Hi, after reading up hot to on here, i have managed to format an external hard drive in ext 3 format. Can move recordings over to it no problem but when I try and delete one the following message comes up "cannot delete file due to file restrictions"
Any help gratefully received
Phil.
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External HDD problems deleting
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| Fri 15 Mar 2013 22:29:23 #1 |
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Phil
Are you trying to deleate the file on the external HDD or the original on the humax?| Tue 30 Apr 2013 21:22:29 #2 | -
I too have this issue. My drive has been filled full due to wife's series recordings and lack of deletion of same. My Fox T2 (yes I know) says disc full, and will not let me delete any files. I thought I could take the drive out and connect up to a PC running Ubuntu, then selectively delete some of files, until the Humax allows the drive to function normally.
Anyway is this possible, do you know ?
Is how ??
Thanks in advance!| Tue 23 Jan 2024 23:41:52 #3 | -
VTROldBoy - 10 hours ago »
My Fox T2 (yes I know) says disc full, and will not let me delete any files. I thought I could take the drive out and connect up to a PC running Ubuntu, then selectively delete some of files, until the Humax allows the drive to function normally.
Anyway is this possible, do you know ?
Is how ??The fact that the HDR-FOX T2 won't allow you to delete files suggests to me that the file system has become corrupt and is now read only. There are two ways to correct this:
1. There is custom firmware for the HDR-FOX T2 which sits alongside the standard Humax software and adds features. One of these is a utility to correct file system problems called fix-disk. The custom firmware can be obtained by going to https://wiki.hummy.tv/wiki/Main_Page and doing some reading. The items on "Installing the custom firmware" and the item on "Maintenance mode disk check (fix-disk)" are particularly relevant.
2. The other way is essentially what you were suggesting, remove the hard drive from the HDR_FOX T2, connect it to the Ubuntu computer with a SATA to USB adapter (NB it needs to be the type of adapter that comes with a 12V power supply for the hard drive, cheap ones will only have a 5V supply) and then run fsck; see https://www.tecmint.com/fsck-repair-file-system-errors-in-linux/
One other thought, the recordings on the hard drive will be owned by user "root" so you will need to use the su command to become the root user.
| Wed 24 Jan 2024 10:45:31 #4 |
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