Is my HR10-250 failing?

Since the hard drive diagnostics didn't show anything wrong, my next step would be the clear settings option (not the extreme clear & delete everything option). Failing that, then try the clear everything option. Failing that, replace the hard drive.

 

Check whether your cable company has added any new channels that your box can't receive.

I had similar problems until I went into the Channel List and un-selected all of the on demand channels.

 

This doesn't answer the freeze up question. My sd tivo dvr is doing the same thing. I have switched all vital recording to another tivo and I am trying to watch my archived programs before the machine quits for good.
I don't seem to have a problem during live viewing but anything on the To Do List freezes and stutters during playback. My HD DVR TiVO is working fine.

 

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The OP has an HR10, therefore, no cable company is involved.

 

I know it is an extreme answer for some, depending on how much you have in now showing, but Clear and Delete Everything was a cure all for similar problems for me.

IF you have a lot of recorded show, I would suggest first trying Clear and delete program data and to do list. This has worked for quite a few people and you will not lose your recorded shows, but you will have to renter your season passes.

 

Had a similar problem, did the clear and delete everything and it is now stuck there. Been about 36 hours now. Is there any hope?
Thinking not, I went out and bought a HR20-700 Saturday. Not a TiVo but not as bad as I thought either.

 

One thing to keep in mind before doing a clear and delete, is from a diagnostic standpoint, you can accomplish the same thing by imaging to a spare drive and testing with that drive. If that solves the problem, that indicates the cause to be software and/or hard drive issues. Recent instantcake versions will install on drives smaller than the original 250gb, so the test drive doesn't have to be huge, it just needs to be verified to be functional.


I believe, typically, a hung C&DE indicates a failing/failed disk.

 

As long as it doesn't get into a reboot loop, there is hope indeed. If you get the reboot loop, that's not good, but there are kick-start codes that can help (on wiki).

I recommend watching or dubbing off whatever you can before doing a C&D, as it may be the last chance for those recordings.

 

Not really concerned about saving programs, would just like the unit to work again. I did have the reboot loop, before doing the clear and delete.

 

my hr10-250 is doing the same thing. it started about two weeks ago and is really a pain. it was on 6.3c when it started and has now moved to 6.3d and is still at it. I don't want to do a clear all b/c I'm afraid it will lock up in the middle. It frequently reboots during recordings especially on Tues nights .

 

I had the same problem with reboots, mostly when on an off-air HD channel. I tried the clear and delete but it appeared to have gotten locked up during that process. I left it doing that for almost a 24 hour period without any noticeable progress. As a last chance effort before buying a replacement drive I put it in my PC and let Spinrite have a look at it at level 2. Spinrite found a few problem sectors and took about 2 hours to complete, this is the original 250GB drive BTW. I put the drive back in the Tivo and it has been running fine ever since. No reboots, glitches or anything. I would say if you are still having problems find a techie friend with a copy of Spinrite or buy a copy from GRC.com it is a great utility to have anyway.

Curt

 

I just replaced the drives on my HDVR2 for the same failure, except that it started freezing during playback and stopped responding to any commands within minutes. WeaKnees replaced the drives, but attempts to transfer the content failed. Your problem sounds less extreme, but the drives are starting to go bad.

Watch or record what you need to and replace the drive(s) before they crash. A stop gap, if you can isolate a bad recording (one that stopped and rebooted), save that recording and you MAY avoid the bad drive area being recorded on again.

If problems keeps occurring and/or the frequency of the problems increase, then your drive(s) are going down for the count and it's time to replace them.