Zune Hacked: Can be Used as an External Harddrive

[lpxxfaintxx]

Just a heads up to you guys. My mini 'team' has managed to get the Zune to work as an external hard drive. We'll keep you guys updated as we experiment with it more. Expect to see some tutorials in the next 72 hours or so.   







So in other words, it CAN be used as an external hard drive.

[Zuneologist]

woot woot.

go lpx!

Zune ftw!

[Zunerama Ed.]

Amazing! Keep us posted!!

[Zuneologist]

the possibilities are endless

[olion597]

Nice job guys!  So it took almost 2 weeks, kewl I was expecting about a month or so.  Very cool! 


Edit:  You know, now that I think about this, how easy is it to get past the 3x3 rule?  From what i've heard the files are in an inbox that is DRM'ed, so there might be the possibility that all you have to do is copy and paste the file.

[lpxxfaintxx]

1 week and 3 days*** 

[olion597]

Kewl, phaleux just posted a tut!  http://phaleux.com/?p=8

I tried it and it indeed works, plus this will fix the album art issue!  Theres a folder called "albums", and it includes all the album art for everything (however for some reason randomly certain ones are locked), so I would guess all you have to do is replace the art.

This is very neat indeed, thanks lpxxfaintxx!

Edit: Hmm, forget the album art, they're in alb files.  It might take a bit to figure out how to change them.

[lpxxfaintxx]

Ah yes, phaleux helped us out a lot.

[yellowdragon]

It works!  Thanks a lot! 

Now I wonder why some folders and files have a lock...

[taCtiCs]

how do you back up your registries?

[taCtiCs]

Nevermind I found it, and then I did this, and it worked ^^
Thanks a lot for this. Makes my Zune even more usefull than it already is!

[Gowking]

Well this is definitely cool.  Too MS didn't allow this to work on any computer without reg hacks as that is where being able to use the Zune as a portable HD would really come in handy.

-G

[Hyperzune]

This is a GREAT news.  Too bad that $40 off circuitcity coupon doesn't work for me otherwise I'll have my Zune by now   Anyway, thanks you verry much.  You guys did a great job.

[aaron00lee]

rock awesome dude

[jmmhooper]

I know it would be nice to have the Zune as an external HD, but what is wrong with the thumb drives.  I have a gig I carry on key chain that can hold a good amount and was relatively cheap.  I guess in my daily life I usually have no need to transfer info that way. I usually store on server I can access anywhere or gmail it and store it.

What do most people store on a device like this? Just curious