All you need to do is FTP the recording onto a P.C. you don't need Custom Firmware for this, just :-
Instructions for what?
No nothing in red as of yet just the disc warning when entering startup. The recorded programs pause while i get the " scrambled" message then resume but the box freezes at this time too so i can't switch it off i have to wait for it to come back to me...
That sounds like the way for me, i dont have a USB drive with the spare capacity to back up all my recordings. And i do wish to copy them back.
I asked the question ( instructions to replace MartinLiddle) in case the operation for replacing a 2tb drive is different to a like for like ( which according to these posts here it is slightly different and hopefully even more straight forward). Just trying to avoid ending up with a dead box due to user error. Its an expensive paperweight if i do muck up.... So many questions..
How do you suggest trying to correct the picture problems and correcting backup ?
My rule of thumb is start worrying at a 1000 reallocated sectors and replace when the rate of change of reallocated sectors starts to increase. On our box it was quite usable whilst only 2 or 3 sectors a day were being reallocated but when the rate reached 40 sectors a day the functionality was seriously impaired. I suggest you order a new drive now.
Ok just to clarify for a numpty-
I think that's what he's planning to do!
Is that the case? I think (but don't know for sure) the database is held in Flash.
Not quite, the second-stage install (Web interface download from Internet) will be required followed by a reboot, and then you can reinstall your packages.
Its just 15 to 20 quid for something i hopefully won't ever need to use again that's all. Happy to take the more time consuming route. If i lose my schedule so be it, as long as it works again that's the bottom line.
Will he? I am pretty certain that the box will notice the new drive and offer to format it and I think af123's blog also mentions it.
The only issue that bothers me (slightly) is that the drive that I recommended is a 4K sector Advanced Format drive which would normally require the partitions to be aligned with the 4K sectors which the Humax will not do. As stated previously the drive has a 512 byte sector emulation mode and the Humax doesn't come close to using the maximum performance of the drive so it will probably be OK. In the worst case it will need the partitions aligning, one way or another.
The WebIF backup files that is, not the actual schedule and favourites. They would then need to be restored from backup once the backup file was copied onto the new HDD.
Fair enough, I did say I had not done this myself. It would be useful if martypants writes up his experience.