4/25/2023 0 Comments Cisco dvr power on timeI found out that HDClone is by far the superior drive imaging tool (to Acronis anyway) as it was the only one that saw the TWC HD as drive with a valid partition as opposed to an errant ‘uninitialized’ status/drive Acronis reported. It appears Cisco/Scientific Atlanta really did their homework in locking down the boot to only their ‘signed’ and ‘paired’ boot software & hardware. No joy – same error and H100 – H999 sequencing as when I put the SSD in uninitialized. THE MOMENT OF TRUTH – put the new SSD into the TWC box and powered it up. The Clone process along with verification step took about 6 hours. It was able to recognize Unix/Linux encrypted partition! Since the target SSD was smaller (250gb) than the source TWC HD (500gb), it required a ‘partition-to-drive’ cloning process with the option of copying just the equivalent 0-#,#,# sectors totaling ~250gb, but that was perfect as all that was on the TWC drive was the requisite boot-strap data and UNIX/Linux kernel w/custom Cisco/SA OS – no recorded shows at all. Tried using the PC-based Boot CD ‘HDClone 4.2 PRO’ product. No joy – apparently it ALSO can’t recognize or work upon the Unix/Linux encrypted partition. Tried using the PC-based Boot CD ‘Acronis Tru Image’ product. Apparently it can’t recognize or work upon the Unix/Linux encrypted partition. No joy – clicking the START button immediately flashed the status bar to 100% and quit. Tried a hardware dock CLONE from the original HD to the SSD using a StarTech SATA dock. After hours of the front panel status LED scrolling through H100 to H999 and restarting, it became apparent it was not doing anything. I will post updates as they become available!Īfter the SSD arrived, I tried the simplest possibility – just plugging it into the box and rebooting (not a likely method, but hey- gotta try to know for sure!). ![]() ![]() The new $172 Samsung 256GB SSD has been ordered from B & H Photo – – and should arrive in just a few days. While not perfect (SATA3 provides up to 600MB/s) it does allow us to utilize 65% of the max throughput (90% of the sustained throughput) of todays fastest SSDs. This problem can conceivably be alleviated, if not completely eliminated, by upgrading the devices internal standard home computer mechanical hard drive with the newer and MUCH faster solid state drive SSD.įortunately for us, the interface used for the storage device is the SATA2 interface, which gives us up to 300MB/s transfer speed. It is also notorious for it’s degrading quality over time where it starts to drop video and audio during periods of intense drive activity (like when recording a show and playing back another simultaneously). It incorporates a Tru 2-Way cable card, has dual tuners and approximately 400GB available DVR space. This week’s hack project is upgrading Time Warner’s HD DVR Explorer 8642HDC sloooow mechanical 5,400rpm hard drive to a solid state drive SSD in an attempt to dramatically improve video transfer speed and overall quality.Īnyone subscribing to Time Warner’s Signature Home ‘FULL HOUSE DVR’ service is likely familiar with this device.
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