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Originally Posted by g$trackstar
the best price i found online for a replacement/upgraded HD is at www.PDASmart.com. I got an 80GB to replace the 5G 60GB I broke (they are both the "large" size 8mm[5G 60GB/80GB, Classic 120GB], compared to the slim size 5mm [5G 30GB, and Classic 80GB(i think, anybody know for sure?]) It cost $138 with shipping. the only problem is not my iPod wont restore  plus they included a tool set with everything you need to open and install the HD |
You're iPod won't restore after you replaced the hard drive?
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Originally Posted by paranoidxe
Has anyone actually done this or is this all in theory? I don't believe the firmware/hardware would support larger capacity than what its designed to support. Putting a 160GB in a 80GB iPod might be able to fit but I'm not sure if the iPod would see the extra 80GB capacity.
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In theory, all a hard drive is is something that stores data. So in theory, it shouldn't matter what hard drive you use.
In fact, go to
http://www.ipodparts.com/ipodpartscenter5g.htm and they have replacement 100 GB hard drives.
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Originally Posted by PG4G
Well, you have to remember that the OS that is in the 160 GB drive will be 6th gen I believe, so you would be upgrading the iPod 5th gen to really being a 6th gen with a different front, right?
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But as I said, even if there is an OS on the hard drive, I think the mainboard would have something that sort of recognizes the fact that it is a 5G and not a 6G iPod because a hard drive is just something to store data on it. And if the mainboards of the 5G and 6G are identical, that would mean you could simply upload the 6G OS onto a 5G iPod.