Can I reuse an eSATA external when I switch receivers?

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Greggbb

Discussion Starter · Mar 14, 2012

My HR21-100 is dying and I'm receiving an HR24; there is a one year old external Iomega MDHD-DVR 1TB drive on the HR21, and I know I will lose the recordings, however the drive I believe is fine.

If I plug it into my new HR24 will it automatically reformat (other, very old threads are saying no)? If not, what do I need to do in order to have my external drive cleaned off for the new DVR? Do I really need to go through the very slow process on my dying HR21 and delete every single recording before plugging it into the new DVR?

Thanks,
Gregg

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P Smith

· #3 · Mar 14, 2012

If you want to save you scheduled recordings, that's the way - slow, but with a result.

If you don't need to keep anything on that drive - connect it to PC and just delete all partitions (Windows Disk Management could do that regardless if it native Linux EXT3).

Same time if you concern about current health of the drive, use MHDD [bootable CD] and take SMART data before and after Scan with Remap=ON. Post results here for further discussion.

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P Smith

· #5 · Mar 14, 2012

Gregg, if you concern about current health of the drive, use MHDD [bootable CD] and take SMART data before and after Scan with Remap=ON. Post results here for further discussion.

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P Smith

· #10 · Mar 15, 2012

Perhaps you must reboot your DVR after such massive flush.

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