TWC 8300HD DVR eSATA port is now active! (external hard drive storage)

[dgolombowski]

I have an 8300HD DVR and had the Apricorn 1TB Expander in use for a year and a half.  All worked fine until the drive failed.  I received a new 1TB drive under warranty from Apricorn and have had nothing but trouble since.  I have exchanged the DVR three times now each time getting a 8300HD.  Whenever I install the drive the DVR skips scheduled recordings.  I have attempted installing it several times now and eventually it will skip recordings.  I have formatted the drive on my PC and run numerous checks.  The drive checks out OK so I am wondering if there is an issue with TWC's software that is now not compatible with the the 1TB drive?