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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: AW: Installing 80GB Hard DriveRe: AW: Installing 80GB Hard Drive
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Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 19:16:11 -0400 Matthias - Where did oyu get the enclosue for $12.50? Please let me know. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Wolven" <brian.wolven_at_verizon.net> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 2:50 PM Subject: Re: AW: Installing 80GB Hard Drive > Matthias Klumpp wrote: > > As I know (and also did with my Player and Recorder), it's only necessary, > > that you have the HDD formatted with FAT32 before putting it in the JB. > > As I remember it must be only one partition, but I'm not sure about this. > > > > If you format the new HDD in the same PC that has your MP3's, it's much > > faster to copy the MP3 files to the HDD while mounted in the PC. > > I bought a USB2 enclosure for $12.50 US and installed the new drive (a > 40 GB Travelstar in my case) in that, then just used partition magic to > copy the entire partition from my existing JB. It might not have been > the fastest way, but it was easy - no formatting issues to deal with, > and once the copying was done I just swapped places with the two drives. > Now I have an extra 20 GB portable drive for those all-important backups. =) > > Just make sure that your batteries are fully charged before doing large > file transfers with the JB, and keep it plugged in to the AC adapter. > > _______________________________________________ > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-08-08 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |