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#Wd my passport is it possible to replace the hdd serial numbers#
#Wd my passport is it possible to replace the hdd serial number#

I attached both old and new drives at the same time using a USB3-SATA adaptor (adaptor OK for this step) for one drive and straight SATA for the other. If your drive is failing you might want to use DDrescue – details here:ĭdrescue - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) It has to be a WD Marvel drive as you will be using Vendor Specific Codes to change parts of the HDD’s passport.įor this I booted into Ubuntu and then used the DD command to clone the drive. I fitted a WD 10EURX, about the cheapest 1Tb drive around. A WD 1Tb HDD using a Marvel controller.Cost is currently 15USD for one month’s use. A licensed copy of WDMarvel v3 – WD Marvel Repair Tool – Utility to recover HDD WD Marvel (A free demo version is available and whilst good for testing your hardware setup it will not write to a HDD and so can not be used.A copy of Victoria - HDDGURU: Victoria (free).

I used Ubuntu - Download Ubuntu Desktop | Download | Ubuntu A bootable CD or USB with a flavour of Linux on it.It will not work if you try and use a USB to SATA adaptor. A PC running Widows (XP or later) and the ability to attach a SATA drive directly to the motherboard.I think the same procedure would probably work with other Panasonic HDD recorders. I have replaced the HDD in one of my 720s and kept all the recordings.

#Wd my passport is it possible to replace the hdd serial number#

Well it is both the serial number and the model number that have to match, possibly the size of the disk too I have only been looking into replacing the HDD with one of identical capacity so cannot confirm the latter.

#Wd my passport is it possible to replace the hdd serial numbers#

I posted last year that I thought that it must be possible to save the recordings when changing the HDD and that it probably required the serial numbers of the HDDs to match. To replace the HDD in a DMR-BWT720 without losing the recordings.