Question : Problem: Upgrade Hard drive in IPOD

I had an issue with my hard drive in my ipod where is was pretty much dying - it would freeze in the middle of songs and crash on my PC.  So.. I replaced it.  But I have been unable to get it to work.

I put in the HD, and the Ipod clicks when you access it (as if it has a broken HD) - but i do not believe it is (got a harddrive that did the same thing so i sent it back claiming it was broken... so this is the second one..)

Anyone know of any tricks on how to get this to work?  I can't format it on my PC, but it sees it (can't detect the size though)....

Anything would help......

Thanks!!

-Chris

Answer : Problem: Upgrade Hard drive in IPOD

did you try to connect your ipod to your pc and use use the ipod updater, which you can download here: http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/ ?

also it says on the apple website:
"appropriate platform using the Mac OS Extended (HFS Plus) or FAT32 formats. Do not reformat the disk using Mac OS Standard (HFS), New Technology File System (NTFS), or UNIX File System (UFS) formats.

Whether you use a Mac or Windows, iPod shuffle only works (as a music player) when its disk partition is formatted as FAT32 format.

If iPod's hard drive was partitioned, formatted, or the format was changed, use the latest version of the iPod Updater application to restore iPod iPod back to its factory condition."

(http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60957)