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PVR9200T and humaxrw problem

[Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7
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Hi!
My Humax has loosen the list of recorded programs and i have connected the hardisk in my pc as a slave drive. Pc recognises the harddisk and its number is 1 (master is 0).
I have tried to examine disk with humaxcheck and humaxrw but always get same type of error messages:
humaxrw 1: -l
AVPartition -error in file allocation table
humxcheck 1: -l
Partion size mismatch
humaxcheck 1: -p
Writes to the Humax disk are disabled
Partion found at 00000010
What is going wrong? All other drive numbers (2-9) all messaging No such file or directory - so i think i have got the right drive number. I use now W2000 but I have tested it also in Ubuntu 10 and same result. Can anybody help me?

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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7
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    Still going wrong:cry:
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 329
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    It looks as if you have a FAT (File Allocation Table) problem. It may be corrupted. If you look here http://www.download3000.com/file-allocation-table-recovery-downloads.html you will find lots of programs that attempt to recover the data on the hard disk by reconstructing the FAT. As you seem to have lost access to the data (but not the data itself) it may be worth experimenting. Good luck.
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    chrisjrchrisjr Posts: 33,282
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    dms05 wrote: »
    It looks as if you have a FAT (File Allocation Table) problem. It may be corrupted. If you look here http://www.download3000.com/file-allocation-table-recovery-downloads.html you will find lots of programs that attempt to recover the data on the hard disk by reconstructing the FAT. As you seem to have lost access to the data (but not the data itself) it may be worth experimenting. Good luck.
    Those utilities are all for the Windows FAT format. The Humax does not use a Windows compatible file system but one of it's own.

    So I doubt those utilities will have any effect.

    Jarmo, have you tried the -d option in HumaxCheck to try and repair the directory structure and FAT?

    http://humaxdisk.wikispaces.com/HumaxCheck
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 172
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    Jarmo wrote: »
    humaxrw 1: -l
    AVPartition -error in file allocation table
    humxcheck 1: -l
    Partion size mismatch
    humaxcheck 1: -p
    Writes to the Humax disk are disabled
    Partion found at 00000010

    Try using recover mode '-r' option (e.g. humaxrw 1: -l -r)
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7
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    humaxrw 1: -l -r
    AV Partition - error in file allocation table ...
    humaxcheck 1: -d
    Writes to the Humax disk are disabled - Partiton size mismatch
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 172
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    Jarmo wrote: »
    humaxrw 1: -l -r
    AV Partition - error in file allocation table ...
    humaxcheck 1: -d
    Writes to the Humax disk are disabled - Partiton size mismatch
    Sorry, misread your original message.

    Try running humaxdiag in an empty directory, then zip up and send me the files it creates. However, you may find that this will not run either.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 45
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    Jarmo wrote: »
    Hi!
    My Humax has loosen the list of recorded programs and i have connected the hardisk in my pc as a slave drive. Pc recognises the harddisk and its number is 1 (master is 0).
    I have tried to examine disk with humaxcheck and humaxrw but always get same type of error messages:
    humaxrw 1: -l
    AVPartition -error in file allocation table
    humxcheck 1: -l
    Partion size mismatch
    humaxcheck 1: -p
    Writes to the Humax disk are disabled
    Partion found at 00000010
    What is going wrong? All other drive numbers (2-9) all messaging No such file or directory - so i think i have got the right drive number. I use now W2000 but I have tested it also in Ubuntu 10 and same result. Can anybody help me?

    You connected the drive as a slave drive.

    Is it possible that Windows initialised the disk i.e. modified the partition?

    If so there is an option I believe on Humaxrw to restore the structure.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7
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    The humaxdiag didn't work as you doubt.
    Humaxdiag 1:
    FAT Memory allocation: Invalid argument

    I tried also Humaxdiag 0: and Humaxdiag 2: and they are messaging Unknown partion table. All other drive numbers (3-9) all messaging No such file or directory. According to windows number 1 is the right number of my Humax-drive. Is there anything I can do to save my recordings?
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    Jarmo wrote: »
    The humaxdiag didn't work as you doubt.
    Humaxdiag 1:
    FAT Memory allocation: Invalid argument

    I tried also Humaxdiag 0: and Humaxdiag 2: and they are messaging Unknown partion table. All other drive numbers (3-9) all messaging No such file or directory. According to windows number 1 is the right number of my Humax-drive. Is there anything I can do to save my recordings?

    Is it a UK specification 9200T that you are using?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 172
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    Jarmo wrote: »
    The humaxdiag didn't work as you doubt.
    Humaxdiag 1:
    FAT Memory allocation: Invalid argument
    Looks like it is badly corrupted.

    Here is plan B. Download dd from here. Then type the following in a command prompt window:
    dd if=\\.\PhysicalDrive1 of=humax.dat bs=1024 count=8319

    Then zip up and send me the humax.dat file it creates.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7
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    xyz321:
    I send you the humax.dat file.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 172
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    Jarmo wrote: »
    xyz321:
    I send you the humax.dat file.
    Thanks for the file. I have created a new version of humaxcheck (0 .10W). This has a new option '-n' for use when the non-av partitions are really broken.

    You should get the following output:
    humaxcheck -n -a -w 1:

humaxcheck version 0.10W (c) xyz321
Invalid file index, deleted
Invalid file type 00000003, index deleted
Invalid file type 00000450, index deleted
Invalid file type 00180200, index deleted
Invalid file type 00640002, index deleted
Invalid file type 00000220, index deleted
Invalid file type 0069006d, index deleted
Invalid file type 00000070, index deleted
Invalid file index, deleted
Invalid file index, deleted
Invalid file index, deleted
Invalid file type 00000000, index deleted
Invalid file index, deleted
Invalid file index, deleted
Invalid file type 092a55d9, index deleted
Invalid file type 00740065, index deleted
Invalid file index, deleted
Invalid file index, deleted
Invalid file type 00000003, index deleted
Invalid file type 00000450, index deleted
Invalid file type 00180200, index deleted

PARTITION 0
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61457 blocks allocated in orphan chains taking up 23662419968 bytes
Humax calculated free space count: 65579212800 bytes

    You should then be able to use humaxrw with the -r & -n options.

    e.g. humaxrw -l -r -n 1:

    Note that the disk corruption here is probably the worst I have seen. You are unlikely to be able to recover all your files and some files may be recovered incomplete or mixed in with other files.

    Good luck!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7
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    Humaxcheck -n -a -w -1: output was just like you wrote above, but
    humaxrw -l -r -n 1: output was
    1: ***Buffer***
    2: ***Info disabled***
    3: ***Info disabled***
    4: ***Info disabled***
    5: ***Info disabled***
    6: ***Info disabled***
    7: ***Info disabled***
    8: ***Info disabled***
    9: ***Info disabled***
    10: ***Info disabled***
    11: ***Info disabled***
    12: ***Info disabled***
    13: ***Info disabled***
    14: ***Info disabled***
    15: ***Info disabled***
    16: ***Info disabled***
    17: ***Info disabled***
    18: ***Info disabled***
    19: ***Info disabled***
    20: ***Info disabled***
    21: ***Info disabled***
    22: ***Info disabled***
    23: ***Info disabled***
    24: ***Info disabled***
    25: ***Info disabled***
    26: ***Buffer***
    27: ***Info disabled***
    28: ***Info disabled***
    29: ***Info disabled***
    30: ***Info disabled***
    31: ***Info disabled***
    32: ***Info disabled***
    33: ***Info disabled***
    34: ***Info disabled***
    35: ***Info disabled***
    36: ***Info disabled***
    37: ***Info disabled***
    38: ***Info disabled***
    39: ***Info disabled***
    40: ***Info disabled***
    41: ***Info disabled***
    42: ***Info disabled***
    43: ***Info disabled***
    44: ***Info disabled***
    45: ***Info disabled***
    46: ***Info disabled***
    47: ***Info disabled***
    48: ***Info disabled***
    49: ***Info disabled***
    50: ***Info disabled***
    51: ***Info disabled***
    52: ***Info disabled***
    53: ***Info disabled***

    humaxrw -l 1: says
    Unsupported partion
    and
    humaxcheck -l 1:
    writes to the Humax disk are disabled Partion size mismatch

    What´s going wrong this time?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 172
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    Jarmo wrote: »
    humaxrw -l -r -n 1: output was
    1: ***Buffer***
    2: ***Info disabled***
    3: ***Info disabled***
    4: ***Info disabled***
    :
    :
    51: ***Info disabled***
    52: ***Info disabled***
    53: ***Info disabled***

    humaxrw -l 1: says
    Unsupported partion
    and
    humaxcheck -l 1:
    writes to the Humax disk are disabled Partion size mismatch

    What´s going wrong this time?
    The second partition on the disk is corrupt. This is the area that stores all the info. about a particular recording. When you use both the -r & -n options to humaxrw you are telling it to ignore this second partition. The result is a listing which contains all entries marked '***info disabled***'. You can still copy a recording from the disk with say:

    humaxrw 1: -r -n -g 2

    to 'get' the second recording but there will be nothing to identify what it is. The two entries marked 'Buffer' are the time shift recording buffers which you could also copy if they would be useful.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7
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    I have now succecfully transferred all Humax programs to my pc! I looked quickly few programs and they seems to be allright. If there are some corrupted programs it doesn't harm me cause i have done my best to save them. Thank you very much xyz321!!! It's nice to meet so helpful person!!!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2
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    Good morning all. I have an unhappy Humax 9300t hard disk (I think anyway). The PVR suddenly stopped having the record menu show, won't pause or record or show the list of recorded programmes. So I believe that I have a problem with the hard disk.

    Having read the various forum entries I have connected my disk to my laptop, the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon comes up in the system tray (I'm using Windows XP) so I think the hard disk is connecting - and I have been trying to use Humaxdiag, HumaxRW and Humaxcheck.

    The results are consistent in that I get no-where, so I would be grateful for some help. Here are the results:

    When I do humaxcheck 1:
    humaxcheck version 0.10W (c) xyz321
    Writes to the Humax disk are disabled
    Partition table: Permission denied

    and humaxcheck 0:
    humaxcheck version 0.10W (c) xyz321
    Writes to the Humax disk are disabled
    Unknown partition table

    all other numbers return "Humax disk: No such file or directory"

    I get similar results with Humaxdiag and HumaxRW.

    I think I am connecting to the disk, but as I'm not getting any results akin to the more comprehensive file listings that others mention I'm doubting even that.

    Help would be greatly appreciated - specifically with the following questions.....

    Am I flogging a dead horse? Is the drive totalled?

    Can I recover anything at all?
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