DStv Xplora 3A Hard Drive Corruption

[Cowboy]

I have reformatted the hard drive in this decoder about half a dozen times now. It works for a little while and then it gives the disk full error, in spite of their being no recordings on the drive. I suspect that the entire system is corrupted.

Can this be sorted out or is it better to just get a new decoder?

 

[mygoggie]

The unit is Linux based so you can pull the HDD stick it into a Linux machine, run the testdisk program and do a low level repair. However it sounds like the HDD is FUBAR.

Here is another option.

 

[Cowboy]

Thanks Herman. I don't have a Linux machine at the moment, but I might be able to create a virtual one on an old Mac I have. Not sure I have the right screwdrivers to open the decoder and pull out the drive though.

 

[mygoggie]

Well, any man is always looking for an excuse to buy some more tools!

I just run a RPi or preferably you can run TestDisk in Homebrew on your Mac. That is what I normally do.