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Why doesn't my Zmodo DVR from Woot recognize a hard drive?

Jun 29, 2012 8:09 PM

I have a 4-ch Zmodo DVR that I Wooted a few months ago, and I've been trying to installation hard drive but the system simply isn't recognizing it. The drive is a 160 GB WD SATA. I've tried all possible jumper combos as well. There are no errors or anything, it is completely unrecognized. The drive powers up when I plug in the power cord. Any suggestions? Thanks for the help!

dbrowndan dbrowndan

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Have you formatted the drive?

We at Zmodo use and highly recommend both Western Digital AV-GP and Seagate Pipeline dvr HDDs if you are shopping for your own HDD. Both of these hard drives are industrial grade HDD which are designed to work with continuous DVR use. You will need an industrial grade HDD and not a computer grade HDD. If a standard grade hard drive is use it will usually go bad in 3 to 6 months.

lichme lichme
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It could be a defective power supply that isn't letting enough nanowatts through it. Try another one. Or listen to @lichme.

jsimsace jsimsace
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The drive cannot be formatted from within the DVR because it isn't recognized, should I try formatting it from a computer?

And what do you mean by the power supply? Is it is the hard drive or the DVR, or do you mean the power cable? When you say "try another one," another what?

Thanks again.

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