How to recover files from old hard disk

vk5kdc · Post by **vk5kdc** » Tue May 19, 2020 10:42

My T3 died and so I have ordered a new V2, how can I extract some files from the old drive, can I simply fit the old drive into a usb case and plug it in to the new V2.
Thanks, Don.

prl · Post by **prl** » Tue May 19, 2020 10:49

vk5kdc wrote: ↑
Tue May 19, 2020 10:42
can I simply fit the old drive into a usb case and plug it in to the new V2.

Yes. But don't use any settings backups from the T3 on the V2, especially not if you use IceTV.

vk5kdc · Post by **vk5kdc** » Thu May 21, 2020 14:31

Thanks for the info, I will not use any settings just recover some videos that I would like to keep.

prl · Post by **prl** » Thu May 21, 2020 15:36

vk5kdc wrote: ↑
Thu May 21, 2020 14:31
Thanks for the info, I will not use any settings just recover some videos that I would like to keep.

A recording is made up of up to 6 files: you need to copy them all for the recording to have all its metadata information (.g. name, description, running time, etc) and tables used to implement FF/REW and skipping.

The easiest way to make sure that all the needed files are copied is to use the copy function (long-GREEN by default) in the media selection screen (MEDIA from live TV). If you have a number of shows to copy, you can use multiple-select to select more than one file for a copy.

(Sub)directories can also be copied by a single copy operation.

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Thu May 21, 2020 15:44

vk5kdc wrote: ↑
Thu May 21, 2020 14:31
Thanks for the info, I will not use any settings just recover some videos that I would like to keep.

The drive from the T3 will already be in a suitable format to use on the V2 as its main recording drive if you wish, that way there's no need to copy those movies off the drive.