X-48 hard drive upgrade instructions

HughH · 20th July 2009

Hello,
I've recently put 1TB drives into our X-48 units and because I couldn't find much info on the web about it I've put up instructions here if anyone wants to give it a try. Also included is info about putting in a second data drive.
Enjoy.

X-48 Hard Drive Upgrade

Hugh

MichaelPatrick · 21st July 2009

Hugh, I don't have an X-48 but your instructions impressive nonetheless. What a nice service to make them available like this.

**Remoteness** · 21st July 2009

Outstanding -- thank you so much for your time and efforts!

LX3 · 7th September 2009

Good work Hugh.

I should mention that it is possible to format and install the X-48 OS on a brand new unformatted drive without attaching the original drive and a replacement drive at the same time.

Its much the same as installing a new drive and OS into any PC. Just bolt your new unformatted drive in place of the old drive, start up the X-48 and immediately put the System Restore CD in the DVD drive (assuming you can still find your System Restore CD!).

The X-48 will boot from the CD - eventually - and automatically launches a utility that formats the new drive correctly (including both OS and DATA partitions) and installs the OS.

Then when the X-48 restarts, immediately remove the Restore CD from the DVD drive to stop it booting from the CD again. The X-48 should boot from the newly installed hard drive. It can be a little bit of a game to get it to boot - you may even have to pull the power plug to get it to shut down if the display says something about "Cannot Load Host". Just keep trying, it gets there in the end.

HTH.

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HughH Gear maniac Joined: May 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 225 Thread Starter	X-48 hard drive upgrade instructions Hello, I've recently put 1TB drives into our X-48 units and because I couldn't find much info on the web about it I've put up instructions here if anyone wants to give it a try. Also included is info about putting in a second data drive. Enjoy. X-48 Hard Drive Upgrade Hugh Last edited by HughH; 27th July 2009 at 12:57 AM.. Reason: changed link

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MichaelPatrick Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,254	Hugh, I don't have an X-48 but your instructions impressive nonetheless. What a nice service to make them available like this.

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Remoteness Super Moderator Joined: Aug 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 7,405	Outstanding -- thank you so much for your time and efforts!

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LX3 Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,033	Good work Hugh. I should mention that it is possible to format and install the X-48 OS on a brand new unformatted drive without attaching the original drive and a replacement drive at the same time. Its much the same as installing a new drive and OS into any PC. Just bolt your new unformatted drive in place of the old drive, start up the X-48 and immediately put the System Restore CD in the DVD drive (assuming you can still find your System Restore CD!). The X-48 will boot from the CD - eventually - and automatically launches a utility that formats the new drive correctly (including both OS and DATA partitions) and installs the OS. Then when the X-48 restarts, immediately remove the Restore CD from the DVD drive to stop it booting from the CD again. The X-48 should boot from the newly installed hard drive. It can be a little bit of a game to get it to boot - you may even have to pull the power plug to get it to shut down if the display says something about "Cannot Load Host". Just keep trying, it gets there in the end. HTH.