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Sonya_Blade · 12-09-08, 09:05 PM

Hello there - i have 2 40GB hard drives i got out of 2 pace boxes. i want to use them in my XP PC. the HD is being detected in BIOS but not in windows. The hard drives are specially formated with the ski system i think....does anyone know what i have to do to use them with my PC?

Many thanks

Analoguesat · 12-09-08, 09:12 PM

Whats a ski system? Is it a type of yoghurt??

Sonya_Blade · 12-09-08, 09:32 PM

aaarh!! You know what i mean!

Analoguesat · 12-09-08, 09:40 PM

Of course

Deliberately spelling Sky wrong leads you open to ribbing though

Sonya_Blade · 13-09-08, 01:40 AM

Whats ribbing m8?

crossbones · 13-09-08, 11:39 AM

dont they come on condoms?

Have you formatted the drives in your pc?

Sonya_Blade · 13-09-08, 06:48 PM

crossbone - i cannot format the drive on my PC because windows does not detect it - it is only detecting in BIOS

Sonya_Blade · 14-09-08, 03:04 AM

Sorry for double posting but please someone must know what to do...!!

rolfd · 14-09-08, 03:39 PM

As far as I know, the sky hard drives are formatted in a file system that windows doesn't recognise.

I think you need a program called copy plus. Try googling that and see if it helps.

nvingo · 14-09-08, 06:05 PM

In which part of Windows are you looking?
The drives won't show up as a letter (eg. "E:") until they have been partitioned.
To do that you need the disk management.

Start>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk Management.
Then look for the unrecognised disk of closest total size and select it, right-click and chose the operations from the drop-down.
You may have to delete the partition, before you can create new ones on the disk.

Be sure it is the correct disk, know what other drives you have installed, their partition type, capacity, used space, volume names, and avoid touching those.

12-09-08, 09:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sonya_Blade Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 337 Thanks: 33 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	Sky plus PACE receiver Hard Drive Hello there - i have 2 40GB hard drives i got out of 2 pace boxes. i want to use them in my XP PC. the HD is being detected in BIOS but not in windows. The hard drives are specially formated with the ski system i think....does anyone know what i have to do to use them with my PC? Many thanks __________________

12-09-08, 09:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sonya_Blade Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 337 Thanks: 33 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Ski plus PACE receiver Hard Drive aaarh!! You know what i mean! __________________

12-09-08, 09:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,334 Times in 985 Posts	Re: Ski plus PACE receiver Hard Drive Of course Deliberately spelling Sky wrong leads you open to ribbing though __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

13-09-08, 01:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
Sonya_Blade Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 337 Thanks: 33 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Ski plus PACE receiver Hard Drive Whats ribbing m8? __________________

13-09-08, 11:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
crossbones Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: S.Wales Posts: 1,087 Thanks: 94 Thanked 72 Times in 58 Posts	Re: Ski plus PACE receiver Hard Drive dont they come on condoms? Have you formatted the drives in your pc? __________________ Fibo Gregorian 1.2m & 55cm Dish`s,Jeager 1224 H2H motor.Percision 1.8m dish.Dreambox 800,Vbox II.Skystar2 PCI card.

13-09-08, 06:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
Sonya_Blade Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 337 Thanks: 33 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Ski plus PACE receiver Hard Drive crossbone - i cannot format the drive on my PC because windows does not detect it - it is only detecting in BIOS __________________

14-09-08, 03:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
Sonya_Blade Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 337 Thanks: 33 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Ski plus PACE receiver Hard Drive Sorry for double posting but please someone must know what to do...!! __________________

14-09-08, 03:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
rolfd Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 35 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Ski plus PACE receiver Hard Drive As far as I know, the sky hard drives are formatted in a file system that windows doesn't recognise. I think you need a program called copy plus. Try googling that and see if it helps.

14-09-08, 06:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
nvingo Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cambs, UK Posts: 400 Thanks: 6 Thanked 64 Times in 60 Posts	Re: Ski plus PACE receiver Hard Drive In which part of Windows are you looking? The drives won't show up as a letter (eg. "E:") until they have been partitioned. To do that you need the disk management. Start>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk Management. Then look for the unrecognised disk of closest total size and select it, right-click and chose the operations from the drop-down. You may have to delete the partition, before you can create new ones on the disk. Be sure it is the correct disk, know what other drives you have installed, their partition type, capacity, used space, volume names, and avoid touching those.

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