Assault and Batteries

Just changed and upgraded my iPod’s battery. Trepidations about popping the case, but an easy five-minute procedure. Painfree. Cute little 40-gig drive inside. If that ever failed, it would be deadly easy to replace too. Does anyone know if there is a program to format a naked drive for an iPod? If so, it would be easy to upgrade to a larger drive as well if a person wanted to, for example to clog the iPod up with podcasts as well as music…