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stevo1916
4th March, 2012, 07:31 PM
Hi i was wondering if i could use a hard drive from sky + box and virgin v box? i have a hard drive from both but when i connect them to my pc they are not detected would be good to use them if it is possible
chris31560
4th March, 2012, 08:06 PM
no m8, u cant use hard drives from vermin or sky on ur comp, they just wont do,,
willywonker2010
4th March, 2012, 08:35 PM
u can low level format em
ther is software hirens boot disk
or find manf disk boot
from disk
Shady
4th March, 2012, 09:29 PM
no m8, u cant use hard drives from vermin or sky on ur comp, they just wont do,,

WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS.....
I and many others have succesfully used old sky and vermin hdds, even btvision and tiscali ones... they are bog standard hds that can be used in any pc, even with letting windows format them.. im using a 500gb in an externalcaddy right now and guess where i got it from? thats right, sly hd box
andy211081
4th March, 2012, 09:35 PM
WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS.....
I and many others have succesfully used old sky and vermin hdds, even btvision and tiscali ones... they are bog standard hds that can be used in any pc, even with letting windows format them.. im using a 500gb in an externalcaddy right now and guess where i got it from? thats right, sly hd box

thats good then as i have 2 1tb sky boxes sat under my bed collecting dust lol!
potrobber
4th March, 2012, 09:49 PM
they also go into vu duo,s with no problems at all
omegauk
12th August, 2012, 10:46 PM
I have a 500gb hard drive out of a virgin box, but when I connect it to my desktop using external caddy, the computer does not find it, is there a way for it tobe found.
Thanks for any replies.
ozz001
13th August, 2012, 07:15 PM
yep hd's from virgin box are fine to use. good drives..
you just need to format the with half decent software. software on hirens will be fine..
56kevins
17th August, 2012, 07:06 AM
I have a 500gb hard drive out of a virgin box, but when I connect it to my desktop using external caddy, the computer does not find it, is there a way for it tobe found.
Thanks for any replies.
You have to reformat it. If you have w7 or vista go to disc management, delete the volume then create a new simple volume then quick format it using ntfs file system.