re: new hard drive Friday, October 28, 2005 at 12:36 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by SuzieJewBabyILoveYou (31 messages posted) Did you install the drivers that came with the DVR? On Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 11:43 pm, Jenny wrote: >okay peeps i need ur help please. >i have a dvr that i have taken the hard drive out of. i am attempting to connect >it to my computer to get the movies that ive saved on it onto my computer for burning >to dvd. > >my first question is can hard drives be locked like a floppy drive can, also is there >a way a manufacturer can keep u from being able to access a drive? > >i ask because my computer is acting peculiar. if i go into my system properties and >expand out the disk drives it shows the hard drive there, however it does not show >up in my computer when i open it. go figure! >i will add that this drive i know runs at a faster rpm than the drive that came with >my computer cuz the cable that was used in the dvr system has more lines, they r >thinner or whatever, u know what i am talking about right? i know that i should use >that cable so please dont tell me i should cuz i know and i tried it just to see >if by some weird chance the drive would have an operating system on it but it doesnt. > >so my next question is if there is noo way for me to get into the drive thru windows >how do i get to a dos prompt where i can copy the files to my drive? is there any >program out there that is free and can assist me in my quest, its just soo weird >that my bios and even the windows system properties says the drive is there but it >dont show up in my computer, even norton systemworks system info shows it there. > >one last thought, the computer i have the drive hooked up to has a smaller drive >than the dvr drive, could that be an issue? anyways thanx in advance for any and >all help! Jen Written in response to: new hard drive (Jenny: Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 11:43 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] new hard drive (Jenny: Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 11:43 pm) re: new hard drive (Big John: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 12:11 am) New hard drive (Cam: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 4:24 am) re: New hard drive (Big John: Sat, Oct 29, 2005, 4:58 pm) re: New hard drive (Falcon: Sat, Oct 29, 2005, 5:03 pm) re: New hard drive (Cam: Sun, Oct 30, 2005, 3:43 am) re: new hard drive (C K: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 12:27 am) re: new hard drive (SuzieJewBabyILoveYou: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 12:36 am) re: new hard drive (Falcon: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 6:17 am) re: new hard drive (Jenny: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 6:45 am) re: new hard drive (Steve: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 8:02 am) re: new hard drive (C K: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 9:45 am) re: new hard drive (Matthew D. Healy: Sun, Oct 30, 2005, 3:37 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum