DVD Recorder with removable HDD

**adams** · 06-01-08, 08:29 AM

I have a DVD Recorder with removable HDD and when I put it into my pc the bios can see it but windows xp can't. Disk manager wants some wizard to convert it. But I don't want to in case I lose data. Is this a linux thing? and will the DVD recorder be able to read a hdd formated to NTFS.

**covert** · 10-01-08, 11:48 PM

Sounds like it is either a Linux partition or another proprietary partition.

Goto Control panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Storage

Take a look at what the partition(s) on the drive are there.

**Studio1** · 02-02-08, 10:37 PM

If I remember correctly, most HD DVD recorders use a proprietary format to store data on the hard drive.
It's not recognisable under Windoze anyway.

**iwacelect** · 23-05-08, 04:24 PM

studio's deadright, they use a partition system that only the machine will recognise

**gordon_s1942** · 08-07-08, 09:15 PM

I know this was posted 2 months ago but I am fiddling with a Lite-On HDD/DVD recorder because the burner decided to refuse to read discs.
In a UK forum called CDFreaks, I found a posting where one memer had hooked the HDD to the computer and it read 'LITEONFAT32'.
Now whether this means he could read the HDD contents and access it or not I dont know but this info may be of some use to you.

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adams Member iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 62 Spent time on board: 4 Days and 12:18:40	DVD Recorder with removable HDD I have a DVD Recorder with removable HDD and when I put it into my pc the bios can see it but windows xp can't. Disk manager wants some wizard to convert it. But I don't want to in case I lose data. Is this a linux thing? and will the DVD recorder be able to read a hdd formated to NTFS.

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iwacelect Senior Member iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 314 Spent time on board: 5 Days and 13:40:41	studio's deadright, they use a partition system that only the machine will recognise __________________ When I explained to the guy what avatar I wanted, that wasn't what I meant!

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10-01-08, 11:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
covert Premium Member iTrader: (8) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: My Imagination Posts: 648	Sounds like it is either a Linux partition or another proprietary partition. Goto Control panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Storage Take a look at what the partition(s) on the drive are there.

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Studio1 Senior Member iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Inside the toaster Posts: 473 Spent time on board: 3 Days and 7:21:46	If I remember correctly, most HD DVD recorders use a proprietary format to store data on the hard drive. It's not recognisable under Windoze anyway.

08-07-08, 09:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
gordon_s1942 Premium Member iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 82 Spent time on board: 1 Day and 0:06:41	I know this was posted 2 months ago but I am fiddling with a Lite-On HDD/DVD recorder because the burner decided to refuse to read discs. In a UK forum called CDFreaks, I found a posting where one memer had hooked the HDD to the computer and it read 'LITEONFAT32'. Now whether this means he could read the HDD contents and access it or not I dont know but this info may be of some use to you.

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