Check for Drive Compatibility
Of all the many hard drives on the market today, only a few models are iPodcompatible,
while those that work in certain kind of iPods don??™t work in others.
You can divide iPod-compatible hard drives into two categories: OEM and
non-OEM drives. OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer. An OEM
hard drive, then, is one of the actual hard drives that Apple buys wholesale
and installs in the iPod at the factory. If you??™re going to replace your iPod??™s
hard drive, you might as well use the same components that Apple does,
maximizing compatibility and minimizing your headache. (As you??™ll see
momentarily, though, there are reasons why you might consider going the
non-OEM route.)
TIP
Always plug your iPod into a charger while scanning.
Scanning depletes your battery in no time flat. We
mentioned before that hard disk operations put a
tremendous strain on your power reserves, and a
hard disk scan is one of the most power-hungry
operations there is.
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Table 6-1 lists the OEM hard drives.
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