New Hardrive in IRiver iHP-120

[Jens_Woermer]

Does anybody have an idea if I can use this zif adapter

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005005481489261.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.52594ae4CoPPCl&mp=1&gatewayAdapt=glo2deu

with this hardrive

https://www.cloudmarkt.de/transcendssds-ts512gmsa230s

to replace the old HDD?

[speachy]

The iHP-1xx series doesn't use a ZIF connector; they use a so-called "Micro-IDE" 50-pin connector.

There may be others, but this is reported to work:

  https://www.iflash.xyz/store/4th-gen-iflash-converter/

But as for the specifics of that mSATA<->ZIF adapter, dunno. Reviews are mixed.

[Jens_Woermer]

Which Kind of SSD fits to that iPod Converter?

[Jens_Woermer]

Does this combination work?

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005005481489261.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.80b54ae4c038Df&mp=1&gatewayAdapt=glo2deu

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005005648833009.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.6e3a4ae4TEn5OS&mp=1&gatewayAdapt=glo2deu

Thanks for your help!!

[LambdaCalculus]

To make things as seamless as possible, buy the converter speachy linked, and pair it with this SATA adapter from the same store:

https://www.iflash.xyz/store/iflash-sata/

Then you can simply use an mSATA SSD for storage; format it appropriately as FAT32 with a GPT partition scheme (handy for a larger capacity drive) and you're set.

[speachy]

Then you can simply use an mSATA SSD for storage; format it appropriately as FAT32 with a GPT partition scheme (handy for a larger capacity drive) and you're set.

Booting off GPT system requires an updated bootloader, and one has not been created (much less tested) on the iHP-1xx/3xx family.  Using GPT will also likely make the stock firmware unable to function (if you care about such things)

Also mSATA SSDs larger than 2TiB don't seem to be a thing yet.  (At least not from reputable non-syllable-salad brands and in a form factor that will physically fit)

....So just stick to MBR for now.