Pioneer HDD recorder

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Open it and find out.
Shouldn't be much of a problem if you have assembled a pc before. When you find the harddisk, you can search for a serial number/production name, and then you can search via google for the datasheet, in wich is stated what kind of harddisk it is. (but I think you'll be able to find that out yourself at the moment you see the harddisk; I bet it's just a plain IDE harddisk).
-edit- and put the harddisk in a (linux) pc, so you can find out how it's formatted, and copy the system files from it.

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Well, if you can see what kind of format it is, it's only a matter of formatting the larger harddisk in that format and copying the files to the larger harddisk (using the pc)

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pyrre wrote:
And you want me to use linux for this...
I have seen linux a couple of times. but i have never tried it....

To me it sounds a bit difficult...

Well, I don't want you to use it, but I just think there might be more certain programs written for it to do the job. Your best bet is to have both Windows and Linux on your pc (but I'm not going to find that all out for you, I am only pointing out that it's a possibility; if you want things done, you must get your hands dirty).

Btw.Linux distributions like Suse and Ubuntu are as easy to install and use, if not easier, than Windows... Even considering these more 'difficult' tasks...