Anyone ever switch out the hard drive?

JARblue · 08-16-2013, 05:03 PM

Subd for results.

My guess is the OS is proprietary, but I wouldn't be surprised if it uses one of the standard file systems. If that's the case and you can access it in a computer, I recommend Acronis True Image and their Clone Disk Tool. I literally did this an hour ago on a work computer to upgrade an 80GB SSD boot partition to a 250GB SSD. It took longer to physically swap out the drives than it did for the clone process including a couple of restarts.

jburke26 · 08-16-2013, 05:22 PM

^^ I agree Acronis is some good stuff! Just make sure you do a backup image of the entire drive before doing any monkeying around with it.

Hopefully it wont be like what Microsoft did with their xbox 360 drives. That thing is a bitch to change out drives unless you wanna pay x4 as much for one of their stupid drives. Had to flash the firmware find the perfect match drive gah pain in the ***.

Fountainhead · 08-17-2013, 08:53 PM

Has anyone ever seen a photo of the inside of the Navi Dash Box?
Now I'm obsessed with seeing the interface of the HDD connector, whether or not it's IDE with the pins or IDE with the Ribbon connector. I sure would love to put an IDE to SATA connector on there with an SATA SSD....

I know, I'm dreaming but it does sound sweet.

08-16-2013, 05:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
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08-16-2013, 05:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
jburke26 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Cullman, Alabama Posts: 252 Drives: Sold Z Rep Power: 15	^^ I agree Acronis is some good stuff! Just make sure you do a backup image of the entire drive before doing any monkeying around with it. Hopefully it wont be like what Microsoft did with their xbox 360 drives. That thing is a bitch to change out drives unless you wanna pay x4 as much for one of their stupid drives. Had to flash the firmware find the perfect match drive gah pain in the ***.

08-17-2013, 08:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Fountainhead Track Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: FL Posts: 834 Drives: 2019 Civic Type R Rep Power: 16	Has anyone ever seen a photo of the inside of the Navi Dash Box? Now I'm obsessed with seeing the interface of the HDD connector, whether or not it's IDE with the pins or IDE with the Ribbon connector. I sure would love to put an IDE to SATA connector on there with an SATA SSD.... I know, I'm dreaming but it does sound sweet.