Posted by Brian on 11/17/05 15:09

Micro Henry <uH@MyServer.Loc> wrote:

>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
>
>
The same thing happened to me on my Pioneer DVD recorder.
In my case I'm certain that the batteries in the remote control went
flat so nothing worked when I was in the middle of editing a video. I
knew that their was not much life left in the remote control batteries
as I somtimes had to press a control button more than once before it
would work..
I made the mistake of pulling uot the power plug as this caused hard
drive problems just like it did in your case.
I was lucky to have a lot of blank DVD-RW discs and used the one touch
copy button to copy all the programs from the hard drive before
initializing the hard drive again. It took only a few seconds to
initialize the hard drive on the DVD recorder so I don't think the
hard drive is re-formatted. I was pleased that the DVD recorder
allowed me to copy my programs off the hard drive.

Regards Brian

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