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footman

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28. February 2005 @ 05:57

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Hi Folks,

I have a standard sky+ box and I find that I reach the hard disk capacity rather quickly. I'm constantly having to delete stuff so its a real pain if there is a film I want to keep.

Half of the problem is the wife. The amount of crap she puts in on series link is unbelivable! I have thought about getting a new wife but I think it would work out cheaper to upgrade the hard drive. Does anybody know how to do this? Is there a particular drive that I would need to purchase or would any make do?

Many thanks in anticipation.

Neil.

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steady--1

Newbie

3. June 2005 @ 13:16

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he info you require in step by step guide is here http://www.wiredhomeguide.co.uk/

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footman

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5. June 2005 @ 05:22

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Excellent. Thanks for the help. I will let you know how I get on. Have you followed this procedure?

Neil

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Bawjawz

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16. July 2005 @ 11:23

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Don't do it mate. Been there, tried that lost 50% (80GB) of my kept stuff after upgrading. The ever-lasting "System Fault" problem happened. Boo hoo, lost 20 episodes of South Park (amongst a lot of other stuff). Sky+ doesn't like to keep stuff, just watch and delete like you have been. Buy it on DVD if you like it. :)

It was a Maxtor Diamondmax 10 (D10)160GB. I did order a Diamondmax 9 (D9) as I read this had lower power consumption and also read that the D10 didn't perform as well with Sky+. If you can get your hands on a D9 it might be ok.

Got my old 40GB Maxtor working in it again, so far its still ok.
Put the D10 in my PC, better used for DVD backups.

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travi2s1

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24. July 2005 @ 03:24

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I have upgraded using these instructions several months ago and it has been fine. From reading various pages on the subject it seems that only Maxtor drives seem to work.

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toots347

Newbie

13. August 2005 @ 08:27

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Use a Samsung Spinpoint drive if your box is an Amstrad. The Maxtors give problems in them. I've had no problems. Try going here for an excellent how to site.

http://www.humvee.co.uk/sky.htm

It's really easy.

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sp4rc

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1. December 2005 @ 01:06

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I have a Pace 3100 (v2) box and recently bought a pre-prepared 250GB Sky+ drive upgrade kit from XtendedPlay:

http://www.xtendedplay.co.uk/sky-hard-disk-upgrade-kit-250gb-driv...

The upgrade kit came with good instructions and the correct screw driver/wrench to do the work. They also configure up the acoustic management on the drive for you, so there's no need to mess around with your PC.

I highly recommended them...

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socratez

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5. December 2005 @ 11:51

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footman, there's a website that is VERY popular with Sky customers in the UK. Although AfterDawn's forum is fantastic, there is a lot more info available there as it's used by those who are interested in this kind of thing.

I'll PM you the details if you want as I don't want to 'advertise' (even though it's free) another forum. I'm not saying these forums are bad, it's different from this forum. :)

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I'm not a Junior... it just looks that way. :)

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ellis

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8. January 2006 @ 09:20

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The best thing to do if youre not sure is get a dvd recorder and copy anything you want to save to that.Saves all the hassle and you wont lose anything from a disc,this is the way i do it.

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allan86

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5. February 2006 @ 07:17

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socratez id be interested in that site if you could give me the details, thanks

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toots347

Newbie

5. February 2006 @ 07:33

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This is just about the best guide. It will lead to all sorts of nice places. http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=156344