Hopper Harddrive failure/ looking for DiRT

[stimpson]

turned on this morning and message on screen said hard drive failure and was reformatting all timers would be saved during ( upgrade ) I don't think formatting is a upgrade but all data was gone and box is like new .it seems to be working but it must be on hospice now . what make and type of hard drive is in the hopper ?

Yep. Mine did the same thing. It said timers would be saved. That was BS. All my content, to include the timers, was lost.

 

[Bobby]

The timers are saved on the remote. You simply restore after getting set up the new way...

 

[KAB]

The timers are saved on the remote. You simply restore after getting set up the new way...

Yep.

 

[stimpson]

The timers are saved on the remote. You simply restore after getting set up the new way...

I use a Harmony. I used to get the Dish remote out a couple times a month and back them up, but got lazy through the holidays. Anyway, I thought the message meant they were also stored on the Hopper, separate from the HDD content. Oh well. Still seems like a lot of failures happening around the same time.

 

[Bobby]

The Hopper saves your timers to the remote, automatically, a few times a week. You don't need to do a thing....

 

[ewindowman]

My Hopper is still hanging on for now I am going to order a new hard drive but I just tried the remote for the timers and nothing .system says it was backed up last night maybe after the hard drive crashed . It does seem strange that the drives are crashing around two years old . I have many old receivers and computers and extra drives way older than this . My problem is what do I tell little joey after the hopper finally dies he is only a year old .I guess I can say the Mouse almost did him in but I think the FOX got him!

 

[stimpson]

The Hopper saves your timers to the remote, automatically, a few times a week. You don't need to do a thing....

I did not know that. I keep the Dish remote a few feet away from the HWS in one of the bottom cabinets of my entertainment center. Maybe I'll get lucky and the timers are on there. I'll check when I get home. Thanks for the info!!

 

[UselessS]

The Hopper saves your timers to the remote, automatically, a few times a week. You don't need to do a thing....

...you do need to check the batteries on occasion

 

[Grandude]

...you do need to check the batteries on occasion

The Hopper will warn you when batteries are low, too.

 

[UselessS]

The Hopper will warn you when batteries are low, too.

But if your home is like mine, the wife, kids, grandkids will ignore...remote is hidden away...they use the Harmony One.