Is there a way to test the hdd
I have a DTRT4000 youview box and nearly all my recordings do not record to the end , on the screen were you can see the little red circle most of mine are nearly half red and half black if that makes sense . Sometimes the symbol says this but i am still able to watch my recording till the end , i am also starting to get blocks on the screen as if it is bad signal and sometimes it freezes for a second then jumps a few seconds . I have the latest software and my signal strength ect is fine , i am hoping that somewhere buried in the settings there might be something i can use to test the hdd . I have reset the software a few times and put the box back to factory settings Any ideas ?
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How much space is remaining on your hard drive? Part of problem may be related to swap file buffer running out of disk space. The only way to actually test drive is to remove from Youview box and connect to pc using third party software. How long have you had the pvr? Might even be corrupted hard drive, which will mean either a full reformat or further work. Please let forum know how you get on. John L
I have 92% free it has always been around that mark ,the box was second had when i brought it and i have had it for about two years now .
Kodikid strange you should say that yes i am , TP-LINK AV600
Do you know the history of the hard drive before you purchased it? They don't last that long before whole drive either needs full reformat or total failure. The old Humax 8000 plus the more recent 9200/9300 models had to be reformated when the harddrive started playing up. Although, they are more reliable now, can still have problems. If it still doesn't record correctly, I would try and watch recordings and then do a reformat. If you have a spare pvr, might be good idea to only record on this while you clear recordings down. That's what I do from time to time. The powerline adaptors only affect the broadband, nothing to do with actual harddrive recording problem. Hope I have helped. Let us know how you get on. John L
To me the T4000 is not that good on pla's.
You can’t test the hard drive non-destructively on a PC/laptop running Windows, as it won’t recognise the format. But if you boot from a portable Linux distro on a CD-ROM, you can look at it with Linux tools.
Or, as you are not long away from a Factory Reset, test it on Windows after reinitialising it, if you are more familiar with Windows diagnostic tools. When you put it back in the YouView box, that will then reinitialise it to its own satisfaction.
As you say have already done a Factory Reset, which will have wiped all your recordings, you will have bust the hard disc back to its just-initialised state.
Though did you quickly add back that 8% of recordings afterwards (since the % free ignores any disc overhead from the YouView software), or should we wonder if you did a lesser reset?
Following up @kodikid’s question, there is no harm, and some potential good, in doing a flight of resets; router first, then the PLA nearest to it, then the one at the YouView end, allowing each to settle before moving on to the next.
And don’t do any arc welding, or operate other heavy electrical equipment, while making recordings 😛
I will try not to the mrs says it makes a mess of the carpets
If you measure anything by percentage then surely 100% is the absolute maximum, otherwise it becomes meaningless.
Tim C 's suggestion is excellent.
it depends on what you are measuring. If it is the disc capacity of your YouView box, then yes, 100% is the maximum.
But my cornflakes packet says one portion of flakes gives me 30% of my recommended daily intake of niacin; so if I have four portions, it is perfectly reasonable to say I have had 120% of my RDI (and 400% of the amount of cornflakes I should be eating 😛).
What the problem here is, though, that the YouView box never flags over 100% of Signal Strength, something that can perfectly well go over 100%; e.g. if I take a 100% signal and boost it, it must go over 100%. But the box never indicates this.
Something that wouldn’t matter if 100% was ‘enough’, and the box could always deal with ‘too much’ by attenuating it to ‘enough’. But as we have seen, it can’t.
Signal Quality though, like hard disc capacity, is a measure that can’t go over 100%; you can’t improve on error-free (or at least 100% error-correctable).