unworking ipod harddrive

[accuno]

i just recieved a 60gb harddrive i ordered from ebay, and it appears to be salvaged from a destroyed ipod - something the seller failed to mention. i tried putting the harddrive in an external enclosure to format before putting it in my h340, but i can't get it to work. when i first plug it in, my windows 2000 computer recognizes it and installs the drivers, but the harddrive never appears as a removeable disk or on the "unplug or eject hardware" list. i know people have had mixed results using an ipod harddrive in anything other than an ipod, but i was wondering if anyone else has had a harddrive behave in this way.

the drive does spin up, and it sounds like it runs fine, although the case does have some slight damage on one of the corners. i'm not sure if the harddrive is bad, or if this is just a typical response for an ipod harddrive.

[Ragnarok]

you need to erase the drive( sometimes called a low level format) add a partition and the most important thing is that it MUST be formated with the FAT32 file system!!!

WindowsXp/2000 will not format a partition that is larger than 32GB with the FAT32 file system. You will need an other tool like Partition Magic, Partition manager, and many othere that have ben mentioned on this very forum before!

[saints]

try swissknife too

[caramelsoul]

I had the same peoblem kinda. Nothing worked. I can use the drive in an enclosure but it will not work in my player. Tried swissknife but H140 still doesnt accept it. It is now just a storage facility and i am awaiting a new 80GB drive. Fingers crossed for that one.