Can this work, with a typical non formatted hard drive?
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For a hard drive, any SATA drive should work without issue, I'd recommend a 2TB Western Digital PURPLE drive as they're specifically made for DVR systems, such as this.
1635766
You must have a SATA hard drive installed in the unit in order to function. Installation of the drive is quite easy. The instructions/operations manual supplied is very poor. It will take a lot of rereading. Many abbreviations and terms are unknown to the average person. SANNCE does not respond to technical questions or issues of failure.
1635767
Yes this dvr has the ability to format over and use it. Hopefully this will help
873760
Yes. But not all external drives will work. I tried plugging in a 3TB drive and it did not get recognized. 1 TB one I tried worked fine.
578528
It is possible, I don't think there would be any harm to the hard drive unless you reformatted to match the computer. You should be able to plug it in, go through your explorer to find the device and accomplish what you want from there.
936428
Yes as long as they were independently formatted and were previously accessible. I've done this. I had 4 usb enclosures. I pulled out the HDDs and placed them all into this enclosure, and it works on USB.
1470573
Yes, it would work with just about any drive. It's very easy to use, and has a clear instruction sheet.
2181295
Yes. It works as a typical usb drive. Not to be confused with a hard drive.
2065456
I wouldn't be suprised if some external hard drives use the NTFS system instead of the FAT32. It's easy to reformat it though.
1920442
Very unlikely unless you have a SATA to mSATA adapter which can cause data integrity issues
1687481
I put in a drive with data on it and windows wouldn't recognize it unless I formatted it first. Works fine after formatting, but I had to backup all of my data before using the drive.
932555
Yes it can-- easily, so long as it is properly partitioned and formatted. Oh, and never use quick format. However, with this said, you need to consider what this drive will be storing-- large (video) or small files (typical documents/spreadhseets/etc.) before you do. If you are uncertain how to do so, hit your favorite search engine as there are many pages dedicated to this.
2273673
Yes. Your computer will format the drive to work with whatever operating system you are using.
1839970
It will work with file manager program of the device. The third party software may not write the data to the drive but can read it.
301146
Should work. As I do the same thing within my own house with flash drives. My desktop is win7 / USB 2.0, my Laptop is win7 / USB 3.0. I've never needed to re-format my flash drives and I do get the speed increase from the USB 3.0 Laptop. I can imagine, with the proper operating systems involved: Portable HDDs should't be any different.
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It can but you need to use either the utility that comes with it or you need to manually partition and format it using disk management in windows.
2075559
Yes, most likeky. (99% sure) If that drive has the usual 44pin connector it will work. You have to remove the caddy (harddrive holder) first.
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Yes you can use it if the drive is formatted using FAT32. However doing so has a limitation because FAT32 FS cannot support individual files greater than 4GB. Also you will see a degraded performance regardless of which hard disk you buy.
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with any hard drive, it depends on what you're going to be using it on, or with what OS. Usually you will need to format it.