MRS 1044 HDD ERROR

[SHAWNEYMA]

Hi ! I just acquired a MRS 1044 for my nephew and we are lost. The screen says " check drives " Everything is connected properly. Is this a common problem or are we just lucky ?
Thanks for any help you can give us to get to first base......

[Toyguitar]

Hi SHAWNEYMA,

I have the 1044 and it too is "out of the loop" so to speak. If you're lucky, maybe your hard disk cable is loose on the inside of the recorder. You have to remove all the screws and take off the cover, then push the connector onto the hard disk and make sure it is seated properly.

If you are like me and a few others out there, then you might need to get a new hard disk.

Good luck,
Eddie

[SHAWNEYMA]

Hi Eddie ! And Thank You so much for your response.

I did remove the cover and reseat the ribbon cable(even replaced the cable)and got the same response.

Then I removed the hard drive and replaced it with a new one and at least the " ACCESS ' red light came on but ALAS still got
1. CHECK DRIVES
2. INT HDD ERR

Is there someplace to get the software necessary for the new hard drive ? or am I missing something to be done ?

Thanks to All !
Shawneyma

[Toyguitar]

Hi,

Even if you replace the hard drive, there wouldn't be any system files on it unless you loaded them from the factory recovery cd via the usb card, scsi card, or internal cd if you have that installed. If you have one of these but no factory recovery cd, you can find the files on the zoom web site.

http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/englishie_index.html

There are also only a few hard disks officially recommended by zoom which may have some affect. It may also be that your unit is broken and needs to be fixed. That means the shop, money and down time.

Good luck,
Eddie

[Arsenic33]

Hello,
I also have this same Interior Hard Drive Error, only with the MRS-1266. I contacted Zoom to learn that all they could do was either sell a new hard drive to me for $500 (list) or have them install a new HD for $200 + $25/hr. Not being able to afford this i had no choice but to try and fix this myself.

The friendly lady at Zoom did confirm that INT HD Error did, infact, "sound like the hard drive is bad." Well, I took this supposed bad drive out of the Zoom and connected it to my PC as a slave drive. Test after test after defrag after file check showed this drive as being in perfectly fine shape. I even downloaded Zooms Music File Manager from zoom.co.jp and now have all my songs & projects saved to my computer (i have no usb or cd add-ons.)

So if it isn't a faulty Hard Drive, what could it be? Has to be the software, right? Wrong, i downloaded Zooms 1.09 update and changed the files accordingly and still.. INT HDD ERR.. So I'm following a process of elimination now. Now I'm on to the cable's. If you notice, you can unplug the power to the disk drive and the HDD light will stay on but the screen and HDD light doesn't "blink" as it does with the power plugged in. So its not that. If you unplug the data cable to the drive, you get no light at all.

So in conclusion, this "INT HDD Error" isn't from a faulty hard drive, power cable or data cable. I still haven't found the solution.

Please let me know if you have any ideas/suggestions. I'm out of ideas.

Thanks,
Josh Pickeral
Arsenic
www.cinesra.com
arsenic@cinesra.com

[Died Young]

I know this thread is old but just as a point of reference I did the CF conversion on the MRS 1266 and used the version 1.09 download from zoom website and burnt this as an iso to cd r. I put the disk in the drive, selected 'recover? ' which did nothing then after a few tries I selected 'ver up?' which worked and now I have an MRS 1266 with the CF conversion :-)