How to Recover Deleted Dish DVR Recordings

‘I love watching the ‘Lethal Weapon’ series. Thus, scheduled its video recordings on my Hopper so as not to miss any episode. But recently I found the older episodes have started to disappear from my DVR recorder. Really frustrated! How can I get them back?’
‘I deleted FIFA World Cup quarter-final match video from my Dish DVR. But now I want to retrieve it. Is there a way I can do it?’

It is frustrating to lose the recording of the shows that you enjoy watching. Whether your dish has Hopper with a sling, Hopper Duo, TiVo Bolt, or any VIP DVR model, loss of stored programs is a common problem faced by many dish DVR users and they wonder how do I restore my DVR recordings.

This post guides you on how to recover deleted dish DVR recordings and the best ways to protect your favorite programs from loss or automatic deletion. To know the recovery process, it is important to understand how dish DVR recorders work.

How Does Dish DVR Work?

Dish DVRs provide your favorite and preferable video content in stunning 4K, ultra-high-definition video resolution. Netflix movies, PrimeTime shows, events, or sports, Dish DVRs not only customize your TV preferences but also let you record your favorite shows to watch later.
Normally all dish DVRs have a built-in storage memory between 2-3TB. In case you run out of space you can add an external hard drive of 50GB to a maximum of 2TB.

Why Do Your Dish DVR Recordings Get Lost?

• Manual deletion by you
• Automatic deletion in Dish DVR after keeping for two days
• Automatic deletion of PrimeTime Anytime videos after eight days
• Corruption or formatting of external hard drive

How to Recover Deleted Dish DVR Recordings?

Your recordings are saved either in dish DVR in-built memory or on an external hard drive. We will share how you can recover dish videos in both situations.

Situation 1: Video recordings lost from dish DVR

Once deleted, the dish DVR videos are gone forever. However, if luck is on your side and you realize the video loss before 48 hours of its deletion, you can restore it from the ‘Trash’ folder in the ‘My Recordings’ or ‘Deleted Recordings’ folder.

How to recover deleted TV recordings from Trash

Deleted dish DVR videos remain for 48 hours in Trash. After that, they are automatically removed.
To recover deleted videos from Trash, press the DVR button on the remote. Select Trash > Select the recordings > Recall.

Situation 2: Dish DVR recordings missing from an external hard drive

From DVR you transfer the FIFA World Cup matches, movies, or Fox programs, to an external hard drive. But somehow, now unable to access the drive or the video recordings are missing from the drive. This could be due to corruption or virus infection in the external hard drive.
However, do not get anxious. If you have lost the videos from the external HD, you can recover them with a secure video recovery tool.

Recover dish DVR videos with Stellar Photo Recovery

Stellar Photo Recovery software is a safe tool that supports dish DVR multimedia file recovery. Once recovered you can play the videos on TV via dish DVR.

Note: You cannot play dish DVR recordings on a computer. They are supported to play only on TV.
The software is available for both Mac and Windows systems. It works in all kinds of situations including accidental deletion, formatting, corruption, or virus infection in the hard drive.

Want to evaluate before buying? Download the demo version here.

How to recover deleted TV recordings:

Connect the PC and your external hard drive from which the dish DVR videos are missing. Download and run the software on your computer and follow the on-screen instructions or you can watch this video :

How to recover deleted DVR recordings dish network:

• Launch Stellar Photo Recovery Software.
• Select the location from where you want to recover. Click Scan to start the scanning process.

• A dialog box of ‘Scanning Completed Successfully!’ displays the scan results – the number of files found and the size of the data. In the left pane of the main window, all the recovered data is listed. You can preview them in the right pane.

Note: If you do not see the required videos in the list, opt for the Deep Scan option at the bottom

• Click Recover. You can also choose to recover only the selective videos– select the files that you need, right-click, and click Recover.

• In the dialog box, specify the location to save the image files. Click Save. All the files get saved at the specified location.

Stop your videos from getting deleted or lost.

Follow the below ways to protect your dish recordings from getting lost or permanently deleted.

1. Transfer your favorite videos to an external hard drive.
Go to My Recordings > Edit > Select recording > Transfer to External Drive.

2. Move the recording to a folder to protect it from automatic erasure.
Go to My Recordings > Edit > Select recording > Move to folder

3. Use the ‘Protect’ option to save your programs from automatic deletion. To protect your videos in dish DVR follow the: My Recordings > Edit > Select recordings > Protect

PrimeTime Anytime videos getting lost! Save your picks

PrimeTime Anytime keeps the videos for eight days, after which it automatically deletes them. To keep your required PrimeTime programs, save them. Press the DVR button on the remote. Select PrimeTime Anytime > select recordings/ episodes > Save or Save Series. The episodes are saved to the My Recordings partition of the DVR. All the Lost videos will remain there until you delete them.

Conclusion

Dish DVR does not have any feature that auto-protects your TV programs for long. Permanently deleted video recordings from dish DVR cannot be recovered. It is better to follow the above tips to protect your dish recordings. Anyhow, if you have lost those videos from an external hard drive, restore them through the most reliable tool Stellar Photo Recovery, and play your favorite shows again on TV.

To assess the software’s capabilities you can download the free version here:

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About The Author

Prachi Sahu

is a Writer who likes to blog about technology. She has a keen interest in Data Recovery, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. An avid reader, she has also contributed to some leading newspapers and dreams to own a library some day.