Sky+ defrag

thomas01155

If i was to defag my sky+ box would i lose all my recordings?

jocoleman

yes you do loose everything sky told me to record all my saved list to a dvd then fragment
jo

thomas01155

thanks the sky+ box is rubbis its aways crashing and recordings failing.

Redmikee

Do you mean the full system reset option? Our sky plus sometimes crashes or fails to record and by doing the full system reset it seems to fix the problems for a couple of months.
An even better 'reset' can be done as follows:-

Disconnect the digibox from the mains power. Press and hold the 'left' and 'right' navigation buttons on the front of the digibox whilst you reconnect the mains power. Continue holding the buttons in for about 20 seconds, and when the ring of light on the front comes on, press the 'select' button on the front of the digibox (between the left and right buttons you were holding). The Sky+ recording logo lights will spin backwards and, according to the Sky engineer, this will "clear the hard drive".

Once this is done, disconnect the digibox from the mains power again and this time press and hold the 'back up' button whilst you reconnect the mains power. Continue holding it for about 15 seconds until 3 lights on the front of the box come on and you get a full-screen message saying "Updating system software. Do not disconnect mains supply or satellite dish."

Both procedures WILL clear the hard drive.

Mike