why take hard drive out when all you have to do is get usb cable put it into usb input in front of box were card goes other end into computer transfer files either way :eatarrow:
plus box not useless use it for freeview in other room: thanks :
You can, but you shouldn't. At least not for backup purposes.
The drives used in PVR/DVR settop boxes, not just sky boxes, are not designed to be used for data - they have no error checking.
You might get away with using them as a portable drive for watching back downloaded films, but will depend on how error tolerant the playback device is.
why take hard drive out when all you have to do is get usb cable put it into usb input in front of box were card goes other end into computer transfer files either way :eatarrow: