"Arfa Daily" wrote in
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Hi there

I have had my Sony DVD recorder for over a year and the hard disk
which is about 3 Gb. I suppose, is full now and I do not want to
delete all the films etc.

How about changing the hard disk for a bigger one? Does anyone know
if it an ordinary ide connection and standard power lead and if so is
there any problem with a bigger one, will the software pick up the
change if I do it?

It is out of warrantee now, but before I start, I wondered if anyone
has done it, or if there is any way to dump the contents of the hard
disk to a big 1.5 Tb. disk I use for backup for other stuff. There
is a USB connection, but can it be programmed to allow this? I could
do it via a laptop. I have transferred some to dvd, but with an HD
documentary, for instance, I have to reduce the definition to get it
all onto one dvd. It takes ages as well. I would like to have an
external ide/power connection outside the machine so I could keep
several HDs for various subjects.

Any comments would be welcome, before I tear it apart.

Thanks George.


Can't say with any certainty for that model, but with many
manufacturer's machines that appear to use a perfectly normal IDE
drive, they are in fact an OEM version, and the machine looks for an
identifier block in the drive's control software. If it doesn't find
what it's looking for, the drive is not recognised.

Arfa



You could probably plug the old drive into a PC and access the movie files
that way. they're probably just standard video files.
unless the box has DRM; Digital Rights Management,then you're screwed.

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