Hard drives from bt vision box

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iantigue Posts 2 Registration date Saturday 20 September 2014 Status Member Last seen 21 September 2014 - 20 Sep 2014 à 15:19
R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday 1 September 2014 Status Member Last seen 20 February 2017   - 22 Sep 2014 à 09:38
how do I unlock a hard drive that came from a bt vision box so that I can use it as a external hard drive
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
20 Sep 2014 à 15:31
You need to format using FAT32.

In Windows 7
right click on Computer
select Manage
select Disk Management
Find the new drive and right click on it
Select Format

Good Luck
iantigue Posts 2 Registration date Saturday 20 September 2014 Status Member Last seen 21 September 2014
21 Sep 2014 à 12:40
what if the drive is not showing I read a bit about hard drives from bt vision boxes being locked I think I will have to get a tower so I can work on it
R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday 1 September 2014 Status Member Last seen 20 February 2017   155
22 Sep 2014 à 09:38
Hi,
If I were you, I would check with the manufacturer if the drive is hardware encrypted. If it is, it is highly unlikely to access the drive and use it normally in any device, different from the original. Before any other formatting attempts, I would check that.

Let us know if you managed to deal with the situation.