Way to add external hard drive to an hd-dvr?
Question: I have an hd-dvr and want to add more space to it since it is practically full. Thinking of connecting my computer's external hard drive to it via usb but not sure if it will corrupt the dvr somehow or just simply not work? Anyone have any thoughts/experiences? Thanks?
Answers: I am looking for the same solution. You can't just connect something that was formatted for your computer and plug it into your hd-dvr. The format that the hd-dvr will read in may not be what your hard-drive was formatted in.
For example, if you are using a disk over 2Gb, you have to format with FAT32 or NTFS for the computer to use it - NTFS is not compatible with stereo/DVD players and I'm not sure about NTFS. I'm still looking for the answer myself, good luck.
EDIT: After some searching, I found a program that will format any size hard drive in FAT32 - see the link below. You can connect any hard drive to your DVD player via the USB connection without risk (as far as I can tell - but I accept no responsibility if something goes wrong), but for it to work it needs to be formatted right, that's all.
If you have Windows XP, just plug the new hard drive in to the USB and Windows will see the new drive. Open My Computer or Windows Explorer and right click on the new drive and choose Format . You can't simply drag and drop all programs to the new drive, because when you installed them, the location is in the registry. You can move your documents and graphics and many other files to the new drive. I would suggest you create folders and organize them accordingly.
If you have Windows 98 or earlier, your going to have find a driver for the USB connection. Look here:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/us...
Answers: I am looking for the same solution. You can't just connect something that was formatted for your computer and plug it into your hd-dvr. The format that the hd-dvr will read in may not be what your hard-drive was formatted in.
For example, if you are using a disk over 2Gb, you have to format with FAT32 or NTFS for the computer to use it - NTFS is not compatible with stereo/DVD players and I'm not sure about NTFS. I'm still looking for the answer myself, good luck.
EDIT: After some searching, I found a program that will format any size hard drive in FAT32 - see the link below. You can connect any hard drive to your DVD player via the USB connection without risk (as far as I can tell - but I accept no responsibility if something goes wrong), but for it to work it needs to be formatted right, that's all.
If you have Windows XP, just plug the new hard drive in to the USB and Windows will see the new drive. Open My Computer or Windows Explorer and right click on the new drive and choose Format . You can't simply drag and drop all programs to the new drive, because when you installed them, the location is in the registry. You can move your documents and graphics and many other files to the new drive. I would suggest you create folders and organize them accordingly.
If you have Windows 98 or earlier, your going to have find a driver for the USB connection. Look here:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/us...
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