HUMAX HDR-1000S *DIY FIRST FIX* Lost Recordings And Drive Replacement
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This video shows you how to replace the hard drive in a HUMAX HDR-1000S FreeSat PVR. I would suggest this as a first fix if your HDR-1000S is behaving in any of the following ways:
1. Playback of recorded items fails with 'unsupported file format' error.
2. All recordings are lost.
3. Device takes several minutes to start.
All of the above happened with the device shown in the video. Often everything would be working perfectly too, but the problems repeated.
This video doesn't have any magic fix advice to recover lost recordings - because there isn't any.
If the hard drive is mechanically faulty and you see 'lost recording' errors then the you have actually lost your recordings.
The newer HUMAX drives encrypt recordings and you can't simply connect the drive to a PC and copy over the files that still work - they can't be played and they won't show up if you then put them on a replacement drive.
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This fix just worked for me too. Had same symptoms, used the same new drive - found the swap very easy to do thanks to your video. Thank you!
Glad it helped!
great video just completed upgrade of 500gb 1000s to 1tb all went well thanks for your help...was concerned about on demand but found that was not linked to the hard drive...even saved all my future planned recordings
Glad it helped!
Just followed your excellent instructions and noted that my old Seagate Hard drive was 10 years old and I bought my Humax HDR 1000S in 2013 so lasted way beyond its expected life expectancy. Replaced it with your recommended Western Digital Purple HD, fingers crossed I get a few more years out of it now. Thank you!
Glad it helped.
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Cheers for the video! Just bought one of these of some bloke on Facebook and to my annoyance the hard drive is not being recognised for some reason. I will first investigate whether there is a loose connection but I suspect I’ll be buying and installing a new drive and you video has helped me to see it’s not that difficult to do.
Glad it helps.... remember to get an AV/CCTV drive as a replacement. The AV drives are designed to handle multiple streams - which is important for recoding/playback for dual input boxes.
Seriously, why wouldn't you unscrew the satellite connections and work on either a bench or the dining room table?
Because it was quicker and easier to keep it all connected.
At the time I made this video, I didn’t do any editing… filming it like this missed out all the fiddling with cables and moving about stuff that would lengthen the video too much.
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@@sterntechdaddy And spend about half an hour bent over the cabinet and on your knees ...are you kidding me?
Very good video instructions. Have swapped out my misbehaving Seagate Video 500GB HDD for Western Digital Purple 1GB HDD intended for surveillance work taking multiple feeds. Myself (74) and grandaughter (9) made a good team.
Thanks! And using the WD Purple drive is a great idea. Glad the video helped.
I followed your guide and now I have a full functioning Freesat HDR 1000s I can record and pause live tv again and all the channel epg logo icons and on demand logo icons have now updated as the data for this must be stored on the hard drive, funily enough even the help and info data must be stored on the hard drive. Thank you for your guide.
Glad it helped!
we have a local furniture charity and they also sell tvs etc and noticed today they had a humax box for £5 not too sure on the model number but now that i know they have either a 500gb or 1tb hdd its worth a fiver just for the hd cex charges £8 for a 500gb hd but will only give you £3 for it if you trade it in they charge £28 for a 1tb but will only give you £12 for trade in so if its a 1tb ive hit the jackpot provided its still there next thursday when i get my benefit
that spare space it holds back is for the epg , these hd can be used in desk top pc just connect to the pc assign a drive letter then format it and its good to go as a ext hd ive done this with the hd out of sky plus boxes the DRX 895 WL either have a 1.5TB or 2tb hd the 890 WL has a 500gb hd so far ive gotten 2 500gb hd out of sky plus boxes
Make sure the remote controller is there too or you will be shelling for a new one. Good luck.
Thank you for sharing this with us. Do you have any tips on how to make the DVR show 'programme information' in the guide menu? Humax have run out of ideas..
I thought it did that anyway… but I’ve not got this model anymore and have a newer HUMAX FreeSAT device.
Nic well done the box I got from ebay HUMAX HDR-1000S was not recording it was the ITB drive so put a spare 2TB drive in working well now.
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Thanks, will try fix mine today, not recognising hdd, stuck an SSD in, but after your vid, realised that it was partitioned, so hopefully 🤞
Did it work?
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@@sterntechdaddy - thanks for the reply 🙂
Looking at getting a hdd first.
Stuck the ssd into it just to see if it worked, but don't want to format it.
Cheers, before your video, I was going to get a replacement box.
It does need to format the drive in order to use it, but if the drive shows up in the settings then there’s a good chance it’s the old drive that has the problem and replacing it is going to work.
But I think you knew that...
:)
I can’t remember if a drive with existing partitions can be formatted... as an added precaution it might only format totally blank drives.
@@sterntechdaddy - thanks once again for your reply, appreciated.
You'll put Humax customer care out of business, lol
I put 2 hdds in, but as you say, they weren't recognised in storage, an external hdd was recognised via USB, but couldn't format it (loads of photos to keep)
maybe internal hdd needs to be unallocated to work (new)
failing that, will simply hook up an external and format.
Maybe motherboard issue.
Electronics is exciting.
Thanks for all your help 😃
@@stuungar3390 No problem.
I think it might detect existing partitions and ignore them - so it doesn't have any available free space to format for itself. Pretty sure it uses a Linux file system too.
If you use Disk Management to delete partitions before you connect it to the Humax then it will probably work - you might have to use Diskpart to remove the difficult partitions, but I wouldn't bother doing that until you know it works with the partitions Disk Management can remove.
Hello, your video was very helpful. I did as you did, but no option to format, and still won't pause live TV or record! Any advice? Regards, Greg.
Make sure the replacement drive is new or unpartioned. If it still doesn't let you format then there might be another problem. You might need a second replacement drive just to see if that one doesn't get the format request too.
Hi Nic, thanks for this video. The Humax HDR-1000S has a known bug where the hard drive controller appears to be failing. I thought this was a motherboard issue with the box itself and not the hard drive. Did your unit loose all it's recordings and did replacing the drive fix this?
Actually.... I lost the recordings because the drive was replaced and this fix worked for a while, but I think you are right about the HDD controller - this box doesn't feel 100% and I've since bought a new HDR-1100S box - but when you try and delete lots of recorded episodes of one program does your box instantly reset?
Humax are now only offering an exchange 1100S for a small fee instead of repairing the faulty 1000S units as they often failed again later. I wanted my 1Tb of recordings back which are only decryptable by the original faulty 1000S so I haven't exchanged it yet as they want the old drive too. I am going to buy an older Foxsat HDR as they can back up their drives and have a 'custom' firmware option out there on the web. I never tried a mass deleting but the box always did a few odd things from new which I didn't mind as long as I still had the recordings. The hummy forum and several others are very helpful. Cheers
Hi Toob41, I got new 55inch OLED TV and a Fire Stick and so did not use the HUMAX recorder for about three months, on turning it back on after that time there were no recordings on the unit at all and it refuses to record. I suspect the HDA has failed and and will see if I can replace it.
HELLO!! THANKS FOR THE VIDEO! PLEASE CAN U LET ME KNOW WHAT IS THE HDD FORMAT?? I TRIED FAT32 BUT IT DIDNT RECOGNIZE IT. ALSO MY RECEIVER DOESN'T PROVIDE FORMATTING OPTION SO I AM FORCED TO DO IT ON COMPUTER FIRST.
A 10:40 there's the details about formatting the HDD.... the one fitted was brand new - so was detected as unformatted for use with the receiver.
I would use a PC to delete any existing partitions on your drive and then fit it to see what happens - the receiver might configure it for you - but if you receiver doesn't have this option, then the file system was ext3 when I tried to recover some recording from my old receiver - this is a Linux file system.
Hope this helps!
Yes done the same last year and formatted drive externally as wouldn't format it in situ once that was done it then formatted it in situ .... two things though you cant record two sides and watch a third you have to watch one of the recording sides. The other dont unplug the cables from the motherboard just unplug from the hard drive.
how did you format your hard drive as its not recognising my hard drive ether?
Hi Nick, Very helpful video. After a few days away when I turned on my My HDR100S I got a screen telling me that I needed to reformat the drive. I hadn't time to fiddle that day. A few days later I called Humax and they told me the HD had failed ], and to buy a replacement device (very helpful I thought!) I tried a factory reset before gonig any further. When I re-started the machine I couldn't stop it from channel hopping, therefore couldn't test it. Now very frustrated, any advice would be great.
They are probably right... I would get a new HDD and see what happens then.
Try and get a AV model drive... or one designed for CCTV - they are optimised for simultaneous streams of data - i.e. AV and CCTV drives are able to handle more than the two channels recording and one recoding being watched maximum demand a drive needs to cope with for the HUMAX.
I put an old skyhd hard drive 2tb into my humax Box when it's drive stopped working but the storage don't even come up so I can format the drive.
You might need to delete everything from it first... the sky file system might prevent the Humax from using the drive.
So connect it up to a PC and use discpart to clear it. When you plug it back into the Humax it will hopefully spot the free space and use it.
I cant guarantee it will work, but it’s what I would try next.
Hi I just replaced my humax 500gb free sat box with 1tb we purple surveillance hard drive but indicating that there is no storage & not giving option to format?. Any suggestions as can’t seem to source 500gb purple wd surveillance hard drive. Tks
Try another drive...
Although the multistream optimised CCTV drives are a better option, any drive should work. At least as a recognition/format test.
Nic Bunting Tks Nic, I just got format request on the settings section but when try to start disk format it is asking me for pin indicates it is restricted area?. Not sure I ever got a pin....would it be on humax box?. If you have any suggestions I would be very grateful as I really have no idea about this kind of stuff!. Tk u : )
Should I do a factory reset to generate new pin?. Will this delete all channels?. not sure how to get them back if I do that !
I found this... not sure if it works...
You can reset a password/pin (default is 0000) via the following:
Settings
System information
Highlight General info then press the following coloured buttons
RGYBGYB
A new menu will be displayed with Reset PIN Code as one of the options, highlight this option and press OK.
(from here: myhumax.org/forum/topic/how-to-reset-password)
The option to format is gone again in storage settings so not sure what to do get it to format. I bought the wd purple surveillance 1tb internal hard drive. I don’t have another hard drive to check. Would have to buy another one & not sure it would be worth buying another one unless I knew it would work!
Anyone know what is the max capacity drive that you can upgrade too?
It uses a Linux filesystem and I believe its 2TB.
When I get my new TV, I'll try fitting a 4TB drive to see what happens though...
:)
Good video Nic, (please edit some of the repetitive bits out.) Did you think of mounting the drive via your computer(Linux) to check the hard drive? i'm not convinced it is always a hardware problem. After disconnecting the power supply and reconnecting, mine works for a few days befor3e it falls over again. My suspicion is faulty software/firmware. (or Not Fit For Purpose!)
Thanks! All my videos are one take with no editing - so there might be a bit of repetition which I hope reinforces what I've said.
I tried mounting on both a Linux machine and PC with tools to read the file system, but each box encrypts recordings uniquely so although the drive could be read I couldn't test any of the files. The drive did seem OK though.... I have suspicions about overheating too, but I think you're right in thinking that it isn't always a hardware fault.
I have just completed install with the suggested HD. No format screens and I’ve tried all fixes from other comments including factory reset. Just about to power of and open the box back up
So. After a bit of trial and error I think it’s my Sat tuner 2 connection (contained within circuit board). I realise both connections are needed to enable recording/rewind etc so I switched the cables round whilst viewing the signal info. At no stage do I get a signal from tuner 2. This could be the issue and maybe the drive was always ok?
Ignore my last comment. Further internet research confirms sat cables needed to be in the original configuration after reset.
So...
Does it work?
Or is it broken?
Nic Bunting no it’s no good. I’m confident the new HD is ok so it’s something else I’ve not yet managed to find on any forum
@@brianlion4715 That's irritating...
The news for me is that I've ditched FreeSat 'completely and my HDR-1000S will probably end up on eBay.
I've stopped paying the TV Licence and gone completely online with Netflix, 4oD, etc.
It save over £80 a year!
Update your batteries in your remote this also solves a few problems, yes strange but true.
It's especially effective at solving problems when the remote isn't working....
;D
But the HUMAX does appear to be really sluggish if the batteries are a low so maybe there is some magic in this after all..
Hello, Please can you help ? I replaced my drive with a Western Digital 2Tb (Purple), and the Humax 1000S cannot see it (in storage). I have tried formatting it in NTFS and FAT32. Does it need to be formatted in Linux Ext3 format ?? Many thanks
The drive needs to be blank… then the Humax will format it for use.
So remove any partitions and then fit the drive.
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@@sterntechdaddy Thank you Nic for your reply. The new drive was initially blank and the humax unfortunately did not recognise it
@John McCulloch Was the new 2TB replacing a 1TB model?
Although the HDR-1000S can support 2TB, I thought it better to replace the faulty drive in mine with one that was the same capacity.
I made this video in Jan 2017 and its still working - I also don't think the 1000S supported 2TB drives then...
So before you do anything else, try updating the firmware on the box...
uk.humaxdigital.com/support/?product_id=2639&curr_page=sw_release
Hopefully that might help.
@@sterntechdaddy Hi, the drive was replacing a 500Gb Seagate drive. On the software I have updated it and will try again this evening. I intend also to put a jumper on the WD drive to slow it down from sata6 to sata3. Will let you know how I get on. Many thanks.
Hello Nic, I have not succeeded in getting the Humax to recognise the 2TB drive. I have a 150gb 2.5" drive which I tried as well. I undid the NTFS partition and it was not recognised by the Humax either.
The following is my Humax specification : Humax Freesat
Model No HDR-1000S/1010S
Device ID FS-HMX-01A-0000-0BD2
Software version UKSFAA 3.33.98
Loader version UKSFAA 1.08
System ID 809C.7D00
Update date 03 May 2021
Micon version UKSFAA 8.04.01
ESN HUMO-FT0010000000000000000000000000000518075
How does this compare with yours please ?
No static protection?!?!
ESD protection is overstressed as a 'catch all' instruction when groups of people are being taught anything where ESD could potentially cause damage.
I've never worn an ESD wrist strap in my career and I've never broken anything - but I don't wear polyester and I generally tap something with an earth (like the lamp on the TV cabinet you cannot see in the video) before I take something with electronics in it apart. I'm also not shuffling about on the carpet - which could generate some static charge.
Would there be any advantage to using a SSD ?
Potentially... it'll probably boot faster... but...
1. Surveillance drives are better suited because they are designed to handle multiple streams of data - a Humax box could be expected to record on two channels whilst watching a recorded program at the same time.
2. Capacity would be a problem - at this time the 250GB SSD drives are a 'sweet spot' for price, with the 1TB models being a lot more expensive than their mechanical equivalent. 250GB wouldn't last long for recordings...
3. Physical size - all SSD drives are 2.5" and the Humax takes 3.5" drives. This isn't really a problem though - especially when compared tot he first two. A quick fix is to just tape the drive in or use the Velcro tape rather than worry about a 2.5" to 3.5" adaptor.
The STB has no understanding of SSDs (unlike many computers), and because it has the rewind buffer that can wear down an SSD more than a HDD which was designed for consumer electronics. I wouldn't advise using an SSD in a set-top box. (FYI, I worked on the development and release of these boxes).
Just spotted this comment.
Thank for the extra info!
Why would you not disconnect the Satellite F connectors and then workk on the unit on a table top??... a lot less fiddly for the sake of a minute to disconnect
Mentioned at 2:10 - Essentially I didn't want to move around with the camera. Which would add to the time taken to make the video because footage would need editing - something I try not to do.
It pays to have a anti-surge plug assembly when using Humax, DVD player and TV unit etc as they are prone to blowing if there is a lightening storm etc and the units is plugged in and running. Also Seagate hard drives are one of the cheapest on the market ..... and one gets what one pays for.
pps it wants me to connect an HDD to the box, which it did before also.
Is the replacement drive new and completely blank?
@@sterntechdaddy Apparently, but it made no difference! Going to the Linux thing next, before I'm out of my depth!! I'll let you know when I've plucked up the courage!!! :) Things are bit more complicated since my old TI99/4A ! Thanks for your help.
@@gregegan4231 The Linux thing is just to see if the original drive is readable... this might mean that the drive is actually OK and that there's a problem with the HUMAX itself. That would explain why replacing the drive doesn't seem to match the video.
So don't worry - you can make a uBuntu boot disk and run that without having to install Linux. uBuntu has a 'demo' mode that won't affect Windows.
I'd like the stress that this is nothing more complicated than a quick test of the drive - but any way you can find to read a Linux partitioned drive will be fine.
Yes I have this same problem and there is no option to reformat the HDD
Does this mean that the Humax needs replacing or is it a software problem: it says that the software is up-to-date.
@@lerouretan1937 It might.... I'd try another drive and/or test the existing drive. The HUMAX uses a Linux file system - which can be read using Windows with the right software installed.
Sadly my Hard Drive died again but a newer hard drive has brought her back to life again.
Glad its working again...
Mine gets rather hot, so maybe that shortens the life of any drive in it.
Did you fit an AV/CCTV type drive?
Or just a vanilla SATA drive?
@@sterntechdaddy Seagate Pipeline nice and quiet
@@sheldoncl Mines still got the WD Purple drive show in the video... never even seen the Pipeline - I'll check it out!
Thanks for the info.
I was in the hard disk drive industry, and sadly Seagate drives like Maxstore were not the top as far as quality goes, try the Hitachi Deskstar range. Velly good!
Followed this as it was really clear but my humax is not even recognising the hard drive. HELP! 😓
A few questions about the drive you are trying to fit... What size is it? What is the make/model? Is it new or taken from a PC?
@@sterntechdaddy I got the exact same one as you and was replacing a 1tb drive.
When you turn on for the first time after fitting the new drive it should pop up a 'Your drive isn't formatted' message (10:38) and you can then go to the settings to configure the drive.
If you are not getting this pop up message then power the unit down and check the connections. I would disconnect the drive completely and then reconnect - but make sure the unit is off. Then power on again and see what happens.
@@sterntechdaddy Thanks I will try this as no message came up.
If you still get no message (and the drive doesn't appear in settings) then you'll need to test the drive in a PC and/or try another drive in the Humax to see if the new drive or the Humax is faulty. I'm assuming you're replacing because of lost recordings rather than a different kind of malfunction that might suggest the Humax itself is faulty.
If would be very unlucky to have a faulty new drive though - modern manufacturing means that very few new drives are DOA - so you would need to test it properly on a PC before you RMA it. WD have their own diagnostic software to verify faults - support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?p=3
Help me please got a new hard drive a not showing up on the Freesat box
Make sure the drive is totally blank - which a new one will be - and see if it’s available for formatting.
If not, check the capacity isn’t larger than what is supported.
Nic Bunting do you have Twitter
Nic Bunting till not show up on my Freesat box
@@fitpage2002 Try another drive if you can...
@@fitpage2002 Nope... I don't use Twitter!
Just swapped mine for a skybox HDD and its still fucked...HDD spins up but still doesnt even give option for recording...looks like its one for the bin
Is the drive detected and formatted? See 10:40
Didn’t work for me. I fit the same HDD but don’t get the option to format the disc.
Anyone any other ideas?
Is the replacement drive the same capacity as the original one?
@@sterntechdaddy Yes, the exact same one you fit into the exact same machine.
@@cypeman8037 Was it new or pulled from another machine?
@@sterntechdaddy brand new from Amazon.
@@cypeman8037 Can you test it in a PC?
As you can probably tell, the video is me actually fitting the replacement drive for the first time - and it just worked as shown.
I gave up on Humax. Every time I turned it on I got a no signal message. My smart TV records freeview straight on to USB stick.
I think HUMAX have stopped making FreeSAT boxes now... and TV's with built in recording support are probably part of the reason why.
:D
@@sterntechdaddy I think part of the problem with Humax was you needed two leads from the satellite for it to work properly. Nothing worth recording on TV these days anyway!
Don’t rush to buy a new hard drive. When I got that message “you have no recordings” I took out the hard drive and simply put it back in again. All my recordings came back! So I put it down to a loose connection. It worked for about a week until the same message came up. This time I just turned the power off for a few minutes and all the recordings were restored again! I don’t think that (in my case) buying a new hard drive is going to make any difference. It’s the HDD controller on the motherboard that is the problem. If anyone knows how to fix that I’d be pleased to hear from them!
Do you think it might be heat related?
I replaced the HDD in the Humax in the video because it really was broken... but it was always a bit twitchy anyway - especially when the top cover was hot.
The heatsink seems rather small...
Bin the tin and buy a new one, once you have repaired the mother board, the PSU capacitors will go, nothing lasts for ever.
Useful video but title a bit misleading: have upgraded drives before but thought you had some trick for recovering 'lost' recordings. Given the actual content why even mention recordings in the title?
It’s pretty clear from the description that this is ultimately what you have to if you get a ‘lost recordings’ error.
i.e. if you have a drive error you cannot recover the recordings - so it’s best not to bother and just replace the drive.
Each HUMAX box encrypts recordings in their own unique way - so you can't just take the faulty drive out and read the data.
Better that people who are looking to recover their recording find this video before they waste their time attempting a fix that could be impossible.
@@sterntechdaddy TBH not in the habit of reading description before viewing video - who does? - and would argue that regardless, a clear title is rarely a bad thing. Didn't know that each box encrypted uniquely (I assume that sentence should 'can't' as opposed to 'can')
I am upgrading my drive so am trying to transfer (viewable) recordings as opposed to extract them, so going to try cloning and resizing partitions. Not sure it'll work, but worst case scenario I'll have to reformat new drive
I actually read descriptions while I'm watching a video - just in case there's something useful in there - but a quick glance is usually enough to judge that though.
I didn't know about the encryption - until I tried to read another drive taken out of the Humax in the video!
There's hassles reading the file system anyway, but it was a real pain to then discover that the files couldn't be played.
Note that for drives that are actually faulty - as in the video - the recordings are lost because you usually can't clone a faulty drive. Most cloning software will bomb after a certain number of errors and you can't copy individual files over because the HUMAX probably won't see them when a new drive is put in.
I've corrected the 'can' … its wasn't deliberate, and it is nice to see people actually reading things.
I've also updated the description.
Upgrading the drive will be really interesting... can you let us know if cloning and resizing the old drive means the recordings work?
:)
@@sterntechdaddy OK, some success.
Despite what the webchat guy at Humax said, there _does_ seem to be a size constraint: I bought a 4Tb WD purple and no matter what I do cannot get PVR to allocate more than 1600Gb for recordings (although it sees the 'full' ~3.7, the rest is 'Reserved' - though it actually shows as unallocated in a partition manager)
I *was* able to clone partitions using Acronis, and _was_ able to view them however despite every recording I tried working (randomly tried about half a dozen, old, new and inbetween) the used space was shown as 117Gb (as opposed to ~900Gb on original drive) - even if the is a TOC error I'd be worried about overwriting.
Although Acronis could clone partitions (sector by sector, took ~6 hrs) it can't create or extend EXT format volumes, so I had to use EaseUS Partition Master Pro, and was able to extend cloned partition to fill unallocated space between two cloned partitions (to get the full 1600Gb with old recordings) OK, but when I subsequently tried a few other things in terms of resizing & moving partitions to use unallocated 2Tb, it stopped recognising recordings and formatted drive.
The upshot is that I've put the old drive back in and will give it another go with a 2Tb drive but that'll be after an upcoming house move...
@@seansverige Thanks for doing this..... it's really interesting seeing as Humax offer no information about this kind of thing.
I think 2TB is the maximum size the HDR-1000S could recognise and although the file system appears to be Linux, it might be more preparatory when it get created by the box after a blank drive is put in.
Technically, cloning to the same size drive should work - and that might 'repair' lost recordings if the original drive isn't too far gone.
I've got a Silverstone TS12C which is able to do hostless drive duplication - but it might just copy the damaged sectors 'as is' and I have no idea how good the Humax is at error correction and repair.
Let us know how you get on with the duplication to 2TB.
Not a word about "recovering lost recordings". I am now an expert at removing and replacing screws. This was a waste of 14 minutes,
Not fair Mike!
I clearly state that recordings cannot be recovered. Please read the video description.
"This video doesn't have any magic fix advice to recover lost recordings - because there isn't any."
Generally... Each machine encrypts recordings using its own unique algorithm - so even if you can read the files on the drive and copy them off (its a Linux file system so this can be done) you can't play or see what each file actually is.
Unless you backup the recordings to an external drive, when the HD crashes it's all over.
ps all recordings lost also!
That usually means the HDD is faulty... but you could try looking at the old one and checking the drive. The Humax uses a Linux file system so have a look at how to read Linux files systems on a PC.
If a replacement doesn't work then your old drive might be fine and there might be some other more serious problem.
Cannot understand why you left the unit connected ...crazy idea. Put it on a bench and the job would be a breeze.
I didn’t want to edit the video… doing as much as possible in one take is actually faster for me overall.
😁
And it’s simple enough to do without unplugging everything anyway.
@@sterntechdaddy Makes sense now, good job, my 1T Byte HUMAX unit suddenly refused to show any of the recorded material, and will also not record, I suspect the HD has crashed...pity really as I had some great music and films vids on it. Seagate HDAs are not the best quality and are prone to fail....I was in the HD industry. I will take mine to pieces and see if I can replace the HDA ...you made it look very simple. Happy New Year.