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Hi all,
The hard drive failed on my hdr1000s the other night, it just froze at the same time a program was due to record and had to be switched off at the mains.
I’ve read a few different topics on here regarding this and am pretty certain it’s the drI’ve itself.
I’m basing this on the fact that the inside of the disk surface (nearest the spindle) seems to have been scratched by the read/write heads.
I’ll be trying a spare drive just to be certain.
Main reason for posting is to establish a suitable replacement drive for it.
Don’t need anything more than the original 1tb tbh, just wondering what’s out there that’s cheap enough and entirely compatible.
Cheers.
Welcome to our forum. I recently fitted one of these in my HDR1000S.
Very simple job, didn’t even need to re-enter recording schedule
PS Post in wrong thread hopefully a kindly moderator will move it
Admin edit: thanks, moved.
Thanks for the reply, yes I’ve just spotted it’s in the HB section by mistake.
I know it’s simple to do just after a list of compatible drives if poss.
Mogs84 – 4 minutes ago »
Thanks for the reply, yes I’ve just spotted it’s in the HB section by mistake.
I know it’s simple to do just after a list of compatible drives if poss.
Basically you need a AV specced drive. Low Speed Low Power designed for 24/7 running. There may be a 1TB version of the Seagate Pipeline I linked to.
Good news is……. It’s the HDD, replaced it with a bog standard 160gig drive to try it and it’s fine.
So will order a new 1tb unit.
Mogs84 … That’s very brave of you to open up the HDD. Once opened, it’s toast regardless of whether it was faulty to start with (except in a stringent clean room environment). I’ve opened several myself. The platters are amazing mirrors, and the magnets are fierce. Once took out the magnet and caught my finger between it and a metal surface. It took a chunk of flesh from my finger
hairbear
hairbear – 51 minutes ago »
Mogs84 … That’s very brave of you to open up the HDD. Once opened, it’s toast regardless of whether it was faulty to start with (except in a stringent clean room environment). I’ve opened several myself. The platters are amazing mirrors, and the magnets are fierce. Once took out the magnet and caught my finger between it and a metal surface. It took a chunk of flesh from my finger
hairbear
I rather think he just took the hard disk out of it’s carrier, not dismantled it. It’s very simple to replace as the box sets up a new hard disk completely automatically.
Hi Graham. I based my opinion on what Mogs84 said :-
I’m basing this on the fact that the inside of the disk surface (nearest the spindle) seems to have been scratched by the read/write heads.
Don’t think you can tell that the disk surface is scratched without taking it apart … unless he has one of those bizarre WD drives with the transparent cases. I had one once.
If anyone has a knackered HDD though, I recommend taking it apart. Do be careful with the magnets though, they are VERY strong.
hairbear.
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