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    Bluesman

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    [quote]The other day, once again, my hdr 1100s refused to turn on. After unplugging, etc, I finally got it to respond by pressing the button on the front of the unit.

    Up comes a page showing ‘recovery mode is entered due to serious problems’ it then tries, or appears to try and reboot itself. It gets to 50% stops and goes back to zero and starts again. After numerous attempts it finally gives up and shows ‘recovery failed due to unknown error’.

    I spoke to Humax who were of no help whatsoever. Does anybody have an idea what’s wrong?

    | Sat 29 Dec 2018 13:08:12 #1 |
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    A long shot is the hard drive is done. To verify that you would need to open the box, remove the HDD and try booting it.

    | Sat 29 Dec 2018 14:51:19 #2 |
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    Pollensa1946 - 2 hours ago  » 
    A long shot is the hard drive is done. To verify that you would need to open the box, remove the HDD and try booting it.

    Slight ambiguity in my post. I meant try booting the box with the HDD removed. If it boots up OK then the HDD is the probable culprit.

    | Sat 29 Dec 2018 17:46:41 #3 |
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    Problem at the moment is I can’t get into the box to try anything. It refuses to respond to any attempts to get beyond the page it’s showing.

    I will try removing the hard drive, although I’ll have to take it somewhere as I wouldn’t know how to do that.

    | Sun 30 Dec 2018 14:02:44 #4 |
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    I replaced the HDD in my 1000S, very simple. I'm not familiar with the 1100S, but I'm sure there are others on here that can guide you.

    | Sun 30 Dec 2018 14:42:46 #5 |
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    To know if it is the HDD you only have to disconnect the power and SATA connectors. I think you need two flat screwdrivers to spring the case connectors at each side of the unit.

    You posted in the wrong forum BTW - This one is for the HB units.

    Can a mod move please?

    | Sun 30 Dec 2018 15:07:27 #6 |

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