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SAT-T60; If I am adding two drives, do I have to make a backup?
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Posted by: SanFranDad

Yesterday, I went out and bought two WD 120G 7200RPM (2MB) drives for my Sony SAT-T60. When I opened the first box there was a note saying "Bonus upgrade to 8MB cashe". I thought, "WOW how lucky!" When I opened the second hard drive box it had the 2MB of cashe I had purchased.

First question, does it make a different if I add these two together, or should I try to get two of the same amount of cashe?

My second question is should I make a backup of the original drive that’s in my TiVo, if I am not placing it back into my TiVo?

Being a newbie and opening my TiVo for the first time (after the Super Bowl). I want to make sure I have all the information before I start. The next time I start a new thread, I want it to be about how easy the install went. Thanks for any comment or help you might give. And a special thanks to everyone that made this possible!!!

Posted by: ronsch

I can't really speak to the cache issue although I would be surprised if it made any difference in a Tivo. On the second question, Yes, you do want to make a backup image of your current drive. Sooner or later one of your two new drives will fail and you'll need the backup.

Posted by: lew

If you're keeping the drive that is currently in your Tivo as a backup there really isn't any reason to make an additional backup.