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Thanks Worf,

I didn't encounter it to tell you the truth. After getting frustrated I just tried the software anyway with no switches or anything. Within 5 seconds it said the drive failed, that I should bakcup data and "consider replacing" it.

After this I popped the drive back into the Tivo and I only got the initial "starting up" screen.

Now I have two 80gb drives in there and am going through initial setup. So far so good. Unfortunately, the FAQ tells you how to make a byte swapped backup. I didn't realize this and restored using DMA and wasted many hours.

Ah well!

Thanks for the comment.