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external HDD format for Bravia - reformatted and no longer working

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pjorr911
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external HDD format for Bravia - reformatted and no longer working

Hi all,

 

I have a Sony bravia KD-43X7000E. I have a external 2TB seagate HDD that I had connected for recording programs. I registered it as the HDD device and it was working fine it it's original format of NFTS. i had used it exclusively with the TV. 

 

I disconnected it and reformatted to FAT 32 as this was recommended format on Sony tech site. I also use a mac and was keen to load up some video files and access them on the box.

 

However...it is now reading the HDD fine however I cannot record any longer. Have tried to de-register and and re-register via the recording device setup however I get the "HDD connected to USB port is not recognised" error message. I then tried to reformat to ex-fat and still no good. 

 

Is it possible to format a HDD, use to save some files and then re-use it for TV recording? Is it a one way shot? Or perhaps I need to re-format to NFTS? I could try to do so with some software as opposed to disk utility however Ideally I would be able to  write on the HDD and also  use it for it's main use of recording.

 

Hope that explains my issue well enough - any / all advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Cheers,

Phil 

 

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Anonymous
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Hi there,

 

Welcome to the community. :slight_smile:

 

Have you updated to the latest firmware?

 

Best wishes,

M

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pjorr911
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Hi Michael, thanks for the response.

 

Yes, I have ran software update and am on v1.719-1.500-0002.

 

Any further thoughts?

 

Cheers