A way to transfer data from My Sky to a PC or backup My Sky data?

After experiencing problems with My Sky not turning off ... then not
turning on ... then not turning off, even after disconnecting the
power and resetting ... several times ... I called Sky, went through a
few exercises with them and they said I had a "hard drive problem" and
that they'd have to send out a tech.

After confirming that I could no longer access my "Planner" or record
any new programmes, they also said that I would probably not be able
to retrieve any of the programmes we had saved on the bloody hard
drive.

So ... is there any way anyone know of to transfer what's on the hard
drive to a laptop? I've done a google search and the consensus is
"no." But who knows what you guys might come up with.

Alternatively, can any of you recommend a hardware combo that will
allow me to continue using My Sky to schedule programming, something
else to record the scheduled programmes so that I can burn those
programmes to a DVD or BlueRay? Or maybe something more creative than
that???

In other words, I would be more than willing to dump My Sky if there
were any other alternatives that would allow me to access Sky while
still enjoying the advantages of My Sky without the disadvantages,
like not being able to backup recorded programmes.

TIA

 

Simple its a Big No.!

 

If it's not too difficult to describe can you tell me how you've got
it set up? I'll happily buy a DVD recorder to connect to My Sky but
don't know how. TIA

 

If it did record in HD, it wouldn't work due to HD copy protection
schemes!

 

Not intimate with the inner workings of MySky but the thought occurs to me
to simply plug the AV output from MySky into a HD DVD Recorder & then your
TV downstream from there.

Best
Paul.

 

Many thanks for that. The Sky tech just left after replacing the
faulty box (we lost all our saved programmes), but confirmed that your
solution will work just fine and left me with an extra set of cables.
I'll start looking for a DVD recorder this week.