Swapping Hard Drive on Image Tank

Just curious - how difficult is it to swap out the hard drive on the Image Tank? As many seem to fear losing their hard drive on the IT (or other digital wallet) I was wondering about having dual drives and backing up your digital media to each of them. The chances of losing both hard drives would have to be minimal.

Just a thought,
Pat

Its quite simple -- you need a small phillips head screwdriver. Remove 4 screws that hold the shell together, and once its open, remove 3 screws holding the HD to the bracket. The I/O pins mate directly to the drive so you don't need any cables either.

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Pat Doyle said:

Just curious - how difficult is it to swap out the hard drive on
the Image Tank? As many seem to fear losing their hard drive on
the IT (or other digital wallet) I was wondering about having dual
drives and backing up your digital media to each of them. The
chances of losing both hard drives would have to be minimal.

Just a thought,
Pat

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Pat Doyle said:

Just curious - how difficult is it to swap out the hard drive on
the Image Tank? As many seem to fear losing their hard drive on
the IT (or other digital wallet) I was wondering about having dual
drives and backing up your digital media to each of them. The
chances of losing both hard drives would have to be minimal.

Just a thought,
Pat

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That would work if you only did it once a day, but if you download out in the field, it could be a bit dicey. Some people don't take very many pictures and this would work. It would probably take about 5 minutes to switch out hard drives. plus the time it takes to download cards twice.

Pat Doyle said:

Just curious - how difficult is it to swap out the hard drive on
the Image Tank? As many seem to fear losing their hard drive on
the IT (or other digital wallet) I was wondering about having dual
drives and backing up your digital media to each of them. The
chances of losing both hard drives would have to be minimal.

Just a thought,
Pat

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It is easy and ive done it about 8x...my concern is how long will it take till the pin bracket breaks off the circuit board?Thatd be a disaster on a vacation...thats why i bought a 2nd unit.

It can be a bit of a tug-o-war getting the pins to slide in and out of eachother...theyr kinda snug.
Dan

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Pat Doyle said:

Just curious - how difficult is it to swap out the hard drive on
the Image Tank? As many seem to fear losing their hard drive on
the IT (or other digital wallet) I was wondering about having dual
drives and backing up your digital media to each of them. The
chances of losing both hard drives would have to be minimal.

Just a thought,
Pat

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Seems like you have to make some probability estimations here....

The odds of a hard drive dying while you're in the field....

vs.

The odds of damaging the IB/T or one of the hard drives while doing the 'daily switch'....

If you're really worried, stop by a net shop every week or so and burn some CD backups. Mail a set home. (Gives you theft protection as well.)

If you're really, really worried carry a couple of IB/Ts.

It seems like people get very worried about hard drive crashes. Think how much your IB/T drive starts/runs/stops per trip. Probably a lot less than the typical laptop drive runs per day.

Susan Watling said:

That would work if you only did it once a day, but if you download
out in the field, it could be a bit dicey. Some people don't take
very many pictures and this would work. It would probably take
about 5 minutes to switch out hard drives. plus the time it takes
to download cards twice.

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