Need a new hard drive for my HDR-1800T tried two 500gb ones but none recognised by the machine what format do they need to be in for the 1800T to recognise and format them.
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HDR 1800T new hard drive
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| Thu 21 Mar 2019 8:13:55 #1 |
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bw78007 - 2 hours ago »
Need a new hard drive for my HDR-1800T tried two 500gb ones but none recognised by the machine what format do they need to be in for the 1800T to recognise and format them.What physical size is the drive in your 1800T (is it a 3.5" drive or a 2.5" drive)?
| Thu 21 Mar 2019 10:21:48 #2 | -
hi the size is 2.5 but the plastic housing the 2.5 sits in will take a 3.5, I have tried two drives both 320gb same as standard size, but one is from a Sky box and one is from a computer both have not been formatted, they came straight out of a Sky box and computer, just need to know what format they need to be in for the HDR-1800T to recognise them. please can you help
| Thu 21 Mar 2019 13:57:24 #3 | -
bw78007 - 15 minutes ago »
hi the size is 2.5 but the plastic housing the 2.5 sits in will take a 3.5, I have tried two drives both 320gb same as standard size, but one is from a Sky box and one is from a computer both have not been formatted, they came straight out of a Sky box and computer, just need to know what format they need to be in for the HDR-1800T to recognise them. please can you helpThe power supply used for a 1800T fitted with 2.5" laptop type drive is unlikely to support a 3.5" full size drive.
eg
2.5" Drive start up current 1A average read/write 0.9W
https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/barracuda-pro-2-5DS1966-1-1802GB-en_GB.pdf
3.5" Drive start up current 2.5A Average Read/Write 5.4W
https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/3-5-barracudaDS1900-11-1806GB-en_GB.pdf
Connect the drive to a PC and delete all the partitions using drive management, The box should then do the required partitioning and formatting.
| Thu 21 Mar 2019 14:26:33 #4 | -
How about fitting a 2.5" SSD for absolute silence
| Fri 22 Mar 2019 20:05:07 #5 | -
Paul_D - 46 minutes ago »
How about fitting a 2.5" SSD for absolute silence Silence is Golden, but so is the price.
About £240:00 quid for a 2TB. The speed isn't an advantage either. Existing SATA drives are more than fast enough. Ever wondered why the don't fit usb 3.0 ports on pvrs. The answer is you would gain nothing as the limit is down to the processor needing to maintain the pvr functions. Servicing the the usb ports is a low cpu priority.
| Fri 22 Mar 2019 21:01:07 #6 | -
Thanks for the reply, I will try a 2.5 HD I thought because the 1800T had the fitting for both sizes then a 3.5 HD would be OK, when I remove partitions etc. I don't format to fat 32, is drive management in control panel somewhere. not 100% into this but I will try and find it.
| Mon 25 Mar 2019 13:38:50 #7 | -
bw78007 - 2 hours ago »
Thanks for the reply, I will try a 2.5 HD I thought because the 1800T had the fitting for both sizes then a 3.5 HD would be OK, when I remove partitions etc. I don't format to fat 32, is drive management in control panel somewhere. not 100% into this but I will try and find it.If Windows 10 just type drive management in the search field (usually bottom left )
| Mon 25 Mar 2019 15:54:25 #8 | -
bw78007 - 3 hours ago »
I thought because the 1800T had the fitting for both sizes then a 3.5 HD would be OK, when I remove partitions etc.I suspect the problem is that the power supply isn't providing 12V (which 3.5" drives need and 2.5" drives don't). I would expect if you put a drive of the correct type in, it will just offer to format it if it doesn't think the current formatting is correct.
| Mon 25 Mar 2019 16:42:12 #9 | -
Hi all, not been on here for a long time,
I want to replace the hard drive on my 1800t Humax but I cannot seem to get the new drive to format! The Humax is telling me that the new drive is ok but just will not format it!
Can anyone help please as I know someone must have had the same problem.
(Customer support on Humax no help)
Thanks and regards Norman| Wed 11 Oct 2023 15:37:33 #10 |
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