Good CF card Reader/USB-IDE interface?
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Ok, my friend recently gave me an Ipod harddrive from a distroyed Ipod he got from a random guy at school. The harddrive is still good though. I would like to use it as a 20gb external harddrive, but I need a recommendation. I need a link to a cheap CF-USb or IDE-USB converter. I looked on circuitcity and newegg, but all of them were too bulky or had too many readers (like an 8 in one reader.) I also don't want an inclosure, because I am planing to put it in an altoids tin. Thanks in advanced!
lot of the enclosures and stuff that was too bulky often times has a lot of empty space in them. You could try finding the smallest of them and cracking it open. If it's still too big you could always try chopping the board (If you're hardcore enough).
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Will an iPod hard drive even fit in an Altoids tin? I have an old 4 gig IBM laptop drive here, and it's about a quarter inch too big on all sides to fit.
An enclosure is probablly the best way to go; even if you don't want to enclose the drive, you still have the converter board inside (and you can use the case for other things...)
<a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... =0">Here's a few I found on TigerDirect.</a>
An enclosure is probablly the best way to go; even if you don't want to enclose the drive, you still have the converter board inside (and you can use the case for other things...)
<a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... =0">Here's a few I found on TigerDirect.</a>
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Well I found two that would work, one thing a enclosure and the other being just a USB addapter, and if the hard drive is just like a compactflash card it should work. Here's an enclosure. And here is the USB adapter.
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The 1.8" harddrive interface is not the same as CF, a CF adapter will not work. Also, the enclosure linked is for the Hitachi style 1.8" HD, and not the Toshiba (the one in the iPod) style, and will not work. I've only seen the proper adapters on eBay.
Harshboy, yes, you can install an OS to the iPod's drive and boot off it. Plenty of guides on the internet for how to do this.
Harshboy, yes, you can install an OS to the iPod's drive and boot off it. Plenty of guides on the internet for how to do this.