Formatting USB HDD

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 13:20

Hi

I have a DP2 and I want to transfer some recordings to a WD Passport 500G USB HDD.

The USB HDD seems to be OK and the DP2 knows it is there and will display photos loaded on to it from a computer.

Howevever when I try to get the DP2 to format the USB drive, the format window doesn't list it as a device hence I can't complete the format.

Any suggestions please ?

IanSav · Post by **IanSav** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 23:28

Hi Ken,

Does the drive have its own power supply or is it powered by the USB connector?
What firmware version are you using?
Have you tried restarting the Beyonwiz with the drive connected and then trying the format?

Regards,
Ian.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:35

Hi Ian

The drive is USB powered and I've tried both front and rear ports.

The firmware is DPP2-01.05.304 and the loader is 1.1.3.1.74.

I've tried a cold start with the USB drive already there but no go.

There's certainly enough power to read from the drive but I don't know whether or not formatting needs more than is available at the port. The annoying part is that the Wiz gives no message of any kind which is why I hope somebody has already solved the problem.

Regards

Ken

tonymy01 · Post by **tonymy01** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:46

I think if the drive is NTFS formatted, it becomes read only and the Wiz won't let you format it, but don't quote me on that, as I always partition and format my drives externally, so not 100% sure of the Wiz behaviour. I would suggest using windows to remove the existing ntfs partition (right click my computer on desktop or in start menu, choose "manage", choose "disk management), and then create a full partition (or a split one, say 250G FAT32, 250G NTFS so you can support large media files >2G in size and also the ability to copy to the FAT32 partition with wiz recordings), and then one of the many tools mentioned here to format the FAT32 partition (seeing that Bill Gates doesn't like FAT32 any more, so if you try to format with Windows, it only supports 32G sizes now, so you need an external tool such as "fat32format").
Regards

IanSav · Post by **IanSav** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:06

Hi Ken,

If Tony's suggestion doesn't help then you may want to consider trying a powered hub to see if that helps properly powers up the drive.

I would also suggest you consider upgrading the firmware to the current release of 01.05.350.

Regards,
Ian.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 14:34

Hi Ian & Tony

I'm definitely plug and play so you are helping me up a steep learning curve.

I've managed to partition the drive and format about 470G to FAT32. No change in Wiz behaviour so did the firmware upgrade to 01.05.350. At that stage the Wiz has gone into a hissy fit so I'm searching the forum for a solution to that.

I've found a powered USB port but can't advance on that until I get the Wiz up again.

Hopefully I'll be able to successfully close off this thread in a couple of days.

Regards

Ken

prl · Post by **prl** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 15:54

Some more description beyond "hissy fit" may help...

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 21:35

Hi Peter

The problem is Error 0022 which appears to have happened to other lost souls. I am studying the history but my situation doesn't quite match so I will probably have to start another strand to seek help.

Regards

Ken

prl · Post by **prl** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 21:53

Error 0022 is a HDD problem.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:55

Hi All

Back on deck after loading wrong version of firmware. Still unable to do anything with the USB HDD so guess I will have to try the powered USB route. I'll get back.

Regards

Ken

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 09:40

Hi All

The powered USB Port proved to be the final part of the puzzle.

It seems that the Wiz can read an unpowered USB device but doesn't have enough power to write to or format one.

Thanks to all for your help.

Regards

Ken

prl · Post by **prl** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:26

Ken wrote:Hi All

The powered USB Port proved to be the final part of the puzzle.

It seems that the Wiz can read an unpowered USB device but doesn't have enough power to write to or format one.
...

Is the USB drive formatted as NTFS? I think that you would get those symptoms if it was.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 21:59

Hi Peter

Yes it was and I worked all thru that . The final answer was the powered USB port. Just for interest sake, I actually wanted to play content thru a TV in my caravan and I'm still in trouble as it only plays AVI format and it turns out there is a problem in Windows 7 (specifically Explorer) which prevents the format conversion programs from operating. This is clearly something I have to pursue elsewhere and I am starting to wonder why everything is so hard.

Ken

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