Posted by Robert Nichols on 11/04/05 14:57

In article <NWuaf.92434$Vm6.21607@fe06.news.easynews.com>,
eroy <luliyt005@exmail.com> wrote:
:
:"Robert Nichols" <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> wrote in
:message news:djqosq$nsf$1@omega-3a.right.here...
:> In article <GBS7f.18956$aX.15549@fe09.news.easynews.com>,
:> eroy <luliyt005@exmail.com> wrote:
:> :My Panasonic DMR-E100H set-top recorder is going through the endless
:> error
:> :loop whenever I power on [SELF-CHECK > Error has occured > press enter >
:> :change the disc > ejects > BYE...]. Doing a google search i found this
:> was a
:> :common problem with some of these Panasonic units, and is likely caused
:> by
:> :excessive editing and maxing out the space. I'm wondering if there's any
:> way
:> :to retrieve/salvage what's on the 180 maxtor HD, is there a way to boot
:> into
:> :a service mode where i can reset or maybe format?
:>
:> There's no way that I know of to recover what's currently on the drive,
:> but there is a way to coax the E100 into reformatting the drive. You'll
:> need another disk drive, but only temporarily. Install the replacement
:> drive and power up the E100. It will tell you that the drive needs to
:> be formatted. DON'T DO IT. Just turn the unit off and re-install the
:> original drive. When you power up the E100 again it will see that the
:> drive has been changed and tell you it needs to be formatted.
:>
:
:Bob, I installed a brand new drive (same size) in the unit and it just gave
:me the exact same errors with no option to format. I tried different jumper
:settings, but nothing worked. It won't even format the new drive! what to
:do now...? :-(

Ouch! Sounds like it's not a problem with the drive, and the E100 will
have to be repaired or replaced. That's the bad news. The good news is
that the HD formatting is probably intact and the data on the drive can
be rescued if you can get ahold of a functional E100 to read it. You'll
need to save a complete image of the current drive (I have no idea how,
or even if, you can do that under MS-Windows.) and restore it to the
good E100's drive. Since the E100 will see the same drive reinstalled,
albeit with new data, I believe it will not insist on formatting the
drive.

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Bob Nichols AT comcast.net I am "RNichols42"

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