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Meggieprice

Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 06:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey! Here I am needing you again- my Replay TV keeps freezing and I e-mailed their cutomer support-they recommend a Hard Boot but I want to know if I will lose my already recorded programs- and of course I know you would know.

How the heck are you?

I have been trying to keep my board time down and my work time up-lol- but I have no doubt the Draheid Fan club is still going strong.

Draheid

Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 06:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually, Meggieprice, I'm not that familiar with ReplayTV units. I did find a site with an explanation but it doesn't specifically address your question. Here is the article:
Category: General - Last Updated: 06/18/2003
Subject: How do I reboot my machine? What's a 'soft' and 'hard' reboot?
There are two basic ways to reboot your ReplayTV, often referred to as 'soft' and 'hard' reboots. They're pretty simple:

A 'soft' reboot is performed by holding down the power button on the front of the unit for 5-10 seconds. You will hear the fan of the unit stop, and see the lights blink, indicating that it has restarted. This will work about 95% of the time to reboot the Replay and fix most of the problems that a reboot can solve.

If that doens't work, a 'hard' reboot simply refers to unplugging the unit from the power source for 30 seconds. This will allow the unit to completely power down and start up completely fresh. It will sometimes fix problems that are not solved by a 'soft' reboot, and will work nicely when a 'soft' reboot doesn't work at all.

Owners of 4000/4500 units will need to use hard reboots more often than owners of the 5000 units. Apparently the reset circuit on the 4000 units doesn't reset as much of the logic board as on the 5000. A soft reboot on the 5000 will almost always fix you up as it completely resets the chip set.


I found this article here

My interpretation is that you will keep all of your recorded programs just fine. All it is doing is reloading the operating system and software. Much like rebooting the computer, everything is still on the hard drive.

I'm doing ok, thanks. Still searching for that 'right' calling in life, but otherwise doing fine. Very glad to see you back on the boards again. I've often wondered how you were doing. Glad things are going well for you.

I am anxious to hear how well that 11MP camera you got last year is holding up for you. How has it been for business? Did you find a viable solution for the huge files it creates??.

How is the family doing? Are you going to be visiting us in chat soon?? What else is going on???

Gee, lots of questions, huh? lol Anyway, I'm glad to see you back and hope to see you in chat soon too.

Hope this helps.

Meggieprice

Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 07:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We are hard booting right now- I hate to think we might have to be serviced- as you know these units are so wonderful you immediately depend on them and I will die if we are without it for any of BB!

I had a long message typed here for you but it is probably more appropriate to put it in your folder- I'll do that!