{"id":410,"date":"2017-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/droix.co.uk\/blogs\/checking-your-drives-partitions-on-an-android-powered-kodi-tv-box\/"},"modified":"2017-03-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T00:00:00","slug":"checking-your-drives-partitions-on-an-android-powered-kodi-tv-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/hr\/checking-your-drives-partitions-on-an-android-powered-kodi-tv-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking Your Drive’s Partition(s) On An Android Powered Kodi TV Box"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article is for owners of a DroiX T8-S, T8-S Plus (v1 and v2) who have installed a hard drive.
Although you can remove the hard drive from your DroiX internal bay and attach it to a PC to check the partition(s), you can also leave it in place and use an Android application instead.
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Warning: Do not click on options related to formatting, mounting, clearing or erasing unless you have a good reason to do so. You can lose access to your data if you click the wrong options.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If you want to know more about the drive inside your T8-S, T8-S Plus v1 or DroiX\u00ae T8-S Plus v2<\/a><\/span> device, then AParted https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.sylkat.AParted<\/a><\/span> is worth installing. With it you can check how many partitions are on your hard drive, and what type they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Open the Play Store app on your DroiX device. If you’ve not signed in and used it before, you might want to click over to https:\/\/droix.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-gb\/articles\/360010555258-First-Run-Of-Google-s-Play-Store<\/a> first.
    \"Play<\/a><\/li>
  2. In the search bar at the top, enter these words:
    AParted
    \"Play
    <\/a><\/li>
  3. We want the app by sylkat. Don’t worry about the reference to SD cards, it also works on hard drives.
    \"Select<\/a><\/li>
  4. Once clicked on, select the Install button
    \"Play<\/a><\/li>
  5. Make sure you are happy accepting the permissions it requests (Android 5 users, Android 6 users will be asked when the app is opened)
    \"Play<\/a><\/li>
  6. Following the application’s installation, click the Open button
    \"Play<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What Now?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    You will now need to open the application<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. \"AParted<\/a>
      Carefully watch the screen for the window shown above, be sure to click the Grant button in time.<\/li>
    2. \"AParted
      <\/a>If done correctly, the app will open with a confirmation shown as a toast notification towards the bottom of the screen.<\/li>
    3. \"AParted
      <\/a>You will see the application author’s explanation for one of the permissions his work requires.<\/li>
    4. \"AParted<\/a>
      Offer to read the AParted manual, worth browsing first.<\/li>
    5. \"AParted<\/a>
      Click the Settings tab and you will see this screen<\/li>
    6. \"AParted<\/a>
      Click the entry under “Detected Devices” and select the USBDisk entry.<\/li>
    7. \"AParted<\/a>
      If everything has gone OK so far, the USBDisk will now show as the selected device.<\/li>
    8. \"AParted<\/a>
      Scroll down and click the Save button.<\/li>
    9. \"AParted<\/a>
      Now confirm you are certain you want to save this change of configuration.<\/li>
    10. \"AParted<\/a>
      Now click the Tools entry at the top<\/li>
    11. \"AParted<\/a>
      You can now see the number, size and type of partition(s) to be found on the hard drive. Remember not to change anything on the Create tab.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Alternative application<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      Another possibility is to use Parted4Android (SD Partition), see https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.giis.parted4Android<\/a><\/span> for details. The interface is a little more modern looking and easier to use, however there was less information (specifically identifying as EXT rather than EXT4) when compared to the AParted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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