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Im not sure if anybody would even want to attempt this, but does anyone know if it possible to remove the HDD from a HDD recorder and upgrade with with a higher capacity drive?

Generally it can`t be done as they usually are programed to work with a certain amount of space. You would probably find that if you fitted a larger HDD then you would still only be able to use the same amount of space as the original drive.

If the drive was cloned, surely it would be looking at free space available not capacity?

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As I understand it, this can be done in Sky+ boxes, they take up to 120gb HDs afaik. You just stick it in, and when it boots up for the first time it will format it ready to work as normal (losing whatever was originally on there obviously).

I would have thought that these days it would be stupid for a manufacturer to limit this in the firmware, when they can sell multiple models for different prices just by changing the HD inside and the model number outside.

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