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by Andy Cippico
Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:09 pm
Forum: JVC HM-HDS1 HDD/SVHS Recorder
Topic: Anyone got an 80gb drive image ?
Replies: 5
Views: 29384

Our resident egg-head Geert Jan and Andy Wilkinson have been looking at getting one together. You might PM them and ask. I'm sure the image will appear here when it's done.

Andy.
by Andy Cippico
Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:53 pm
Forum: JVC HM-HDS1 HDD/SVHS Recorder
Topic: got a toy to play with
Replies: 6
Views: 29050

Hi Wayne, That's really interesting. I wonder who tried to fix it? Probably not a JVC repair centre. Are you saying the 80GB drive it came with didn't work? I'll get AndyWilks in on this thread. He may know what LSI chip is needed for the 80GB drives. Then you can tell from your board whether you ha...
by Andy Cippico
Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:46 pm
Forum: JVC HM-HDS1 HDD/SVHS Recorder
Topic: Cloning or backing up your JVC HM-HDS1 hard drive.
Replies: 49
Views: 375559

Hi Julian, Sorry to hear about your missing hard drive. I'd ask the guy that gave the HDS1 to you for it back. He can use any type of 40GB drive in his PC, yet the HDS1 can only work with one specific type: http://www.cippico.com/technical/jvc-hm-hds1/hd-models.htm Wayne is correct as well (Hi Wayne...
by Andy Cippico
Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:03 pm
Forum: JVC HM-HDS1 HDD/SVHS Recorder
Topic: Cloning or backing up your JVC HM-HDS1 hard drive.
Replies: 49
Views: 375559

TRFS? I've never come across that one before. I'll have to Google that and find out more.
by Andy Cippico
Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:14 pm
Forum: JVC HM-HDS1 HDD/SVHS Recorder
Topic: Hacking around in the HDS1...
Replies: 3
Views: 28052

Geert Jan, You have the brain the size of a planet. I can't believe you've got so far with the old girl. Well done! Tell you what, can you make it work with a 500GB drive? That way, when I come to sell mine on eBay, it will make more than the lousy sum I'm likely to get with just a 40GB drive in the...
by Andy Cippico
Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:22 am
Forum: JVC HM-HDS1 HDD/SVHS Recorder
Topic: Chance to clone a virgin drive
Replies: 9
Views: 40727

I'll post my serial number shortly. It would be interesting to see a pattern emerge. Btw, what drives do yours use? Can you post that as well? Is your museum open to the public, or is it just a room full of dusty top-loaders and other artifacts that you've hoarded? Just wondering if you get geeks li...
by Andy Cippico
Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:02 am
Forum: JVC HM-HDS1 HDD/SVHS Recorder
Topic: Chance to clone a virgin drive
Replies: 9
Views: 40727

Hi tecnodweeb, Firstly, thanks for the useful and highly informative post. Regarding the drive: I bought mine in November 2001 and yours doesn't sound too far behind. I wonder if JVC were shipping both types of drive concurrently? I suppose what we need to do is get a poll of users to find out what ...
by Andy Cippico
Wed Nov 08, 2006 3:50 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: New styles added
Replies: 0
Views: 78781

New styles added

I've added a couple of new messageboard styles for you to use. Go into your personal profile and choose one from the Board Style drop-down box.
by Andy Cippico
Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:45 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: User database pruning.
Replies: 0
Views: 79183

User database pruning.

Membership Pruning I have had to prune the membership list because php robots were signing up automatically to this forum and spreading their vile marketing scams. We ended up with a huge number of fictitious members, making it very unwieldy at times. Missing Account? Now.... during my membership p...
by Andy Cippico
Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:14 pm
Forum: JVC HM-HDS1 HDD/SVHS Recorder
Topic: Chance to clone a virgin drive
Replies: 9
Views: 40727

Hi tecnodweeb and thanks for dropping by. I'm probably not alone in being ever so slightly geekishly and nerdishly excited by the prospect of a virgin drive. I'm sure there are others out there who'd love to re-image back to factory state. So, count me in for a copy. If all goes well I'd love to hav...
by Andy Cippico
Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:02 pm
Forum: JVC Audio/Hi-fi Products
Topic: repair or replace rx500b
Replies: 16
Views: 78140

I'm impressed, Mr. Wilks! Do you know your stuff, or what?
by Andy Cippico
Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:37 pm
Forum: JVC HM-HDS4 HDD/SVHS Recorder
Topic: HD not boot
Replies: 11
Views: 46592

Hi zoritsu,

Sorry, I don't have an answer for that. I don't know the HDS4 very well. Perhaps Andrew W (moderator on this forum) has an idea.

Andy
by Andy Cippico
Sun May 21, 2006 8:15 am
Forum: JVC HM-HDS1 HDD/SVHS Recorder
Topic: HDD locked up
Replies: 76
Views: 2152664

.merle1 Sorry to hear it's died. I had a brief look for a drive but didn't find many suppliers that were willing to publish a price. I saw one that was asking over ?100 for one. That's just crazy. I notice that ebayer gdelargy sold a couple of them very recently . You could message him to ask if he'...
by Andy Cippico
Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:25 pm
Forum: JVC HM-HDS1 HDD/SVHS Recorder
Topic: The sound of this Maxtor-hdd drives me crazy!
Replies: 4
Views: 25570

Re: re re-writing the bios

Whats the availabilty like of the original drives say from Ebay etc...? that seemed the best source to get one to be able to clone onto. I can't speak for the Quantum Fireball LCT 20, but all the Maxtors I've tried have been really noisy. I doubt they'd have changed the manufacturing process for th...
by Andy Cippico
Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:26 pm
Forum: JVC HM-HDS1 HDD/SVHS Recorder
Topic: The sound of this Maxtor-hdd drives me crazy!
Replies: 4
Views: 25570

Jens, thank you for your kind comments. I'm glad some of the info on the web site was useful, although not much use in solving your noise problem... I'm afraid I'm not aware of any device that will cure that particular problem, other than a completely different drive. As you know, latest drive techn...