sky + and available hard drive space ?

Does anyone know an easy way of clearing the hard drive to get back to 100%
to use over the last 6 months since I have had it the greyed out bit
unaivalable for recording has grown till it is now at 12%. With everything
deleted it still says I only have 88% to use. Is this common with all? and
if not how do you get the 100% back.

thanks in advance for any help and advice.

"zaphod" wrote in message
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Does anyone know an easy way of clearing the hard drive to get back to
100% to use over the last 6 months since I have had it the greyed out bit
unaivalable for recording has grown till it is now at 12%. With
everything deleted it still says I only have 88% to use. Is this common
with all? and if not how do you get the 100% back.

thanks in advance for any help and advice.

Did you try the rebuild freespace option? Or failing that a full rebuild
(nukes what is there)?
services 4 0 1 select (IIRC) then choose the appropriate option.

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"zaphod" wrote in message
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Does anyone know an easy way of clearing the hard drive to get back to
100% to use over the last 6 months since I have had it the greyed out bit
unaivalable for recording has grown till it is now at 12%. With
everything deleted it still says I only have 88% to use. Is this common
with all? and if not how do you get the 100% back.

thanks in advance for any help and advice.

Did you try the rebuild freespace option? Or failing that a full rebuild
(nukes what is there)?
services 4 0 1 select (IIRC) then choose the appropriate option.

--
Tumbleweed

email replies not necessary but to contact use;
tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com

no havent tried that because to be honest I dont know what that is (sorry)
have pressed the services button then 4 but get no 0 option only goes up to
5 i think.

Any further help much appreciated

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:33:41 -0000, "zaphod" wrote:


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"zaphod" wrote in message
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Does anyone know an easy way of clearing the hard drive to get back to
100% to use over the last 6 months since I have had it the greyed out bit
unaivalable for recording has grown till it is now at 12%. With
everything deleted it still says I only have 88% to use. Is this common
with all? and if not how do you get the 100% back.

thanks in advance for any help and advice.

Did you try the rebuild freespace option? Or failing that a full rebuild
(nukes what is there)?
services 4 0 1 select (IIRC) then choose the appropriate option.

--
Tumbleweed

email replies not necessary but to contact use;
tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com

no havent tried that because to be honest I dont know what that is (sorry)
have pressed the services button then 4 but get no 0 option only goes up to
5 i think.

Any further help much appreciated

There is no 0 menu option. You just press the 0 button when at the 1-5 menu.

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Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

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"zaphod" wrote in message
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Does anyone know an easy way of clearing the hard drive to get back to
100% to use over the last 6 months since I have had it the greyed out
bit unaivalable for recording has grown till it is now at 12%. With
everything deleted it still says I only have 88% to use. Is this common
with all? and if not how do you get the 100% back.

thanks in advance for any help and advice.

Did you try the rebuild freespace option? Or failing that a full rebuild
(nukes what is there)?
services 4 0 1 select (IIRC) then choose the appropriate option.

--
Tumbleweed

email replies not necessary but to contact use;
tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com

no havent tried that because to be honest I dont know what that is (sorry)
have pressed the services button then 4 but get no 0 option only goes up
to 5 i think.

Any further help much appreciated

Just do exactly what I said.
go to services (at the top)
then press 4 then press 0 then press 1 then press select.

Its the last two options on that page that comes up,
6)planner rebuild (rebuilds freespace, should keep existing recordings)
7)full system reset (this will erase your existing recordings)

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Just do exactly what I said.
go to services (at the top)
then press 4 then press 0 then press 1 then press select.

Its the last two options on that page that comes up,
6)planner rebuild (rebuilds freespace, should keep existing recordings)
7)full system reset (this will erase your existing recordings)

The first bit is worth paying attention to - there's no 0 option displayed
(it's a hidden menu), then hit the 1, then remember the SELECT.

As to the menu you get, it's 7 for planner rebuild, and 8 for full system
reset (well at least it is on mine).

"Su Do Nim" @ wrote in message
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"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
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Just do exactly what I said.
go to services (at the top)
then press 4 then press 0 then press 1 then press select.

Its the last two options on that page that comes up,
6)planner rebuild (rebuilds freespace, should keep existing recordings)
7)full system reset (this will erase your existing recordings)

The first bit is worth paying attention to - there's no 0 option displayed
(it's a hidden menu), then hit the 1, then remember the SELECT.

As to the menu you get, it's 7 for planner rebuild, and 8 for full system
reset (well at least it is on mine).

oopsy you are right, 7&8 it is.

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Tumbleweed

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"zaphod" wrote in message
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Does anyone know an easy way of clearing the hard drive to get back to
100% to use over the last 6 months since I have had it the greyed out bit
unaivalable for recording has grown till it is now at 12%. With
everything deleted it still says I only have 88% to use. Is this common
with all? and if not how do you get the 100% back.

thanks in advance for any help and advice.


Thanks to everyone for the advice worked a treat thanks very much.