HD format

[Armchair Expert]

Had a external HD on a sattellite box but having bought one with a recorder i no longer needed it on the box, tryed connecting it to my PC and android tablet but while the light comes on to show it has power the devices don't see it, howcan i reformat it please anyone?

[Fore Left]

Assuming it's a physical disk based HD the devices may not be providing enough power to spin it up. Most HDDs came with a split cable that allowed you to power them from two USB A ports.

[Armchair Expert]

Fore Left said:

Assuming it's a physical disk based HD the devices may not be providing enough power to spin it up. Most HDDs came with a split cable that allowed you to power them from two USB A ports.

Thanks, this one has only one cable port

[markiii]

probably down to partition format. open disk administrator and see if that can see it

Edited by markiii on Tuesday 5th October 13:14

[robbiekhan]

With it plugged into a PC right click the start button and select Disk Management.

You will see the foreign disk in there. It is likely not assigned a drive letter or formatted with a partition that is usable outside of the settop box. Just delete any active partitions on it, create new and format as prompted.

[Armchair Expert]

Sorted, thanks