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Replacing the hard drive in a 120GB iPod Classic

brophs · 2011-07-21 13:10:01

So I've done the hard bit and opened the unit and removed the drive and am now waiting for the new drive to install it. But what I'm wondering is once I connect it what do I need to do, as I assume I need to install drivers/firmware etc. and the device is unlikely to be recognised by a PC given that the hard drive will be…

21-07-2011 1:10pm

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So I've done the hard bit and opened the unit and removed the drive and am now waiting for the new drive to install it. But what I'm wondering is once I connect it what do I need to do, as I assume I need to install drivers/firmware etc. and the device is unlikely to be recognised by a PC given that the hard drive will be blank. Is it as simple as connecting to iTunes and choosing restore?

Thanks.

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