VIP211K with external hard drive -must format message

[PKII]

Today when I turned on my receiver. There was a message saying that in order to use the DVR feature that I have to reformat my hard drive. Did they update the software?

I've been using this hard drive for a while and I several shows I still needed to watch. : /

 

[MattG@DISH]

Please send me a PM with your phone number and PIN so I can assist you further

 

[PKII]

I installed a different drive and it worked but I don't want to lose whats on my other drive.

 

[Bobby]

I installed a different drive and it worked but I don't want to lose whats on my other drive.

Did you PM Matt? He will probably be able to assist you.

 

[PKII]

Where is the pm button? I don't see it.

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[navychop]

Just cycle power and it might come back.

 

[navychop]

To PM, click on Matt's image and take it from there.

 

[PKII]

Found it.

 

[PKII]

Its been fixed. Thanks for your help.

 

[Bruno]

So what fixed it? Did the power cycle fix it? It might be helpful to others.

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[PKII]

Not sure what exactly fixed it. Dish send something to my receiver and I rebooted it.

 

[Pepper]

DirecTV has a "re-send authorization signal to my receiver" option on their website. Something DISH should add to theirs.

 

[Bobby]

DirecTV has a "re-send authorization signal to my receiver" option on their website. Something DISH should add to theirs.

There was a time that you could do that for Dish but it isn't there any longer...

 

[PKII]

Well....it did it again. : /

 

[rvvaquero]

Well....it did it again. : /

I would guess that you have a defect in either the hard drive or the usb cable. I haven't heard of anyone else having this issue with a 211K.

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[Foxbat]

It might be the 211k itself, but it's hard to say without opening it up. I was having all sorts of issues with my older 211 receiver that I was able to trace to a puffed electrolytic capacitor by the SmartCard socket. I replaced that and returned the 211 to life. But it's probably the EHD itself, or

There are threads on this site on how to backup the contents of the 411/211/211k/211z/Wally EHD to a new EHD using your favorite Linux distro to access the EHD's file system. Another option is to pull apart your EHD and run SpinRite against the SATA drive in a desktop PC which can recondition the HD and repair any bad sectors. It all depends on your comfort level...

 

[PKII]

I would guess that you have a defect in either the hard drive or the usb cable. I haven't heard of anyone else having this issue with a 211K.

Must be. I rebooted it again and its working. Going to replace after I watch my recordings I haven't watched.

 

[PKII]

It might be the 211k itself, but it's hard to say without opening it up. I was having all sorts of issues with my older 211 receiver that I was able to trace to a puffed electrolytic capacitor by the SmartCard socket. I replaced that and returned the 211 to life. But it's probably the EHD itself, or

There are threads on this site on how to backup the contents of the 411/211/211k/211z/Wally EHD to a new EHD using your favorite Linux distro to access the EHD's file system. Another option is to pull apart your EHD and run SpinRite against the SATA drive in a desktop PC which can recondition the HD and repair any bad sectors. It all depends on your comfort level...

Thanks I was wondering if I could save the recordings.

 

[PKII]

Today I took the hard drive out of the enclosure (WD My Book) and put it in a new HD enclosure. Maybe with a new USB cable and electronics it might help. Fingers crossed.

 

[Foxbat]

Today I took the hard drive out of the enclosure (WD My Book) and put it in a new HD enclosure. Maybe with a new USB cable and electronics it might help. Fingers crossed.

Hoping for the best! You should know soon enough.

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