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    Bell 9200 PVR

    Hi everyone
    Bell just swapped out my old PVR receivers with 2 new ones and I find myself with 2 500G hard drives that I figure would be great in my raid array, but I can't get my computer to see the drive, read a very brief article about ATA3 security or something, any ideas on how to unlock the drives? they are plain old seagate sata drives, no jumpers. I may have posted this in the wrong area, but maybe not
    cheers
    Dave
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    Re: Bell 9200 PVR

    Have you re-partitioned them and formatted?

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      #3
      Re: Bell 9200 PVR

      They are probably formatted with some special filesystem. I remember reading something about copyright regarding this - but I'm not sure if that was just a bogus response from a PVR company (Humax.)
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        Re: Bell 9200 PVR

        Do the drives spin up in your computer? Some drives require a spin-up command.

        One thing I harp on constantly is the quality of help we give will depend on the quality of information we receive. "plain old seagate sata drives" is hardly a detailed description.

        Also, for what it is worth, I have never seen a SATA drive without a jumper block. I HAVE seen some where no jumper options were listed on the label.

        PlainBill
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          Re: Bell 9200 PVR

          Well, just because they don't show up in My Computer doesn't mean that they aren't being recognized. If it's a strange filesystem, you have to Initialize them then Format them before they are usable. Right click on My Computer ("Computer" in Vista/7"), click Manage, then go to Disk Management on the left side, then see if any disks need to be initialized

          hope that helps
          -shovenose

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            Re: Bell 9200 PVR

            Hi
            Sorry, plain old seagate ST3500830SCE, jumper block but no jumpers installed, it does spin up but not seen in any management consoles or anything. I have some really rare movies on them in mpeg2 format i was hoping to salvage before wiping them or partioning.

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              Re: Bell 9200 PVR

              Originally posted by PlainBill View Post
              Also, for what it is worth, I have never seen a SATA drive without a jumper block.
              There you go..

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                Re: Bell 9200 PVR

                Originally posted by Scenic View Post
                There you go..

                Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 series
                That's a twofer. I'd never seen a SATA drive with a molex power connector, either.

                Technically, I still haven't. Many things can be done with Photoshop.

                PlainBill
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                  Re: Bell 9200 PVR

                  Originally posted by uberplasma View Post
                  Hi
                  Sorry, plain old seagate ST3500830SCE, jumper block but no jumpers installed, it does spin up but not seen in any management consoles or anything. I have some really rare movies on them in mpeg2 format i was hoping to salvage before wiping them or partioning.
                  If the bios recognizes them, but Windows doesn't, the posts suggesting they have a file system Windows doesn't recognize would be correct. Try a real operating system like Linux.

                  PlainBill
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                    Re: Bell 9200 PVR

                    Originally posted by PlainBill View Post
                    That's a twofer. I'd never seen a SATA drive with a molex power connector, either.
                    All the early ones had it.
                    Originally posted by PeteS in CA
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                      Re: Bell 9200 PVR

                      Originally posted by Th3_uN1Qu3 View Post
                      All the early ones had it.
                      What can I say? I'm in no rush to adopt new technology until I need it.

                      PlainBill
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                        Re: Bell 9200 PVR

                        This was ages ago so I don't remember all the details but I have run into drives that are locked by way of requiring an encrypted code from the BIOS [or system firmware] before they would start.
                        .
                        I think all modern drives have the feature/capability it's just rarely used.
                        Bell may have used it to keep their software from being stolen/hacked.
                        .
                        In the case of the drives I had [formerly X-Box drives] there was a hack on the web to turn that feature off.
                        Once it's off it will work in a normal PC without issues but you'll probably have to [full] wipe it first to get rid of non-standard partition tables and MBR.
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                          Originally posted by PlainBill View Post
                          I'm in no rush to adopt new technology until I need it.
                          Same for most stuff.

                          I finally got some SATA drives about 5 months ago. Two of them are Hitachi Deskstar HD728040PLA320 SATA 40GB drives made in 2005 with molex power connectors.

                          I can't complain because I got them for $1 each and they make good external drives for backing important data. I think of them as large USB sticks!

                          I also got several 512MB DDR2 sticks and 7 other 40GB SATA for $1 each from the same seller.

                          They all work fine so far and I ran all the drives and memory sticks through various burn in programs.
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                            #14
                            Re: Bell 9200 PVR

                            Actually, most SATA drives don't actually need the 3.3v line - users of cheap power supplies should know, as there are molex -> SATA power adaptors and there's no orange wire on them, yet the drives work just fine.
                            Originally posted by PeteS in CA
                            Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
                            A working TV? How boring!

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