1TB EHD showing only 500GB available

[dkblom]

I just installed an Acomdata 1TB harddrive on my 622 (L618).

Model PDHD1000USE-72
Interface USB 2.0 / eSATA
Capacity 1TB
Cache 16MB
Average Seek Time 8.5ms

I used the DVR to format the hard drive and when I went to "Manage" it (MENU+4+2+1) it showed only 499.9 GB available. I transferred several shows to it flawlessly thinking it might recalculate the storage but only see less space available (see attached picture).

Any ideas? Should I reformat w/NTFS on my desktop?

Much Thanks.

 

[Paradox-SJ]

Pull you shows off....format the drive on you PC and see what it comes up with. Then let your 612 reformat it again.

 

[tygold]

Current VIP receivers do not support HD's larger than 750 gbs.

 

[RickDee]

Current VIP receivers do not support HD's larger than 750 gbs.

Dish Network says they don't support drives larger than 750GB, but there are a lot of people that are using 1TB and larger with 622s - me for one.

The OP needs to format the drive on a PC or MAC to see the results.

 

[Smith P.]

Official voice of Colorado came here.

 

[bobr66]

Thats because your 1TB drive is most likely 2 500gb drives stacked and Dish does not support this.

 

[whatchel1]

Nail on the head. As was said recently on a C chat or Tech chat "no multi-Lun" drives.

 

[KAB]

Thats because your 1TB drive is most likely 2 500gb drives stacked and Dish does not support this.

I looked it up on their website. Does not appear to be a stack.

 

[Paradox-SJ]

I looked it up on their website. Does not appear to be a stack.

Newegg.com - acomdata PDHD1000USE-72 1TB 16MB Cache USB 2.0 / eSATA External Hard Drive - External Hard Drives

Agreed...that is one drive in that unit

As a last resort....you could open it up to see if there is really a 1TB drive in there...Someone could have made a mistake and dropped in a 500GB....

The easiest is still formating on your PC to see what it sees.

 

[BuddyBoy]

I connected a 640GB drive on my 622 and saw that it created two partitions, one of 500GB and one of 140GB. The amount of free space shown by the receiver shows that it utilizes (or will utilize) both partitions, but I found it interesting that it didn't create one big partition for all the recordings.

 

[Poke]

Yeah I would do that as well format from your PC see what it does then. Then you might run the format again from the receiver. What would help on this is folks that have a HD that the Dish receiver reorganize it has a 1 TB. You should post the make and model of your HD so folks can compare so forth.

 

[Smith P.]

I connected a 640GB drive on my 622 and saw that it created two partitions, one of 500GB and one of 140GB. The amount of free space shown by the receiver shows that it utilizes (or will utilize) both partitions, but I found it interesting that it didn't create one big partition for all the recordings.

It been posted before 1TB came into the list. I posted partitions info of EHD last months here.

 

[theoak]

I think it has something to do with the content that you recorded. Only quality recordings will get you full access to the 1TB

Sorry couldn't resist

I have a 1TB hooked up to my 722 (see details in my sig) without issues.

The only think I can recommend as was mentioned prior is to reformat and see what happens.

 

[dkblom]

Thanks to all!!!

Wow!!!! Kudos to SatGuys for this website. As a newb, and my first post, I'm overwhelmed with the quantity and quality of responses...except THEOAK of course. ...You must have recognized my addiction to 80's hair metal. Too bad there isn't much in HD on Dish anymore....man I miss VOOM. Had a Satch concert that got wiped out on the DVR that I really miss. I Love Colorado by the way.

After my wife gets done watching American Idol, I'll bring the drive to my PC for diagnostics. I'll post results tonight.

Thanks for all the advice!
-D

 

[DishSubLA]

Please keep in mind that in a past Tech Forum Mark and Dan made it very clear that they advise customers to use large--in the corporate sense--"well-known, name brands" (WD, Seagate, etc.) for the EHD because they did state that many of the "lesser-known" or really inexpensive brands may not work properly with the EHD feature. The vast majority of serious EHD anomolies posted on this board have involved those "lesser-known" brands. That is a gamble you take. I can tell you that 2 different models of old/ancient Maxtor (before the merger) drives and several WD Home Edition drives, including the 1TB single drive, all work PERFECTLY with my EHD enabled STB's.

 

[sca]

sounds like your 622 nees to be updated to a 64bit operating system

(ha! kidding)

 

[dkblom]

Got it! Thanks again.

That did it!!
I reformatted the drive to NTFS (no partitions) on my PC, hooked it up to the DVR, had to format it again on the DVR, and now there's 1TB available.:up

BTW, the drive inside the acomdata enclosure is a samsung in case anyone was interested.

Regards,
-D