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| Thread ID: 148177 | 2019-08-28 15:35:00 | Make 2 x 500GB Paritions on a 1TB external drive so a TV will see the 1TB Drive | kioti (17360) | Press F1 |
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| 1463359 | 2019-08-29 22:09:00 | If there is less than 500Gb of files on the drive, just use a Partition manager to split the drive into 2 partitions . If theres more than 500G , then its going to take a loooong looooong time to transfer all that off the drive, then back on after you repartition. sods law : Whatever you do, make it 100% clear that there is some risk in doing all this, and its a best effort only. You accept no responsibility if that data hasnt been backed up by the owner. Sometimes when you copy stuff off, you dont allways get it all , or some can copy off corrupted. Personally, I think you're wasting your time. If the TV is so decrepid that it cant see a 1Tb partition, I'd bet it wont be able to play many of the files anyway . If it cant see a 1Tb partition, I'd bet it cant see your 1Tb drive even if you split it :-) |
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| 1463360 | 2019-08-30 09:36:00 | dugimodo :D hi :D can only watch one movie at a time, can only play one movie at a time, unless I have the HDD set up to a hub feeding off to 2 or more TV's and can send a different movie to its allocated TV. :D Yeah he could get a 32GB USB Flash drive but something I forgot to mention.. he doesn't have a computer or laptop or anything apart from the tele to connect the 1TB External HDD to and I don't think it's possible to come from the HDD directly to a USB Flash drive...and not be able to see what file to choose to send to the 32GB USB Flash drive. Cheers :D |
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| 1463361 | 2019-08-30 10:12:00 | 1101 Hi. Yeah I know all the hazards in copy/transfer files from A to Z and back again to the original source or a new receiving hardware. As for transferring the data from the 1TB to an external 4TB Sata3 HDD of mine I can move 1TB of data in 15-30 minutes or between 10-15 minutes to the internal Samsung SSD using my computer ( Ryzen 5 2400G/16GB GSkill DDR4/W10 x64.1903) As for corrupt files, I am unable to test .avi/avc/mp4/h264/5 movies before I transfer them to and from the 1TB HDD and my computer unless I watch them. Yeah I can start them in VLC and skip to middle of movie and the end of it to see if the movie makes it through ( corrupt files will not make it to the end of the movie if they are corrupted somewhere along the data line)… doing that test is ok and only takes about a minute to do, per fie, max. If the movies were in full DVD VTS with .vobs/ifo/bup files then I could use Shrink32 to fast check the movies , 10 secs max to check a DVD movie is all there and playable. As for decrepid TV's, I can assure you that not all modern TV's will see a 1TB External USB Connected HDD. And not everyone has a 5 grand, 4K, Wall sized Smart tele. :D I know of Veons that will not see a 1TB USB Drive and they certainly wouldn't see a 2TB External of mine which I had connected to 2 of them 18 -24 months ago. Max size USB they would se was 750GB. Shame that External USB Portable HDD's all come in standard 1TB format. Want anything smaller well just have to buy a 2.5inch sata HDD, 500GB , 650GB and a case for it or swap the one in the 1TB case for the sata HDD of GB size the tele will see. Hence, that is why I asked if I partition a 1TB External HDD into 2 x 500GB partitions, will the tele that doesn't see a 1TB drive, see a 1TB drive disguised as 2 x 500GB drives. I will be getting the 1TB drive tomorrow and have the task done by dinner-time. Cheers Garry |
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| 1463362 | 2019-08-30 20:51:00 | I refer back to my #3 msg. I have two Sony TVs and access to another. All three will not see external HDDs no matter what the flavour UNLESS the HDD has been formatted as exFat, NTFS is a complete failure. I am not saying all TVs react in the same way but you should check the TV specs to see what external HDD formatting is needed. I make sure that all my HDDs are now formatted as exFat before use. | Bryan (147) | ||
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