HDD Drive for Thechno 6900

[steeler]

Thinking of buying Techno 6900, not sure what hard drive would be best. Seen some info which suggests considerable software reqd to make HDD work. Any suggestions, I'm not a computer expert though

[dobrocop]

try the WD[western digital passport] its 250 gb`s are more than enough space even for HDrecordings,...but you can also try the WD mybook edition 500gb,..im told it works good,..cheers.[they have to be formatted with FAT 32],,..[ go to technomate.com for instructions].

[rasp]

For all hard disks more than 30 GB
DO NOT FORMAT IN TM-6900 TM-6800 MANAGEMENT DO NOT CHECK DISK
1-connect hard disc via USB to your pc first
2- right click on the My Computer icon on desktop
3 select manage go to disk management
4-see info of the hard disc on the screen
5-right-hand click again on the USB drive
6-delete partition
7-make new partition { it has to be primary } assign drive letter (e.g. f:)
8-Do not format
9-Make the partition as active by doing right click again
10- Download the formatter file from _http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm-Now download a copy of fat32format.also attached with this file, Extract the single EXE file to somewhere, like C:\.
Click Start->Run and enter cmd.
11- CD\ to the where you extracted the fat32format exe, e.g. by typing CD c:\
12 - Type this also letter you selected in step 8 e.g. f :
fat32format f:
13 You should see this warning message displayed
14 Warning ALL data on drive 'f' will be lost irretrievably, are you sure (y/n)
15 Press y. It takes few seconds to finish
16 Connect to your tm-6900/6800 and wait a bit then press record.
17 In the management donot use check disc or format.

RASP