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Help, A drive failed in upgraded Series 2 TiVo
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Posted by: NowPlaying

My 60hr Series 2 standalone TiVo just quit. The A drive makes a constant clicking noise and has obviously failed. I previously upgraded this TiVo with a second 120 gig drive from Hinsdale.

My question is: Can I just purchase a new (120 gig) A drive and use my old backup CD? Will I have to do anything to the old B drive?

I'm off to Frys to get a new drive right now. Any instructions to get me going would be very much appreciated.

Craig

Posted by: stevel

Yes, you can purchase a new disk and use your backup CD, which you'll restore to the new disk you bought. You will then repeat the upgrade process with the old 120GB disk. Read carefully the instructions for using Tiger's MFS tools when expanding the "A" disk, which is effectively what you are doing.

Posted by: NowPlaying

So will I have to re-bless or do anything to the old B drive, or can I just plug it in after I set up the new A drive?

Posted by: stevel

You will need to "re-bless" the B drive. You'll essentially reset to the state your TiVo was in when you made the backup.

Posted by: NowPlaying

Thanks for the help. My TiVo lives again. It took me half the night but I now have a 302 hour TiVo with nothing on it. My only frustration was from not having the jumpers set correctly as I moved the drives around.