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Help! I just formatted by T-60 volume before backup...
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Posted by: Another1

I don't suppose there is any chance that a FORMAT is recoverable (from NT into NTFS) if I haven't put anything on the disk since the format?

I was rebooting in windows to format a DIFFERENT drive so I could copy a FAT32 backup since all my partitions are NTFS and I got mixed up and formatted the Maxtor to NTFS.

If there is a way to recover, please let me know. Otherwise, first person that can PM me with a directory for a v3.1 T-60 (I have a p4 card) I'd be very grateful.

So sad....

Posted by: Robert S

Do you mean you've got the NT signature on the disk, or that you actually partitioned and formatted the TiVo disk?

Posted by: Another1

In XP Disk Management it indicates Disk 1 Dynamic 37.28GB Online Volume F NTFS. At this point I've managed to confuse myself enough that I'm not sure if I tried to do a full format or a quick format. I was just trying to get a FAT partition on a different drive and got confused....

Posted by: Robert S

That does sound like more than just a signature. Looks like you do need a backup.

I take it you missed the bit about Windows NT making your TiVo unbootable if you boot it with a TiVo drive attached?

Posted by: Another1

I just tried to mount it from the CD

Jul 4 16:34:05 tivobootdisk kern.err kernel: Warning! NTFS volume verision is Win2k+: Mounting read-only.

I knew that the drive wouldn't mount under XP, when I booted in XP I was intending to format a partition on another hard drive so that I could do the backup. Initially it was not at all clear to me in the Hinsdale instructions that NTFS is incompatible. I was completely unprepared for that and it threw me off. Really wish I wouldn't have lost my programs, but live and learn.

Isn't it less of a hassle to get the v3.1 than v2.5???

Posted by: Robert S

The point was, even if you'd formatted the right drive, XP would still have put a signature on the drive which would have made it unbootable (it is fixable, but not trivially).

Never allow Windows NT (including 2000 and XP) to boot while you've got a TiVo drive attached.

Sure, get a 3.1 if you can find one, but if all you can find is a 2.5 image then that should work for you too.

Posted by: Another1

Robert,

Oh...OK I follow what you are saying.

Well I DEFINITELY missed any mention in the Hinsdale instructions that the backup could not be made to a NTFS volume. That is why I booted back into XP in the first place.

*Sigh*

Oh well at least I'm clear now that I won't be able to get it back.

Daniel