8300HD External SATA drives

[Gadgetguy]

This is my first post, though I've browsed for a while.

Has there been a discussion of connecting external SATA drives, like the Maxtor QuickView to the Explorer 8300HD?  I realize that the Passport OS won't handle this drive. Is there a technical reason why Time Warner uses Passport and not SARA? I see from another post that SARA may have issues.

I go through reboot episodes every so often with my 8300HD, but it is fairly stable.

Sorry if this is covered in a thread that I haven't discovered