I bought the WB 1TB HD as suggested. I plugged it in and a DVR error says "NO DISK" on startup. Hard drive works well on the PC.
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What did you plug the HD into? It does not plug into the PC so I'm not sure why you referenced your PC. The Zmodo DVR works independent of a PC and the HD is installed into the DVR itself.
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You have to format the disk with the DVR, it cannot read the windows file format, The instructions tell you how to format the disk in the dvr, then reboot and your set.
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I have purchased about 10 of these for various projects and businesses, 1 out of those 10 had the same problem, just return/exchange it for a new one.
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Have you formatted the drive already? If so, check the power/SATA cables or switch to another SATA port.
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You can contact the Seller for Return Label to return the HDD for Replacement/Refund. Thanks!
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I bought two of them. They run like new and mine looked almost new. A good value for the money. The 1TB unit doubles the memory. You can find them at Walmart.com. I own in total about 9 HDD units. I like them because I can burn what I record to a blank DVD. I don't have cable, just over the air reception.
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Hard drive is located inside the DVR Box. This model is not equipped with HDD. You need to install the HDD inside the DVR Box.
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Good points. It's still relatively new, and I wonder especially how the hard drive model has held up. My new one arrived DOA, and now I'm really struggling over whether to ask Amazon for a refund or an exchange. This baby may be intended to be Solid State all the way, which means the hard drive models will be unwanted period pieces in another year or two.
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Sounds like a warrant problem. If I read the Western Digital warranty policy correctly, it states that the Western Digital Blue hard drives come with a 2 year warranty. Check with Amazon regarding their return/ exchange policy.
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Amazon's page still says it's not available, but I just received mine yesterday (from Amazon). So far, so good. Plug it in, restart your TiVo, and 5-10 minutes later you got a gajillion hours of HD recording (okay, I think it's 240 hours, but still). One little bummer, you can't cart the drive from TiVo to TiVo (or computer) to transfer your shows. It says it records some of the show in the internal drive and some on the external, so no complete shows are on the external. No big deal I guess.
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You could have just bought a hard disk and installed it in the DVR (it's easy). I got a 500GB hard drive on eBay for $45, and a 4 camera system for $130 so I paid $175 all together.
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You are correct the DVR does not come with a hard drive, the hard drive is your typical SATA style hard drive, this is why it only costs a hundred bucks, so you have to install the hardrive and after it is installed, there is an option for formatting it, which you will have to do. Its simple to do, but you void your warranty after opening the box, so that is the kicker.
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I tried to do this, but the device doesn't work with a hard drive. I wish they would make a version with a DVR or hard drive storage.
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Western digital has a series of hds that work fine. Make sure it is meant for a DVD not a computer. I bought it from Staples. No problem installing it.
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According to product instruction: "It is possible to expand the available storage using an external hard drive. The hard disk must either be formatted with NTFS or FAT 16/32. Connect the hard drive through the USB port, and the DVR will automatically recognize it. To set the DVR to record onto the external hard drive , access the menu. Under REC tab, select REC device and choose USB....." Seems to me you can do what you seek.
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Don't. Get a Western Digital instead. I screwed up and gave Seagate a chance. Oops.
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Is it being sold as new? This might be a refurbished drive. In any event, WD's website can provide warranty info and drive status.
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Hi fellow amazon customer, i attached the the hard disk and i got no response from it. Probably the one is recieved got damaged, im in the process of returning it.
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Hi. I don´t know yet since I have not been able to use it because I found out that the equipment I bought did not have HDD. I hope that next week I will have ready to be used. However, I bought this brand because a freiend of us has one and has a decent performance for its price.
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I am on Win7 Professional and also ordered a drive to backup onto. It never worked and I sent it right back to Amazon. I then ordered from them a Buffalo DriveStation Axis 2 TB USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive. Installed it with Acronis True Image 2013 as my software and it has been working great for the past 5-6 months. Not sure why the other drive did not work but I had an older Buffalo drive on my last PC and it worked fine under XP. It was too small for this system. That is the reason I went back to them. Hope this might help.