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  • November 20, 2023 at 3:34 pm #23233
    Anonymous
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    Hi all

    Please can someone let me know what capacity HDD the 2TB Aura is able to use. I have used HDDs with Humax models in the past with varying success. I have managed to get a 2TB HDD to work previously. I have ended up bricking a 5TB HDD in the past where the Humax box has formatted the HDD and then had not been able to use it. I wondered at the time if the capacity was too big for the Humax to deal with.

    If someone could let me know their experiences that would be great so I can buy the right HDD in the knowledge it will work. I have called Humax and they were no use!

    November 20, 2023 at 11:17 pm #113101
    Martin Liddle
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    Halfway – 7 hours ago  » 

    Please can someone let me know what capacity HDD the 2TB Aura is able to use.

    It is a good question and I don’t know the answer. It comes down to will the Aura support a GPT partition style which is usually required for capacities bigger than 2TB. Anybody here used a drive bigger than 2TB with the Aura?

    I have used HDDs with Humax models in the past with varying success. I have managed to get a 2TB HDD to work previously. I have ended up bricking a 5TB HDD in the past where the Humax box has formatted the HDD and then had not been able to use it. I wondered at the time if the capacity was too big for the Humax to deal with.

    As far as I know earlier Humax recorders (with the exception of the HDR-FOX T2 using custom firmware) will only use MBR partition styles which limits the drive capacity to 2TB.

    November 21, 2023 at 10:26 am #113102
    Anonymous
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    Thank you so much for your helpful and knowledgeable advice

    November 21, 2023 at 12:41 pm #113103
    Anonymous
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    I have a seagate barracuda 3TB HDD in my Aura, I installed and formatted it with no problems and have been using it for 3 months now.

    November 21, 2023 at 12:49 pm #113104
    Anonymous
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    TIM-SUE – 7 mins ago  » 

    I have a seagate barracuda 3TB HDD in my Aura, I installed and formatted it with no problems and have been using it for 3 months now.

    Thanks so much for sharing your experience that’s really helpful.

    November 21, 2023 at 4:30 pm #113105
    Martin Liddle
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    TIM-SUE – 3 hours ago  » 

    I have a seagate barracuda 3TB HDD in my Aura, I installed and formatted it with no problems and have been using it for 3 months now.

    Are you getting the full 3TB of storage?

    November 22, 2023 at 10:32 am #113106
    Anonymous
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    YES, IT SEEMS SO.

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