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Well my original drive a is dead help help
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Posted by: wr9966

Well my original drive a is dead - no clicking - no nothing - just dead.

I had upgraded to a new drive b about a year ago so it is time for a new drive a.

Here is where I need some help. I have a copy of a new virgin HDR112 mfs backup on CD but I can not figure out how to restore it to the new drive A since this is not covered in the Hinsdale how to manual.

My setup is

hda - my pc C: drive with dos
hdb - my CD rom
hdc - my new drive a 80gb WD 7200
hdb - my new drive b 80gb WD 7200

How do I restore the virgin mfs backup from the root directory of my CD to the drive a? Also, can I restore and expand it to fill both drives or do I need to expand it for the drive a and the follow the steps for adding a drive b?

Thanks

Posted by: Montaño

Try this thread: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-v...t=restore+image :)

Posted by: wr9966

Thanks! I will give it a try!

Posted by: wr9966

YEA ME!!!!!!!!!

I got my 2 new 80GB drives in and running!!!!!

You guys here are great! I think Hinsdale needs to add an addendum to his how-to-guide covering restoring a backup image from a CDR as in replacing a dead drive... LOL, it took me hours trying to decypher 3 or 4 different ways of doing it before a combination of the 2 paid off.

Final question, how much recording space should I expect of 160GB or so of storage?

My TIVO shows 193 hours basic and 53 best quality - does that sound about right?

Thanks!!!!!!

Posted by: joey398

Yes, the capacity you have is correct. 53 Hours at Best Quality. I have the same configuration.

Enjoy!

Posted by: Montaño

Glad you were able to get it going :)