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Adam Nelson · December 25th, 2008, 12:22 PM

I have a 80gb DR-HD100 Firestore and I was interested in Moding it with a larger hard drive. I was wondering what the biggest HD that I would be able to put in it? I know a lot of people have been having great success with this mod and I just wanted to maximize my upgrade. Thanks for any information in advance!

Adam Nelson · December 27th, 2008, 01:31 AM

Well I went to Fry's today and picked my replacement drive. I have never seen anyone replace the 80gb hard drive yet so I picked up a 160gb drive. I am hoping that it will format my drive and I will see the whole 160 usable Gigabites. Well see I will tell you what happens tomorrow.

If this works I will be trying a bigger gb hd to see how high a 80gb DR-HD100 can take.

Adam Nelson · December 28th, 2008, 03:17 AM

I completed my HD upgrade on my DR-HD100 80gig Firestore. I picked up a 160gig Western Digital EIDE HD 5400RPM 0.5A. Took the old one out placed the 160gig in its place and put everything back together. I powered it up it asked me to partition I selected YES...it partitioned and formatted the new 160 gig drive. My minutes left first read 920min left to record. I started recording and they stabilized at 711 minutes left. That is now a total of 11.8 hours of strait recording that I am able to do!! Its also doubling my battery life since the new drive is a .5amp and the old drive is a 1.1A drive!!! I am going to try to pull this new 160gig hd out and pick up a the 200 or 250gig for a test. Well just see what happens, if it will handle it.

O an if anyone is interested I have a 80gig HD for sale if anyone wanted to upgrade there 60gig. $50 bucks if anyone is interested in the HD.

Rob Cook · December 28th, 2008, 05:33 PM

Adam,
Thanks for the info. Could you post some pics of the upgrade process?

Adam Nelson · December 29th, 2008, 01:10 AM

you know I will once I pick up the 250gig HD. I was thinking about doing that while I was in the middle of the 160gig upgrade modification. Thanks I will do so next time.

Rob Cook · December 29th, 2008, 01:21 AM

Adam,
Thanks... keep us posted.

December 25th, 2008, 12:22 PM	#1
Adam Nelson New Boot Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Inland Empire, Ca Posts: 9	Dr-hd100 I have a 80gb DR-HD100 Firestore and I was interested in Moding it with a larger hard drive. I was wondering what the biggest HD that I would be able to put in it? I know a lot of people have been having great success with this mod and I just wanted to maximize my upgrade. Thanks for any information in advance!

December 27th, 2008, 01:31 AM	#2
Adam Nelson New Boot Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Inland Empire, Ca Posts: 9	Upgrading my DR-HD100 Well I went to Fry's today and picked my replacement drive. I have never seen anyone replace the 80gb hard drive yet so I picked up a 160gb drive. I am hoping that it will format my drive and I will see the whole 160 usable Gigabites. Well see I will tell you what happens tomorrow. If this works I will be trying a bigger gb hd to see how high a 80gb DR-HD100 can take.

December 28th, 2008, 03:17 AM	#3
Adam Nelson New Boot Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Inland Empire, Ca Posts: 9	Sucessful HD Swap I completed my HD upgrade on my DR-HD100 80gig Firestore. I picked up a 160gig Western Digital EIDE HD 5400RPM 0.5A. Took the old one out placed the 160gig in its place and put everything back together. I powered it up it asked me to partition I selected YES...it partitioned and formatted the new 160 gig drive. My minutes left first read 920min left to record. I started recording and they stabilized at 711 minutes left. That is now a total of 11.8 hours of strait recording that I am able to do!! Its also doubling my battery life since the new drive is a .5amp and the old drive is a 1.1A drive!!! I am going to try to pull this new 160gig hd out and pick up a the 200 or 250gig for a test. Well just see what happens, if it will handle it. O an if anyone is interested I have a 80gig HD for sale if anyone wanted to upgrade there 60gig. $50 bucks if anyone is interested in the HD.

December 28th, 2008, 05:33 PM	#4
Rob Cook Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 99	Adam, Thanks for the info. Could you post some pics of the upgrade process? __________________ Canon XHA1, Canon T2i, FinalCut 3 , MacBook Pro 2.4Gz, FireStore FSC-60, DP1X Monitor

December 29th, 2008, 01:21 AM	#6
Rob Cook Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 99	Adam, Thanks... keep us posted. __________________ Canon XHA1, Canon T2i, FinalCut 3 , MacBook Pro 2.4Gz, FireStore FSC-60, DP1X Monitor

December 29th, 2008, 01:10 AM	#5
Adam Nelson New Boot Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Inland Empire, Ca Posts: 9	you know I will once I pick up the 250gig HD. I was thinking about doing that while I was in the middle of the 160gig upgrade modification. Thanks I will do so next time.