The original mechanical drive is just about hanging on in my 2nd gen iPod. I can write to it, and to my surprise, it's playing ok after a fresh wipe, when previously, there were some gaps/jumps on playback. Maybe perhaps due to putting AAC files on it now rather than WAV.
I need to open it up anyway to replace the battery, It's currently playing on mains only. If I want to replace the hard drive whilst I'm at it, what are the options? Solid state drives are out, as I understand, without taking the card/drive out of the iPod every time I want to change the music.
Which leaves replacing it with another mechanical drive, of which, I'm limited to the original used Toshiba drives?
I need to open it up anyway to replace the battery, It's currently playing on mains only. If I want to replace the hard drive whilst I'm at it, what are the options? Solid state drives are out, as I understand, without taking the card/drive out of the iPod every time I want to change the music.
Which leaves replacing it with another mechanical drive, of which, I'm limited to the original used Toshiba drives?
