i HAVE A FREESAT+ BOX WITH A HDR-1000S/GB/1TB Hard drive comes up with error hard drive

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  Freesat Spares Admin Staff member

  5/22/25, 8:26 AM

  i HAVE A FREESAT+ BOX WITH A HDR-1000S/GB/1TB Hard drive comes up with error hard drive is not formatted correctly. I have tried to format it but nothing happens. pin I am entering is 0000.
  
  can this be sorted or do I need a new drive.

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  Freesat Spares Admin Staff member

  5/22/25, 8:27 AM
  This is a common issues people experience on these boxes, 50% of the time it just needs a replacement hard drive, the other 50% of the time it needs a repair to the motherboard. Our success rate of this repair when its the motherboard issues is around 7/10 repaired that are sent in to us. cost of motherboard repair is around £60.

   

  If you would like to buy a hard drive see here https://freesatspares.co.uk/products/1tb-sata-video-hard-drive-3-5-hdd-for-hdr-1000-freesat-boxes-self-install

   

  if you would you would like to send it in for a repair see here https://freesatspares.co.uk/products/freesat-repair-humax-hdr-1000s-1100s-1010s-repair-service-hard-drive-issues

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