File format for superusb2 (starview 5)

[Porky1978]

Bought a 500GB seagate usb hard drive with external power supply, but the box freezes every time i try to connect to it!!! Does the starview 5 only write to FAT32 file format, the same as starview 4??? Or is the hard drive not compatible?? Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[DESSERTDOG]

Im sure the largest drive is 30gig there is a post on this on here you can only use fat 32 m8
Have a read here :http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums...w-4-5-a-57245/
Post 4 m8

[Porky1978]

so does that mean i will have to create a 32gb partition on my 500gb hard drive??

[DESSERTDOG]

Well as i see it if you are running Vista then yes create a 30 gig partition i think that should work format as fat32 im sure others will correct me if im wrong

[Porky1978]

OK done that but when i select USB from the menu it comes up with invalid drive and asks me if i want to format it!!??!! WTF??

[DESSERTDOG]

Did you read the post i pointed you too? and is it formatted to fat32?

[Porky1978]

Running VISTA Is there a program to format the hard drive in VISTA???

[DESSERTDOG]

Not that i know of get a 30gig one from fleabay and use that as i am.

[Porky1978]

Cheers mate, i will try that!!

[DESSERTDOG]

You could also use a SD Card but i would make it 4 gig min think this will record for about 1-2 hrs depending on what it is your recording m8 or even a Usb stick again use a good make so you dont get any lag etc.

[bvilleuk]

so does that mean i will have to create a 32gb partition on my 500gb hard drive??

You need a Pal with XP and SWISSKNIFE software [which is FREE -- just google "SWISSKNIFE"]

This will format your HDD to 500gig FAT 32 [I know, I was that man]

As far as I am aware SWISSKIFE will not run in VISTA.......

Don't mess about with 32 gig partitions !!

Hope this helps - yell if you need to know more........