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Sony dvd recorder RDRC100

Has anyone managed to change the hard disk drive in one of the above? I th ink that if I take the 160 GB HD out and using another 1 TB disk of the the same characteristic to make a clone of the Sony disk, then I might be able to put the clone back into the machine and erase all the film and so get a n empty huge disk capacity. I would like to keep all the films and documen taries etc that are on the first disk and if I can do it once I could do it any number of times.

Any ideas as to whether or not it would work? If I made a clone would it ju st be the same size as the original disk or might it leave the extra space as just a bigger partition? I was thinking of using Clonezilla or is there a better method?

Thanks George.

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georgewbell
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Depends on the firmware. If it uses some form of OS like linux, it will probably work. Found an (off-topic) article claiming the chipset is from Samsung:

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With dark marketing tricks the disk size may be a hard-coded constraint.

Cloning the 160GB on a 1TB will have it still reporting 160GB. If you want to reach beyond that size, the partition table must change. Chances are slim the firmware will support partitions. I would try a 1TB partition with the files merely copied over from the 160GB disk. Just make sure the 160GB disk stays unmodified in the process... It's your only fallback.

Cheers!

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c4urs11

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