Can i replace my 1.5gb hard drive in my Muvo2 with a bigger hard dri

Can?I replace my .5gb hard dri've in my Muvo2 with a bigger hard dri've? My hard dri've is shot, it clicks on startup and goes to recovery mode. None of the options work in recovery mode and it says media error if?I select them. I am wondering is it possible to replace that hard dri've with a larger one? I am wondering is it practical to do so or should i just throw the player out and buy another one? one that doesnt break so easily!! I have tried percussi've maintenace slightly not too much tho. Any Help is much appreciated,ThanksCATHAL

YoHenYo wrote:
Hello everyone.
I recently broke my macbook, and had to replace it with a pc laptop. I have my data saved on a time machine enabled external hard drive.
How can I use that hard drive to put my files (music/word documents) to the pc?
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Sadly, in your case, the TM backup is practically useless. TM provides a backup primarily for the machine to which it is connected, and then, only through the TM interface engine, never directly.
The files are not stored in a linear manner as would be in a regular backup - they are linked to each other and each "file" only represents a "delta" or incremental backup unit. The TM engine knows how to reconnect all the links to create the proper file.
What you need to do is get another Macbook similar to yours, and see if you can connect to the TM backup with TM. If you can, then you can restore the files and them copy them onto a FAT32 formatted external HD.
If you network the borrowed Mac with the PC, you can transfer the files over the network, but in any case, you have to use the TM engine to do so.
The only files on the TM backup that are most likely "normal" would be the original files created during the first backup.

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