20GB External Storage for my ChiPod NanoCLone
Ok, the title is a little misleading. You can't really hook up an external drive to the nano clone. But here's what I do...
I love my Nano clone. It's only 1GB but that holds about 15 or so albums which is usually plenty for me. But I also like to use my nanoclone for videos. But it will only hold about 3 or 4 movies. I have tons of music, movies and tv shows that I have converted into .amv format for my nano clone. I store them on a small laptop hard drive that is installed into a small usb hard drive enclosure. When I want to transfer files to my nano clone I just plug them both into any available Windows PC. With Windows 2000 or Windows XP, no drivers are needed! They both just show up as removable drives. I can then easily drag and drop to transfer files from the USB hard drive to the nano clone. Simple!
The Laptop hard drive is small and doesn't require a power supply since it gets it's power from the USB port. Same with the nano clone. This is the best way that I have found to increase the storage of my 1GB NanoClone. I hope somebody finds this usefull.
Paul
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