Can you trick a computer to think an external hard drive is a dvd drive and just store the data to that instead burning?

I have a series two tivo with the dvd burner and it takes forever to burn. I would love to be able to pull the shows off it and put it on a hard drive. The USB ports don't transfer data out so that won't work.

But if the tivo thought the hard drive was a dvd rom it might just copy the info there faster. Asked by r0land3223 21 months ago Similar questions: trick computer external hard drive dvd store data burning Computers > Hardware > Desktops & Laptops.

Similar questions: trick computer external hard drive dvd store data burning.

Computer to think an external hard drive is a dvd drive and just store the data to that instead burn I have an IBM laptop and while using PSE 6.0 lately, I am getting warnings that my C-drive (IBM Preload) is nearing full capacity. It prevents me frop pp images in PSE 6.0. I wonder if I should store my photos on an external hard drive or similar device.

I have seen pictures of some that hold the CF card and makes a copy of all images. Do people use these to store images instead of loading them and storing on the PC? I heard some will burn the stored images on to a DVD.

Would this help me free up some space on my hard drive so I can continue pp in PSE 6.0? I have 3000+ images in "my pictures" now. Any insights would be most appreciated.

ResponsesChris Eastwood , Jan 30, 2008; 12:46 a.m. I'm mainly out and away from "home" ... often for a few years at a time. I use a laptop for most of my imaging.

Personally, after using CD's and then DVD's as my backup for some time, I've been seduced by the drop in prices of large external USB hard disks. I've been gradually expanding mine from 160gig a few years ago to a new 500 gig just the other day. Always seems to be costing about a hundred bucks.(quick note, in Europe I call a 100 euro a 100 bucks, in Japan 1man yen, in Australia $100...)Beware of hard disk failure, so as a 'just in case' I back them up to DVD's too.

One can get a spindle of 50 DVD's for not much more than 15 bucks (which amounts to over 200Gig) This is cheaper than a second hard disk (for justin case your new hard disk is instead wallaby teds bigger bigger brother "roo ted" and you loose your images)My rule of thumb on HDD's is that they'll kick the bucket in short order or last for 2 or 3 years. I've kept my older 160 in a drawer for justin caseThe cost of the USB 2.0 powered external drives is low now at 20c a gig, add to this the speed of access its hard to ignore them. Just make sure you don't fluff the disk up with accidental formatting or access with a program which wipes it (that's were those $20 worth of DVD's will come in handy to restore from) Sources: http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00ODXH .

Hard Drive Freezer Trick Someone explained to me a while back that it may work because the semiconductors on the card are overheating and by cooloing them, immediately before powering up, buys you some time. It could also be the read/write heads contract when cold also, but either way, it does seem to work, providing there is no physical damage to the drive/platters. Sources: computer-juice.com/forums/f44/hard-drive... .

1 You can do it with a PC with this application:downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?kw=vir... sure what you can do with a TiVo.

You can do it with a PC with this application:downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?kw=vir... sure what you can do with a TiVo.

2 I'm not sure if you are aware of this or not, but the data (shows) saved to your Tivo are encrypted (DRM) protected, and if you are successful in moving the data to an external HDD, unless you hack the files, you will not be able to play the files from the external drive. Tivo does provide software that you can install to your computer, that will allow you to download the files from the DVR, to your computer and then with extra software, you can then burn this off to a DVD, or watch them on the computer. I think the software is still called: Tivo to Go.

But I have found this file download process takes longer that it would to just burn the content from your DVR. ( I have a Humax Tivo w/DVD burner ).

I'm not sure if you are aware of this or not, but the data (shows) saved to your Tivo are encrypted (DRM) protected, and if you are successful in moving the data to an external HDD, unless you hack the files, you will not be able to play the files from the external drive. Tivo does provide software that you can install to your computer, that will allow you to download the files from the DVR, to your computer and then with extra software, you can then burn this off to a DVD, or watch them on the computer. I think the software is still called: Tivo to Go.

But I have found this file download process takes longer that it would to just burn the content from your DVR. ( I have a Humax Tivo w/DVD burner ).

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