Stuck on Deleting Loop and can't work out how to use Telnet

[Penster]

Is the command prompt the "Please select option:" bit when I reconnect and get the "Maintenance Mode Menu"?

 

[Black Hole]

No, you have to obtain a command prompt using the "cli" menu option. "Please select option" means choose from the presented list of options.

LBA 0 faults generally means you're stuffed.

 

[Penster]

And before I go to the command line and type the command "smartctl -a /dev/sda", should I cancel the disk repair?

 

[prpr]

It doesn't matter.

 

[Penster]

I would give you a copy of the output, but it keeps telling me that "You are not allowed to post external links yet." when I copy and paste the results here.

I really am bad at this tech stuff...

 

[prpr]

Just edit out all the rubbish and provide this table (complete though!):

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   117   097   006    Pre-fail  Always       -       163892272

...

199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

 

[Penster]

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 078 077 006 Pre-fail Always - 8552471
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 095 095 000 Pre-fail Always - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 069 069 020 Old_age Always - 31980
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 036 036 036 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 2622
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 086 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 427851145
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 064 064 000 Old_age Always - 31794
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 085 085 020 Old_age Always - 15990
184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 650
188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 260
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 062 043 045 Old_age Always In_the_past 38 (Min/Max 35/56 #31)
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 038 057 000 Old_age Always - 38 (0 6 0 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 027 027 000 Old_age Always - 8552471
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 094 093 000 Old_age Always - 253
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 094 093 000 Old_age Offline - 253
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0

 

[prpr]

5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 036 036 036 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 2622
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 094 093 000 Old_age Always - 253
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 094 093 000 Old_age Offline - 253

There's your answer. Stop the repair process and attempt to backup anything you want to try and preserve immediately. Do not attempt to write to it.
You need a new disk. This one might fail catastrophically at any time.

 

[Penster]

Having restarted the box, I've deleted any scheduled recordings and it seems I have no access to the HDD, so it looks like it's done the catastrophic fail already.
Quite sad, because I had lots recorded that I liked to revisit.

Thank you for your help. How do I obtain a new disk and is it relatively easy to install?

 

[prpr]

Depends what capacity you want and whether you want new or used.
You can get a 500GB New from Ebay for about £20. Used for less.
Amazon do New 1TB and 2TB for about £50 and £57 respectively.
Let me know if you want sample links - the final decision is your however.

Yes, it's easy as long as you can see, can operate a screwdriver, and are reasonably careful.

 

[Black Hole]

"You are not allowed to post external links yet."

...or anything that looks like a link.

How do I obtain a new disk and is it relatively easy to install?

All the information you need is here already. HDR-FOX HDD Replacement

 

[Penster]

All the information you need is here already. HDR-FOX HDD Replacement

I've read through this and would like to know which if the drive specifications are mandatory and which are advised?
I would, if possible, like to use a solid state HDD and I'd like a capacity of 1TB although 500Mb would work as it took me over 10 years to nearly fill up the last drive!
I'm not able to do the drive replacement in the next month or so due to commitments, but would love your feedback/advice so that I can pick this back up when I have the time.

Let me know if you want sample links - the final decision is your however.

Yes, it's easy as long as you can see, can operate a screwdriver, and are reasonably careful.

Thank you both BH and prpr for you time, advice and assistance with this.

 

[prpr]

The original 500GB:
Seagate ST3500312CS Pipeline
or 1TB:
Seagate ST1000VM002 Pipeline
Seagate ST1000VX013 Skyhawk
or 2TB:
Seagate ST2000VM003 Pipeline

The 500GB is probably only on Eb@y or similar these days.
The other Pipelines are getting harder to find anywhere apart from there too as they are older models, although they are available on Ama5on.
Skyhawk are newer but you pay more.

Most people would suggest you don't use an SSD and don't buy a used drive.

 

[Black Hole]

Most people would suggest you don't use an SSD

The SSD I've been thrashing is still running, so I'm not sure that's the case any more. Certainly when the write guarantee is of the order thousands of terabytes, there seems to be little left to criticise... except they are very expensive per byte.

which if the drive specifications are mandatory and which are advised?

If you would like to point out where exactly I have not been explicit (insert quotes)...