Recordings picture freezing on playback

My Freeview reception is very good and I do not suffer from pixilation or picture freezing while watching live TV.
However on several recordings I have made I get picture freezing (not pixilation) that takes quite a few seconds (20 ish) to clear. Rewinding and replaying gives the same issue.
As I am deleting recordings after watching I have started to wonder whether there could be an issue with the Youview box's hard drive (i.e. I am recording programmes over the same bad sectors of the disc).
Is this possible?
Are there any hidden disc utilities to check the hard drive?

PJ_Maybe,
Did you manage to get to the bottom of this or are you still having trouble?
Chris
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