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Posted by NRen2k5 on 10/02/05 11:09
On 10/1/2005 10:45:33 AM, wrote:
>Hi I have an iRiver iHP120 and it seems that the hard drive is crapping
>out (lots os cyclic redundancy & writing errors). I have had it for
>over a year so warranty won't help me. So. I thought i would use this
>"opportunity" to "upgrade" my iRiver from a 20 gig to something larger.
>
>
>My question is: Do i need to put in the exact same model hard drive? it
>seems to be formatted with fat32 so i assume it should just be a case
>of popping the new drive in there. I called iRiver but the support guy
>couldn't tell me any more than it was a toshiba drive.
>
>If anyone has any advice or better yet has done this themselves i would
>really appreciate any words of wisdom.
>
>Cheers
>
>-Gaiko
>
>
I seem to remember hearing about people upgrading the hard drives on various Creative Nomad models.
I found this link for you: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,119267,pg,7,00.asp
In theory it should be possible to do the same for other HDD-based MP3 players. It ought to be a matter of getting the right make of hard drive, the proper adapter to put it on your computer's IDE chain, copying some system files, and voil, the new hard drive should work on the old MP3 player.
- NRen2k5
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