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Swapping 20hr Drive A w/ 60hr Drive A... Will It Work??

Wondering if I can quickly upgrade my 'old' Tivo with my new Tivo. Have a HDR212 20HR Tivo (unblessed so far) and just bought a 60HR Panasonic Tivo for my grandfather.

Can I take a backup copy of Drive A from the 60HR unit and run it in the 20hr unit as Drive A? Has anyone done this before?

I notice the Hack FAQ said it is possible to swap the 20hr Drive A with a 30hr Drive A before planning to bless the unit... wondering if there is any issues I missed from the other postings.

Thanks in advance.

Sid The Kid.... aka PartyPhil

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I believe that all the 60hr units out there now are two drive units -- meaning that you'd have to use backups of both drives from the 60hr.

(Am I right, or did they start shipping one drive 60hrs when I wasn't looking? )

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Excuse me? Panasonic? (they make showstoppers.)

Never exchange software (drives) between different hardware and never revert a tivo to software older than it's factory installation.

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Both are Panasonic Units... have not booted up the 60hr unit yet, but I am guessing they are the same software version due to their manufacturing date.

Is it fair / safe to say that all 60hr Panasonic Tivo systems (non-DirectTV models) are with two-drives? (Haven't broken the seal yet on the 60hr unit... would hate to be disappointed... hoping for a 1 unit drive.)

Thanks in advance. Sid The Kid (aka PartyPhil)

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Originally posted by Sid The Kid:
Both are Panasonic Units... have not booted up the 60hr unit yet, but I am guessing they are the same software version due to their manufacturing date.

Is it fair / safe to say that all 60hr Panasonic Tivo systems (non-DirectTV models) are with two-drives? (Haven't broken the seal yet on the 60hr unit... would hate to be disappointed... hoping for a 1 unit drive.)

Thanks in advance. Sid The Kid (aka PartyPhil)

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Just to make the point clearer - Panasonic models use the competing ReplayTV system, not TiVo.

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Originally posted by Sid The Kid:
Wondering if I can quickly upgrade my 'old' Tivo with my new Tivo. Have a HDR212 20HR Tivo (unblessed so far) and just bought a 60HR Panasonic Tivo for my grandfather.

Sid The Kid.... aka PartyPhil

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My Bad... I ment to say Philips.... not Panasonic. I guess the HDR 212 model info should of been a hint to my typo. Let me re-phrase my question:

Both are Philips Units... have not booted up the 60hr unit yet, but I am guessing they are the same software version due to their manufacturing date.
Is it fair / safe to say that all 60hr Philips Tivo systems (non-DirectTV models) are with two-drives? (Haven't broken the seal yet on the 60hr unit... would hate to be disappointed... hoping for a 1 unit drive.)

Thanks in advance. Sid The Kid (aka PartyPhil)

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There has yet to be a confirmed single-drive 60 hr unit that wasn't a manufacturing error (i.e. the drives were never married).

TiVos aren't swingers. Every marriage is monogamous. The only exception is cloning, and that just results in serial monogamy.

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