Question about Zen Micro's Hard Drive (not negati

My brother keeps telling me that the Zen Micro does not have a real hard dri've or anything like his Ipod, which I highly debate because I know it's not true. Can anyone tell me what really is inside the Micro so that I can make him believe me? I know that it's something from Seagate.Message Edited by rmccabe96 on 06-06-2005 2:9 AM

The Micro and all the current 4, 5 and 6 gig players (including iPOD mini use " hard dri'ves.
These are about the same dri'ves as used in CF type micro-dri'ves.
The larger players Current 0 Gig and up use the smaller lap top sized dri'ves.
I think they are .8" diameter disks.

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Could it work?<SPAN> And reload the firmware from pc?
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