ElecTech Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Sorry for the vagueness on product specific details... A guy has rang me & asked if its possible to add an external HDD onto a QVIS (old analogue) DVR... His DVR HDD is knackered & wondered if he could add his own. Does anyone know if this is possible? If not what are the chances of getting a replacement HDD or will it be replacement unit only. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/40867-vague-qvis-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 id say you could just replace it but keep 2tb or lower securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/40867-vague-qvis-question/#findComment-457225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwheeledbeast Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Guessing you'd have to source IDE drive, or SATA convertor if old. Also possible the machine will not record to External if internal is faulty. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/40867-vague-qvis-question/#findComment-457238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 that's true as 6wb if its pata then sourcing a drive will be difficult securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/40867-vague-qvis-question/#findComment-457239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Not sure about embedded but wasn't 2TB the max for any PATA interface on the average winbox? So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/40867-vague-qvis-question/#findComment-457249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I've had it on some old data stuff. also on 64 bit Linux machines not booting due a gpt issue iirc securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/40867-vague-qvis-question/#findComment-457266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwheeledbeast Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 MBR only supports addressing upto 32 bits which is the limitation on 2TB I don't recall seeing a PATA drive larger than 750GB. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/40867-vague-qvis-question/#findComment-457285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 33 minutes ago, sixwheeledbeast said: I don't recall seeing a PATA drive larger than 750GB. No, I guess they were dead by then... But guessing a 2TB SATA on a PATA>SATA adaptor would work? So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/40867-vague-qvis-question/#findComment-457296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwheeledbeast Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 You'd hope so. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/40867-vague-qvis-question/#findComment-457298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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