topic Re: Broken hard drive in Sky+

Broken hard drive

Stacey291089 — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 17:49:51 GMT

Hi I have done the reset and full system reset and the hard drive is still saying its broke its telling me to contact sky or upgrade for a sky q box

Re: Broken hard drive

caesarome — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 17:54:31 GMT

As we are customers here if you want to upgrade to Sky Q you will need to call Sky.

150 is the free number to use from a Sky Mobile or Sky Talk phone otherwise under "Need more help ?" link at the bottom of the page on this link is the number to call Sky on:

https://www.sky.com/help/home

Re: Broken hard drive

Annie+UK — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 17:55:21 GMT

Please Note: Sky+ is now a legacy service that Sky are winding down

Unless you already have Sky Protect Insurance, you'll need to find a second hand box if you don't want sky Q

Re: Broken hard drive

trickyoneup — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 12:00:08 GMT

You can easily replace a broken hard drive with a SSD. I did this 3 years ago, still going strong.

Re: Broken hard drive

Annie+UK — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 12:10:58 GMT

@trickyoneup wrote:

You can easily replace a broken hard drive with a SSD. I did this 3 years ago, still going strong.

Cheaper and easier (Plug'n'play) to get a second hand box

Re: Broken hard drive

HeathHayle — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 13:34:43 GMT

@trickyoneup wrote:
You can easily replace a broken hard drive with a SSD. I did this 3 years ago, still going strong.

SSD in a hard drive recorder interesting may I ask you does it make fastforwarding and rewinding any faster and because SSD has limited read/write doesnt using one in a hard drive recorder mean it wont last very long because its constantly read/writing

Re: Broken hard drive

Mark39 — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 13:46:12 GMT

@Annie+UK wrote:

@trickyoneup wrote:

You can easily replace a broken hard drive with a SSD. I did this 3 years ago, still going strong.

Cheaper and easier (Plug'n'play) to get a second hand box

Definitely. From the reports I've seen, Sky+HD boxes aren't that easy to get into.

Re: Broken hard drive

HeathHayle — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:17:20 GMT

@Mark39 wrote:
@Annie+UK wrote:
@trickyoneup wrote:
You can easily replace a broken hard drive with a SSD. I did this 3 years ago, still going strong.
Cheaper and easier (Plug'n'play) to get a second hand box
Definitely. From the reports I've seen, Sky+HD boxes aren't that easy to get into.

no their not thats another reason I use SD boxes but it is doable you just need to take your time and do it when you not rushed

Re: Broken hard drive

Annie+UK — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:21:25 GMT

SD boxes are obsolete tech as Sky and other channels are moving to the DVB-S2 protocol that your boxes cannot process

Re: Broken hard drive

trickyoneup — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:11:46 GMT

I decided to fit a SSD because this was my 2nd sky+ box hard drive failure in the space of 12 months. The 2nd box was bought on ebay so that drive could have been on its way out before I got it.

The fast forward / reverse is the same as using a hard drive.

Yep I know there is a limited amount of times you can write to each segment on the SSD.

Most SSD,s fail on not being able to write to them, anything already saved to them is usually still readable. Which would allow you to copy onto a new SSD all your recordings.

Re: Broken hard drive

Annie+UK — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:22:15 GMT

@trickyoneup wrote:

I decided to fit a SSD because this was my 2nd sky+ box hard drive failure in the space of 12 months. The 2nd box was bought on ebay so that drive could have been on its way out before I got it.

The fast forward / reverse is the same as using a hard drive.

Yep I know there is a limited amount of times you can write to each segment on the SSD.

Most SSD,s fail on not being able to write to them, anything already saved to them is usually still readable. Which would allow you to copy onto a new SSD all your recordings.

That sounds easy but the filesystem of a sky box is not that straight forward for copying as encryption is used, in the past you had to use special software (not sure if that is available any more)

Re: Broken hard drive

HeathHayle — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:56:47 GMT

@trickyoneup wrote:
I decided to fit a SSD because this was my 2nd sky+ box hard drive failure in the space of 12 months. The 2nd box was bought on ebay so that drive could have been on its way out before I got it.
The fast forward / reverse is the same as using a hard drive.
Yep I know there is a limited amount of times you can write to each segment on the SSD.
Most SSD,s fail on not being able to write to them, anything already saved to them is usually still readable. Which would allow you to copy onto a new SSD all your recordings.

interesting thanks for the info if the rewind and fastforward are the same I still stick to HDD

Re: Broken hard drive

HeathHayle — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:58:03 GMT

@Annie+UK wrote:
SD boxes are obsolete tech as Sky and other channels are moving to the DVB-S2 protocol that your boxes cannot process

mine are still working for what I need them for

Re: Broken hard drive

HeathHayle — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:59:19 GMT

please delete

Re: Broken hard drive

HeathHayle — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:38:55 GMT

@Annie+UK wrote:
@trickyoneup wrote:
I decided to fit a SSD because this was my 2nd sky+ box hard drive failure in the space of 12 months. The 2nd box was bought on ebay so that drive could have been on its way out before I got it.
The fast forward / reverse is the same as using a hard drive.
Yep I know there is a limited amount of times you can write to each segment on the SSD.
Most SSD,s fail on not being able to write to them, anything already saved to them is usually still readable. Which would allow you to copy onto a new SSD all your recordings.
That sounds easy but the filesystem of a sky box is not that straight forward for copying as encryption is used, in the past you had to use special software (not sure if that is available any more)

please delete

Re: Broken hard drive

Mark39 — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:43:12 GMT

@HeathHayle wrote:

@Annie+UK wrote:

@trickyoneup wrote:

I decided to fit a SSD because this was my 2nd sky+ box hard drive failure in the space of 12 months. The 2nd box was bought on ebay so that drive could have been on its way out before I got it.

The fast forward / reverse is the same as using a hard drive.

Yep I know there is a limited amount of times you can write to each segment on the SSD.

Most SSD,s fail on not being able to write to them, anything already saved to them is usually still readable. Which would allow you to copy onto a new SSD all your recordings.

That sounds easy but the filesystem of a sky box is not that straight forward for copying as encryption is used, in the past you had to use special software (not sure if that is available any more)

please delete

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Re: Broken hard drive

TimmyBGood — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 09:24:10 GMT

@HeathHayle wrote:

@Annie+UK wrote:

SD boxes are obsolete tech as Sky and other channels are moving to the DVB-S2 protocol that your boxes cannot process

mine are still working for what I need them for

The change hasn't happened yet for Sky-branded channels: it's due later this month.

Re: Broken hard drive

rscott — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 10:06:50 GMT

@HeathHayle wrote:

@trickyoneup wrote:

You can easily replace a broken hard drive with a SSD. I did this 3 years ago, still going strong.

SSD in a hard drive recorder interesting may I ask you does it make fastforwarding and rewinding any faster and because SSD has limited read/write doesnt using one in a hard drive recorder mean it wont last very long because its constantly read/writing

Why would it make fastforwarding/rewinding any faster? The speed of those is controlled by the Sky firmware, not the hard-drive.

Re: Broken hard drive

HeathHayle — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 10:24:43 GMT

@rscott wrote:
@HeathHayle wrote:
@trickyoneup wrote:
You can easily replace a broken hard drive with a SSD. I did this 3 years ago, still going strong.
SSD in a hard drive recorder interesting may I ask you does it make fastforwarding and rewinding any faster and because SSD has limited read/write doesnt using one in a hard drive recorder mean it wont last very long because its constantly read/writing
Why would it make fastforwarding/rewinding any faster? The speed of those is controlled by the Sky firmware, not the hard-drive.

interesting I didnt know that I just thought it was like a computer when you copy files or access files on a SSD it works quicker so I thought that the X times is shows on a sky box that it rewinds or fastforwards would say the same but it would actually do it quicker