Upgrading HDD

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  • #18512
    Anonymous
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    Last time i looked at upgrading the HDD WD Greens 2TB seem to be the one to use but for the life of me i can’t find these on WD site to get a model number, in fact all i could find was 5 or 6TB versions, can anyone shed any light on the model number or do they even make 2TB ones anymore

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    #75011
    Anonymous
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    The drive should be a AV drive rather than the standard green.

    Rather hard to locate on WD’s redone site.

    Should be able to find them as either AV/GP or search for one of the model numbers WD10EURX.

    #75012
    Anonymous
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    Thanks i’m looking at the 2TB but i get your drift thanks for that model number.

    All1

    #75013
    Anonymous
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    You will need to fit a jumper (not supplied) on pins 5 and 6 to select a 1.5 Gb/s transfer speed.

    See http://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=981

    The 2TB drive is WD20EURX.

    #75014
    grahamlthompson
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    To use a 2TB drive in a Foxsat-hdr the drive has to be formatted (EXT3) and partitioned externally. The Foxsat only has built in automatic install for drives up to 1TB. If using a 1TB after install and before recording, make the music/photo partition the minimum size to maximise space for recordings (elect to format both partitions).

    #75015
    Anonymous
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    Thanks Graham, I forgot about that.

    This post may also help https://www.avforums.com/threads/humax-foxsat-hdr-%C2%96-upgrade-hdd-to-2tb.1336395/

    #75016
    Anonymous
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    Here was i thinking it was a simple swap :|

    Well formatted to ext3 in windows and loaded her up but seems i’m left with Initializing Partition info and doing some reading from your links it seems i need a linux boot disk which is coming down now but will take the best part of 3 hours so i’ll update on Wed sometime.

    All1

    #75017
    Anonymous
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    Guys is there a certain Linux boot cd i should use?

    I’m playing with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and making very slow progress, yes i can boot into the OS but it never sees the 2TB drive

    All1

    #75018
    aldaweb
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    Try gparted live, it’s small and designed for maipulating hard drive partitions.

    http://gparted.org/livecd.php

    #75019
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    You did note from the link above that you need to create and format 4 partitions on the disk?

    #75020
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Yea the partitioning and formatting has been done it’s just having an issue with creating folder, but i’m sure i read hear that you need to type something before the command to give you admin rights to do it so come back here to re-read the posts and have another go

    All1

    #75021
    grahamlthompson
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    Alloneword – 10 minutes ago  » 

    Yea the partitioning and formatting has been done it’s just having an issue with creating folder, but i’m sure i read hear that you need to type something before the command to give you admin rights to do it so come back here to re-read the posts and have another go

    All1

    https://linuxacademy.com/blog/linux/linux-commands-for-beginners-sudo/

    #75022
    Anonymous
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    Thanks for the help so far guys i have been able to partition and format to ext3 on all 4 partitions, I was under the impression that i would loose everything I had recorded but having read some threads here am i right in thinking if i plug both my old drive and new drive into a linux machine i could copy the old movies across and is it just the ts files i copy from old drive to the new one?

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    #75023
    Anonymous
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    Copy all of the files on /dev/sdc3 to the new drive.

    The sidecar files are necessary for the Foxsat.

    #75024
    grahamlthompson
    Participant

    Alloneword – 36 minutes ago  » 

    Thanks for the help so far guys i have been able to partition and format to ext3 on all 4 partitions, I was under the impression that i would loose everything I had recorded but having read some threads here am i right in thinking if i plug both my old drive and new drive into a linux machine i could copy the old movies across and is it just the ts files i copy from old drive to the new one?

    All1

    You can also use the old drive in a sata usb cradle and watch them direct from usb and copy them back if you wish. And you can also use it as a archive device.

    eg

    http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/25-inch-and-35-inch-sata-usb-dock-a83hq?cmpid=ppc&gclid=CjwKEAiAjcDBBRCJxouz9fWHynwSJADaJg9BiQrimD3wauEKCQAZRKGn8Txfj64cntOdStUElFj2CRoCHBDw_wcB

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