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Sky + hard drive replacement

  • 07-12-2009 08:22PM
    #1
    Dilbert75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,724 ✭✭✭


    Have been trawling around the web looking for recommendations on a drive with which I can replace the HDD in my V2 Pace 3100 Sky + box. However, most of the threads across most forums are very old and the drives no longer seem to be available. Very few IDE drives available these days - anyone got any recommendations on which one exactly to use? Personal recommendations from experience are particularly welcome. Tanx.


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  • #2
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    What size are you thinking of going up to?

    I've always replaced my Sky+ drives with bigger ones and only the other day I reformatted a 120GB that still had the Sky XTR file system on it (as I'm selling it), still have it here and can get the part number off it if you want.


  • #3
    Dilbert75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,724 ✭✭✭Dilbert75


    Please - that'd be great


  • #4
    daytrader
    Closed Accounts Posts: 142 ✭✭daytrader


    I bought this for 25euro of ebay Western Digital 250gb ide pata Desktop Harddrive.

    easy to fit and now have loads of space. use the old 160gb as a spare in my computer, was for dual booting ubuntu but I gave up windows now since ubuntu 9.10 came out.


  • #5
    Dilbert75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,724 ✭✭✭Dilbert75


    daytrader wrote: »
    I bought this for 25euro of ebay Western Digital 250gb ide pata Desktop Harddrive

    Do you have a link to that or the model no, rotation speed, cache, etc? Was going to try go for the biggest drive I could get - 500Gb IDE is available but just not sure of compatibility. Don't want box to overheat either.


  • #6
    ongarite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,451 ✭✭✭ongarite


    I recently installed a 500GB Western Digital Blue in my Pace PVR3 Sky+ box. Got it from Dabs.ie

    With drive this size, it will have to be initialised and formatted in a PC using copy+ software.


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