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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    edited 24 January 2021 at 2:45AM
    Don't Humax use a custom file format, or can you pre-format the drive via a PC?
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • Rodders53
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    macman said:
    Don't Humax use a custom file format, or can you pre-format the drive via a PC?
    No.  It uses a Linux ext?  format.  But the Humax boxes will do the formatting for you when powered up with a new (to it) drive in.
    Early Foxsat-HDR boxes would only do up to 1TB so larger were more of a challenge if bigger storage was desired... but they get so slow as the drive fills eve with 1TB...  More recent will format bigger drives (not sure of the limits, Google will find out from the Hummy forums if required).
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