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Sony RDR HXD 790
Sylvester2007
26-06-2013
Hi

I've woken up this morning and it appears my DVD Recorder's HDD no longer wants to work and is telling me I must format the HDD thus losing everything

Is there anyway to get everything off of this? It will not allow me into any files or even view them, so i'm guessing that's it.....gone forever

It has all sorts of connections at the back, but I don't suppose I can connect it to a PC and transfer the files over through a cable of any sort?

I know it's not likely....gutted!
chrisjr
26-06-2013
The only possibility might be to physically remove the drive from the machine and use a USB to whatever interface the drive uses converter and plug it into a PC.

If you can persuade the PC to recognise whatever file system Sony use then you may be able to copy the files off. And then perhaps copy them back to a new drive. Though no guarantees that any of this will actually work.

If the drive is knackered then chances are even if the PC can read the file system the drive won't play ball and let itself be read anyway. Or if the file system has become corrupted you might have problems getting any sensible data off the drive.
Nigel Goodwin
26-06-2013
Originally Posted by Sylvester2007:
“Hi

I've woken up this morning and it appears my DVD Recorder's HDD no longer wants to work and is telling me I must format the HDD thus losing everything

Is there anyway to get everything off of this? It will not allow me into any files or even view them, so i'm guessing that's it.....gone forever

It has all sorts of connections at the back, but I don't suppose I can connect it to a PC and transfer the files over through a cable of any sort?

I know it's not likely....gutted! ”

An HDD is only a temporary storage device, the instructions even warn you about not using it for permanent storage. anything you wanted to keep you should have backed up to DVD.

Even assuming there were any suitable sockets on the back (which there isn't) you still wouldn't be able to read it, as it's faulty.
Sylvester2007
26-06-2013
Originally Posted by chrisjr:
“The only possibility might be to physically remove the drive from the machine and use a USB to whatever interface the drive uses converter and plug it into a PC.

If you can persuade the PC to recognise whatever file system Sony use then you may be able to copy the files off. And then perhaps copy them back to a new drive. Though no guarantees that any of this will actually work.

If the drive is knackered then chances are even if the PC can read the file system the drive won't play ball and let itself be read anyway. Or if the file system has become corrupted you might have problems getting any sensible data off the drive.”

Thanks for the advice. I shall open her up and see what I can find that may be connectable to a converter/USB.

Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin:
“An HDD is only a temporary storage device, the instructions even warn you about not using it for permanent storage. anything you wanted to keep you should have backed up to DVD.

Even assuming there were any suitable sockets on the back (which there isn't) you still wouldn't be able to read it, as it's faulty.”

Oh, I burn to DVD all the time. These are very recent recordings that i've not burnt yet due to not feeling too good.

So, if it's faulty, is there any point attempting a format? Will that give me the HDD back or is it a case of needing a new one?
Nigel Goodwin
26-06-2013
Originally Posted by Sylvester2007:
“So, if it's faulty, is there any point attempting a format? Will that give me the HDD back or is it a case of needing a new one?”

It depends if the drive is physically faulty or not, but it's always worth a try - it could be something as simple as a mains spike has trashed the file system, and reformatting restores it to working order.

There's nothing to lose by trying it.
Sylvester2007
26-06-2013
Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin:
“It depends if the drive is physically faulty or not, but it's always worth a try - it could be something as simple as a mains spike has trashed the file system, and reformatting restores it to working order.

There's nothing to lose by trying it.”

Well, the format took literally 2 seconds - does that sound right?

Deleted all the titles (i'm sure I can get them all back over time), but I have my HDD back and working again.

I tried attaching the HDD to two PC's via a converter but PC didn't recognise it.

Thanks for all the help - disappointed as it's going to take work to get some of it back again, but at least it appears to be working again for now.
Nigel Goodwin
26-06-2013
Originally Posted by Sylvester2007:
“Well, the format took literally 2 seconds - does that sound right?”

Probably just rewrote all the indexing?, as opposed to a hardware format - which takes a LONG time, but requires a special service remote on those models.
Sylvester2007
26-06-2013
Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin:
“Probably just rewrote all the indexing?, as opposed to a hardware format - which takes a LONG time, but requires a special service remote on those models.”

Well, i'm just glad it's working again.

I have some of the lost titles on DVD (they were PC files originally). I re-encoded them so I could put them onto the DVD Player's HDD so I could add them to TV Recordings on a new DVD. Sadly the DVD player won't allow me to record from that DVD to the HDD this time like it did last time, so not sure what that's all about and I don't have the time to re-encode them again - so frustrating!
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