Questions on already upgraded Philips DSR704

[Chuck584]

I upgraded my Philips as soon as I bought it way back when to a 160 mb drive. It is only showing 120 hours of the 140 available under 6.2

Is there any easy way to get the extra 20 hours using a boot disc with LBA support?

If not, is it possible to move everything to a larger drive given I went from the factory 40 to the 160. I want to save the thumbs ratings and my season passes especially.

[WK-Michael]

Actually, no, you can only expand each position (A or B) to two sets of partitions. You had one originally, and you've added a second to the A, so you can't expand to get the extra space. But if you go settings-only, then yes, you can get extra space.

[Chuck584]

Actually, no, you can only expand each position (A or B) to two sets of partitions. You had one originally, and you've added a second to the A, so you can't expand to get the extra space. But if you go settings-only, then yes, you can get extra space.

I gather I should do a back up then restore from the backup to save the settings?

I have a bracket and cable kit for a second drive I bought here to use in my Series 2 Tivo before dumping Comcast for DirecTV. If I read the catalog correctly, the bracket should work in the 704, allowing me to add a second drive?

Thanks for the great products and support!

[WK-Michael]

I gather I should do a back up then restore from the backup to save the settings?

Exactly right.

I have a bracket and cable kit for a second drive I bought here to use in my Series 2 Tivo before dumping Comcast for DirecTV. If I read the catalog correctly, the bracket should work in the 704, allowing me to add a second drive?

In most cases, the bracket is interchangeable. With a DSR704, any of our revisions should work.

[Chuck584]

Actually, no, you can only expand each position (A or B) to two sets of partitions. You had one originally, and you've added a second to the A, so you can't expand to get the extra space. But if you go settings-only, then yes, you can get extra space.

Would it be possible to back up the entire upgraded 160 gb drive to a FAT32 partition then restore from the FAT32 partition to the new larger drive?

Thanks for the help.

[WK-Michael]

No - not with recordings, if that's what you mean. You'd still need to be adding another set of partitions to the A drive, which can't handle another set.