Microdrive question.
Hey -
I was just wondering. I have a 354MB microdrive and it's a flash memory card. The 4gig one that's in the minis, is that a flash card too? Becuase if it was, it would be totally skip proof and be better on the battery. Does anyone know for sure?
Thanks
# 1 Re: Microdrive question.
Originally posted by iPodfreak17
Hey -
I was just wondering. I have a 354MB microdrive and it's a flash memory card. The 4gig one that's in the minis, is that a flash card too? Becuase if it was, it would be totally skip proof and be better on the battery. Does anyone know for sure?
Thanks
your 354MB microdrive is not flash memory - it is a mini hard drive with mechanical and spinning components in a compact flash form factor. The microdrice used in the ipod mini is just bigger.
# 2 Re: Microdrive question.
If you want to learn more, there is a good article here:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/microdrive.html
NS2000X
# 3 Re: Microdrive question.
would it be possible to use a regular compact flash card in the mini, i would love to take the 4gb and put in a 512mb and sell the 4gb card can anyone comment on this
# 4 Re: Microdrive question.
Originally posted by thetman
would it be possible to use a regular compact flash card in the mini, i would love to take the 4gb and put in a 512mb and sell the 4gb card can anyone comment on this
No, you can't do that.
People have been swapping out drives in the Creative 4gb [a 4gb drive costs 400+ alone, so they take the 4gb from the player out to use in digital cameras, and put in smaller, cheaper drives they were using the cameras] but it doesn't work with the iPod. You can take it out just fine but the one going in needs to be specially formatted.
And I don't think you can stick a CF card in where a HD is supposed to be anyway.
MikeM at 2007-11-15 14:48:19 >
# 5 Re: Microdrive question.
speciall formatted? couldnt one have two compact flash readers going and do a direct disk to disk of the 4gb contents to the regular disk
# 6 Re: Microdrive question.
I don't know. I've only talked to a friend who is into digital photography.
Here's a thread from dpreview.com where people are trying it.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=7757278
MikeM at 2007-11-15 14:50:28 >
