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Still no HD upgrades?

robeddie

robeddie

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Jul 21, 2003
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I know a few potential solutions have been announced. But at the moment, as far as I can tell, there is still no place where I can actually purchase a bigger 1.8 inch, zif hard drive that will work in my MacBook Air.

Frankly, now that it's been on the market for more than 10 months, I'm a little surprised.

If anyone knows where I can buy a new 120, 160, 200, 240gig, ANY size drive that's bigger than my current 80, that would be a revelation. I can't find it.
 
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glitch44

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Feb 28, 2006
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did you google the model number? a bunch of places pop up. some specify ZIF. if they're legit places is up to you to discover.
 
1rottenapple

1rottenapple

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Apr 21, 2004
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Does a reputable site like new egg have something MBA upgradable HD? I'm looking to swap mine for a larger drive.
 
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fsosx

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Dec 12, 2008
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Forget the MK1231GAL.

I tried for hours to make it work.

I always get an I/O error when trying to format it. Drive is seen as a Toshiba MK1231GAL, you can even zero it but when it comes to format it, I got no luck.

I tried using Disk Utility and fdisk (terminal). It looks like the commands are working and saved but whenever you quit fdisk nothing is really saved to disk.

By the way, I get the same results using a PC...
 
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eddieaus

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Feb 19, 2009
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fsosx said:
Forget the MK1231GAL.

I tried for hours to make it work.

I always get an I/O error when trying to format it. Drive is seen as a Toshiba MK1231GAL, you can even zero it but when it comes to format it, I got no luck.

I tried using Disk Utility and fdisk (terminal). It looks like the commands are working and saved but whenever you quit fdisk nothing is really saved to disk.

By the way, I get the same results using a PC...
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is your Toshiba drive from a ipod classic? you cannot format a ipod hard drive, because it is locked by apple. there are many manufactures lock their music player hard drives.
 
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