPod, and they can be found in many other products, including (not surprisingly) some Toshiba laptops and (perhaps more surprisingly) Microsoft’s Zune player. To allow for some options in product development, Toshiba’s 1.8″ hard drives come in two thicknesses — the thinner has one physical storage platter inside, and the thicker has two. As technology advances, however, the capacity of each platter increases while the dimensions remain fixed. This is good news for iPod upgraders — the longer you wait, the more you can store.

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Geek · 12-04-2007, 06:11 PM

Anyone done this upgrade? 80GB to 160GB(or larger?)

colryn · 12-04-2007, 09:12 PM

Holy crap. I have not visited in quite some time. This is interesting news. Let me see if this is something I can do. I have a first gen ipod video unit.

12-04-2007, 06:11 PM	#2
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12-04-2007, 09:12 PM	#3
colryn Registered Member Join Date: 01-03-2007 Location: Orlando, FL Age: 43 Posts: 70	Re: Upgrade your iPod's hard drive Holy crap. I have not visited in quite some time. This is interesting news. Let me see if this is something I can do. I have a first gen ipod video unit.

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