20 Most Recent Archos TV Plus, 80GB 80 GB Hard Drive Questions & Answers

Hi, I had the same problem, no booting but only blinking red LEDs. I noticed the harddisk wasn't making any sound that it was working. I changed the original power supply adaptor (12v) with one producing 15v output voltage. And it's working again.

try uninstalling a few unnecessary programs then click start run type cmd then type chkdsk/r/f which will scan for and attempt to fix any bad sectors and automatically fix any corrupt files on your hard drive this will schedule on a restart then defragment your hard drive or click start control panel administrive tools,computer management ,disk management right click on your drive select properties click tools you should see click check now click start tick in both boxes automatically fix files and scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors place then a tick in both boxes then select check now,start should schedule this task when restart do not do anything while the chkdsk utility is in progress any input may damage your computer then you should test or replace all leads make sure they are securely seated and are not bad/faulty that are attached to your to this hard drive then click start all programs accessories system tools defragment your hard drive you might have to install more RAM random access memory to check how much ram you have to check the details on your computer click start all programs accessories system tools system imformation you will see all of your computers imformation from there another way of doing this click start right click on my computer select properties you will see all imformation about your computer including installed ram scroll to the bottom toolbar (bottom of screen) right click you can select task manager applications also processes you will see whats running on your computer if you see something running that you don

Hello
You can use system recovery option by following these steps
Press and hold the button to turn on your device.
When the screen turns on, immediately press and hold the Volume + button until the Recovery mode starts (white screen).
Since the system recovery mode is activated, the touchscreen is currently disabled. To move from an option to another, use the volume buttons. To validate an option, press the ON/OFF button.
you can get help from downloading manual from here
http://www.archos.com/support/download/manuals/english_user_manual_archos_5-5g-7_v3.pdf
Hope it helps if so do rate the solution,
good luck

Preformat : By Fix-shad0w

#1
Insert your memory card into your computer's reader if you have one. If not, you can purchase a multi-format USB Memory Card reader from Amazon.com or Buy.com
#2
Open up 'My Computer'. You should see it under the list of available drives.
#3
Check its contents first to make sure that you have the right drive.
#4
In 'My Computer', right-click on the drive and choose 'Format'.
#5
Leave all the options as they are and click on 'Start'. This is a non-reversible process so make sure this is what you truly wanted to do in the first place.
#6
Once the process is completed, take the memory card out and insert it into your Digital Camera or any other device. Try to browse to it to make sure it works fine now.

With A USB , CELLPHONE , Camera The SameThing

First make sure usb cable connected to harddrive is working fine.
try it in different usb ports.
Press windows key +R key so you can see run then type in run "devmgmt.msc" then press ok so you can see device manager uninstall all usb drivers then it automatic install usb drivers.
then check.
Also you need to change registry for that type in run "regedit" then press ok then you can see registry editor then locate below key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11­CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
And remove upper filter and lower filter.Then restart computer then check.
If your drive is recognized in my computer then note drive lettter and then go to command prompt and type "chkdsk /f:" without "" where f: is drive letter.
If your harddrive still not recognized then you need to repair your harddrive.Try your harddrive in different computer if it is not recognized on another computer then your harddrive has internal issue.

Let me know if you need further assistance.
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The installation may be corrupt .Go to www.intel.com and again download & install the high definition audio driver from there

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Depends on what operating system you want to use to format this puppy, but you can use XP to format it if this is a external harddrive plug it in start your op system right mouse click on the drive and hit format.. Btw, I’m available to help over the phone in case u need at https://www.6ya.com/expert/edwy_1a56970cf1ea4620

I save all my data to an external hard drive, restored factory settings and then transfered my data back to the Archos. It seems to be working OK now.

Before anyone else tries this they need to make sure that they have the access codes for any plud ins that they've purchased.

download the manual for Archos TV Plus from this link:
http://safemanuals.com/user-guide-instructions-owner-manual/ARCHOS/TV%20PLUS-_E
For the hdd please specify the brand and model details

Have you tried the reset button, if that dosent work unplug it and try resetting again