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eSATA external drive for HR24
I've had an 8TB eSATA drive for HR24 Genie. The drive failed after about 8 years. I can no longer find a replacement- apparently eSATA drives are no longer available. Can I use a USB 3.0 drive with an eSATA converter cable? USB3.0 in the drive port, eSATA in the HR24 port. Will this work?
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shannon02
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21.1K Messages
15 days ago
You don't have an HR24 as they can only have a 2TB hard drive, weaknees.com still has external hard drives listed on their website. No, you can't use any USB drive as the USB ports can only be used for the no longer available AM 21 OTA tuner/DTV techs for refurbishing or to power/charge small devices.
It is an SATA drive in an ESATA enclosure.
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Juniper
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14 days ago
Glad we could help. Hope that new drive will do it.
Otherwise, cheaper options may be to get a SATA HDD in an enclosure that will support connecting to eSATA. Naturally, SATA and eSATA are compatible like USB 2.0 to USB 3.0.
Just don't try to USB to eSATA.
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goldw1800
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15 days ago
Suggest this (LINK) use any Bare HD -and connect it to the eSTATA port of the HDVDVR. Rather than using an encloser.
Amazon.com: StarTech.com Dual-Bay USB 3.0 / eSATA to SATA Hard Drive Docking Station, External 2.5/3.5" SATA I/II/III, SSD/HDD Docking Station, Hot-Swap Hard Drive Bays, Top-Loading (SDOCK2U33EB),Black
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Juniper
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15 days ago
Recheck your model number as HR24 is the last regular HDDVR before the Genie and had a hard cap of 2TB external drive like all pre-Genie boxes.
USB to eSATA will not work, but you can use eSATA to SATA as different form factor for same type of connection.
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SJCL
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15 days ago
Sorry, my mistake. I meant HR54, not HR24. So my question is if I get an external drive with a USB port and use a converter cable USB to SATA (for the SATA port on the Genie)l will that work?
Meanwhile, I’ll check Weaknees. Tx.
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litzdog911
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15 days ago
I doubt that will work. But if you try it, let us know if it works.
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Juniper
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15 days ago
Converter cable will not make USB drive compatible.
HDD SATA would be in an eSATA enclosure.
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SJCL
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14 days ago
Weakknees apparently still has eSATA drives available. Expensive but should solve my problem. Thanks to everyone who commented.
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shannon02
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14 days ago
You are welcome.
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