Home grown 8GB iPod mini

So you've got one of those swell iPod minis, but that once spacious hard drive seems to be getting smaller and smaller. Jason Parry had the same issue, and not wanting to give up his durable and rather scratch-resistent mini, he took it apart, pulled out its hard drive and replaced it with a Seagate CompactFlash Photo Hard Drive.

After some delicate surgery, the drive was connected. Next, Jason connected it to his Powerbook, ran the iPod updater and it installed the iPod OS, giving him 7.4GB free storage space. Nice!

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David

Is the 8GB CF HD the biggest we can buy today? Seems like they are making bigger ones these days.

December 14 2005 at 4:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

arkowi

Dat Le: RTFA "Note the street price on these drives seems to be about $200-250."

December 13 2005 at 2:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dat Le

How much $$$$$$$$$$$$$ is that 8 GB hard drive?

December 13 2005 at 2:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

arkowi

I have a 4GB mini with a dead drive. You can hear the HD clicking in it from about 10 feet away, haha. I am going to consider doing this. Or I might just buy a replacement 4 GB drive. I have a new 5G pod, but a personally refurbed mini would be great for running and snowboarding.

December 13 2005 at 1:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply