Digital Recording Machine

johndoe99

My brother was installing a new CCTV setup in his shop to replace his old setup and gave me his old Digital Recording Machine.

I dismantled it to find 2 seagate 250Gb HD's, hoping I can format and use to store music. Before i took it apart i was able to access the HDs through the DRM. But when i attached them to my Caddy, it detects the HDs but refuses to access them. I'm at a loss as to why?

i'm thinking could there could be some sort of security software installed on the HDs by the DRM, and this is stopping the HDs from opening on a PC. Would I be right in this, or is there something else I'm overlooking.

White Heart Loon

It's most likely not in a format native to windows, like ext2. Format it to NTFS in disk management and you'll be able to use it.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/f/open-disk-management.htm

bonzodog2

It's possible there may be some funny business going on, something similar with old xbox IIRC. Does it show in Disk Management? Maybe one of the third party disk tools may help, or a live Linux distro.

johndoe99

White Heart Loon wrote: »

It's most likely not in a format native to windows, like ext2. Format it to NTFS in disk management and you'll be able to use it.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/f/open-disk-management.htm

That fixed my problem, turns out the disks were not initialized. Disk Management tools sorted it. Thanks.