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Can I upgrade second drive in dvr40 and keep recordings
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Posted by: dave3

I just upgraded my rca dvr-40 with 120 westerndigital ab 5400rpm drive as a second drive. The thing whines louder than my kids all day long. I want to replace it with this drive since it rated as very quiet.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-152-005&depa=0

can and how do I replace the western digital with the samsung drive, and keep my recordings, can I just do a drive copy since they are the same size, or is it more complicated than that?

thanks

dave

Posted by: Robert S

Yes, you'd just use dd to copy the data across, then the two drives should be identical.

This won't work if the new drive is even a single block smaller than the WD, so check that and buy a 160Gb drive if necessary.

Posted by: dave3

What is dd?

Posted by: Robert S

It's a tool that happens to be well-suited to copying hard drives. It's covered in Hinsdale.

Posted by: dave3

Thanks, found it!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: durst

Just for the record, I have two of these Samsung drives -SP1203N. I can't believe how quite this thing is. Also, 3 year warranty can't be beat for this price.

Not sure why it says 1 year on their website (newegg) These have a 3 year mfg warranty.

Posted by: Chris Gerhard

I have a Samsung SV1204H 120GB and WD1200JB 120GB, the WD drive is larger so be careful. I am not sure what models you are dealing with, but as Robert stated you need to make sure you are copying your WD to a drive at least as large.

Chris