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    Angry DVR won't recognize Hard drive, but pc will

    One of my clients purchased a Zmodo H9104V. He has a WD 80 GB hard drive that has been formatted. I have installed the drive in my cradle and my pc recognizes it and can read from and write to it. When I install it, the DVR will not recognize it. Any special format, firmware upgrade for the DVR???? Please help!!

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      • Motherboard:
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    Re: DVR won't recognize Hard drive, but pc will

    What did he format it as? If it was NTFS, try FAT32.

    Does the DVR see it at all in any menu?

    Does it offer some sort of Format option itself?

    Otherwise, yes, youd need to format it in a way the DVR expects it.

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    Re: DVR won't recognize Hard drive, but pc will

    I have tried formatting it to NTFS, exFAT, as well as FAT32. I can read and write to it when its in my sata dock, but the dvr will not recognize it.

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      • Motherboard:
      • Asus P8Z77-V Pro
      • CPU:
      • Intel Core i7-3770K
      • Memory:
      • 16GB Corsair XMS3 PC3-12800
      • Storage:
      • Multiple HDD and SSD drives
      • Graphics card(s):
      • ASUS DUAL-GTX1060-06G
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      • 750W Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution
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      • Silverstone Fortress FT02
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      • HP ZR24w

    Re: DVR won't recognize Hard drive, but pc will

    The manual doesnt specify anything particular is required to use a drive, but it does mention that it uses some Linux filesystem.

    Which brings 2 possible things to mind, either the drive wont work with the DVR for some reason, or by formatting it, youve made it unworkable.

    If its the latter, you could try fully erasing it so its like new, if its the former it could be it doesnt like the drive, or that the DVR is faulty.

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    Re: DVR won't recognize Hard drive, but pc will

    Hello everyone! I have a DVR Zmodo D9104BH SKU: DVR-H9104V the motherboard is the same as the picture above in the DVR does not work the mouse and so I can not enter menu I need the firmware to restore someone could help me? I would be very grateful.

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