my Hughes Gxebotd has gone bad ,Tuners no longer work - won't accept signal from satelight ( see my earlier post ) ,but the unit holds up mto 165 Hr's & I have about 61 hr's of programs on it ,I have another Hughes Sd - DVR40 (35hr's) & a Samsung SIR-S4120R (100 hr's) & a Phillips DSR6000R01 with no Hd in it and I'm wondering if I could just swap the 2 Hd's in the Gxebotd into any of the other boxes ( naturally I would remove the originol Hd's in the Hughes or Samsung)or could I just add the primary one with the programming on it into either the other Hughes or Samsung assuming I can figure out which Hd in the Gxebotd is the primary one with my 61 hr's on it I was going to download the programs to my VCR but the recorder doesn't want to work and it would be way too time consuming to download all 61 hr's onto dvds with my Lite On dvd recorder 6 hr's max record time per Dvd vs 8 hr's per tape for Vcr, and I'm wondering if in doing so if it will affect the programs on the HD's I'm not too concerned if I have to reprogram my settings in the unit if I have to, I just don't want to lose the programs I already have on it, I have enough computer experience that I'm sure I could do the Hd swap or replacement myself but I'm not sure about any programing of the Hd itself that might need to be done since I have no linux experience,sorry to be so long winded but I'm trying to decide what I can do to rectify my situation that is easiest for me and my wallet,thus all the questions,I thank all of you in advance for your advice & insights on this matter & it will be very much appreciated.