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Hard Drive Problems

  • 04-04-2008 7:39pm
    #1
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I am trying to install a hard drive in to a pvr.

    THe hard drive is Hitachi DeskStar T7K500 - hard drive - 250 GB - ATA-133

    The drive is meant to be set to master so I have it vertical on the left most and right most pin.

    The hard drive is making a sound when I turn it on. Its a long drone and then a short drone repeated.

    Any one know what that might mean?


Comments

  • #2
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    Try some of the Hitachi hard drive tools here..

    http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm


  • #3
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Its not hooked up to a computer


  • #4
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    kearnsr wrote: »
    Its not hooked up to a computer
    Try hook it up to a pc and check the drive using those tools ;)

    Nick

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  • #5
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    yoyo wrote: »
    Try hook it up to a pc and check the drive using those tools ;)

    Nick

    If only! dont have a pc on a laptop


  • #6
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,473 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    what type of pvr? is it meant to take any drive

    do you have to format it a certain way maybe?

    i've had media players before that were fussy about the way the drive was formated, like the allocation size setting


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  • #7
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    eolhc wrote: »
    what type of pvr? is it meant to take any drive

    do you have to format it a certain way maybe?

    i've had media players before that were fussy about the way the drive was formated, like the allocation size setting

    Dont think I'm allowed to say what type of PVR.

    I' going to update the firmware and see if that helps tomorrow


  • #8
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,473 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    okay...

    i've looked into upgrading the harddrive in a philips hdd video recorder and all the info I found said that if it was an 80gb recorder, it wouldn't take a bigger drive and you needed to format the drive with philips software, but if you cloned the origional hard drive with ghost that you could swap in the cloned drive

    Every manufacturer is going to be different so you'll probably have to search for info posted by somebody who has tried it before, and find out what type of file system the pvr needs

    have you looked in all the system menus to make sure there is no format drive option that might set up the disk for you. I'd imagine some boxes would have this


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