[tomatomic]

It seems the only way for you to tell what HD size your bolt is seeing or using is by what the bolt is saying is has for "Recording Capacity" in System Information.. or is there another way to see what the bolt has?

and with my 5TB its saying 92 hours. what does yours say? (please mention what size of drive you installed and what recording capacity your bolt reports)


Personally, i was expecting much more, and am not sure its seeing the whole drive... So i could use the help.

 

[phox_mulder]

3TB drive, 350 HD hours capacity
ETA, I mispoke, 350 is my free space, capacity is up to 478 HD hours.

 

[tomatomic]

hmm.. you'd think my 5TB would show more than 92 HD hours then... oi.
anyone else?

 

[HerronScott]

hmm.. you'd think my 5TB would show more than 92 HD hours then... oi.
anyone else?

How did you get to the 5TB drive as it sounds like you didn't use the MFS tools?

Scott

 

[kpeters59]

You probably didn't properly expand it with the amazing software that frequenters of this forum have created.

Check the Upgrades Forum.

-KP

 

[tomatomic]

Oh i wasn't aware I needed to prep the drive
The 3Tb i tried a ways back didn't seem to need it but its been a while, didnt think about it.

so, okay, ill check upgrades and see what i can do. thanks.

 

[dianebrat]

Oh i wasn't aware I needed to prep the drive
The 3Tb i tried a ways back didn't seem to need it but its been a while, didnt think about it.

That's because 3TB is the highest default drive size on a Tivo and they format drives up to that size automatically.

 

[justen_m]

Yeah, with up to a 3TB drive, you can just drop it in. That's why I went with one. No need to mess with it. As phox_mulder says, my 3TB internal drive Bolt shows Variable, up to 478 HD or 3289 SD hours.

 

[justen_m]

and with my 5TB its saying 92 hours. what does yours say? (please mention what size of drive you installed and what recording capacity your bolt reports)

Are you saying you have a 5TB drive that fits inside the Bolt? A 2.5" drive? Is it an SSD? Or are you perhaps referring to a model of Seagate 3TB BarraCuda 5400 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" 15mm Internal Hard Drive ST3000LM024 - Newegg.com

Looks like that is available up to 5TB. Guess I've been out of the loop. I thought 2.5" internal drives above 2TB were in short supply after the 3TB Hitatchi (what I've got) was discontinued.

 

[tomatomic]

welp that worked!! thanks very much guys.. that reformatter is like.. magic!

"800 hours"

 

[tomatomic]

Are you saying you have a 5TB drive that fits inside the Bolt? A 2.5" drive? Is it an SSD? Or are you perhaps referring to a model of Seagate 3TB BarraCuda 5400 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" 15mm Internal Hard Drive ST3000LM024 - Newegg.com

Looks like that is available up to 5TB. Guess I've been out of the loop. I thought 2.5" internal drives above 2TB were in short supply after the 3TB Hitatchi (what I've got) was discontinued.

nope, 2.5 5TB. got it from a post listing drives that work with TE3 and TE4

 

[justen_m]

Ooops, in my post I meant 3TB Toshiba, not Hitatchi.