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Where can I get a blessed drive?
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Posted by: xanotos

My Tivo Drive died on my Sony SVR-2000 and I need to get a new drive. Does anyone know where I can get one? I know I can buy a regular drive and "bless" it and stuff, but that sounds pretty difficult.

Thanks

David

Posted by: stevel

Um, you need more than a "blessed drive" if your main (or only) disk died. You'd need a new disk and an image of a Sony backup.

One of the companies that advertises on the forum (see links at top) has offered to sell replacement disks. I don't remember which it is, offhand.

Posted by: xanotos

Well the good thing is that I have a Sony Image. But don't know what else to do. I read some stuff on how to do it, but it's sort of confusing.

Posted by: stormsweeper

Read this:

http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/

search for this in the page:

code:
8) Restoring Mfs Tools backup image

once you boot up with Kaz's boot CD (at the boot menu, choose "noswap"), do steps 8 and 9. Just replace "/mnt/dos/tivo.bak" with whatever your image filename is.

If the image is an 11 partition one, you can also use TiVoMad to expand the image if your new drive is larger than 30GB. If it's the 13 partition one, you can use BlessTiVo to add a second drive to the mix. Both of these options are in step 10 of the Hinsdale guide.

Posted by: cartoon

I buy a New Hard-Drive with the OS pre-installed (128 hours) , And keep my original as a backup. They sell the second harddrive pre-configured, just to install in a TIVO unit too. (With a lot of option sizes hard drives, that mean many hours to you Tivo). This is the perfect soluction for those non-programers or expert computer user.

PTVupgrade.COM

Upgrade Kits for Philips, Sony and Hughes DirecTiVo units

I am not a salesman from this company only as satisficed customer.

Posted by: stormsweeper

If you're in the least bit comfortable with PC hardware I would suggest the DIY approach. You'll save yourself tons of cash. PTVUpgrade is basically charging you $200 an hour to do the steps I mentioned above. And you're still going to void your warranty even if you buy drives from them.

Posted by: tivoupgrade

If you want to make an estimate of the cost of our premium/hour, I'd suggest you factor in the hours of your own time-saved. I think you will come up with a very different amount - unless of course, your time isn't valuable, or you are doing it for the pure enjoyment of learning. Also, we include warranty support, and the labor associated with it, so factor that in, too.

Having dealt with many do-it-yourselfers who got in way over their heads, my recommendation is that unless you are intimately familiar with your PC, willing to spend several hours doing the pre-upgrade research, good at dealing with the variety of unpredictable things that can happen when you put a large drive in your PC (especially if its an older one), and comfortable dealing with the technical issues should something go wrong, then go with an upgrade service that has a history of taking care of its customers. Its not rocket science for us, but for many, it is a daunting task, and a time-sink.

This of course, is just my opinion - but its based on almost 2 years of experience offering these products, and having seen every potential nuance of the process become a reality.

Lou

Posted by: Otto

If you're not comfortable messing with hard drives, typing arcade commands, and using screwdrivers, then I recommend you don't do any repairs yourself. I highly suggest the "find a geek and feed him beer" method of upgrading/repair in that case. :D