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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1075973" data-attributes="member: 176704">Well - some very strange behaviour!The 1TB disk I'm playing with is partitioned into 2 - both around 500GB - and I originally formatted them both in FAT32, and the Rx recognized neither of them.Then, on [USER=393358]@4wd[/USER]'s suggestion, I formatted Partition 1 as NTFS whilst leaving Partition 2 as FAT32 - and the Rx then seemed to partially recognize the disk but when I checked the Storage menu it stated that Partition 1 was &quot;Abnormal&quot; but Partition 2 was &quot;Normal&quot;!!!!Then I tried a recording or two - and it seemed to record to BOTH partitions at the same time!! OTOH, it seemed to lock the Rx up and the only way to get out of that was to disconnect the power as it would not respond to the remote.So, I reformatted Partition 1 as FAT32 - and that was &quot;back to square 1&quot;, i.e. when I tried to record I got the &quot;Please insert USB HDD&quot; message again.That being the case, I'm now going to try the HDD I originally wanted to use - which is an old 320GB - but only as 1 partion formated to NTFS.Edited: THAT seemed to work, as the Partition is reporting as being &quot;Normal&quot; and it doesn't lock up when I change channels, but it still does it when I try to view recording still in progressSeems to go against all I've read about needing to use FAT32 for USB HDDs, and although I can understand why it won't let me change sats, not why it locks up when I try to view a recording still in progress!!I'll see what happens slightly more longterm!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1075973, member: 176704"] Well - some very strange behaviour! The 1TB disk I'm playing with is partitioned into 2 - both around 500GB - and I originally formatted them both in FAT32, and the Rx recognized neither of them. Then, on [USER=393358]@4wd[/USER]'s suggestion, I formatted Partition 1 as NTFS [I]whilst leaving Partition 2 as FAT32 [/I]- and the Rx then seemed to partially recognize the disk but when I checked the Storage menu it stated that Partition 1 was "Abnormal" but Partition 2 was "Normal"!!!! Then I tried a recording or two - and it seemed to record to BOTH partitions at the same time!! OTOH, it seemed to lock the Rx up and the only way to get out of that was to disconnect the power as it would not respond to the remote. So, I reformatted Partition 1 as FAT32 - and that was "back to square 1", i.e. when I tried to record I got the "Please insert USB HDD" message again. That being the case, I'm now going to try the HDD I originally wanted to use - which is an old 320GB - but only as 1 partion formated to NTFS. Edited: THAT seemed to work, as the Partition is reporting as being "Normal" and it doesn't lock up when I change channels, but it still does it when I try to view recording still in progress Seems to go against all I've read about needing to use FAT32 for USB HDDs, and although I can understand why it won't let me change sats, not why it locks up when I try to view a recording still in progress!! I'll see what happens slightly more longterm! [/QUOTE]

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