im asking this for my mother! so please help :) my mom has a HD DVR its a motorola and the provider is cox communications. the hard drive is full and she needs more room she knows about recording to a vhs or a dvd but she really doesnt care for that she would much rather get an external hard drive and just do it that way it just works better for her. only problem is that cox hasnt activated the SATA port (external hard drive) or the usb ports. so that wont work darn it. but i think the 2 firewire ports that are on the back of it are activated! I know u can buy external hard drives that are firewire, but they have software to install (drivers) and i dont think it would work anyway cause its ment to connect a hd tv via firewire! so does anyone know a way to activate the ports my self or could i get a external optical drive and connect it via the firewire port to install the software for the external drive? would that even work? well if u have any advice or ur own suggestionsthanx
2007-05-13 19:43:24 · 1 answers · asked by Gerard Way is the Boss 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
it may be possible to remove the original hard drive and store it in a safe place and just buy a bigger compatible hard drive. I assume your mom wants to save what she has on her dvr hard drive and if that's the case, she may have to call Cox and ask them for solutions.
They may be able to swap out her current drive and transfer its contents to a newer bigger hard drive.
2007-05-13 19:59:23 · answer #1 · answered by Phade3 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋