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LifeDrive hack of the day

I turbocharged my LifeDrive today, by replacing the internal Microdrive with a CompactFlash card instead.

The rubber feet covering the torx (T5) screws had already fallen off of my unit due to heat a long time ago, but unless they have they need to be removed first.

The two torx screws can be easily removed with a T5 screwdriver.

The metal casing is held by six prongs along its side and bottom edges. Press the plastic sides of the device to release them and crack it open.

Metal casing removed reveals two more torx screws at the bottom corners of the device, holding the inner casing in place.

Before removing the inner casing the speaker wire needs to be disconnected.

The inner casing removed, revealing the main PCB of the device with battery, Microdrive and SD-card slot visible on top.

Disconnect the battery wire before continuing.

After cutting the WARNING! WARRANTY VOID IF REMOVED sticker, the Microdrive can be unplugged from the connector. Remove the blue spacers from the Microdrive and keep for reassembly. Use whatever tools to make a disk image copy to the replacement CompactFlash card.

Attach spacers to CF card and connect to the drive connector.

Reconnect battery. Now the LifeDrive performs a reboot from the CF card, takes about 30 seconds instead of 2½ minutes from Microdrive. Wait for it to complete and shut the device off with the powerswitch.

Reattach inner casing and metal casing in reverse. Don't forget the speaker wire.

Enjoy a turbocharged LifeDrive experience. Unless you bricked your device, in which case you should've been more careful.

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