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VideoBob
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_ 		11. September 2005 @ 17:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have just upgraded my Panasonic DMR-E85HS Drive from the Samsung SV1203N 120-GB drive that came with it to a new Maxtor 6Y250PO 250.0 GB OEM drive.

I had a problem at first, because I had no jumper ables for either drive, and tried the new drive stock. It kept giving errors and rebooting and finally said "Replace Drive." I tried a couple of times with the same result.

I finally did a web search and found that the Samsung was "Cable-select" and the Maxtor came stock as "Master." I re-jumpered the Maxtor to "Cable-Select" and reinstalled. It came up and asked to be formatted, so I did.

The problem comes when I look at the size, and the drive has *exactly* the same recording capacity on all settings as it did with the 120!

What have I overlooked?

Thanks!

Bob Faw
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gdoggy
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_ 		16. September 2005 @ 09:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's hard-coded in the player's firmware to only format and use 120GB no matter how much bigger the drive is. There is no way around it.








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unisil
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_ 		22. December 2005 @ 02:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So If I have a faulty HDD can I just take it out and replace ot with another like size HDD, in this case 80gb and the unit will reformat it.

How by the way does it reformat the HDD. i.e. you take one HDD out, put the new one in...where to from there?

Many Thanks

Max
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VideoBob
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_ 		6. January 2006 @ 13:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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So If I have a faulty HDD can I just take it out and replace ot with another like size HDD, in this case 80gb and the unit will reformat it.

How by the way does it reformat the HDD. i.e. you take one HDD out, put the new one in...where to from there?
Yep, that's pretty much it. When you power up,just follow the directions on-screen. It formats just like a DVD-Ram in the Setup menu.

bob
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