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Has anyone used skycopy+ recently?

  • 25-01-2013 7:41pm
    #1
    Laphroaig52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,146 ✭✭✭


    I just got a new Sky HD box (Amstrad DRX890-C) to replace my ancient Thomson box.

    A few years ago I put my own Hard Drive - a 1 TB Samsung - in the Thomson.
    Back then I formatted and transferred everything using skycopyplus.

    Now the new Amstrad is fine but it's only got a 250GB drive in it. So I would like to replace it with the 1TB hard drive.

    Looking in the forums of the copy+ website, there seems to be little support anymore and recently people are reporting problems.

    Has anyone used it recently?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Irish Steve
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    There is an issue that the later and newer Sky boxes use a different format system that is not supported by the skycopyplus program.

    I can't remember the exact scenario, there is a way to get round it, using another program, you will have to go to the web site for the skycopyplus routines, and there is a discussion about it there.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



  • #3
    Laphroaig52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,146 ✭✭✭Laphroaig52


    Thanks.

    Here's what I did in the end:

    (It may not be the most effective elegant way to do it but it worked.....)

    I used Skycopy+ to make a 'XTV backup image file' from the Thomson drive. This took ages - about 15 hours for about 500 GB - but it ran without any glitches.

    Then I used another software tool called exPVR. This detected the previous skycopy+ image file as a source.

    I checked all the stuff I wanted to keep from the image file and then chose 'Copy Checked To New Disk' from the Tools menu. That gave me the option to format the original drive for a DRX890 and away it went.

    It took another 15 hours or so to bring it all back down. Then I just swapped out the Hard Drive on the box.

    It was almost a complete success.:
    A small number of recorded shows (~ 10 out of more than 400) seemed to be corrupted and wouldn't play. I had to delete them in the end.

    Otherwise it is fine.
    Though I am a bit cross that Sky have commandeered 250G of my 1 TB drive for a service I don't want or use.


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