Hi
I am expecting delivery of a new 1000 Gb Amstrad HD box next week and would like to transfer certain recorded and archived programs from my old Thompson HD box which has all but given up the ghost - it's hard drive is good however.
What I would like to do is ask a few questions please having done a bit of research over the last week and getting mega-confused lol!
A. The procedure to copy over everything from my existing box to the new one
I believe I must remove the hardrive from the Thompson and place this in a hard drive caddy, attach it to my PC and run Copy+. By doing so I am copying the programs and recording links etc temporarily to my PC and then place the new Amstrad hard drive in the caddy and again using Copy+, transfer everything to the new drive. Questions: -
1. I am running Windows 7 64-bit - will I be able to do it on my PC with this os? I do have another PC running XP
2. I have read stuff about "Darwin" - do I need to be concerned about this in any way? Going from a smaller drive to a larger one - do I need to follow any specific additional procedures etc etc?
3. Anything else that might be relevant before switching on the new HD box in situ within my HTS
B. Using +Extract to utlimately transfer to DVD some highly treasured recordings
I believe that it is possible, using this software, to "extract" to my PC certain FTA recordings. I further believe that this includes recordings made via BBC HD/BBC One HD, ITV HD and Channel 4 HD - is that correct? My aim is to ultimately transfer the HD footage with their respective DD soundtracks to BluRay discs in the future. Assuming I am right on all counts I have a few questions please: -
4. Again can I achieve this using Windows Seven 64-bit?
5. Will I achieve better and possibly easier results by upgrading to +Extract Plus?
6. Again is there anything I should bear in mind before attempting to mess with the old Thompson HDD?
I hope you can see where I am coming from and what I would like to achieve - also has anyone successfully done what I am looking to do and would like to talk me through their expeience(s) please?
Thank in anticipation of some help
roz