HHD Drive

[mr man]

I have a HHD Drive in a Laptop can it be formatted and use in the Buzz 4900 or the drive have to be SSD in order for it to work?

[nbs.]

I used a drive from an old laptop 

Works fine

[mr man]

Ok

[mr man]

Can it be formatted in the buzz box?

[nbs.]

I did

[Maestro701]

I need to try the external drives for a change, I have a couple knocking around. I use an SD card. 

[dishuser]

44 minutes ago, Maestro701 said:

I need to try the external drives for a change, I have a couple knocking around. I use an SD card. 

but they're not using an external drive

[Maestro701]

You know what I mean, HDD or SSD. I'm saying I never tried using either  on the 4900. I only use sd card

Edited December 8, 2021 by Maestro701

[mr man]

Mr.NBS can you please tell me how to format the HHD drive in the Buzz 4900

[dishuser]

3 hours ago, mr man said:

Mr.NBS can you please tell me how to format the HHD drive in the Buzz 4900

go to storage

select drive and format as external

[mr man]

So when i format it everything that was store on the drive will be erase? Because i want everything that was on it to be deleted and wipe clean.

[nbs.]

 

 

It does

[mr man]

Ok thanks

[superjrbomb1970]

you can use up too a 6tb ssd in the xrs4900

[dishuser]

7 minutes ago, superjrbomb1970 said:

you can use up too a 6tb ssd in the xrs4900

not in it you can't

[superjrbomb1970]

you have too do a bit of resurch becose the buzztv xrs4900 has a maxx 6tb hdd limit you can in stall a 6tb drive in i have a samsung 6tb qvo drive in my xrs4900 with no problems at all

[dishuser]

4 minutes ago, superjrbomb1970 said:

you have too do a bit of resurch becose the buzztv xrs4900 has a maxx 6tb hdd limit you can in stall a 6tb drive in i have a samsung 6tb qvo drive in my xrs4900 with no problems at all

you have it inside sata holder or are you using usb?

[superjrbomb1970]

inside  with the sata plug inder the box

[superjrbomb1970]

you can even use the westen digital ssd up 6tb with the sate plug inside the box it will work 

[superjrbomb1970]

6tb is the maxx you can use right now with the sate plug in the xrs 4900

[dishuser]

good to know considering buzztv says you can only use up to 2tb

[Maestro701]

5 minutes ago, superjrbomb1970 said:

6tb is the maxx you can use right now with the sate plug in the xrs 4900

6TB?? What a beast! 

[superjrbomb1970]

right now samsung is the best drive you can get or even westen digital is good to