USB memory stick wiped.

[billy79]

My zgemma box and wiped 2 memory sticks. Does anyone know why this is happening?
TIA

 

[formandvoid]

It should not wipe your drive.Did you initialize your memory stick when you first plugged it in your box.

 

[billy79]

Yes.
It’s done 2 pen drives so far

 

[formandvoid]

Not had that before tbh,are you using a good quality one like sandisk.

 

[Willo3092]

The likelihood is that you have removed the drives and the box has allocated them a different mount point.

If you're running ATV:

MENU > INFO PANEL > PLUGINS > MOUNT MANAGER

Make sure your drive is mounted as /media/hdd and formatted as ext4 R/W

 

[billy79]

Not had that before tbh,are you using a good quality one like sandisk.

Yep. Both were sandisk

 

[dsayers2014]

If you initialised it will wipe them.

 

[billy79]

If you initialised it will wipe them.

?????

 

[biff2005]

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when you initialised the usb stick it formats it.. so it will be blank

 

[dsayers2014]

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When you first setup usb and initialize it it will wipe everything on the stick and format it. You only need to do this once so when you flash again you should be able to plug it back in and check mounts are correct.

 

[billy79]

It’s the hard drive I use for recording. Ive used it for over a year.
Some how it’s lost all it memory and is not recognised.
This is the second one it’s happenes to

 

[cactikid]

Are these drives permanently plugged in and not removed and your hdd is the same?

 

[billy79]

Yes they were used as HDD it both have been wiped and won’t be recognised on laptop so basically wiped them of any memory for future use

 

[dave100]

Yes they were used as HDD it both have been wiped and won’t be recognised on laptop so basically wiped them of any memory for future use

Windows on laptops & pc's can't see linux that the usb or hhd uses once been initialized on your box
You need to format them back to something windows can see

 

[cactikid]

Yes was thinking they were getting removed,always leave plugged into box and setup to use.
There are other ways to view that content on pc and laptop if needed.

 

[billy79]

How can I do that when my laptop doesn’t show them in the drive section?

 

[dt99]

How can I do that when my laptop doesn’t show them in the drive section?

Use a free program, something like MiniTool Partition Wizard and format them that way. Windows wont show them as a drive, as they are not a recognised format, use a free tool like I have mentioned and they will show up.

 

[billy79]

Nice one. I’ll give it a go tonight or in the morning. Thanks

 

[cactikid]

Next question is where you want to use your drives box or pc?