I know from my attempt at decrypting HiDef on a 5000T that an external USB drive suitably set up (which the original disk would be) should display the recordings in the Humax's recordings section and in the media server. If the 4000T has two USB ports (IIRC it doesn't) then the Humax copy/move might work. Failing that, streaming the recordings and saving using something like Media Monkey (free) should recover decrypted StdDef .ts files.
Only one that I can see, but there is the option of a hub. However, I'm only interested in confirming the old unit can access its old recordings on the old drive by bypassing the SATA interface.
I'm not going that far!
You're being deliberately obtuse. Do you honestly think I would conclude the 4000T needed replacing if it was the HDD that was dead? It might be valid to distrust conclusions when it's a random first-time poster, but...
Indeed, buying a PVR can get you effectively the PVR or hard disc for free depending on which one you actually need.
Fair enough. Others may follow this thread with a similar problem and might want to try and restore files. Just giving them clues to follow.
The FVP-4000T Does have two USB ports, one on the rear panel, and the other on the right hand side, when viewed from the front.
In fact, if you need to do a software update from a USB stick, it has to be done through the side socket. Chance would be a fine thing these days, but that's how I did the May 2022 update (IIRC).
Probably about 2h15, based on my 2TB ones.
Thanks for that. It's been running for an hour now, with no error or other messages apart from the spinning triangle. I'll let it carry on for now...
I had to go out this evening, but when I returned, the HDD Test was still running. That was some 6 hours or more. There was no obvious way to stop it by pressing buttons on the remote or the power button on the top of the box, so I pulled the power, waited a few seconds and plugged it back in again. When it had finished booting, I went back into the Storage menu and formatted the drive. That took less than a minute and then it restarted. When that had completed, the System, Storage menu showed some disk usage. I set up a recording for a few minutes later and that completed satisfactorily. Of note, the Internal HDD did not show in the Recordings, Storage menu before any recordings had been made. I had an external drive connected to the rear USB socket, and the recordings on that were listed. I haven't tried to play any of them, yet.
