I'm sure this is very simple, but how do I format my old Humax drive so it will work with my laptop.

Stick it in a usb sata cradle or enclosure

Example

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Connect it to your PC

Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Storage/Disc Management.

Alternatively the Home Edition of Easeus Partition Manager

http://www.partition-tool.com/?gclid...FaEhtAodInmvTQ

Why not connect it to the rear usb port of your hdr and use it as an archive drive. You can replay your existing recordings this way.

Thanks Graham,

I have a Allcam usb sata cradle and a 1Tb drive for it formatted by the HDR and 1Tb drive in the Humax HDR.

So the 320Gb isn't getting used, I tried to format it a while ago using "Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Storage/Disc Management", but it wouldn't format.

I'll give that Easeus Partition Manager a go.

You have to delete the existing partitions and recreate it as a single one before formatting.

Thanks, it was simple once I deleted the partitions.

Graham to do this would the hdr power the hard drive, or would I need additional power.
Thanks
Brian.

You need a powered enclosure. I use a drop in cradle like this

http://www.allcam.biz/catalog/produc...roducts_id=693

Thanks Graham, your a boon to this forum.
Regards Brian.