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MarcGuay:
Getting regular online stores to ship to Canada is a pain - I know because I live in Quebec.  All I can suggest is searching the web for the hard drive model number and crossing your fingers.  As for other sized drives I believe the wiki page is up to date.  You also have the option of replacing the back cover of the iPod to accomodate a larger drive as this fellow has done: http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=17778.msg130148#msg130148

Pileot:
will something like ST7120221CA work? Im not too familiar with the connectors, seems like every other place is trying to call the same connector something different...  when im searching what should i look for and what do i avoid?

also looking at these seagate drives:
ST7120221DE
ST7120221DEG

MarcGuay:
ST7120221CA -> That's a CE-ATA connector like the new 160GB iPods.  An adaptor might be available but I don't think anyone has tried it.

It looks like the ST7120221DE should work, nice find.  And I have no idea what a Drop Sensor is on the ST7120221DEG.

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Edit: The ST7120221DE is marked as 5mm on that website but 8mm on the wiki page.  Not sure who's right.  Oh, it's been discontinued anyway.

LambdaCalculus:

--- Quote from: MarcGuay on July 29, 2008, 12:28:17 PM --- 
And I have no idea what a Drop Sensor is on the ST7120221DEG.

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It sounds like the drive can detect a sudden shock and immediately park its heads, so as to not cause damage to the drive platters.

The iPod line has this functionality built in as well IIRC.

Pileot:
drop sensor in the drive means its got an accelerometer or something that can detect freefall and it shuts the drive down to minamize damage. In some cases it can also detect things like vigration, so if your player / notebook is on the dash of a car and you start on a gravel road, it will try to save the drives. My toshiba laptop has them, and a utility that can show a 3d represintation of how the drive is orientated (what sort of tilt it has, etc)

pretty cool, but in my case somewhat useless.

Also i didnt find any other info about those drives. Such is my luck. 

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