Partitioning for CCTV DVR

Amrit · 16 Mar 2008 at 22:25

Hey guys I have a problem with my DVR system.

Basically it will onyl show 127gig or so of my 500gig hdd. I think its due to the dvrs bios. Theres no bios update so i was wodnering if anyone knew what i could do? It aint widnows or anything btw its got its own os.

So anyone had any experience or know what i could try out?

Thanks for the help

Amrit

Hesky82 · 16 Mar 2008 at 22:39

Partition the drive into quarters maybe?

Amrit · 16 Mar 2008 at 23:15

fat or fat32?

Hesky82 · 16 Mar 2008 at 23:29

Im not sure buddy, I would have though fat32 or ntfs data format. have you got a tech support for your dvr recorder? may have a few pointers.

skiba · 16 Mar 2008 at 23:36

Can you ring the manufacturer? Is the disk one big partition?

Amrit · 16 Mar 2008 at 23:38

Hesky-The mnual dont say anything about it. Dont even say theres a limitation. Also im defiantly sure it wotn support NTFS.

Skiba-It dont run windows m8 or linux etc. its got its own kinda operating system

Amrit · 16 Mar 2008 at 23:47

skiba said:
Can you ring the manufacturer? Is the disk one big partition?

Nah aint got the manufactures number. The disks aint been partitioned yet. its a brand new maxtor 500gig

Hesky82 · 17 Mar 2008 at 17:32

If the dvr's basic os can detect multiple partitions I can’t see why it wouldn’t work. tbh I’m only guessing here but it’s worth a try, nothing lost.
Make four fat32 125GB partitions and see how that works out.