External Harddrive

[mikeyinokc]

I know this topic has been talked about many times, but I can't find an answer using the search feature.
I have been given a new WD 3tb My Book.external harddrive. I know that Dish only supports up to 2tb. I have seen it referenced where some have found a fix or workaround, but I can't find the thread. I have tried to format the new HD on both of my Hoppers, I have an original hopper and a hopper w/sling.

Can anyone guide me to some help on this? Thanks in advance, Mike

 

[KAB]

I know this topic has been talked about many times, but I can't find an answer using the search feature.
I have been given a new WD 3tb My Book.external harddrive. I know that Dish only supports up to 2tb. I have seen it referenced where some have found a fix or workaround, but I can't find the thread. I have tried to format the new HD on both of my Hoppers, I have an original hopper and a hopper w/sling.

Can anyone guide me to some help on this? Thanks in advance, Mike

What's happening when you try to format?

 

[mikeyinokc]

What's happening when you try to format?

The window comes up saying something like 'formatting external HD please wait. I have left things in that mode for hours. Yesterday I left it running for over 12 hours, and still not formatted.

 

[OrangeandBlue33]

Hi mikeyinokc,

There was a similar question listed in the following thread:

http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/size-of-external-hard-drive.360975/

This is my experience that I responded with....

"I was able to finally get a 3TB drive to work, but I had to jump through alot of hoops to make it so. When I first plugged it in, I couldn't get it to work at all. It said it was formatting, but sometime after 36 hours I decided it was stuck. I ended up cloning one of my smaller drives to this new drive in order for it to be recognized by the Hopper. That was a start, but I was only getting use of a portion of the drive. After much trouble, I was finally able to expand one of the partitions which allowed me to use the rest of the available space.

If I had to do it all over again, I would just buy the 2TB and be done. Not having realized all this before I bought it and started the process, I kept at it until I finally got it to work. Some have been lucky I guess where they get it to work right out of the box. That wasn't my experience. I'm glad I finally got it to work, but I spent alot of time trying to figure it out. Just my 2 cents."