Introduction
Upgrade your storage with a new hard drive.
What you need
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Insert an opening pick as far as possible into the seam between the plastic front and the metal rear panel, on the right edge of the iPod.
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Use the opening pick to pry up against the plastic front panel and release five retaining tabs (seen in the third photo).
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Slide the pick along the edge of the iPod and continue prying to release the rest of the retaining tabs.
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After all five tabs along the right side are free, the case should easily open.
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Open the case like a book with the dock connector edge at the top, and lay the rear panel next to the front half of the iPod.
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Use a plastic tool or your fingernails to carefully disconnect the orange headphone jack cable. Be sure to pull straight up on the connector, not the cable itself.
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Grasp the hard drive with one hand and carefully disconnect the orange ribbon cable from the hard drive using your other hand.
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