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Hi,
first post. Had a HDR 1000S for a while.
Been having issues where all the recording dissappeared.
I removed the hard disk drive and connected it to my windows pc.
I could hear the disk in operation. Looked at it in Disk management and it appeared to be fine.
Put it back in the humax.
It asked if I wanted to format the hard drive.
I said yes and after a while it was back up and running.
But don’t really trust this hard drive (Seagate pipeline 1TB).
What would be a recommended replacement?
Would a “Western Digital Purple 1TB Surveillance 3.5 Inch SATA 6 Gb/s Hard Disk Drive with Allframe 4K Technology – 180TB/yr, 64MB Cache, 5400rpm – WD10PURZ” be suitable?
What is the maximum size hd that the humax can cope with?
Thanks in advance.
flipperman – 1 hour ago »
Been having issues where all the recording dissappeared.
I removed the hard disk drive and connected it to my windows pc.
I could hear the disk in operation. Looked at it in Disk management and it appeared to be fine.
This could be a symptom of a well know problem with the HDR-1000S which is caused by an issue on the mother board rather than the hard drive. The initial symptoms are that the hard drive becomes inaccessible for a period of time but if the box is left off for a while then the hard drive becomes visible again. This symptom reoccurs at increasingly frequent intervals.
The only possible remedies are to send the box to Digirepairs in Ireland or to have a go at using a heat gun to reflow the solder. There are instructions on this forum.
What would be a recommended replacement?
Would a “Western Digital Purple 1TB Surveillance 3.5 Inch SATA 6 Gb/s Hard Disk Drive with Allframe 4K Technology – 180TB/yr, 64MB Cache, 5400rpm – WD10PURZ” be suitable?
What is the maximum size hd that the humax can cope with?
My guess is that the hard drive would be suitable but buy from an online retailer so that you have a right of return. The HDR-1000S uses an MBR style partition table so you are limited to 2TB.
That is useful information.
Thanks for the prompt reply.
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