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Last reply Mar 10, 2016 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Yet ANOTHER Hard Drive Failure! SICK OF IT!!!!

I am THIS close to dumping Dish Network.

I had a hard drive fail about a month ago. Lost EVERYTHING I had saved - It was a ton of stuff!

I told them then how disappointed I was and that I wanted a brand new Hopper w/Sling. - So sure, then send me another refurbished one. So here I am about a month with the refurb and once again the damn thing has a hard drive failure. I lose EVERYTHING once again..... I am spitting nails.

How can a company continue to send out these refurbished POS and get away with it?

My call with them was simple. I want tech sent out and he better have a BRAND NEW one. If he brings a refurbished POS receiver, he can pack all this sh*t up and take it all with him because I am done!

(there, I feel better)

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gadgtfreek

Mar 9, 2016

Um, you can use a RAID 1 setup with Dish...

cummingsje

Mar 9, 2016

gadgtfreek said:
Um, you can use a RAID 1 setup with Dish...

Elaborate?

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gadgtfreek

Mar 9, 2016

cummingsje said:
Elaborate?

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You set a RAID device up as a mirror and connect it to a Hopper. Keep all your shows on the EHD and watch them from there. Hopper sees it as one drive and if one fails you have a backup.

cummingsje

Mar 9, 2016

gadgtfreek said:
You set a RAID device up as a mirror and connect it to a Hopper. Keep all your shows on the EHD and watch them from there. Hopper sees it as one drive and if one fails you have a backup.

So you are using the EHD as 1 drive and the internal hopper drive as the other in a Raid 1 setup?

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osu1991

Mar 9, 2016

cummingsje said:
So you are using the EHD as 1 drive and the internal hopper drive as the other in a Raid 1 setup?

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no check the thread linked above. there are 2 drives in the external enclosure in a RAID 1 setup. copy the files from the internal and keep everything on the external RAID 1 setup

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cummingsje

Mar 9, 2016

osu1991 said:
no check the thread linked above. there are 2 drives in the external enclosure in a RAID 1 setup. copy the files from the internal and keep everything on the external RAID 1 setup

Interesting stuff. I may try it!

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darrengs

Mar 9, 2016

gadgtfreek said:
Um, you can use a RAID 1 setup with Dish...

I didn't say you couldn't use a RAID1 set up with Dish. I stated it would be nice if there was an option to make it work like DirecTV where a RAID EHD would replace the internal drive and totally shield me from losing data due to a hard drive failure. Without any other manual intervention by the user.

osu1991 said:
no check the thread linked above. there are 2 drives in the external enclosure in a RAID 1 setup. copy the files from the internal and keep everything on the external RAID 1 setup

Although this solution may work it is far from ideal. First you need to manually copy everything you record including all primetime anytime (if I want to ensure I do not lose anything). Then once this is done I can no longer watch anything I have recorded via Sling, or for that matter I can no longer move it to mobile device without copying back.

gadgtfreek said:
You set a RAID device up as a mirror and connect it to a Hopper. Keep all your shows on the EHD and watch them from there. Hopper sees it as one drive and if one fails you have a backup.

Actually you are missing the step where you must manually move every recording over to the EHD and then no longer can use Dish Anywhere to watch any of your recordings, this may work for you but I find it kludgy and not feasible.

gadgtfreek

Mar 9, 2016

Your point about how Directv works and it's level of protection to you is a niggle, but it's your niggle.

I personally find the ability to move back and forth a convenience in some situations. If your Directv DVR fails I thought that drive was linked to the current DVR, so installing it on a new HDDVR causes a format? I like the internal being separate, it means you can add or remove a EHD at any given time where with Directv there is no easy to to add the EHD if you have a lot of recordings on the drive, unless you watch them all first. Same thing goes with a DVR upgrade like with my Hopper. I made sure all of them were on the EHD, swapped DVR's, and then plugged it in and went about my business.

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darrengs

Mar 9, 2016

gadgtfreek said:
Your point about how Directv works and it's level of protection to you is a niggle, but it's your niggle.

I personally find the ability to move back and forth a convenience in some situations. If your Directv DVR fails I thought that drive was linked to the current DVR, so installing it on a new HDDVR causes a format? I like the internal being separate, it means you can add or remove a EHD at any given time where with Directv there is no easy to to add the EHD if you have a lot of recordings on the drive, unless you watch them all first. Same thing goes with a DVR upgrade like with my Hopper. I made sure all of them were on the EHD, swapped DVR's, and then plugged it in and went about my business.

I agree 100%, I was just stating that it could be a nice option. BTW, I have Dish and 2 Hoppers not Directv

gadgtfreek

Mar 10, 2016

Ah, gotcha.

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Monday at 12:22 PM

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SpaceX has held talks with Boost's parent company EchoStar in recent months about launching its own signature wireless service through a deal with the company, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.
Musk, the SpaceX CEO, has discussed the deal personally, meeting with EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen last month, according to the people. The potential deal may result in SpaceX acquiring Boost Mobile or SpaceX gaining access to its network, which it leases from AT&T and T-Mobile US, the people said.
Access to those lease agreements would be a coup for SpaceX. The back door would allow Musk to make a play for a U.S. wireless market that equity research firm MoffettNathanson estimates is worth $235 billion. But the proposed service may need consent from those carriers for the service to actually launch, the people said.

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Monday at 1:25 PM

nelson61 said:
Washington Post

SpaceX has held talks with Boost's parent company EchoStar in recent months about launching its own signature wireless service through a deal with the company, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.
Musk, the SpaceX CEO, has discussed the deal personally, meeting with EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen last month, according to the people. The potential deal may result in SpaceX acquiring Boost Mobile or SpaceX gaining access to its network, which it leases from AT&T and T-Mobile US, the people said.
Access to those lease agreements would be a coup for SpaceX. The back door would allow Musk to make a play for a U.S. wireless market that equity research firm MoffettNathanson estimates is worth $235 billion. But the proposed service may need consent from those carriers for the service to actually launch, the people said.

Can't remember where or who I saw predict this.

It wouldn't surprise me to see Elon soon own all of DISH / Echostar in the future.

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Bruce

Tuesday at 10:17 AM

Scott Greczkowski said:
It wouldn't surprise me to see Elon soon own all of DISH / Echostar in the future.

Again, why would Musk want a TV Service, specially one that is losing over a million subscribers a year.

Phone service…maybe, but not TV.

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Scott Greczkowski

Tuesday at 10:22 AM

Bruce said:
Again, why would Musk want a TV Service, specially one that is losing over a million subscribers a year.

Phone service…maybe, but not TV.

I know he wants TV. He wants to deliver EVERYTHING to EVERYWHERE.

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Bruce

Tuesday at 11:30 AM

Scott Greczkowski said:
I know he wants TV. He wants to deliver EVERYTHING to EVERYWHERE.

Again, if so, why would he want Dish/Sling of all the providers?

He could deliver anything without actually owning, for example, watching the Lions game in my Tesla Y on it's screen via the YT app, while on the way to my future in-laws on Sunday.

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Bruce

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nelson61 said:
Washington Post

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If Musk really wants to buy Boost, he might get a great price once Dish Wireless is out of Chapter 11.

Boost just lost 182,000 subs in the 3rd quarter-

https://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/echostar-loses-182k-wireless-customers-q3

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Is Dish like Iran in one way...they both will totally collapse by end of week

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Foxbat

Yesterday at 12:16 PM

Other than the price, my experience with Boost is not that different than what I experienced with my years with Cricket. I will be curious to see what happens if SpaceX takes the reins.

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slow_poke_pete

39 minutes ago

Bruce said:
Again, if so, why would he want Dish/Sling of all the providers?

He could deliver anything without actually owning, for example, watching the Lions game in my Tesla Y on it's screen via the YT app, while on the way to my future in-laws on Sunday.

dish has new sats dtv does not

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Sorry for posting the wrong link. Just corrected it.

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I loved it when Rodney was on the Tonight Show...

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Sorry for posting the wrong link. Just corrected it.

Thanks, I wasn't sure if you had the wrong Subject or the wrong YouTube link.

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Was a Don Rickles fan. I've dvr'd most of his appearances on Carson from the antenna tv replays.

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dfergie said:
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Wait, didn't this one come out a few years ago? It was all in Japanese. It was also VERY good!

OK, looked it up, that was Godzilla Minus One

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primestar31 said:
Wait, didn't this one come out a few years ago? It was all in Japanese. It was also VERY good!

OK, looked it up, that was Godzilla Minus One

At theaters, only in Japanese, on Disc and Netflix, available in English.

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Looks good! I'm interested...

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