How do I upgrade the faulty hard disk in my Sony DVD/HDD Recorder?

You may also need a firmware upgrade (if one exists) for this model. Remember the software tells the system what size the HD is. If it doesn't know it has a bigger drive it may not record over the whole drive.

Ed
May 2009

you need to be careful on that because it is not a simple case of removing the drive and putting another in its place. the hard drive in your dvd recorder has got software and directories stored on it so an idea would probably be to first clone the files on the old drive onto the new one or have a way of copying them on to the new drive so that you have exactly the same set up as on the new drive as on the old drive. this should work though i have not yet tried it myself. make sure the file system on your new drive is the same as the one on the old (usually fat/fat 32). there however is a chance that it might not work if the hardware on your recorder can only handle the hard drive size equal to or lower than the size of your old hard drive thus making it impossible to upgrade your dvd recorder. this might not be the case however, so good luck.

joseph
October 2008

Take the old one out and try Maplins or PC World for a match. The key elements are: Interface and spin speed (7200 at a guess).

t
April 2008