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April 16th, 2020, 09:03 PM
#1
How to access a drive
Some drives are not auto detected but the TV knows all about them, the brand, the size, etc.
How do you access such a drive? I can understand not having access to a drive the TV can't see. I don't understand why you can't access one the TV knows about it or why USB isn't one of the Sources.
Anyone? Thanks - rev
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April 16th, 2020, 09:57 PM
#2
What file system did you format the drive with? It may be able to see the physical drive, but it can't read the filesystem. You'd need to check the TV manual to see which filesystems are supported (FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, etc.)
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April 16th, 2020, 10:06 PM
#3
It's NTFS and that system is recognized. I know that from playing movies on drives the TV auto detects.
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April 16th, 2020, 11:07 PM
#4
Huh? If the TV can play movies from the drive, then isn't it working? You need to explain exactly what you are doing. Is it a smart TV? Are you using a specific app?
Make/model of the TV and drives might help too.
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April 16th, 2020, 11:24 PM
#5
The TV can play movies from other NTFS drives that were auto detected. That's how I know the format is supported. It's not a format issue. It's an access issue. The drive in question is not auto detected so no media player is automatically invoked but the TV recognizes it and knows what brand and what size it is. In computer terms, it would be like seeing the drive in Disk Manager but not getting a drive letter in Explorer.
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April 17th, 2020, 12:26 AM
#6
Ok, so what are the differences between the drives? Like which ones work, and which don't? Do they have an AC adapter or are they USB-powered? You didn't give any make/models, so we're flying blind.
For your computer reference, it could still be something like an unsupported file system. The drive would be physically detected, but the OS couldn't read it. Without more details, it's hard to give an answer.
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April 17th, 2020, 02:26 AM
#7
Some devices have problems with drives larger than 4TB. That's another possibility.
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April 17th, 2020, 03:37 AM
#8
What are the File Extensions of the movie files?
And are they same as a known working type?
If you're happy and you know it......it's your meds.
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April 17th, 2020, 07:49 AM
#9
You might have nailed it when you mentioned the size. The visible drive that's inaccessible is 5TB. I'll check the manual but I've got a feeling that's the problem.
Working drive is WD Elements 2TB USB powered, inaccessible drive is Toshiba no model 5TB PSU powered. My TV is a Sansui 50" AND it supports all the common extensions.
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April 17th, 2020, 03:28 PM
#10
That's why it's important to give us details. I've also seen issues with some old devices and drives larger than 2TB.
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April 17th, 2020, 03:46 PM
#11
You guys don't need details, you know everything!
However, just to make you happy I'll provide everything next time and I've got a doosey coming up.
Seriously though, thanks! Now I have to split 7,000 movies across about 5 smaller disks!
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April 17th, 2020, 04:25 PM
#12
The 5TB drive might work if you made the partition smaller. No guarantees though. Also, Microsoft has tweaked the NTFS format at various times during Windows "upgrades", so that can also affect things.
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April 17th, 2020, 07:03 PM
#13
Will I have to copy everything off before creating the partition?
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April 17th, 2020, 07:40 PM
#14
If the partition has enough free space, you might be able to shrink it.
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April 17th, 2020, 07:47 PM
#15
Will I have to copy everything off before creating the partition?
You'd want to. If something happens during the repartition, you probably won't be able to recover the data.
You'd have to shrink the original partition, and then create/format a new partition from the unallocated space. Even then, as jdc2000 mentioned, this still may not work.
A 5TB partition would require a GPT partition table, not MBR. Even if you shrink the current partition, it would still be using GPT. Your TV may not be able to recognize GPT.
The only way to change that is to re-initialize the disk (I.E. wipe it out) and then use MBR. That limits you to 2TB, even if the physical disk is 5TB.
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