Comcast XFINITY TV → Re: Copying over an external DVR HD to another

What i'm worried about is when I plug the 400GB drive into the PC (or Mac), it could write some hidden files to it and render the drive corrupted to the DVR. Do you think the SA is picky with the drive..?? With how flawless and uncomplicated its install was, I wouldn't think so..

The external HDD is matched to the STB it was formated on. Files on this HDD will not be able to be used on another STB.

When you connect the dupe HDD (If your able to get it copied from the original) it will force you to reformat it, as the STB ID code will not match.

This is required by DRM.

It's a shame, because there's an Iomega 750GB drive for $99 on TigerDirect.

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Storage is so cheap. Hope they figure out how to get it working.

External HDD on Moto boxes works just fine. This isn't a technical issue, it's a "who supports it" issue. Cisco agreed to support the external HDD, Moto wants Comcast to support it if they (Comcast) so choose to enable it. Same with MoCA.