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svtcanuk · 2008-03-30, 09:43 AM

Last night while gaming (about midnight) I noticed that my 8300HDPVR was showing the word "boot" on the front display. I thought it was strange but continued gaming until about 12:30. At 12:30 the display was completely blank, I pressed the power button and it powered up to a service screen where I couldn't do anything. I turned the terminal off and then on again and it started up fine so I went to bed. This morning I wanted to watch the IRL race that I recorded last night and it wasn't in the recorded list, not only that the entire list was gone. All of my recordings have been lost, did I do something wrong or did Rogers download an update that erased everything?

57 · 2008-03-30, 09:49 AM

It's likely that something simply went wrong, it's rare that the entire list of recordings is lost, although it can happen very rarely.

I suggest you do a cold reboot (unplug, wait for 15 seconds, replug, wait for reboot). Everything should be fine again.

See: http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=17719

Check your signal strength and S/N Ratio.

(I had no problems recording/watching the IRL race last night on TSN-HD.)

bolmsted · 2008-03-30, 12:04 PM

Did your hard drive die perhaps or just enough that it thought it was a new hard drive and erased it?

coghlan · 2008-03-30, 03:45 PM

Could be anything.

On my previous 8300HD (promotion), all recordings that were more than a couple of weeks old vanished (see http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=73593).

Do the setting show the disk less than 1% full now?

bolmsted · 2008-03-30, 06:33 PM

Did you have the recording set to expire in 14 days instead of keeping forever?

svtcanuk · 2008-03-30, 08:37 PM

1 - Tried cold reboot without luck.

2 - I don't know about it dying, it worked today.

3 - All recordings were marked as "until I erase", with very recent recordings.

4 - Hard drive showed 0% used

I think all is lost.

2008-03-30, 09:43 AM	#1
svtcanuk Rookie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 23	8300HD PVR lost all recordings Last night while gaming (about midnight) I noticed that my 8300HDPVR was showing the word "boot" on the front display. I thought it was strange but continued gaming until about 12:30. At 12:30 the display was completely blank, I pressed the power button and it powered up to a service screen where I couldn't do anything. I turned the terminal off and then on again and it started up fine so I went to bed. This morning I wanted to watch the IRL race that I recorded last night and it wasn't in the recorded list, not only that the entire list was gone. All of my recordings have been lost, did I do something wrong or did Rogers download an update that erased everything?

2008-03-30, 09:49 AM	#2
57 Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto, Rogers, 8300HD, eHDD, Panasonic TCP65S1, Denon AVR4310Ci; 8300HD, eHDD & Sony KDL40W3000 Posts: 50,297	It's likely that something simply went wrong, it's rare that the entire list of recordings is lost, although it can happen very rarely. I suggest you do a cold reboot (unplug, wait for 15 seconds, replug, wait for reboot). Everything should be fine again. See: http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=17719 Check your signal strength and S/N Ratio. (I had no problems recording/watching the IRL race last night on TSN-HD.) __________________ 57's Home Theatre (Latest equipment & photos) 57's Optimization Services (Home Theatre Optimization)

2008-03-30, 12:04 PM	#3
bolmsted Veteran Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: York, Ontario Posts: 2,374	Did your hard drive die perhaps or just enough that it thought it was a new hard drive and erased it? __________________ Toshiba 57HDX82\|Denon AVR4310CI\|PS3\|SA8300HD\|Harmony One\|Paradigm [Monitor 9\|CC290\|DSP3100\|ADP190\|Titans]

2008-03-30, 06:33 PM	#5
bolmsted Veteran Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: York, Ontario Posts: 2,374	Did you have the recording set to expire in 14 days instead of keeping forever? __________________ Toshiba 57HDX82\|Denon AVR4310CI\|PS3\|SA8300HD\|Harmony One\|Paradigm [Monitor 9\|CC290\|DSP3100\|ADP190\|Titans]

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2008-03-30, 03:45 PM	#4
coghlan Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 201	Could be anything. On my previous 8300HD (promotion), all recordings that were more than a couple of weeks old vanished (see http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=73593). Do the setting show the disk less than 1% full now?

2008-03-30, 08:37 PM	#6
svtcanuk Rookie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 23	1 - Tried cold reboot without luck. 2 - I don't know about it dying, it worked today. 3 - All recordings were marked as "until I erase", with very recent recordings. 4 - Hard drive showed 0% used I think all is lost.