Yukster

The safest bet is to get a Hitachi that is in a Retail package. CompUSA, and Best Buy all have mail in rebates, or online places such as ZipZoomFly or NewEgg also have really good prices on the the Hitachi MicroDrive.

If you do a search, you will find that most of the Seagates are OEM and won't work. Its a hit or miss, and if it was my money, I wouldn't risk it.

Originally Posted by Lofty

Yeah check out ebay. If you get a Hitachi Microdrive make sure its the retail version with the colour label. Not the OEM version with the white label. The sellers on eBay are sneaky, many show the image of the retail microdrive but send the OEM. If you get a Seagate Micrrodrive make sure it doens't say anything on the back refering to firmware. If it says FW 3.04, it will not work. Look for ones that dont specify a firmaware version. If they dont show an image of the back of the microdrive, ask for a picture. Here is a few links for some good deals on eBay and other. Seagate 5 GB from eTechisland.com Seagate 5 GB from ComputerGeeks.com Various Hitachi Microdrives from FlashMemoryStore.com

drgeoff

Originally Posted by jekylltech

I.....I would like to get a wifi enabled 20GB hard drive installed in my car, so when my PDA is with me I can not only listened to streamed songs while driving, i can also copy them to my SD card so i can listen to them between classes. .....

Check out the Asus WL-HDD2.5 http://usa.asus.com/products2.aspx?l1=12&l2=44. Wireless acess point and enclosure for a notebook hard drive. You'll need to replace the supplied AC adaptor with one that runs from your car battery.