External Hardrive

[spannersmanner]

Thinking of getting a external hardrive for recording direct from my Blade 700/Spiderbox 9000HD as my usb stick gets full up very quick now days, and as i am a novice to this sort of thing, i/are they just plug and play, and can anyone recomend a decent one

[bokkie]

Re: External Hardrive

Not sure about compatibility, just try one and see.
However if you go to the blade website there is a format utility tool for the hdd.
Have to connect the hdd to your pc and follow the steps to format it.

[pjmuk]

Re: External Hardrive

Very good and quick FAT32 formatter here for large external hard drives:

_http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/

Have used myself with no problems. Most recently on a 2TB drive.

[easydigital]

Re: External Hardrive

the maximum size FAT32 partition you could format to is 32GB.

[pan1300]

Re: External Hardrive

hi

Really depends on the receiver you have, suggest you first read there ; also not every brand HDD works well on every box ; the FAT32Formatter is working well ; also a lot of boxes can format the FAT32 themselves.

Eg: my 1TB works fine on the mvision, but not on the protek ; the 500GB works on both. There's 2,5" HDDs and 3,5HDDs - powered by usb or external power.

[redhezuk]

Re: External Hardrive

I've used a WD My Passport 320GB drive with my Spiderbox for the last 2+ years and its been fine. Incidentally I formatted it using the Spiderbox itself rather than a PC.

[microchick]

Re: External Hardrive

*Some of the receivers support NTFS which actually remove the restrictions of the small size partitions.
*Some receivers are not good with a USB powered HDD so really need to think of getting one powered from the mains.

[toby69]

Re: External Hardrive

Thinking of getting a external hardrive for recording direct from my Blade 700/Spiderbox 9000HD as my usb stick gets full up very quick now days, and as i am a novice to this sort of thing, i/are they just plug and play, and can anyone recomend a decent one

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yes spanner, usb stick not worth it for recording, best get ex hardrive.
hd up to 4gb an hour. for stick
sd about 1.5gb an hour. for stick

[spannersmanner]

Re: External Hardrive

got myself a 1tb external hardrive, simple to set up, all working fine

[pan1300]

Re: External Hardrive

hi

Hopefully it's not like this at your end, but with one of my boxes all HDD's worked well (up to 1 TD) in the beginning for about 2-3 weeks, then box didn't recognize it anymore, had to format, again good for some weeks, and again format.
Basically, just want to ask you to post some feedback whenever problems may occur.

[microchick]

Re: External Hardrive

@pan1100, you might need to check if your box actually supports a 1TB HDD. In some cases boxes only support like 500GB or 320GB. Please do check

[pan1300]

Re: External Hardrive

hi microchick

I know, heard from others with the same box and 1TB that it didn't work either (apparently ok up to 500GB) ; didn't found info about the box itself ; still find it strange that it always works for a few weeks, and than isn't recognised anymore (not in the box, not by pc). Only solution is to format (first standard, than FAT32). Frustrating, but in the end learned something more about the box.

[microchick]

Re: External Hardrive

was just browsing about your problem and found this, Hope this is any help to you
***.hgst.com/support/external-drives-faq/my-external-hard-drive-is-not-recognized-by-my-computer

[pan1300]

Re: External Hardrive

thanks, but everything's working for now (500GB on the one, 1TB on the other) - will wait, have the impression it's not advised to take the HDD off the box too much (sometimes need to as one of the boxes has only 1 usb, and need it for saving channellist). I'll keep your link in mind, but hope I'll never need it.

[pan1300]

Re: External Hardrive

was just browsing about your problem and found this, Hope this is any help to you
***.hgst.com/support/external-drives-faq/my-external-hard-drive-is-not-recognized-by-my-computer

thanks, but everything's working for now (500GB on the one, 1TB on the other) - will wait, have the impression it's not advised to take the HDD off the box too much (sometimes need to as one of the boxes has only 1 usb, and need it for saving channellist). I'll keep your link in mind, but hope I'll never need it.

not good, not good, second time in a week my HDD won't connect/recognise in my protek, is recognised in pc/laptop but says 'not formatted' ; have to reformat again, all lost (again) - tried the link you sent, without luck ...