Connect HDD from DVD player to PC externally

pbcopter said:

My experience with DVRs is they use a file system that is not compatible with Windows.
I would Google your model.

Thanks, but if the file types are not mentioned in the manual, where else are they likely to be published other than a pdf?

it's not under anything like:
LOGIK LDVR808 DVD HDD RECORDER files
LOGIK LDVR808 DVD HDD RECORDER file
LOGIK LDVR808 DVD HDD RECORDER file type
LOGIK LDVR808 DVD HDD RECORDER uses files

I'm only getting what files it PLAYS on a DVD.

thanks

Also, I just thought:

If I do connect the drive to my PC successfully, and the file types are not compatible with Windows, will it matter, if I just burn a DVD?

Won't the newly burned DVD be able to make sense of the files?

thanks

i would think putting the files on a disc will just create duplicate files but on a dvd. unless they can be converted which is possible to work out if we knew the file type
have you considered buying a cheap second hand one and swapping the hardrive, i see on ebay there is one going for £35 but you have to collect in person ,
however others may come up,
there is a 250gb one for sale on amazon for £59

boohbah said:

i would think putting the files on a disc will just create duplicate files but on a dvd. unless they can be converted which is possible to work out if we knew the file type
have you considered buying a cheap second hand one and swapping the hardrive, i see on ebay there is one going for £35 but you have to collect in person ,
however others may come up,
there is a 250gb one for sale on amazon for £59

Thanks, that is an idea, but the amazon is not a dvd recorder so no use.

The ebay one is in Cornwall. I am in Wales. It drives me nuts when people are too lazy to box things up. How much effort is it to send a parcel when the buyer pays all costs? An item is up to 12 times more likely to sell if the seller offers delivery. Clearly most people don't know this.

But I will save a search for future reference, thanks.

Does anyone know if those USB IDE kits I linked to earlier are suitable?

thanks

co- incidentally i am in cornwall, and have a friend lives at the same location as the ebay one,
im sure if you purchased it i could have it collected and get it posted to you,
we can work the postage out somehow.
i dont know if a dock or enclosure would work as i have no experience with ide drives

Thanks for the kind offer but I will wait til another one comes up. I got this one off Ebay. They were a popular model.

bobkn said:

RealGem said:

Does anyone know if those USB IDE kits I linked to earlier are suitable?

That sort of adapter should be OK. I've never used one, but I have no reason to believe that there are any problems with that type. They obviously are intended for short-term use, but that's ideal for your purposes.

If the file structure on the drive isn't one that Windows recognizes, copying the files off it might not be simple.

On the other hand, years ago I needed to archive a bunch of data that was on 3.5" floppies (!) from an old HP microcomputer. Very much not "IBM compatible", as they used to write. Fortunately, I found a utility that would read the floppies on an ordinary high density floppy drive. Only took me half a day to go through the lot. Maybe you'll be able to find a utility that allows you to mount and read the disk from Windows.

ok thanks a lot Bobkn

let us know how you get on, with any luck the filetype will be mpeg2