I know there is an old thread with this problem but I need some help on this so I can recover my recordings.
I have a Samsung DVD-SH893M PVR which normally seems fine. However, I have never really used the DVD recording mode on it and only occasionally the DVD player so all my recordings are on the hard disk. Now I want to save some recordings onto DVD to clear some HD space but I am having real problems.
The main issue is that I cant seem to get a disk to format fully - Everyting starts OK but then the after about 70% it takes for ever to complete and then the disk seems to finish but in fact it fails. I have tried many brands and types of DVD disk including - and + versions.
Last night I got some new Sony DVD - disks and this time managed to get a recording onto a disk - I even watched it back - but then when I finalised the disk so I could use it on my other DVD player the recording seemed to fail and the disk is now unreadable on either the PVR or on a DVD player or on my PC.
From the other thread mentioend above it seems this model is a real dodo and the problem is not with just my machine - however its now way too later to return it to the shop and I don't have the paper work to do so anyway!
As I have loads of pretty important stuff on the HD what are my options for getting it off and onto other media or another machine - or is there something I am not understanding. Help please.....
I have a Samsung DVD-SH893M PVR which normally seems fine. However, I have never really used the DVD recording mode on it and only occasionally the DVD player so all my recordings are on the hard disk. Now I want to save some recordings onto DVD to clear some HD space but I am having real problems.
The main issue is that I cant seem to get a disk to format fully - Everyting starts OK but then the after about 70% it takes for ever to complete and then the disk seems to finish but in fact it fails. I have tried many brands and types of DVD disk including - and + versions.
Last night I got some new Sony DVD - disks and this time managed to get a recording onto a disk - I even watched it back - but then when I finalised the disk so I could use it on my other DVD player the recording seemed to fail and the disk is now unreadable on either the PVR or on a DVD player or on my PC.
From the other thread mentioend above it seems this model is a real dodo and the problem is not with just my machine - however its now way too later to return it to the shop and I don't have the paper work to do so anyway!
As I have loads of pretty important stuff on the HD what are my options for getting it off and onto other media or another machine - or is there something I am not understanding. Help please.....