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Fitted the hard drive this morning after copying the files across from the old drive using Copy+. Did what it said on the tin and there's now have 92% free.

Not quite sure how I missed this article entitled Sky+ Upgrade FAQ on Digital Spy yesterday!

Still waiting for the late late late late Interlink Express delivery driver who hasn't turned up for the 9:30 drop-off that I paid a tenner extra for. Time for a phone call I think.

I've had my Sky+ box for a couple of years and never found that I needed more space. Since Jen moved in back in the Summer there have been two of us vying for space which has seen the free space dwindle. So with Christmas approaching I thought that I'd go for an upgrade.

I thought it would just be a matter of buying the biggest, fattest drive that I could find, levering the case apart, plonking it in and performing some sort of factory reset to format it. But for once I had a nose around on the Internet for advice before I made my purchase and was glad that I did.

The Digital Spy Forums alluded to there being good drives and bad drives. There was also mention of specific firmware numbers but no Plain English guide. A bit of nosing around took me to this Sky+ Upgrade Guide that had a long list of compatible drives. Following that guide and a couple of other Googles I came to the conclusion that the Samsung V120CE (HA250JC) 250GB 5,400rpm disk seems to be the favourite at the moment so I ordered one. As I'm typing this I'm waiting for the delivery man who's meant to be here before 9:30..

So it'll be Torx driver at the ready tonight after I've watched Robin Hood from Saturday night. I'm planning to try Copy+ to copy all the existing data across to the new drive but it doesn't hurt to have nothing to lose! :)

Finally managed to register for Sky Remote Record today. It allows me to view the Sky Planner on my phone and set things to record on my Sky+ box.

Got an email off Sky.. and I know it's overlapping onto the stuff on the right on small screens :) It's been coded fixed width and I'm not going to change that!

Thank you for registering for Sky HD. As one of our registrants we promised to give you the opportunity to be amongst the first to get Sky HD. Now the wait is almost over. Due to the unprecedented interest in Sky HD we are offering you the chance to pre-order Sky HD now.

You'll need to pay a £30 deposit either online or in your local Comet store. Then during early April, before we open the lines to the general public, we will call you to complete your Sky HD order and arrange your installation. Sky HD pre-order is being offered on a first come, first served basis. Installations are scheduled to start from May.

The table below explains how much you will pay for Sky HD provided you take a Sky digital and Sky HD subscription.

*Sky One HD, Artsworld HD, National Geographic HD, Discovery HD and Sky Box Office HD will be available to all Sky HD subscribers. To get Sky Sports HD you will need Sky Sports 1 & 2 in your package. To get Sky Movies 9 HD you will also need Sky Movies 1 in your package and for Sky Movies 10 HD you'll need Sky Movies 2.