Cable Zgemma h7c and hard drive

[southsimon]

it wouldn't or shouldn't be external, the H7 Supports internal 2.5 HDD

 

[Warhammer14]

if it's not showing the hdd here then it's not recognising it, if it's connected by usb (I assume it's external) then try a different usb port

I fitted the sata hdd in the box Pablo, maybe ive got it in the wrong port?? yet I can hear it drive

 

[Warhammer14]

when I click initialise I get this screen but with no initialise red button

 

[biff2005]

take HDD out of the receiver and format it through windows fat32 system
stick it back in box and initialize it

 

[southsimon]

sounds like you need the willo build toolkit, I would remove the hard drive and format it.
Preparing Flash Drives with BootICE
https://willobuild.com/utilities.php

 

[Warhammer14]

cheers guys your always a great help and I get there eventually...lol but as its a HDD sata drive what do I plug it into and by what method??? usb?? as I guessed this drive was originally in a pc...no expert as you can probably guess but simple mans terms into how I do it would be greatly appreciated

 

[biff2005]

on vix image
press blue button
vix
mount manager
press yellow button - un-mount
exit this
menu / setup
goto storage
initialize devices

 

[biff2005]

take HDD out of the receiver and format it through windows fat32 system
stick it back in box and initialize it

thats all i did with mine and i have same box has you

i have openvix installed too

 

[lincsat]

There are 2 connectors inside, make sure you connect the HDD to the correct one or it won't work.

I would format the HDD in EXT-4 on a PC using the free partition wizard

 

[Warhammer14]

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There are 2 connectors inside, make sure you connect the HDD to the correct one or it won't work.

I would format the HDD in EXT-4 on a PC using the free partition wizard

ll look at that , daft question mate how do I attach the hdd to a pc, has it a usb connector?

 

[1999gtv]

You need a sata to usb connector suitable for 2.5 inch drives around £6 on amazon

 

[Warhammer14]

You need a sata to usb connector suitable for 2.5 inch drives around £6 on amazon

Cheers mate :)

 

[1999gtv]

from 1.24 onward should show the connections on zgemma you need to install hdd (ignore the first attempt he makes with power cable) as he messes that up.

 

[deejayh]

That is my next project, to add a hard drive!

 

[liamt]

from 1.24 onward should show the connections on zgemma you need to install hdd (ignore the first attempt he makes with power cable) as he messes that up.

wouldn't mind doing this in h52tc if its possible

 

[Willo3092]

wouldn't mind doing this in h52tc if its possible

It's not, external hdd only

 

[Warhammer14]

Ok so I bought a usb to sata cable and it’s begins to drive but I cannot see anywhere where the Hdd is on my computer . Arggghh help lol

 

[Willo3092]

If there is no file system on the drive it won't be recognised by windows and allocated a drive letter.
Follow the instructions on how to format it with Partition Wizard.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c1unbc44asi8717/Formatting Drives.pdf?dl=0

When complete, the drive still won't be recognised by windows because it will be in Linux ext4 format. Don't worry about it, just put it back in the box and power on.
You DO NOT NEED TO INITIALISE IT because that's what you have just done on PC.
All you need to do is check that it's mounted as /media/hdd in Mount Manager.

 

[Warhammer14]

If there is no file system on the drive it won't be recognised by windows and allocated a drive letter.
Follow the instructions on how to format it with Partition Wizard.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c1unbc44asi8717/Formatting Drives.pdf?dl=0

When complete, the drive still won't be recognised by windows because it will be in Linux ext4 format. Don't worry about it, just put it back in the box and power on.
You DO NOT NEED TO INITIALISE IT because that's what you have just done on PC.
All you need to do is check that it's mounted as /media/hdd in Mount Manager.

Thanks willo will have a go at that today

 

[Warhammer14]

Cheers guys for all your help, I managed to make a new partition on the HDD and install it successfully in the zgemma and it now recognizes it and has been mounted. So now my question is how do I set up pause and record options please. Any help appreciated