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advice for a newbie?

I have the sony svr2000, just got it a couple weeks ago, and I am ready to void my warranty and drop a 60gb western digital hard drive into it. I just ordered the drive and should have it in a couple days. First off, YES, I have read the FAQ (at least most of it), and I will read over it very carefully again before performing the upgrade. Other than the info in the FAQ, are there any suggestions anyone can give me before I start my upgrade? I do not have a linux machine, nor do I really have access to one, but from what I have read in the FAQ it will still be possible to do everything I need to with dos or windows utilities, correct? Also, if something goes wrong and I need to restore my backup, can this be done with dos or windows utilities as well? I will not be purchasing an additional hard drive for a backup, I will just do a cd backup. Has anyone had any problems with this?

Also, I read some posts here with very specific instructions on the steps to go through before blessing a maxtor drive, can anyone give me some info on what steps to take with my western digital drive? Thanks for your help, guys.

Edit: One more question: Has anyone had any problems with using a utility (I forget the name right now) that backs up just the tivo os and not the recorded programs?

[This message has been edited by mchurchm (edited 08-14-2001).]

One Thing - Jumper settings!!!
If you properly cover this aspect you should be golden. You don't need to do anything much with a WD drive beforehand. I installed two of these puppies and ran the WD utility to check the drives before I installed them. You can choose either the quick tests or the more intensive test (depends how neurotic you are!). I didn't do a backup to cds so I cannot comment there. Also, I haven't used zaptivo or whatever its called as I just packed away my original drive. All you need is Dylans disk, and Bless Tivo (all on the same disk). Dylan's disk is linux, not dos or windows and you don't need a linux machine as it all boots up from the floppy youYou don't need TivoMad's utility as you are not expanding your original drive (which I would say you should consider if you have the cash). You will probably have to unlock your main A drive, so you will need this utility that you can get from the WD site.

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Justin
Sony SVR2000 standalone, 140 hrs Basic

Use the bootable CD - especially since I'm releasing a new version later today.

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kazymyr: first off, what is the bootable cd, and 2nd, can you provide a link when it is released?