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Chronon:
Thanks for the clarification.  I was just mentioning it as a Rockbox-able player that has ZIF, but I guess it has some quirks that make installing a new HD non-trivial. 

This is moot from the standpoint of a recommendation, but for my own curiosity: Would imaging the original HD to the new one then modifying the MBR to reflect the actual size of the new HD work?

Walrus:

--- Quote from: torne on April 18, 2011, 06:01:35 AM ---

You could just get an iPod Video and fit a 240GB drive; that's what RapidRepair were selling anyway.

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I had one from Ipodzens in '09. Once you get that 240 gigs with OGG capability, it's really tough to envision going to anything less.  Unfortunately both RapidRepair and Ipodzens seemed to have stopped stocking these. Not sure if it's temporary or not, that's why I was curious about other options.

Strange that no other company (Besides the inconsistent Archos line) seems to have any interest in catering to audiophiles or more hardcore listeners who'd need players larger than 32GB, since Apple has all but abandoned the classic as far as updates and new features.

AlexP:

--- Quote from: Chronon on April 18, 2011, 01:14:57 PM ---Thanks for the clarification.  I was just mentioning it as a Rockbox-able player that has ZIF, but I guess it has some quirks that make installing a new HD non-trivial.  

This is moot from the standpoint of a recommendation, but for my own curiosity: Would imaging the original HD to the new one then modifying the MBR to reflect the actual size of the new HD work?

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Installing a new hard drive is trivial (I have a 120 GB in my S60), but the Toshiba bootloader won't accept anything over 128 GiB.

Chronon:
Ah.  Sounds like no LBA48 support in Toshiba's bootloader then?

spike66:

--- Quote from: Walrus on April 17, 2011, 05:28:01 PM ---Sadly, my 240GB rockbox'd iPod seems to have not made it back from some recent travels.  I guarded this thing with my life for three years, and somehow lost it somewhere in Austin.  

Apparently RapidRepair is no longer selling these, so is are there any other alternatives with a similar capacity?  I could just suck it up and get a 160GB classic with crappy firmware, but after having 240 gigs with glorious Ogg Vorbis capabilities for so many years, going backwards will just depress me.  I imagine I'm screwed, but I figured it's worth asking.  Thanks!  :)

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Rapidrepair just updated it's webpage and the 240GB HDD seems to be available again, but the price is now $349.99  :o... In case someone else is interested, I just got me one at a much reasonable price from here http://cgi.ebay.com/Toshiba-240GB-1-8-PATA-ZIF-Hard-Drive-MK2431GAH-/140537674102?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item20b8b2b976#ht_845wt_1144 , should arrive next week (tip: use the "make offer" option  ;)) At the moment I'm writing this, there are still 2 available

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