Magnavox MDR865 HDD/DVD No Hard Drive Operation. Part 3 The Definition of INSANITY... But it worked.

Part 3, The Final (or next to final) installment on the Magnavox MDR865H/F7 DVD/HD HDD Recorder. The used Hard Drive is now recognized.

[@slt7139]

That’s why I like this channel you have a lot of patience and care with these products

[@norcal715]

Thank you!

[@sansnom]

I've been following that saga, I am glad you were able to make it works again

[@stevedebeukelaer1424]

Nice work man . I am happy i could help it will be shame we couldn't fix this. Great work man

[@norcal715]

Thank you for the info, I am sure my customer will be very happy.

[@bones007able]

I never found a DVD recorder with a HD installed before ...

[@WhipCityWrencher]

Good Job👍

[@amilcarmunhoboa9666]

Congratulations it’s working

[@TheJimmydan67]

woohooooooooooooooo....you got it figured out and working :)

[@bobbyk6585]

Yes!

[@CanizaM]

I believe it may be OK with up to "2TB" drives as the limit of the MBR partition table format is basically 1 sector short of 2TB (2 real TB, not "HDD manufacturer's TB"). Anything bigger needs GPT and support for that is rare in anything but new actual PCs.

[@norcal715]

The customer wants a 1TB drive installed. It is on order and there will be a part 4!

[@mixinginthebox]

Wow nice!!

[@zs1dfr]

Mein Gott - much easier to fix these things at component level. Stupid software hacks drive me crazy!

[@CanizaM]

They either couldn't be bothered to put the instructions in the manual, or given how they hid it behind a secret menu, probably wanted to profit off overpriced HDD upgrades.