Pimp My PMP-120

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Introduction

The purpose of this article is to show the steps you have to follow to be able to upgrade the iRiver PMP-120. I wanted to change the built in 20Gb hard disk for a bigger, faster 60Gb drive. This is possible. However, it takes a lot of doing.

On this page, I'm going to summarise the procedure, provide links to the sites where I found this information and also provide my own cache of those links. The aim is to provide something that people can follow.

How to upgrade the PMP-120

Steps Links Cached

1. Upgrade the firmware

  Shamrockman.net Shamrock's guide
Firmware files
2. Copy the system folder   Shamrockman.net 
3. Buy a new drive    
4. Take the PMP-120 to pieces  Shamrockman.net
Argles.net
Shamrock's tutorial
Argles.net
5. Put in the new drive   Argles.netArgles.net
6. Put the PMP-120 back together   Argles.netArgles.net
7. Connect it to your PC and set up the drive partitions   Mistic RiverMistic River
8. Copy the system folder back on    

That should be it. I should point out that this has cost me a lot of time and it didn't work first time.

25 April 2006
Ashley Frieze