HD Failing on Sony HAP-Z1ES HDD Player, Need help from Owners of Sony Player

The system software is likely not on the HD.

Could it just need a firmware update?

Have you updated the system software?

Have you defaulted the system?

Have you tried an external HD? It must be formatted for the device.

Can you just replace the HD?

Latest firmware, I looked at the hard drive inside the Sony.  There doesn’t seem to be an OS on the hard drive, yet there is 350MB on a volume I can’t look at. I assume that is the system software.  Everything on the player is up to date and this problem has been going on for a few years through 2 firmware updates.  It used to happen once in a while, now it is happening daily.  I have to turn player off and wait a few minutes.  After starting again, it is good for a couple of hours.  Sony service said it is a HD failure.  

I already have both a new 1 and 2 TB SSD Drives plus I have a brand new Hitachi 1TB  7200rpm SATA drive  which is unused that I took out of my new Dell.  I just need to know how to get the software on the new HD, then I can get my files back on it easily.  I hope this is clearer for anyone who may have done this already so they can advise.  

I am not a computer or software expert and I can't tell you how to do this but I know there is a way to make a mirror copy of your HDD onto a new HDD.

Hope you can find someone who can do it.

Clone

Do a Google or Duck Duck Go search for "clone linux hdd to sdd" and you'll get a mountain of info on the subject.

@stereo5 

Not certain about the drive cloning but there is an article about using a Mac to see and xfer files from the Sony drive. I’ve seen links on Aphile Style.

Attached is another article about upgrading a drive in the Sony- I believe you can double the capacity 

Upgrade

This links you to the music transfer notes I mentioned previously. Not certain if there are differences by HAP version but should be enough to get you going in the right direction.

HAP Files