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Replacing 9242 Hard Drive Discussion

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#1 ·
Being that you can now add an external drive to the 9242 and other model receivers, can we change the internal drive to a larger one?

It would seem that adding the ability to attach an external drive would moot any reason to limit our ability to change the internal drive.

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#29 ·
I would first reboot to reinitialize the guide data. You should be able to do a short test recording from one of the promo channels. If that doesn't work, try unplugging for several minutes to reset the hardware. You may need to reformat the hard drive, as discussed here. If that is not possible, try deleting the drive partitions on a PC and reinstalling in the 9242. The 9242 should try to reformat the drive again.
 
#30 ·
It is a 9241. I have pretty much done everything but pull the drive out and connect it to a PC. All the tests...resets, formats...onle once did the drive not error out and allow me to test record...but then I turned it off and back on and bam!...data not available error.

Do I need any special software to access and delete partitions?
 
#33 ·
Oh yes it probably is...although I was aware that the OP had a 9242 I thought the discussion was still relevant and is why I posted here.

However, as was pointed out in a US forum...the 9241 is NOT a Dish 722 but rather a Dish 612...which more then likely has a different firmware allowed set of drives. I am still hunting for the list of hard drives for the 612.

Let's add this up:
$200 - For 9241 (aka Dish 612) which had no hard drive
$100 - For a compatible hard drive for the Dish 722 (that is so hard to find I ordered it from California and paid ups overnight shipping)
Total- $300

Currently Bell is offering 200 bucks off on 9241 bringing total down to $299.

So now I am going to spend even more to get this beast running!!! haha

Will this be the last time I waste money on electronics...haha...probably not.

Anyone happen to know the hard drives for a 612? hahaha Oh also, anyone looking for a 500GB hard drive compatible with their 9242 let me know haha

On the plus side, the box still gets the full Bell package...I guess it is still attached to the guy's account who screwed me...gonna order a crap load of porn to make up what I lost hahahaha

Thanks guys.
 
#35 ·
This has been asked and answered many times, including in the first few posts in this thread. There is a very short list of compatible internal drives and they are difficult to find. Larger drives are not supported so increasing recording capacity is not a reason to switch internal drives. I highly recommend leaving the current internal drive as is. There are threads about what external drives work best. I suggest you read those. A 1TB external drive will store about 120hr of HD or 1000hr of SD.
 
#36 ·
Error 24 in 9242

I'm a long time reader but only now registered. I have been getting an error 24 for quite a while. I have been looking and trying all the suggestions in this forum but nothing seems to work. I don't want to replace the internal hardrive so I was wondering if I could use an external HD instead and if so, what would the forum recommend?

Thanks in advance for any help you may provide.
 
#37 ·
Did you try reformatting the hard disk as per the instructions in the sticky thread? You can't use the EHD in place of the internal disk. The 9242 won't record directly to the EHD anyway.

-Mike
 
#41 ·
I have 2 9242's but I have not had any issues and have not had to replace the Hard Drive. I did read somewhere that it gives you more recording capacity, as the larger drives are written into the software for Dishet's equivalent receivers. If I can find it I'll PM you.
 
#44 ·
Maybe this won't be as easy as I thought (should have guessed!).

Here's where I found a listing of retailers claiming to have the ST3500830SCE.

http://www.google.com/products/cata...og_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDAQ8wIwAg#

Of these, NextDayPC lists it as backordered. I placed an order with FuturePowerPC, but 10 mins later they sent an email saying they were out of stock and the item was discontinued. Currently, I have an order in with UpgradeBay. We'll see what comes of this.

They are also listed at Amazon, although ~ $280 for a new one.
 
#46 ·
There is a way to fix that (low level format or something).

The issue is the PVR changes a setting that prevents it from spinning up until accessed. Once it's in a PVR, it cannot be used in a PC until that is fixed, as the PC needs to read the drive ID during POST.

I remember that happening to me, but it was about 3 years ago I tried it, so I cannot fully remember what fix was.
 
#50 ·
Like on the other post, my 9242 hard drive is not working anymore. My hard drive is a Western Digital, not a Seagate, model WD3200AAJS. A lot of them are available on the NET but I was wondering if the the numbers and letters (57RYA0) after the model number are important.

WD3200AAJS-57RYA0.

Thx
 
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