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Turning Ipod HD into external?

post #1 of 12
11/12/07 at 1:13am
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Hey guys,

Was just onwdering, Ive got an old 40GB ipod harddrive at home doing nothing, you think newegg has the right case for turning it into a regular external (kinda like a mybook or sumtin).

Im not sure which type of enclouse to get, i imagine somethng small would be great, but Im on a wireless connection and losing signal fast (newegg keeps 'timing out'), any ideas???

GhAz
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post #2 of 12
11/12/07 at 1:31am
Don't those drives have proprietary connections?
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post #3 of 12
11/12/07 at 1:38am
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Originally Posted by ghazgull013 View Post
Hey guys,

Was just onwdering, Ive got an old 40GB ipod harddrive at home doing nothing, you think newegg has the right case for turning it into a regular external (kinda like a mybook or sumtin).

Im not sure which type of enclouse to get, i imagine somethng small would be great, but Im on a wireless connection and losing signal fast (newegg keeps 'timing out'), any ideas???

GhAz
just hook it up to a USB port. It works like any other USB drive.
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post #4 of 12
11/12/07 at 1:41am
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Unfortunately mine is at home (not near me). However I beleive they use the IDE interface. They have the small holes that look like

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post #5 of 12
11/12/07 at 1:43am
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What im hoping to do is just have the small 1.8 drive inside the enclosure then hook it up to my laptop via USB and just run my music off the the ipod harddrive. The problem lies in finding the right hookups and enclosures.

Thanks for the quick repsones and helpful tips, *Hans out some rep*
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post #6 of 12
11/12/07 at 1:43am
Okay, I've seen that hdd before. I thought iPod drives were smaller. But I'm not really sure at all where you could get an enclosure for that. If you're a supergenius, you could make one out of an old Sony ultraportable....
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post #7 of 12
11/12/07 at 1:45am
Edit: nevermind, it's smaller than I think

Also, in before thread move.
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post #8 of 12
11/12/07 at 1:48am
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I have a feeling I might have to get really creative or use some off-shoot website to find what Im looking for

But keep the ideas comin, theyre much appreciated
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post #9 of 12
11/13/07 at 12:32am
Enclosure
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post #10 of 12
11/13/07 at 1:00am
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reps for you

thanks much to all of u
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post #11 of 12
4/2/08 at 3:42pm
You could always buy an actual Ipod off of Ebay with a N/S hard drive, then you could use it as a USB drive or another Ipod!! Also, the connector looks remarkably similar to a Compact Flash connector??
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post #12 of 12
4/2/08 at 3:57pm
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Originally Posted by kilroy M170 View Post
You could always buy an actual Ipod off of Ebay with a N/S hard drive, then you could use it as a USB drive or another Ipod!! Also, the connector looks remarkably similar to a Compact Flash connector??
I actually got an external case for it back in December and it runs beautifully.
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