Re: Hard drive from a pvr
Did that with SeaTools from Seagate site both Windows version and Dos. No luck
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Re: Hard drive from a pvr
Unless you want to recover some of the recordings on the drive, I would try a stand-alone disk utility. I would recommend the GParted Live CD, just delete all partitions, create a new partition table, and create new partitions:
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
Make sure you are working on the correct drive. Maybe even go as far as unplugging all other hard drives before you boot the Live CD.Leave a comment:
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Re: Hard drive from a pvr
I looked around. Here's another thread on this forum:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=18402
(I did not know there was an ATA locking mechanism in any official standard. Wow.)
Apparently, "Bell", "Humax" and "Pansat" come up in google results, so this was sold under multiple brands. I think your chances of finding a solution are very good.
My first guess was "maybe there is NO partition table at all" like older Apple stuff (maybe OSX finally started requiring a partition table, I don't know). A proprietary file system would also make sense (Windows wouldn't recognize it).
Let us know how it turns out, and good luck!Last edited by Hondaman; 09-23-2012, 12:01 PM.Leave a comment:
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Re: Hard drive from a pvr
more info?
maybe its ata locked by the unit?bad?Leave a comment:
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Re: Hard drive from a pvr
I can only think to try tools from the disks maker.Leave a comment:
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I can't believe there is no discussion on this. I am sure there are others who wanted to use these drives rather than throw them out. I know there are a lot of smart people out there who know how. I do own the unit bought and paid for, just not supported by the service provider anymore.Leave a comment:
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Hard drive from a pvr
I have a 250 gig hard drive from a 9200 pvr that I would like to uses as an external drive but I can't Initialize the drive. Are these drives locked and unusable in a pc? This drive will show up in disk management only but I am unable to do anything with it. What is up with this.Last edited by davg; 09-20-2012, 08:17 PM.
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