Are the HD's replaceable? Will it work if I put two 4tb hard drives, thus making it into a 8TB? Thanks in advance!
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1. Yes, the Hard drives appear to be replaceable--there are doors for them on the back of the drive.2. I do not know--I have not tried this, and the manual does not address this issue.
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The drives are replaceable but I don't know if you can use larger drives than what comes with it.
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Go to their website. They have setups to build your own... this one is already setup. And yes, I believe they are replaceable. But why buy this model to just replace with bigger drives when they already sell 1, bigger drives and 2, setups to build your own...
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I installed 2 "Seagate Backup Plus 4TB USB 3.0 Black Desktop Hard Drive STCA4000100" and it seems to be working fine. I found it cheaper to pull them from the housings.
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You can not actually add additional hard drive, but you could replace the original with new one has more capacity.I would suggest to use external hard drive.
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I just used one HD and screwed it in to the holes in the bottom part of the chassis. Not sure what I would do about the second drive.
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Hey Mark, well the funny thing is that I sent this thing back. It just wouldn't format. No matter what I did, or cable I used it didn't work. It also had problems with using the firewire cable. I think I got it to recognize the HD ONCE, and then it said it would take almost 17 hours to format it. I honestly think something was wrong with the drive itself, but I didn't want another one to try. I figured I'd wait.
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Yes, as long as you external HDD is a laptop 2.5" hard drive and you wanted to replace the secondary hard drive. The primary (OS) drive is a pair of 128GB SSD running in RAID 0 and would be very difficult to replace as they are connected to the port and if removed their would be no connector for the new drive.If you hard drive is a 2.5" laptop drive of at least 1TB and 5400 RPM or greater replacing the secondary HDD should be a fine. If it smaller or slower then the supplied secondary or even just the same, just getting an enclosure and transferring the file over might be a better option. Yes, as long as you external HDD is a laptop 2.5" hard drive and you wanted to replace the secondary hard drive. The primary (OS) drive is a pair of 128GB SSD running in RAID 0 and would be very difficult to replace as they are connected to the port and if removed their would be no connector for the new drive.If you hard drive is a 2.5" laptop drive of at least 1TB and 5400 RPM or greater replacing the secondary HDD should be a fine. If it smaller or slower then the supplied secondary or even just the same, just getting an enclosure and transferring the file over might... » Read More Yes, as long as you external HDD is a laptop 2.5" hard drive and you wanted to replace the secondary hard drive. The primary (OS) drive is a pair of 128GB SSD running in RAID 0 and would be very difficult to replace as they are connected to the port and if removed their would be no connector for the new drive.If you hard drive is a 2.5" laptop drive of at least 1TB and 5400 RPM or greater replacing the secondary HDD should be a fine. If it smaller or slower then the supplied secondary or even just the same, just getting an enclosure and transferring the file over might be a better option. « Show Less
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yes the drive is replaceable. I purchased my hub as a refurb with no drive. I first used a 500Gb drive then upgraded to a 1 Tb drive (WD of course). The firmware is not on the drive so just install and format using the utility in the setup menu. I am not sure of the largest size drive you can add. I think probably 1.5TB, 2TB at the most. You can also use an external USB drive at the same time. The system can get a bit temperamental when you add too many movies on too many drives because the library gets very large. Also it takes a long time to recompile the library after the unit is unplugged. If you use the hub as a mobile unit (take it with you) turn off the auto library feature in the setup. yes the drive is replaceable. I purchased my hub as a refurb with no drive. I first used a 500Gb drive then upgraded to a 1 Tb drive (WD of course). The firmware is not on the drive so just install and format using the utility in the setup menu. I am not sure of the largest size drive you can add. I think probably 1.5TB, 2TB at the most. You can also use an external USB drive at the same time. The system can get a bit temperamental when you add too many movies on too many drives because the library gets very large. Also it takes a long time to recompile the library after the unit is... » Read More yes the drive is replaceable. I purchased my hub as a refurb with no drive. I first used a 500Gb drive then upgraded to a 1 Tb drive (WD of course). The firmware is not on the drive so just install and format using the utility in the setup menu. I am not sure of the largest size drive you can add. I think probably 1.5TB, 2TB at the most. You can also use an external USB drive at the same time. The system can get a bit temperamental when you add too many movies on too many drives because the library gets very large. Also it takes a long time to recompile the library after the unit is unplugged. If you use the hub as a mobile unit (take it with you) turn off the auto library feature in the setup. « Show Less
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Yes and no, I have two of them (2TB and 4TB), the 2TB is 7200 but the 4TB is 5900. It appears all of them are 7200 except for the 4TB. The models of the actual (internal) drives are ST2000DM001 and ST4000DM000. In case you want to google some more.
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Yes we can upgrade the current HDD to 1 TB hard drive, we are an authorized Panasonic reseller with techs on staff to work on Tough Books. Thanks,
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there are some 4tb hdd that are verified to work, others - hit and miss... check the actual kdlinks website
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Yes it will work. On a side note, when I replaced mine I accidently stripped two of the four screws on the metal housing of the hard drive. It's very easy to do, even if your careful. I would recommend having a jewelers screwdriver (Philips) and buy a spare housing for the hard drive just in case. They only cost a couple bucks and it will save you some time if an accident happens.
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Yes, you can. That's the main reason I bought it. Just make sure your HD is 2TB or less. It works great!
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I read that it is replaceable. Here is the faq on the HP website on how to do it: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01336197&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3660805 Apparently, you replace the hard drive, press the factory reset pin and it should work.
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Yes, I did end up replacing our hard drive and it worked seamlessly! I got the WD 1TB sata II 7200 rpm 8 mb unit. (Wd10jpvt) It looks cheaper now too by about $30!I now have a lot more room and the laptop speed is back up to normal now. I also got the vantec nexstar tx 2.5 sata to usb external he enclosure and definitely nice! Well built and solid!
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I'm having a problem with a 3TB drive... shows up as 2.2TB and 800GB. Refer to http://www.pcworld.com/article/235088/everything_you_need_to_know_about_3TB_hard_drives.html
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Yes, it can be replaced. I have done it myself. As others already mentioned you will need a msata ssd
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I have not tried yet, I am not sure about it. I have got in touch with the technicians at USpeed for their answer. I might buy a 4Tb myself if it works.