MyBook won't work on PC after filled from DVR?

[tryingdvr]

I have been using a Western Digital MyBook 750GB external drive off of my DishNetwork DVR for awhile now. It is full. I disconnected the MyBook from my DVR and connected the same USB cable to my PC to try to offload some of my movies/fights to my PC. My computer will not recognize it. My machine is running Windows Vista. I tried on my wifes machine which is running Windows XP and my laptop running Windows XP still no luck??? Help I am out of space......

 

[KAB]

The program files are encrypted Linux and cannot be transferred to a PC. Time to get another EHD or do some deleting.

 

[tryingdvr]

Should I get a different brand drive? Will a different type of drive be compatible with my PC after it gets filled up from my DVR? Thanks for all the help by the way this is all new to me.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

You need to Fdisk and FOrmat the drive for it to be usable on your PC again.

 

[Smith P.]

After filling one disk, you'll need another one and so on.
Practically you could transfer DishArc folder from the disk to your PC storage, but for play those movies you must return them back to EHD.
PC tool for manipulation with EHD is EXT2FSD or EXT2IFS.

 

[KAB]

Should I get a different brand drive? Will a different type of drive be compatible with my PC after it gets filled up from my DVR?

No, it has nothing to do with what drive.

 

[8bitbytes]

The EHD is in a Unix/Linux format. PCs will not read them without a little help first.

And, as stated above, the shows are encrypted so they will not play - you can only store them.

If you are going to store them, you might as well buy another EHD. I have 3 myself.

 

[HDRoberts]

And don't blame Dish, blame the studios, networks, and programmers. If all you had to do connect an EHD to your PC to transfer around files, think of how easy it would be to steal the content to spread around. Can't really blame them.

 

[Jim S.]

And don't blame Dish, blame the studios, networks, and programmers. If all you had to do connect an EHD to your PC to transfer around files, think of how easy it would be to steal the content to spread around. Can't really blame them.

But, the satellite companies and cable companies should've put up a unified front against the program providers. If everyone would've refused to support encryption, the providers would have to either give the customers what they want or go out of business.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

If cable companies and satellite companies stood up to programmers, they wouldnt have any programming to show.

 

[Teran]

I have been using a Western Digital MyBook 750GB external drive off of my DishNetwork DVR for awhile now. It is full. I disconnected the MyBook from my DVR and connected the same USB cable to my PC to try to offload some of my movies/fights to my PC. My computer will not recognize it. My machine is running Windows Vista. I tried on my wifes machine which is running Windows XP and my laptop running Windows XP still no luck??? Help I am out of space......

You need a driver for Windows that supports the ext3 filesystem such as this one.

Concerning moving files off to your PC do so at your own risk.

 

[8bitbytes]

But, the satellite companies and cable companies should've put up a unified front against the program providers. If everyone would've refused to support encryption, the providers would have to either give the customers what they want or go out of business.

Is there are lock on your front door or your car? Funny how that's different, isn't it?

 

[navychop]

Excellent point!

 

[Jim S.]

Is there are lock on your front door or your car? Funny how that's different, isn't it?

Why yes, it is different. The concept that intellectual "property" is the same as real property is nonsense. The fact that it's allowed in a country which is supposed to be free, supposed to be ruled by reason instead of superstition, and supposed to believe that all are equal shows how perverted the money-hungry, who can be hoarding millions or billions of dollars and still want more, are.

Nobody is forcing anyone to work in the entertainment industry. They could find jobs doing real work if they wanted. Meanwhile, anyone who does choose to heed their artistic calling would find a limitless audience without restrictions.

 

[cparker]

Oh please.... get real. You think the only person that DRM is "protecting" is the actors? That's what it sounds like from your posts. There are a LOT of people involved in the entertainment industry that do jobs involving "real work", like camera operators, set designers, wardrobe, props, electricians, carpenters, you name it.

Do I like DRM and the way it's being shoved up our...... ok... "down our throats"?

Not particularly. I'd love to be able to do whatever I want within my own home with movies and music, etc. I'm not one of those people who bootlegs DVDs and shares music, but I WOULD like to be able to more conveniently store and play things back for my own personal use.

And as long as YOU have a job doing real work, you can probably afford to go out and get another hard drive to fill up.

Sheeeesh

 

[Smith P.]

You need a driver for Windows that supports the ext3 filesystem such as this one.

Concerning moving files off to your PC do so at your own risk.

See post #5.

 

[8bitbytes]

Why yes, it is different. The concept that intellectual "property" is the same as real property is nonsense. The fact that it's allowed in a country which is supposed to be free, supposed to be ruled by reason instead of superstition, and supposed to believe that all are equal shows how perverted the money-hungry, who can be hoarding millions or billions of dollars and still want more, are.

Nobody is forcing anyone to work in the entertainment industry. They could find jobs doing real work if they wanted. Meanwhile, anyone who does choose to heed their artistic calling would find a limitless audience without restrictions.

You must not have spent 10 years writing and developing a story so that it could be filmed, spent 5 years organizing people and financial support using your own money and time, and then spent 3 more years of your life working 16 hours days 6 and 7 days a week to get the project completed all so that anarchist bottom feeders can do whatever they want with that finished product because they feel that once it has been broadcast over the air or displayed it belongs to eveyone, especially them because aren't we all created equal and therefore even though you did all the work and made all the sacrifices they are entitled to have your work and benefit from it as much as you do?

Yeah right. Take your vacuous, me first arguments elsewhere.

 

[Smith P.]

Now tell me why our SW used by millions doesn't brought to us the millions ?

 

[cparker]

Now tell me why our SW used by millions doesn't brought to us the millions ?

marketing?

 

[jimjo3298]

Iv'e heard there is software that will alow Linux to be used with windows. Have not found the software yet. I've tranfer encrypted movies from my pocket dish to my computer then back. A lso have some encrypted files burned to DVD. Just like the pocket dish the encypted files can be stored elsewhere and retrieved for playback later.