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Old 02-01-2017, 16:28
JazzyJaney
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I'm trying to back up some old shows onto my PC from the Sky box. It's not movies or anything I'm planning to upload online, mostly it's just panel shows that I want to keep for my own use (and aren't commercially available) but my box is totally full up. So I opened up my box and plugged a USB sata cable into it then that went straight into my Pc's USB. I didn't use a hard drive docking station as the hard drive on my box model drx895 is quite buried and I don't wish to completely dismantle the thing. Anyway my PC recognized it as a USB storage drive and the program I attempted to use (ExPVR) couldn't see it as a hard drive. I half wondered if it was a USB 2 problem as my computer is getting on a bit. I usually connect a USB3 hub to it but I don't know if that makes the connection USB 3 or not. I did however try it out on a mac with USB 3 which failed to even recognise something was plugged in. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I really am stuck. Thanks.
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Old 02-01-2017, 18:09
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It might be because the computer is seeing it as a removable drive, because it's connected via USB, and maybe ExPVR doesn't work with removable drives?
In any case, you'll be much better off with a direct SATA connection to the computer's motherboard, if that's possible, as that will be far faster than a USB connection.
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Old 03-01-2017, 00:27
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I've successfully used a USB3-Sata adapter with the drive from my DRX895
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Old 03-01-2017, 09:08
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Is it easy to do as I am getting SKY Q on Monday 9th and still got show on SKY+ but I wont get then all watched before I get SKY Q so I would to save to my external hard drive?
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Old Yesterday, 16:41
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It might be because the computer is seeing it as a removable drive, because it's connected via USB, and maybe ExPVR doesn't work with removable drives?
In any case, you'll be much better off with a direct SATA connection to the computer's motherboard, if that's possible, as that will be far faster than a USB connection.
Thanks for the info! I have no experience doing anything like that. Would it be terribly difficult? Any tutorials you can point be in the direction of?

I've successfully used a USB3-Sata adapter with the drive from my DRX895
Can you elaborate as to how you did it? I'd be most grateful! Thanks
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Old Yesterday, 18:13
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Removed drive from the DRX890, plugged it into the caddy, then connected the caddy to the laptop.
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Old Today, 00:51
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Removed drive from the DRX890, plugged it into the caddy, then connected the caddy to the laptop.
Arh, that's what I had originally planned to do following a youtube video. However in my box, the DRX895, the hard drive is not so easily removed. It's buried under a lot of...stuff.

I really don't feel experienced enough to start taking the Sky box apart to that extent. Some people say a simple sata-usb cable should work, and the computer does recognize it with that connection but only as a 'usb device'.
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