What's a good Ext Hard Drive?

[ronsspas]

Well dish is sending me a new 722k and I have to get my recordings off my old 722k. What is a good Hard drive that I can use for download off my old to new 722? And possible use the hard drive back up my computer once in a while.

 

[dfergie]

Welcome to SatelliteGuys!, I've had good luck with the WD Elements 2 TB's & the Seagate 2 TB's (wipe the software off both first with pc) from Wal Mart.

 

[TG2]

I've also had good results with the WD & Seagate drives. Though in my case, I first did the Seagate 2TB as a test with my 211k ... which formatted the drive then told me it was too big.. you know.. dish says things (max 1TB) but not always truthful .. and so put it onto my 722k which had no problem ..

As to the whole "off my old to new" ... I wouldn't bother with the "to new" part. Put it on the EHD and leave it there.. this frees up your internal drive for the 55 hours of HD ... its just as easy to access off the EHD as it is on the internal drive.. so there's no reason to waste the time to put it back on the internal .. and also the EHD's are really not that expensive any more.. Costco has the 2tb on sale most of the time for 99 to 129 ...

You can also find good deals at NewEgg

 

[Lord_Vader]

... And possible use the hard drive back up my computer once in a while.

Just so you know... I believe it's one or the other. The DVR will format the drive and it won't be compatible format for the PC.

 

[Tampa8]

WD hands down. 2TB as well as 500GB and up all work great. Not so much Seagate for me or others judging by posts, though many do say they work fine also. There are posts on this, including at other sites.

 

[KAB]

Just so you know... I believe it's one or the other. The DVR will format the drive and it won't be compatible format for the PC.

Correct. Dish EHD is Linux based.