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forum,

this is has me stumped. recently purchased a swann dvr4 survellience system. it can detect hard drives up to 400gb. problem i currently have is hard drive detection. initially the system detected the following hard drives

1)seagate barracuda 7200.10 320gb
2)western digital wd1600jb 160gb

But after a week, they become undetectable, however, the following is detected:

3) seagate medalist 17242 17.2GB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a prehistoric HD.

with my limited knowledge with HD fault finding, i ran through a checklist for (1) & (2):

jumper checks,
cable checks & swap
SMART diagnostic checks - ALL PASS
HD wipe - in progress
bad sector checks chkdisk /p /r - ALL PASS
format & partition - PASS
connect to winXP system - PASS
winXP detection - PASS

All i can summise is the maybe i have to disable the S.M.A.R.T function?(TBA)

What else can be so different from the new & older hard drives?


another observation is this. when the drive becomes undetectable in the swann unit, the drive locks up into a repeat sequence. play 5secs, rewind 1s, play 5secs, over & over. Do hard drives have built-in cut off features? if so, how can they be reset?



looking forward to some suggestions,


turbo.

Hi,

I am sorry I don't know this system, maybe another else...

Hello to all,

I wanted to ask for help on a problem seems absurd.
I want to transfer files DIVX (from 700/900 mb downloaded or converted Total Video Converter) from my PC (3.0 GHz - 1.25 GB - usb 2.0) to an external hard disk 8 GB FAT32 (actually my hard disk was inside in an old PC then, buying a box usb 2.0 case, I turned into housing).
After having initiated the transfer is interrupted almost immediately with an error message "unable to transfer files xxxx - file not found" outside hard disk you disconnect (no longer in resources of the computer).
The absurd thing is that this only happens with file DIVX (AVI): any type of file (es.mpeg), including large, is transferred regularly and quickly.
I've tried to format the hard disk 8 GB NTFS is that FAT 32, I tried to transfer dvix after zipped, I have replaced the cables usb 2.0, I tested the updated drivers, but nothing!
Someone can help me? Thanks

Hello,

I think this USB case is bad.
Did you connect your external HDD to internal controller to check
if your HDD is O.K.?
Or do you have any antivirus program? Try to disable it before transfer AVI files.