Comments on: Upgrading iPod Hard Drives

By: Rob G

Rob G — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:13:35 +0000

You guessed it, the one thing I didn’t try was patience. I’ve managed to get it to recognise the WHOLE of my new drive now. Thanks to everyone whose written on this page, it was all very helpful!!

By: Rob G

Rob G — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:33:37 +0000

My 4th gen 40Gb HDD died a death after a complete moron dropped it for me, and I’ve since used the information above to upgrade to a 60Gb HDD. It works just fine as a replacement, but I can’t use any more of the drive than I could with the original.
I’ve read the ENTIRE page, and tried many of the suggestions included but I’ve had no success.
Any ideas would be great.
Thanks

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:03:22 +0000

Hi there.

Great insight to how the Ipods work.

I have managed to upgrade my Original 5GB Hard Drive iPod to a 10Gb Hard Drive and was wondering if there are any larger hard drives out there can be fitted into the Original iPod please?

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:23:40 +0000

The disk failed in my white, 20GB iPod. I think it’s a 4th generation model. Anyway, I found that a wood chisel (3/4 inch blade width) worked very well for opening the case. The chisel is sharp enough to penetrate between the case parts but also stiff enough such that you can twist it and get sufficient torque to get the case to pop open. I started on the left side bottom and it opened up very easily. I had it open in about 30 seconds. I hope this is helpful to others.

By: steven

steven — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:32:35 +0000

i have a 80 gig ipod 5G that has a red x on it when you try and turn it on, and rebooting and restoring does nothing. i ran the diagnostics and got a fail on the HDD SPEC saying [can't open device] ERROR! diag halt. if this is the hard drive that is broken, could i just buy a new had drive and it will work again?? and if yes, what type do you recommend, i only want something over 10gig and under 80gig. thanks.

By: eredwood

eredwood — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:01:53 +0000

Hi,
I recently bought a 1G iPod, the iPod in which the wheel actually turns, on an auction website without a hard drive. I subsequently bought a Toshiba MK2004GAL after reading this article. I put the hard drive into the iPod and my problem now is that I cannot get the HD formatted correctly. When the iPod is forced into disk mode it is recognized by iTunes, but gives an error 1429 when finished formatting. According to Apple this error is caused by too many USB devices plugged in while formatting. However, I tried the same process with only the keyboard and mouse plugged in for the same result. I just need some advice on formatting the new hard drive to work with the iPod. Thanks in advance.

By: Led Lights

Led Lights — Sat, 22 May 2010 13:19:32 +0000

Thank you for your great information. Can i use 120GB Hard Drive on 6th GEN ipod Classic? Please suggest.

By: DaniFilth

DaniFilth — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:41:08 +0000

Anyone testet the Toshiba MK8031GAL on thin iPod 5G? I’m looking for a cheap storage upgrade to at least 80GB for my iPod 5G 30GB…

By: oldcoconut

oldcoconut — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:55:40 +0000

Hi
I recently purchased MK6006GAH for my iPod 3rd Generation. But when I connected on Mac G4, iTune will pop up but it cannot see this iPod nor to restore it. And I try to format it using disk utility, but app will stock on somewhere…….When I changed back to original HDD, all is fine…

Pls advise.

OldCoconut

By: vajira

vajira — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:34:11 +0000

What are the compatible HDD for ipod 6th GEN 80GB,

Can i use the HDD in ipod 5th GEN 80GB Hard Drive on 6th GEN ipod Classic??
Toshiba MK8022GAA 80GB >>>replasing with Toshiba 80GB MK8010GAH