How to upgrade your hard drive camcorder!
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- In this video I will show you how you can upgrade your hard drive based Sony camcorder. Its very simple and takes only 10 minutes.
In the video, I am upgrading my Sony HDR-SR10 camcorder that has a 40GB hard drive, which is about 5 hours of video on highest quality setting. I am swapping out the drive for a 80GB drive (About 10 hours of recording!)
All you need to purchase is a Toshiba ZIF type hard drive (The same drives they use in iPod Classic).
Perfect instructions! Saved me a ton of money. Anyone who is the least bit handy with computers can accomplish this in about ten minutes. Only difficulty was my unfamiliarity with ZIF drives, but the mechanism is similar to other ZIF clips. Take your time, use a light touch, and you can't go wrong.
Brilliant- worked a charm on my SR10... couldn't have done it without your clip especially the ZIF clip part. Bought the identical Toshiba 80GB HD on Aliexpress only about USD22- took 2 weeks to arrive. Thank you.
Works great on DCR-SR300 for upgrade to SSD. I used a MSATA to IDE ZIF adapter from Micro Sata Cables #BC67546 and 120 GB Kingston SSD #SMS200S3/120G. Had to add tape under the ZIF cable as socket is for thicker cable. There is a bit of extra room that was filled with PCB bubble wrap. Camera says 1789 minutes left in 9M high quality mode .
I just swaped my 40GB harddrive to 80 GB, and it's working😃! It cost me $20 (amazon). Thanks for the info. Regards from Toronto. 2nd December 2020.
Awesome! Back in 2008 I was contemplating the idea on my ex-camcorder Sony SR7, but was hesitant to screw something up. Searching for "hacking hdd camcorders" back then didn't yield any results. I knew it could be done because all electronics are becoming nowadays like little computers with storage. I applaud to your determination and success on this hack.
I added a 10 GB HD to my Sony HDR-SR11 and I have 10+ recording space and works fine. Thank you so much. It cost me 50.00 bucks eBay and its a name brand new.
Just installed Kingspec 128 gb drive sourced from China via Ali Express. Works perfectly.
awesome tutorial. My JVC failed and I was gonna throw it away but this video inspired me to replace the HDD and it's fine and dandy. again, thanks a million
The rubber pieces are known as "bumpers" as they work the same way as a car bumper, they soften and absorb impacts :) I read too much technical data, but then I am a hardcore geek!
i just change my HDR SR12E hard disc to new KingSpec 1.8inch zif ssd 128GB. So far work perfectly.. battery consumption also improves.. 😆
64 gb king spec worked for me
realizing this post is 2 years old, but how did that solid state drive work out for that camera...just curious because wanting to attempt the same upgrade to this sony SR45, Thanks
For those who are facing HDD problems and have any Sony camera with memory stick slot , try this:
1- Place the memory stick
2- Go to "Home" -> "Manage Media" (or something like that) -> And select the option to change to the memory stick, instead of HD.
3- Go to "Manage Media" again, then to "Format Media", so choose to format the HDD! - Now that you are running the camera from memory stick, you'll not have any problem to format the HD.
At least worked with me! I think it worths the try!
That's great, I was about to send it out for eBay and the original HDD had failed. All good again thanks for this
Thinking about doing this to my old Sony hdrsr11 which I just happily found again. Thanks and cheers.
Replaced mine today, I was a bit heavy handed with the black ZIF bar on the old 40 Gig drive, the new 80Gig is working fine.
Thanks to you. I have repaired my hard drive. I have reformed the camcorder. with a PC and the message HDD format error appeared. I watched your video and saw how to reformat the camcorder hard drive inside the camcorder. thanks and I thought I would have to buy a new hard drive
For those who tried to use Toshiba MK1231GAL ZIF disk with Sony HDR-SR11 or HDR-SR12, quick warning: it will not work.
Problem is probably the interface of the disk. Original disk in the camera supports everything up to ATA-7, while MK1231GAL ends career at ATA-4, according to Toshiba's specification.
Somebody commented that his camera seems to write to the disk, but won't read back. Yes, it writes something, but when I checked the data is utterly corrupted.
Must be some incompatibility somewhere and the first suspect is ATA protocol. So make sure and buy a disk that is modern enough.
Martin Lechowicz
Do you know anything about the ATA on the Sony SR82 HDD? I want to upgrade to a SSD for write speed. The Drive I found is ATA-7, 40pin.
I know it's an old comment, I'm a little behind the times.
Thanks for the video! I upgraded to a 160gb Toshiba MK1634GAL from an iPod classic. Not sure if it works fully yet, will test further, but for now: 1174 min recording time!!!
Update: It records fine, I can play back the recorded files on my computer. I can however not play back the files on the camera, it says "data error". I will probably re-install the 40GB and try another ZIF disk later.
Thanks for the video with clear instructions. You helped me to fix my camcorder which got a corrupted harddisk
Thank you very much for that video. That helped me to change the defect hdd from my sony hdr 550ve (240gb). Otherwise i would have to buy a new cam because the noise from the defect hdd drowned all recorded videos. Greetings from germany.
Oh this is so rad - this may come helpful when i want to upgrade my JVC GZ-MG20E, thanks!
Hi, what do you do with your old drive? Is there a way to upload the old footage from the drive to a pc? Thanks.
I formatted my Sony HDR SR8E hard drive via my PC (LCD screen wasn't working). UNFORTUNATELY after this action a "HDD Format Error" appears. It seems the HDD file system is completely formatted. I have to replace my Sony HDD. What HDD do you suggest for Sony HDR SR8E?
Cool, I just got the HDR-SR10 and I will someday upgrade my HDD. Thanks for Posting this!
Did u upgrade it?
You have given very nice presentation I successfully upgraded my sony camcorder
THANKS a lot. GREAT!!!!
This worked perfectly. Thanks for the instrux!
I have a Canon HG21 which I absolutely LOVE and now it has trouble reading the hard drive. It flashes for various lengths of times before finding the hard drive. I've tried fully reinitializing and it still does the same thing. Do you think changing the hard drive will solve the problem? or is it something else?
Hi all.
After watching this, I would like to inform that I have successfully swapped a Sony Sr5e handycams hdd of 40GB to a new 128GB SSD kingspec brand drive.
It works beautifully.
Thank you
Ok
after I had watch your video, I had upgrade my sony sr 11 from 60 gb to 240 gb, it is increase my recorder hours but not able to read/play after record, it's said the data error? they is any subjection for me to make it work. Thank you.
would love to find the replacement ribbon for my HDR-SR12. looked on ebay, cannot find. have new drive and keep getting error message. having to use duo card to record on.
great tutorial! i'll be doing that same thing on my sr10 as well. thanks for posting this informative video.
How to fix my Sony SR11, the problem is zoo is not work proper. I want to fix but unknown how to, any idea for me.
I have this exact camera which I purchased second hand and snapped a bunch of videos. Then when I pushed the "Easy" button everything went blank and now the monitor will no longer open nor will the shutter open. The resulting effect is that I can no longer retrieve or view any of the videos on the internal hard drive. With your video, maybe this will allow me an alternative method to Possibly retrieve these very valuable "lost" vids.
Is this camera of yours still reliable for you..that mine might be worth repairing? I was also thinking that perhaps if I just replaced the monitor, everything might get rebooted(?) But I believe the problem is deeper than that(?) Any suggestions will be welcomed.
What type of connector does the hard drive have, is it sata?
i opened the camera and the hard dive is Toshiba mk1234gal 120 and its 1.8 zif, i connected with connector that form zif to usb, so i am using it as an external hard drive , hoping to get my videos out, the hard drive is showing under my system hardware profiles and when i connected to computers it recognize it, but i cant see the drive in my window explorer as for example C: or D: or F: , so not able to drag in our out , so i i am not sure how to have it show that way. any tricks, thanks
Super Video.
Wow, thats an excellent fix! well done.
Merci à Vous, pour cette superbe démonstration. j'ai caméscope un hdr-xr-520-VE SONY depuis 2009 et je pense que ce doit être pareil pour changer un jour mon disque dur s'il tombait en panne. je voudrais vous demander, une fois le disque dur remplacer sur le caméscope, comme le caméscope se ré initialise t'il si le disque dur est vierge ??? Merci par avance pour votre réponse.
Let me clarify. My camera is destroyed. I want to pull the drive, get a zif converter and transfer the HDD data to my Mac. Does the Sony HDD have a proprietary format? Thanks!
Hi, I make some questions, you made the attempt to turn the camcorder without the hard drive? is possible according to common sense to use this camcorder no hard drive and memory card only? I have interest to film more than the recommended height by Sony and the problem is the hard drive, which will happen if I get disconnected directly when I film in height and just leave the memory card? operate the camcorder?
Thanks a lot my friend, its exactly thats I was searching.Tank you so much
how do i find what battery to buy? I have a Sony SR5 and the hard drive has died on me.
Went through the whole process of possibly getting Sony to help me. My camera is one month past warranty and Sony wants to charge me $421.00 to repair it. Luckily for me it is stuck open, unlike many that have tha half stuck problem. I would have thought there would be a recall as there are so many with the same problem. Needless to say, after a life time of purchasing Sony products, this will be my last one.
I have a HDR-SR11 60GB I would like to upgrade to 120 GB it appears to be the same method. Did you run into any formatting issues? Can you privide any link to the hard drive to purchase please?
I LIKE IT. THANKS.
I have a Sony DCR-SR200 and it just stopped working and will not power on. My most important objective is to retrieve the data off of the hard drive. Is there a way that I can remove the hard drive as you have done in this video and then use some thing to download the data off of the removed hard drive?
@CrewRite I can't see a date anywhere, but I bought it in April 2008.
once you install the new hardrive did the camera give you the option to format the new hardrive?
@CrewRite i'm thinking of doing the same thing on my sr10. planning to buy a second hand ipod classic just for it's hard disk then i'll replace it with that of the sr10 so the ipod is still usable. can i go for the ipod classic 160Gb version?
@CrewRite I'd just like to know if I can go larger than 120GB in my sr12 or if I'm limited to the internal drive already fitted. thanks.
Will this work when upgrading a SR62 from a 30GB ZIF drive to a 120GB ZIF drive? Thank you for the help in advance.
i have a sony dcr sr30 e camcorder the hard drive has a failure i want to upgrade it
I HAVE A SONY HDR XR150 With a Hard Drive 120GB , my camera wont power up, and have Disneyland vacation videos for my kids that i have on that hard drive , my little son drop it in water so no power comes on. my most important thing is to get the hard drive out and some how to connect it to the computer . and get my videos if the hard drive is still good. 1- i like to know what kind or brand of hard drive my camera has. 2- how to take it out and what connections do i need to connect to pc. thx
Would this also work for the HDR-SR5?
I'm curious about one thing: Toshiba lists the original drive (MK6014GAL) as 60GB and you get 290minutes.
MK8009 are listed as 80GB. and you get 585 minutes....
Is it working smooth with no flaws?
jaymdouglas tryed a 120GB, but I don't know the logical addressing of the MK1231. This issue is a important one when replacing embedded HDDs.
what a great video thanks man!!
is the harddrive u used in this vid the same in the DCR SR67 MODEL?
Can you use larger than 120GB hdds in this range? I already have an SR12 camcorder and newer Sonys have larger hdds.
CLUTCH... My HDD just died on my 2 yr old Panasonic. Wont read. Looks like I'm just going to give this a shot. You can hear the old HDD clicking away so its shot. Thanks
What is the model number for the next step up toshiba 120gb?.
I have a Sony sr 50 will the swap work to my model also?
good job
and where do you get these drives?
can you replace a Sony HDR-XR105E with a higher hdd - it comes with 80gb - whats the biggest i can put in?
Can you install the largest sized hard drive the same way or will the camcorder have capability issues?
I just did my hdr-sr11 with a 128GB ssd. 931 minutes now. Format said it would take 23 seconds and it took < 10. So speed is better, which I can imagine is useful for taking photos quickly. Anything spinning with a head in a camcorder is a risk IMHO. the SR11 has 4 screws..very ez, but you need tiny fingers to do the ZIF connector. I have meathooks
"Anything spinning with a head in a camcorder is a risk IMHO." You might want to let the army of engineers and scientists at Sony you know better then lol
duanekimball .... Would you mind posting what SSD you used to install? I have a an hdr-sr11 and would love to add an SSD. Thanks
What if I want to hook up an external drive like a Western Digital My Book, do you know where I could find the info or how to do that?
Good friend 😘
Good Job ! Thanks !
Hello there,
I need install any O.S or just put new HD, put it on, and format? Just It?
Best Regards,
LG
I have a Handycam DCR-SR47. I wonder if I can do the same. from this model to another as you show on the video.
Thanks.
@fredstarNZ yes, I just put a Samsung 120gb hard drive in mine.
Sonysr10: Hi, do you know how to get better sound on live recordings? I have the Sony HDR-SR11, but the audio is real bad. I record rock bands on stage and the image is real good but the sound is terrible, because for sure has no "limiter". I will apreciate your opinion. Greetings from Argentina.
Usa um microfone externo adapitado na filmadora
mann. i need heelllpppp.
the usb of my xr200v is not working. and i need the files in the camera. i did a backup of all pc files on the camera.
If i put the hard disk in other camera i can acess the files?
thankss!!!
worked for me! thanks
Very smart.. 5 stars.
now i'm getting a c:13.02 error (it says overheating, but its a media error), and clues?
if you did not have this problem before, most likely you put the new drive in upside down. The drive should be fitted with the label down, all silver side up.
Good morning, I have a sony dcr sr 82 handycam and it is defective on the hard disk, you know the hard disk model it uses to be able to change. She is presenting the error eE: 31: 00.
Excellent your tutorial. Thank you
Hey will this also fix an error im getting currently, it says unable to access hdd, will that be a hdd problem?
Please, can be other disk? Samsung for example?
I don't suppose you have any insight on how to fix the dreaded stuck lens cover issue?
hallo friend,
my handycam SONY DCR-SR220E 60gb hdd malfuntion..can i put 100gb ? where can i buy new hdd? i am from india. can you suggest trusted sites to buy
What camera are you using to record this?
2 Weeks ago I got the most annoying error (E:31:00) on my HDR-XR150 with 120GB HDD. I don't really want to buy a new mechanical hard drive and I join to the question posted by couldkill420.
I've searched the net and did not find any explanations regarding limitation specs or compatible hdd lists...
nice job!
eu gostaria de saber aonde em salvador eu poderia ter a oportunidade de comprar uma câmera deste modelo?
please how to find my videos recorded in my Sony Camera 60X? ?
Thank you for the video. Is it possible to replace the mechanical hard drive with a 1.8 inch solid state drive? Of course, the solid state drive would have to have a ZIF connector. I know that much.
Thank you for your help and a happy autumn to you and your family!
Yes. ZIF SSD's are available, I'm planning to get one for my Sony HDR-XR155E in case its 120GB HDD dies, or when parts supplies dry up. ZIF drives are no longer made AFAIK as most devices nowadays have soldered storage or use removable SD cards.
Does your handy CAM have date and time stamp?
Hi, You have a great video there!
I would like to know if a "1.8" 240GB TOSHIBA MK2431GAH HDD1905" can be installed into a JVC GZ-HD7U (stock 60gb)?
Thanks!
I have a Sony HDR-XR100 that I want to upgrade from a 80 GB to a 120 GB. One reason is I'm starting to see lines on my videos which makes me think the HDD has had a ton of recordings and deletions on it to the point where it's starting to wear out or something. I'm going to price these drives now.
Great! thank you, very good idea! genius...
hi few week a go my sony handycam hdr-sr12 battery down to ZERO it was attached with camera when i got home i try to charge but my battery not charging any more before it use to. so i chk on RUclips and someone mention about wasabi battery and charge i buy from amazon two battery with charger . now battery charging with wasabi charger whn i attached to camera it turn on with all battery for few seconds and it show battery is low and shut down automatic I can turn back on but it rept same
Awesome, but I know I just don't have the guts to try it for real on my SR10.
I have an sr40 and dont know how to charge it
Can you help me find a charging dock
Tsagami, I will be doing an SSD upgrade on my Sony Camcorder similar to this one. mine is an HDR-XR the cameras look similar and it took me 5 screws to undo. I just ordered my SSD ZIF drive and i will make video and post as a reply.
Mine is sony HDR-XR160E. Hard disk is gone bad with error E:31:00 constantly flashing. Tried reset, format multiple times. The recording and playing on the SD card is working fine. Planning to replace the hdd with another HDD or SSD. Could you pls let me know or send a link to the product for HDD as well as SSD. Pls also share your experience if camcorder is working fine after replacement.
Where did you find that the max hdd a Sony camcorder from that time could accept was 120gb?
I've just bought a Sony HDR-XR155E which comes with 120GB drive stock and I've found an 160GB, going to see if it'll work!
@CrewRite thanks crewRite , so far this what i found out on the hard drive, it should be a Toshiba 1.8" 5mm 120GB ZIF MK1231GAL. see this link for the hard drive. on searspartsdirect if you search HDRXR150 Sony it will show pix of parts for hard drive .. i found on amazon zif to usb connector case, i like to know if it will work if i go that way , next few day i should have the camera back and open it to get the hard drive out , warranty company send it back for me to get my videos out .
Thanks!
Hello I have the same camera but I do not know how to send the videos on my computer so if you can help me thank you
+The World Of Solene ?? :D with the USB Cable maybe?
Nice one , for short stuff is harddrive ok ?
Have you Tried to format the hardrive?