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December 25th 08, 07:13 PM
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 Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link Bought one of these devices at Christmas, tried three different external HDs attached to the device and none worked; all reported the correct size but stated 'unknown partition'. All three HDs work fine connected to XP, Vista or Linux but not the ScreenPlay. Strangely two USB flash drives showed up fine. Anyone had similar problems. Geoff Lane   |
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December 25th 08, 09:59 PM
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| Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:13:06 +0000, Geoff Lane wrote: Bought one of these devices at Christmas, tried three different external HDs attached to the device and none worked; all reported the correct size but stated 'unknown partition'. All three HDs work fine connected to XP, Vista or Linux but not the ScreenPlay. Strangely two USB flash drives showed up fine. Anyone had similar problems. I don't know the unit, but at a guess it can only recognize FAT32 partitions, and not NTFS. Having looked at the Iomega web-site I see that they claim to support NTFS. But they *do* say that the partition must be a primary one. Perhaps this may be the problem? Regards, Harry. -- Posted Via Newsfeeds.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Service ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.Newsfeeds.com |
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December 27th 08, 02:04 PM
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| Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link Harry Broomhall wrote: I don't know the unit, but at a guess it can only recognize FAT32 partitions, and not NTFS. Having looked at the Iomega web-site I see that they claim to support NTFS. But they *do* say that the partition must be a primary one. Perhaps this may be the problem? I think I recall the site says if multiple partitions then only the first will show. Of the three I tried two only had one partition anyway. Geoff Lane |
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December 28th 08, 09:15 AM
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| Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:04:31 +0000, Geoff Lane wrote: Harry Broomhall wrote: I don't know the unit, but at a guess it can only recognize FAT32 partitions, and not NTFS. Having looked at the Iomega web-site I see that they claim to support NTFS. But they *do* say that the partition must be a primary one. Perhaps this may be the problem? I think I recall the site says if multiple partitions then only the first will show. Of the three I tried two only had one partition anyway. But 'one partition' is not the same as 'primary partition'. If the drives you tried only had extended partitions then it might not work. Regards, Harry. -- Posted Via Newsfeeds.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Service ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.Newsfeeds.com |
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December 28th 08, 06:59 PM
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| Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link Harry Broomhall wrote: But 'one partition' is not the same as 'primary partition'. If the drives you tried only had extended partitions then it might not work. They all had a primary partition. Geoff Lane |
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December 28th 08, 08:23 PM
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| Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link "Harry Broomhall" wrote... ...'one partition' is not the same as 'primary partition'. If the drives you tried only had extended partitions then it might not work. I didn't know you could have extended partitions without first having a primary partition. |
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December 28th 08, 08:30 PM
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| Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link GP Hardy wrote: I didn't know you could have extended partitions without first having a primary partition. I think an extended partition is a primary and the logical partitions are within. Geoff Lane |
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December 28th 08, 08:37 PM
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| Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:30:23 +0000, Geoff Lane wrote: GP Hardy wrote: I didn't know you could have extended partitions without first having a primary partition. I think an extended partition is a primary and the logical partitions are within. No - it is perfectly possible to have an extended partiton on a drive without a primary partition. Hence my previous post. Regards, Harry. -- Posted Via Newsfeeds.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Service ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.Newsfeeds.com |
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December 29th 08, 12:41 PM
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| Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link Harry Broomhall wrote: No - it is perfectly possible to have an extended partiton on a drive without a primary partition. Hence my previous post. AIUI a HD can have four primary partitions and an extended partition counts as a primary. I appreciate it is not active as it merely contains the logical partitions within. Anyway, as mentioned all my HDs have a proper primary partition. Geoff Lane |
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December 30th 08, 11:20 PM
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| Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link "Geoff Lane" wrote in message ... Harry Broomhall wrote: No - it is perfectly possible to have an extended partiton on a drive without a primary partition. Hence my previous post. AIUI a HD can have four primary partitions and an extended partition counts as a primary. I appreciate it is not active as it merely contains the logical partitions within. Anyway, as mentioned all my HDs have a proper primary partition. Geoff Lane A review and why I didn't buy one.. http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index....;pid;6452;pt;1 |
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