Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 11/16/05 03:56

On 11/15/2005, Micro Henry managed to type:
> I went to delete a program and the system hung. Nothing worked. All keys
> were dead. Unplugged the unit to turn it off. When I plugged it back in,
> the unit powered up with an HDD ERR in the display.
>
> The TV screen had the following message:
> The Hard Disk Drive info is incorrect.
> Use the Disk Setup Menu to reinitialize.
>
> Does this mean I have to reformat to resume functionality?
> What is the Disk Setup Menu?
>
> Currently all the files are intact and can be played. But it won't let me
> copy them to a DVD disk, or record any new programs.
>
> I can't affor to lose all these files. Is there any way to recover without
> reformatting the drive.
>
> What should I do?
>
>
> uH

Emergency recovery: play them via analog (composite or S-Video and
audio) to the inputs of a VCR or a DVD recorder and record them on that
unit.

Better than nothing, perhaps.

Good luck,
Gino

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