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Old May 18th, 2006, 05:00 PM
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Can I put a 40 gig hd (from an H340) into a pmp 120?
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Just wanted to know if I can put a hard drive from an H340 iriver, which I think is a dual platter drive into a PMP 120?

I haven't bought the PMP 120 yet and have been on the forum reading the pros and cons of the pmp 120. I can barely find the pmp 120 in the US, so forget about the PMP-140.
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Old May 19th, 2006, 12:11 AM
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im pretty sure you can. it is a toshiba one right?
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Old May 19th, 2006, 01:35 AM
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I'm not sure if you will be able to put it back together, as I'm assuming the PMP-120 uses a single platter Toshiba drive, which is 3mm thinner than the 40gig drives.
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Old May 19th, 2006, 05:02 AM
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Yup, the H340 has a Toshiba drive. I believe its a dual platter drive.

I'm sooo looking forward to getting the PMP-120, read a lot of good things on the forum about it. Even downloaded the manual like some people suggested so I can get a jump on it. I'm still looking for a site to buy it at a decent price, staying away from Ebay.

My main concern is, will the 40gig drive fit and be recognized by the unit? Can I leave my current file stucture intact or will I have to reformat? Also about the formatting, I see that there are a lot of threads about it. I've bookmarked Shamrockman's page. I'm open to any and all suggestions.
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Old May 19th, 2006, 08:42 AM
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The Toshiba 30Gb and soon to be released 40Gb single platter drives will definitely fit physically, and should be recognised by the player with no problems, but I'm not a PMP owner and couldn't say for sure.
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You may need to trim the hdd's padding to accomodate the larger drive...
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Old May 20th, 2006, 12:50 AM
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how thick is the padding?
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Old May 20th, 2006, 04:16 PM
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on the 1xxs and 3xxs it's a few millimeters (no idea about the PMP line). I'd guess about 4 or 5mm.
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Old May 22nd, 2006, 06:20 AM
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You can do it/ I did it my self and put a 60Gb drive in. Just need to trim the padding
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