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Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

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Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

AG — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:57:48 -0000

I followed this using terminal to the letter. it removed the files off the source hdd, and wouldn't transfer anything to the new hdd. I can't even restore to the original hdd.

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Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

Slaffko — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:36:29 -0000

Scratch all that. Getting a noname usb-pata adapter solved all the problems below - the moral of the story being a proprietary external drive enclosure may only accept the drive it shipped with.

Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

Slaffko — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:05:54 -0000

Oh, and also this:

****:~ Home$ diskutil verifypermissions disk5
Error starting permissions verification for disk5: Unrecognized filesystem (-9958)

Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

Slaffko — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:04:49 -0000

I am trying to upgrade the original AppleTV 160GB to a 320GB WD Scorpio Blue.

My Mac Pro 10.6.6 will NOT recognize the original ATV 160GB hard drive - I did a fresh factory restore, upgraded the ATV to the latest firmware, and I still get "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer| error - no partitions mount as a consequence.

diskutil list shows the device, shows the size, but does NOT list any partitions:
"
/dev/disk5
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: *160.0 GB disk5
"
No method therefore works as there are no partitions to copy - dd'ing the contents seems to be doing something but as I understand I won;t be able to resize partition 4 if no partitions are visible. In any case, the quick count=1335 method didn't work resulting in an unbootable appletv.

The PATA-USB enclosure certainly works as I am able to format and use the new 320GB WD in it.

Please help.

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Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

Eric71911 — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:06:33 -0000

Yes, you CAN put a SATA drive into an Apple TV. There is an excellent and very compact adapter sold on eBay that does just this. The source is China, so shipping takes a while, but I have put a 750GB SATA drive into an Apple TV, got it working with XBMC and the Crystal HD decoder and verified in iTunes that all of the extra hd space was available for storage. I see no reason (other than extra heat, possibly) that a 1GB Western Digital hard drive could also be installed in an Apple TV. I've done it, I know it is possible.

Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

Frankyching — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:23:08 -0000

Thanks, if someone tried 1TB, please share. I want to know. :-)

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pro ana tips — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:42:37 -0000

great step by step tutorial im nw to apple systems. so thank you :)

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ipad best deals — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:09:34 -0000

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ipad speakers — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:08:36 -0000

good post. i use 2.5" usb drive as well.

Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

Frankyching — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:29:02 -0000

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/392...
this is my atv with 500Gb connected whit "IDE to SATA converter" photo. work very fine. i hope that, it can use 1Tb. but i never try.

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Facebook Tagging Pictures — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:35:03 -0000

@Frankyching thank you for the tip .. I was having the same problem.

Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

G-unit — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:18:59 -0000

thats a good drive mate the western digital scorpio, the caviar blue or the av series are better. Btw samsung sucks, i dont know why ppl buy that:S(because of the price)

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Metal File Cabinet — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:32:50 -0000

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Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

Frankyching — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:49:36 -0000

is it sata? if yes, you can not.
Franky

Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

Frankyching — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:47:59 -0000

Delete the partition on the new HD first.
Franky

Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

Frankyching — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:38:20 -0000

Oh, i know what problem i got "Resource busy" message, because it need delete the partition in the new HD, i can restore the .img file to new HD now.
Franky

Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

Frankyching — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:29:49 -0000

i got message said "Resource busy" and stopped when i use dd to copy the .img file to new HD. what is this problem mean?
Franky

Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

Frankyching — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:39:36 -0000

I have got this problem, what is "Resource busy"?
Franky

Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

Frankyching — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:30:56 -0000

If I have not CopyCatX, can I use Carbon Copy Cloner to do?
Franky

Re: Apple TV Harddrive Upgrade Tutorial

Kristina Marie — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:32:54 -0000

I've been aggravating to advancement the aboriginal 40GB to a Samsung 160GB with no success. I've been application alone the terminal option. I alike followed Ken's (2 years ago) added instructions.
Upon booting the AppleTV I get the logo with the aflame "question mark" on top. The HD is accurately plugged. Any advice will be appreciated. :)
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