Installation, Testing and Comparison

The hardest part of this test is getting the 1.8 inch hard drive out of the ipod. HERE is a site (PCMag) with a straight forward tutorial on opening the ipod.

(Editor’s Note: Instructions for taking apart several types of ipods can be found at Kokopelli Music as well, with much more details for several generations and types of ipods)

Once everything is all plugged in, the setup looks as follows:

(Editor’s note:

Pictured also is the USB to IDE adapter from Brando WorkShop that can be found HERE)

Now the PC will detect the 1.8b inch drive as either a USB drive if using the USB to IDE adapter or as an internal hard drive if attaching directly into an IDE slot on your motherboard.