Mahelf
New Member
Hello,
I am a newbie here and I'm grateful to many skilled members who help us to better know and use our Freesat Foxsat-HDR.
However I searched all threads and couldn't find details about the maximal size in TB for an external HDD formated under ext3 with, for instance my PC's Paragon Hard Disk Manager software.
I presently use two 1.5 TB external HDDs connected through both USB sockets, they work fine and I can transfer everything I want from my internal drive (HD single-copy protected records included, e.g. H.M. Silver Jubilee's Concert tec) to these external HDDs.
However, because I save many series that are no more aired here in France (yes, I'm French and I prefer British TV programmes), they're almost full and I am considering the use of higher capacity external drives : 2 TB or even 3 TB.
Is it possible, provided I format them undr ext3 with my PC's Paragon Hard Disk Manager software ?
Humax phone support told me yesterday that the maximum size would be 1 TB, but I imagine that involves only HDD formating with the Humax itself, as explained in other threads.
So, is it possible to use the full capacity of a 3 TB external HDD formated in ext3 with Paragon HD Mgr ?
Many thanks in advance for your help, as soon as I get a reply I select the size of my new external drive to buy, because I urgently miss much storage...
Best regards,
Louis in France
I am a newbie here and I'm grateful to many skilled members who help us to better know and use our Freesat Foxsat-HDR.
However I searched all threads and couldn't find details about the maximal size in TB for an external HDD formated under ext3 with, for instance my PC's Paragon Hard Disk Manager software.
I presently use two 1.5 TB external HDDs connected through both USB sockets, they work fine and I can transfer everything I want from my internal drive (HD single-copy protected records included, e.g. H.M. Silver Jubilee's Concert tec) to these external HDDs.
However, because I save many series that are no more aired here in France (yes, I'm French and I prefer British TV programmes), they're almost full and I am considering the use of higher capacity external drives : 2 TB or even 3 TB.
Is it possible, provided I format them undr ext3 with my PC's Paragon Hard Disk Manager software ?
Humax phone support told me yesterday that the maximum size would be 1 TB, but I imagine that involves only HDD formating with the Humax itself, as explained in other threads.
So, is it possible to use the full capacity of a 3 TB external HDD formated in ext3 with Paragon HD Mgr ?
Many thanks in advance for your help, as soon as I get a reply I select the size of my new external drive to buy, because I urgently miss much storage...
Best regards,
Louis in France