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   peterson
   

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   Please excuse my limited technical understanding, however ....

   I've recently canceled SKY and resurrected my Foxsat HDR - 320 Gb.
   Being used to 2TB Sky box I'm noticing the lack of disk space which made me look into replacing the HD.
   As expected a lot of the info here and elsewhere is a little out of date as regards which disk to buy.
   Also I'm not completely clear as to if AF. Disks work straight off.
   I've read about the need to re-partition 2TB disks before they work.
   Then I got to wondering if I could swap the 2TB disk from my old SKY box, thinking it might already be portioned in a way that the Humax will recognise because I don't really understand/want to get into using Linux.
   Anyone advise if this is feasible ?

   | Thu 18 Dec 2014 10:32:44 #1 |
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   Martin Liddle
   

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   peterson - 6 minutes ago  » 
   Then I got to wondering if I could swap the 2TB disk from my old SKY box, thinking it might already be portioned in a way that the Humax will recognise because I don't really understand/want to get into using Linux.
   Anyone advise if this is feasible ?

   I think it is very unlikely that the file system on a Sky box will use exactly the same partition layout as the FOXSAT. You can fit a 1TB drive to your FOXSAT and the box will partition and format it at the push of a button. It is only when you want a drive bigger than 1TB that things get tricky. See MyHumax Wiki article

   | Thu 18 Dec 2014 10:44:40 #2 |
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   Many thanks for the reply, Martin.
   That wiki will be useful when I get to do the job.
   Only problem is, as I said, all of the disks listed don't seem to be available anymore !
   I've seen the WD10 EURX ON EBUYER which seems as if it will do the job but I'm not exactly certain.

   | Thu 18 Dec 2014 11:33:56 #3 |
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   peterson - 45 minutes ago  » 
   I've seen the WD10 EURX ON EBUYER which seems as if it will do the job but I'm not exactly certain.

   The AV-GP WD10EURX should be OK or alternatively the Seagate ST1000VM002 Link to EBuyer which is not fussy about partition alignment to 4KB boundaries (although it is still beneficial).

   | Thu 18 Dec 2014 12:24:53 #4 |
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   You may need a jumper to connect pins 5-6 (on the WD drive anyway) to reduce the data rate as it is a SATA-6 drive.

   | Thu 18 Dec 2014 15:44:07 #5 |
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   Yes, thanks, REPASSAC, I got that impression from posts and articles I've read.
   Presumably you don't think that will be necessary on the Seagate Drive?

   | Thu 18 Dec 2014 20:33:32 #6 |
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   Reading Seagate's doc on this it (http://www.seagate.com/files/staticfiles/support/docs/manual/ce/Pipeline%20HD%20Series/100529372j.pdf) says that if that if you get a "Drive not detected" error then the motherboard does not support SATA auto negotiation. You can then limit the speed to 1.5 GB/s by SMART command Transport command.

   To issue the command attach the drive to a PC and use the Seagate tools.

   There is a small power advantage to the Seagate drive but I think I would go for the WD like most who have installed.

   | Fri 19 Dec 2014 8:15:43 #7 |
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   peterson
   

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   Thanks again.
   Tend to agree WD drive looks best choice, and try to source a jumper from local computer shop.

   | Fri 19 Dec 2014 9:04:41 #8 |
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   If you can be bothered look in a desktop PC - frequently jumpers are placed on just one pin.

   | Fri 19 Dec 2014 13:28:08 #9 |
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    Yes, I've found one on the HD I took out of and old desktop PC before I decommissioned it !
    Hopefully that will do the job.
    Again, thanks for your advice.

    | Fri 19 Dec 2014 14:23:16 #10 |

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