Use existing external HD with Hopper?

[jdvaughn]

We're moving soon and I wanted to upgrade to a hopper when we do. Right now we have a 722 with an external hard drive (WD). I was on the phone with Dish awhile back for something else, but I asked the guy if we did upgrade, could we still use our external hard drive (which I have half full of all kinds of stuff I don't want to lose). He said no, it wasn't possible. So I'm asking here cause this is where the smart people are.

Is it possible?

Thanks in advance!
Juli

 

[thomasjk]

That guy was wrong. Lots of people doing it.

 

[jdvaughn]

That guy was wrong. Lots of people doing it.

Awesome! thank you! I was just looking at the Hopper 3 and wow, it looks really cool!

 

[spoiler1041]

We're moving soon and I wanted to upgrade to a hopper when we do. Right now we have a 722 with an external hard drive (WD). I was on the phone with Dish awhile back for something else, but I asked the guy if we did upgrade, could we still use our external hard drive (which I have half full of all kinds of stuff I don't want to lose). He said no, it wasn't possible. So I'm asking here cause this is where the smart people are.

Is it possible?

Thanks in advance!
Juli

WD has a very good chance. Is it under 2tb and has a power cord?

 

[Bobby]

I have my WD from my 722 to my Hopper 1 to my Hopper 3. Hell yes, it works!

 

[jdvaughn]

WD has a very good chance. Is it under 2tb and has a power cord?

It is a 2TB and yes, I have the cords.

 

[Tampa8]

Continued ignorance and horrible CSR training, it's never ending.

 

[spoiler1041]

It is a 2TB and yes, I have the cords.

I'll never say it will work and I'll always say be prepared for it to not work but you should be fine.

By cords I hope you mean power not communication.

 

[NYDutch]

If the Hopper recognizes the format from the 722, you should be able to access your existing content. But if the Hopper needs to reformat the drive, you'll lose it.

 

[khemka]

As long as it's on the same account it will work, I have seen some people have issues (asking for re-format), but sending a re-hit to the box fixes it.



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[chris sawtelle]

I switched my external HD from my 922 over to the Hopper 3 and no issues.

 

[snissen]

When I upgraded from a ViP 622 to a Hopper 3 in May, my WD external hard drive worked fine when watching television.

However, I cannot see the external hard drive contents when using DishAnywhere with the Sling technology.

But with the Hopper 3 big hard drive, I just move recordings from the external hard drive to the Hopper 3, and DishAnywhere works great.