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can anyone recommend what make/type of 1tb hard drive
to upgrade factory 320gb drive, do i need extra cables & accessories?. thanks |
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can anyone recommend what make/type of 1tb hard drive
to upgrade factory 320gb drive, do i need extra cables & accessories?. thanks |
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Western Digital WD10evcs and you don't need anything else (It's a straight swap)
Rgds. Les. |
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sorry want to leave it external.
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I should have scrabbled behind my hdr to read the label on the newer drive
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sorry want to leave it external.
Rgds. Les. |
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the esata external drive
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the esata external drive
http://foxsatdisk.wikispaces.com/The+eSATA+modification You may want to consider getting a USB+eSata Caddy, with the a WD10EVDS, instead of a fixed enclosure, as you can then swap disks at will, when the box is switched off, plus connect up to it with your PC via USB. Rgds. Les. |
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thank you for all your help les & graham
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no one has any in stock
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no one has any in stock
Just have to keep looking at the stock figures on those sites. Rgds. Les. |
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Oh now you're just showing off, 1 int/ext and 1 external 1TB drives
![]() Rgds. Les. ![]() Trouble is no matter how much space you have you always seem to fill it ![]() Graham |
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Les the externals already about 40% full and the internal ones at 68%. I will soon have to stick the original 320Gb drive in the caddy or buy another 1Tb.
![]() Trouble is no matter how much space you have you always seem to fill it ![]() Graham ![]() Do you keep series/programmes to watch again? I'm of the watch it and bin it school, I can't watch programmes again, I know what's coming (Have we had this conversation before? I'm feeling a sense of Deja-vu, but it could be senility is creeping in ).Rgds. Les. |
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the esata external drive
However many like Graham have expertly swapped out the internal hard drive. Do we know of any such owners who have later had to invoke the guarantee, because of an unrelated failure? & how was their claim received? (Thanks Les & Graham for the practical advice. I think that I am near to having to do one of these expansions.) David P.S. "Posting time" 2 hrs after when I actually posted in UK. MODERATORS what is that all about? Are you based in Russia? Last edited by SWIZZ? : 07-12-2009 at 22:12. Reason: Posting time 2 hrs after when I actually posted in UK |
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Just read above & now realise that my post was incorrect.I had falsely assumed it related to a USB connected external HD. What is the best choice via USB 2 ? Is it much slower? David |
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However many like Graham have expertly swapped out the internal hard drive. Do we know of any such owners who have later had to invoke the guarantee, because of an unrelated failure? & how was their claim received? |
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It's not an expert thing (with all due kudos to Graham and co). It's a doddle. And the little label peels off very easily - mine didn't even have one on.
Knowing what goes where & avoiding static charge damage does need expertise, & in my view. 99% of the population might well avoid doing these things. I think that I could follow the detailed pictorial guide quoted by Savvy, however I am still interested in the Humax reaction to a guarantee claim by someone who had opened the STB. Meanwhile to preserve my rights I'd prefer to record to a USB connected drive. David |
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Just read above & now realise that my post was incorrect.
I had falsely assumed it related to a USB connected external HD. What is the best choice via USB 2 ? Is it much slower? David Both the internal and external drives are mounted externally in one of these http://www.allcam.biz/catalog/produc...roducts_id=693 The only difference is one is connected into the hdr using an esata cable effectively making the internal drive swappable. The other is connected by usb. To use the external drive for HD storage requires it to be formatted Linux EXT3. You can't record to the USB drive directly but you can move pretty well all BBC HD and all SD to the drive after recording and with the new firmware you can play it back from there as well. Transfer over USB is not that quick but it's not a problem using edit mode in file manager. I normally accumulate a full series of HD programmes, multiselect them and leave the hdr to get on with it. Not really timed it but it takes maybe about an hour to transfer 6 1Hr BBC HD episodes |
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The internal swap really is trivially easy. The most difficult thing is guiding the screws back into their holes.
The replacement drive does seem a bit noisier (and yes i have used one of the recommend WD drives but not noticable in use and probably just me sticking my ear next to it). My Foxsat does seem more reliable than it used to. I've tracked down my 'turn itself off' behaviour to the volume codes on my Harmony remote. Learning the codes from my Sony Amp remote (rather than using those in the database) seems to have helped. I still think the Foxsat exhibits a bit of an odd response to remote instructions and that you can force some sort of 'buffer overun' by sending too many instructions just after it has come out of standby but all this is unrelated to drive replacement. if yours has been up and running for a few months it's unlikely to fail in use so the chance of you needed a warranty repair is very low. |
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One of my 1Tb drives is connected to the rear USB port.
Both the internal and external drives are mounted externally in one of these http://www.allcam.biz/catalog/produc...roducts_id=693 The only difference is one is connected into the hdr using an esata cable effectively making the internal drive swappable. The other is connected by usb. To use the external drive for HD storage requires it to be formatted Linux EXT3. You can't record to the USB drive directly but you can move pretty well all BBC HD and all SD to the drive after recording and with the new firmware you can play it back from there as well. Transfer over USB is not that quick but it's not a problem using edit mode in file manager. I normally accumulate a full series of HD programmes, multiselect them and leave the hdr to get on with it. Not really timed it but it takes maybe about an hour to transfer 6 1Hr BBC HD episodes I should have asked earlier, I'm just about to go to Spain, so no time to collect mail orders til Feb. Meanwhile, as preparation, I must find time to learn to use Linux, I have a disc to use without installing. David |
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The internal swap really is trivially easy. The most difficult thing is guiding the screws back into their holes.
if yours has been up and running for a few months it's unlikely to fail in use so the chance of you needed a warranty repair is very low. I know that I could do it, because I did a similar swap on an old Sky+ box. Graham's USB connection will therefore suit me as an interim. Thanks anyway. David |
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