Topic: Hd Issue (Read 111 times)

tcsilverbullet · « **on:** August 02, 2007, 07:32:00 PM »

I recently lost files from my 160HD, not literally lost, but it has disappeared from the HD, but the memory is not accounted for. Reading around I have read about cluster sizes? could this be the same reason that my files are missing? Any way to upgrade to the different cluster size with out reformatting the drive as i have file on there that i cant replace.

Movax · « **Reply #1 on:** August 02, 2007, 08:04:00 PM »

Cluster size isn't your issue. Not something that you need to worry about until you get over 250gb drives.

This post has been edited by Movax: Aug 3 2007, 03:04 AM

tcsilverbullet · « **Reply #2 on:** August 02, 2007, 08:49:00 PM »

Then what can be the issue? The files in question are .ISO files of DVD's that i have copied and transfered over to the xbox HD

Movax · « **Reply #3 on:** August 02, 2007, 10:21:00 PM »

Failing hard drve, inadvertant deletion, files size over 4gb?

tcsilverbullet · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2007, 07:34:00 PM »

Hey Movax

Some of these .iso files are over 4GB. Would that be the cause?

Movax · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2007, 08:40:00 PM »

FATX files cannot be over 4gb.

tcsilverbullet · « **Reply #6 on:** August 09, 2007, 08:05:00 PM »

Movax thanks for the info. So one file over that size would cause an entire folder of files to not be visible? What i have been doing is copying dvd's into the xbox HD and then transfering them over to my computer and shrinking them down and turning them into ISO files. So this limit applies to a single file?

How would i go about fixing this issue?

obcd · « **Reply #7 on:** August 10, 2007, 03:27:00 AM »

Hi,

use the DVD2xbox program to extract your dvd to your harddisk. You can ftp the folder over to your pc and use dvd2one (or another program) to extract only the stuff you find usefull (to decrease it's size.) Don't recreate a Iso, just ftp the folder with all the files over. They shouldn't exceed the 4Gb limit.

With xbmc select the video_ts.ifo file, and your dvd should play.

regards.

Sorry, it is not playing the whole video.

I am just trying to figure that out.

obcd · « **Reply #8 on:** August 10, 2007, 03:55:00 AM »

ok,

when you are on the video_ts.ifo file, hit the white button and select to play it with the MPlayer.

It started the movie in my case. It doesn't shows me the language selection menu anymore.

Maybe, it's easier to play them as iso, but you will need to use a program like dvd2one first to make them smaller than 4 GB.

regards.

Movax · « **Reply #9 on:** August 10, 2007, 03:58:00 AM »

Press white on the folder containing the DVD files and select 'Play DVD'

obcd · « **Reply #10 on:** August 10, 2007, 05:07:00 AM »

Hi,

I don't have the play dvd option....? Could this be due to it being a older version? Maybe it is some setting?

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

regards.

Movax · « **Reply #11 on:** August 10, 2007, 06:36:00 AM »

Don't know. Works for me in the MC360 skin.

tcsilverbullet · « **Reply #12 on:** August 11, 2007, 10:31:00 AM »

I really appreciate that. As for the ISO files that i already had there...any way for me to retrieve them? or gain that space back?

Movax · « **Reply #13 on:** August 13, 2007, 11:44:00 AM »

I just realized...you can rip your movies to ISO and split them into RAR files. XBMC can playback DVDs in ISO format through the RARs...if you follow. Just split the RARs in segments smaller than 4gb.

No sure if writing a file larger than 4gb will corrupt others, possible I suppose. If the space is still gone, I suggest you reformat the partition.

This post has been edited by Movax: Aug 13 2007, 06:44 PM

KilluminatiStyle · « **Reply #14 on:** August 14, 2007, 01:23:00 AM »

If you know the EXACT filenames of the "missing" ISO files you could create an empty text document and rename it to "WHATEVER.ISO" and try to copy it over to the XBOX the same way you did before. MAYBE it'll prompt for overwriting the file?

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