tee23uk Posted September 14, 2008 Posted September 14, 2008 CAN ANY ONE TELL ME WHAT MAKE AND MODEL OF HARD DRIVE DO I NEED FOR A LG 266 I BOUGHT ONE WITHOUT HARD DRIVE SO ANY HELP PLEASE THANK YOU TEE23UK
gamma male Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 I am not famialar with that model (and sorry if this is obvious) but when I looked inside my LG DVD recorder the HDD was made by ...you guessed it LG! I assume you then just have to check its a PATA (40 pin) connector or SATA (newer models i guess?)
pgdownload Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Not sure if getting a drive will help you tee. A lot of DVDRs have the drive custom preformatted before installation. If there's not a 'format' option in the menu then possibly it will automatically kick in on power up but there's very few threads here on upgrading your DVDR harddrive size because you usually can't. Hope you find otherwise. FWIW if you pull the lid off you should be able to see the connection type (probably old fashioned PATA (Ribbon) cable). The specs list it as a 160Gb drive. Make sure its switched to MASTER mode before installation. Something like this is a generic option - no guarantees though. Regards Peter Gillespie
gamma male Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Again - dont know about this model - but the 2 other models of LG DVDR/HDDs I've seen did have a HDD "format" option
nicodocet Posted September 18, 2008 Posted September 18, 2008 What is your exact model RH266 P1M or RH266 P1L? If it is a real RH2000 version, you can use any PATA hdd (also 2,5" with adapter, and, yes it's true, a SATA hdd with a IDEtoSATA adapter). Up to 1tb has been succesfuly tested.
tee23uk Posted September 19, 2008 Author Posted September 19, 2008 What is your exact model RH266 P1M or RH266 P1L?If it is a real RH2000 version, you can use any PATA hdd (also 2,5" with adapter, and, yes it's true, a SATA hdd with a IDEtoSATA adapter). Up to 1tb has been succesfuly tested. i do know its the lg rh 266 its uses ide drive iknow for sure,, but what make ive tried a seagate 160 gig it seems to search but goes on for ever but dont bring in nothink
nicodocet Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 For the exact model look the stickers on (or under) the recorder. I never had problem using IDE drives... all the ones I'v connected worked fine.
tee23uk Posted September 22, 2008 Author Posted September 22, 2008 For the exact model look the stickers on (or under) the recorder.I never had problem using IDE drives... all the ones I'v connected worked fine. ive tried a straight format on my computor 200 gig seagate came clean tried again just searches but just dont bring anything in do i run the harddrive as a master or slave thanks
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