The drives contained in a HDD DVD recorder are standard hard drives, though you will have to remove it from the recorder and reformat it.
This will likely make it unusable in the DVDR HDD.
Yes a USB is an External HDD, but it just depends on the size....
You don't.
Yes It Is
When I upgraded my HDD I bought an external HDD backed up ALL of the data on my PS3. Then I suppose you could copy that onto your PC. TO get it back to your PS3 system you would have to use an external HDD and just copy everything over. Or use lots of Memory Sticks.
No, when using the Norton 360 backup, files on the external HDD will not be deleted.
Carefully.
You could put the installation file on the external HDD to install it on another computer but then to install it, it would have to be on a local HDD.
The files stored on the external HDD will not be deleted when using the Norton 360 backup.
I'd have to say 'unlimited'. You can use external HDD's which you can just swap if you want to.
There is an 80 gigabyte storage capacity but you can upgrade by adding 2 additional HDD's, or even connect to the internet for off site storage..
no its a only a hdd
If your DVR has an eSATA or Firewire port on the back, it is sometimes possible to attach a regular external hard drive for computers to it to expand the storage space. After formatting the external hard drive for the DVR, your DVR is most likely to restart recording TV shows into either its internal hard drive or external that you attached depending on which has more available storage space. Consult with your DVR's owner's manual. Note that you will not be able to take out the recordings from the external hard drive using a computer as the external hard drive has to be formatted FOR the DVR in such a way that the computer cannot see / access it.