You should be able to move the content from your EHD to the internal hard drive. Are you seeing an error message or whats going on?
It's quite easy to move from an EHD to your Internal had drive. Just go to the Menu and select External Hard Drive. Just click the the From and To and it will bring up the shows on you're EHD and you can select which ones to move to the internal drive.
Yes, you are quite correct. I rushed that post and left off that there is another way to move items, that usually works. I can transfer using your method. My Living Room HWS is a LOT faster at transfers than my Master Bedroom HWS, but I suspect that is because the one in the bedroom is hooked up thru a powered USB hub, along with another EHD. I expected the LR HWS to be slower, because it is a RAID.
Here, in more detail, is the "failure mode:"
Press the DVR button. Select External Device. Select the title you want to move, and choose EDIT from the pop up selections provided. Then choose which folder you want to send it to. The list of choices which appears does not usually (ever?) show all actual folder choices. And when I select a folder, say "Military" it comes up "Bones," which was not on the selection list, but is in fact a valid folder. Then, whether you choose CANCEL or SAVE, nothing happens. Nothing is moved.
Or you could press DVR, Select External Device, then EDIT from the top line, then select several programs, each will be marked with a blue checkmark, and go to EDIT ACTIONS. You'll probably only see Delete as an option. But similar to the above, a multi-move with a single command would go well here.
Obviously, those folder selections options indicate an intended method to move around programs. A more logical way, to my thinking. Hopefully we will see this one day.
Oh, and that "usually works " comment above? Sometimes I can Menu/External HD and only get the option of transferring from the Hopper to the External HD (1 or both of them). Or it only shows the Hopper under "From" and nothing under "To." Quite odd. But backing out and going back in one or more times brings up the correct options.