Backup files / image requests (UK TiVo's only)

[jonmalco]

Just read the email again. Will use the original one if errors have been reported on the other images

[Wonder_lander]

Just read the email again. Will use the original one if errors have been reported on the other images

Probably a good idea!

[jonmalco]

Thanks again Wonder_Lander you have saved my bacon. Been missing the TIVO and the hard drive should come today.

I guess I just put the backup on a CD and reference it from there when restoring on to the new drive.

[Pete77]

Any takers? I'm normally on the ball but must have missed my last instant thread notification e-mail so wasn't aware there where new requests!

Well I could probably volunteer to do this but might regret it later on.

As to the Instant Notification of thread updates emails they seem to be a bit erratic and sometimes they don't appear at all for some posts in some threads or are delayed by between 12 and 24 hours.

[boringgit]

Feel like a bit of a cheat, my first post on a forum asking for a download... :rolleyes:

However, if you could let me know how to get an image I would be very grateful - My hard drive is totally dead.

TIA

[Wonder_lander]

Feel like a bit of a cheat, my first post on a forum asking for a download... :rolleyes:

However, if you could let me know how to get an image I would be very grateful - My hard drive is totally dead.

TIA

PM Sent!

[irrelevant]

Hi All.

Well it looks as if I've got a disk problem; guide data gets stuck loading at 79% whatever I do. Well, I've been meaning to upgrade the hard disc for ages now (2x40Gb doesn't cut it when you up your recordings to Best after getting a new huge telly!). Unfortunately I can't find the backup I did make when I first started messing with the thing about five years ago...

I'd be grateful therefore for assistance with a replacement backup image ... I don't suppose any have cachecard drivers installed already do they?

Thanks!

Rob

[Wonder_lander]

Hi All.

Well it looks as if I've got a disk problem; guide data gets stuck loading at 79% whatever I do. Well, I've been meaning to upgrade the hard disc for ages now (2x40Gb doesn't cut it when you up your recordings to Best after getting a new huge telly!). Unfortunately I can't find the backup I did make when I first started messing with the thing about five years ago...

I'd be grateful therefore for assistance with a replacement backup image ... I don't suppose any have cachecard drivers installed already do they?

Thanks!

Rob

PM Sent

[Stephen O'Donne]

Could someone point me in the direction of an image for a UK series 1 Tivo. Had my first Tivo HD failure and it's a brick - Spindle siezed and none of the usual tricks working!

Thanks

Steve

[Wonder_lander]

Could someone point me in the direction of an image for a UK series 1 Tivo. Had my first Tivo HD failure and it's a brick - Spindle siezed and none of the usual tricks working!

Thanks

Steve

PM Sent

[snoopstar]

My Tivo has just died :(

It's about 3 yrs old and just went from showing the GSOD to not starting up at all. I just opened it up to find 2 disks, a Quantum Fireball 40GB and a Maxtor 120GB. I am now gonna read up on replacing the disks, prob with a single one. So, in preparation, would somone be so kind as to tell me where I could download an image from?

Thanks.

[Pete77]

My Tivo has just died :(

It's about 3 yrs old and just went from showing the GSOD to not starting up at all. I just opened it up to find 2 disks, a Quantum Fireball 40GB and a Maxtor 120GB. I am now gonna read up on replacing the disks, prob with a single one. So, in preparation, would somone be so kind as to tell me where I could download an image from?

Thanks.

Wonder_lander will send you the link to the image.

Instructions on upgrading the hard drive at:-

www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade3.html

and/or

www.mfslive.org

Or you can buy pre-configured drives you can just drop in to replace the failing one
at www.tivoheaven.co.uk or www.tivoland.com

[Wonder_lander]

My Tivo has just died :(

It's about 3 yrs old and just went from showing the GSOD to not starting up at all. I just opened it up to find 2 disks, a Quantum Fireball 40GB and a Maxtor 120GB. I am now gonna read up on replacing the disks, prob with a single one. So, in preparation, would somone be so kind as to tell me where I could download an image from?

Thanks.

PM Sent

[chrisconnew]

I've just had some problems with my upgraded 120Gb drive which has been running for approx. 4 years. I upgraded a 40Gb Tivo to 120Gb but have since done something else with the old drive.

If somebody could help me out with getting hold of a Tivo image i would really appreciate it. I have a spare drive ready to test before i finally wipe the old one. I still have to look for a utility mentioned elsewhere that should be able to test my existing drive and tell me what might be wrong unless i have my wiress crossed.

Cheers in advance

[Wonder_lander]

I've just had some problems with my upgraded 120Gb drive which has been running for approx. 4 years. I upgraded a 40Gb Tivo to 120Gb but have since done something else with the old drive.

If somebody could help me out with getting hold of a Tivo image i would really appreciate it. I have a spare drive ready to test before i finally wipe the old one. I still have to look for a utility mentioned elsewhere that should be able to test my existing drive and tell me what might be wrong unless i have my wiress crossed.

Cheers in advance

PM Sent

[mikeyboyuk]

Hi there,

I have 2 Tivos. 1 x 120gig with lifetime subscription via telephone modem and 1 x 250gig with lifetime subscription via cachecard.

Tonight I switched on my 120gig TiVo (which has not been powered up since before xmas) and it just sits with the green 'power on' light illuminated but nothing more. There's no picture via the scarts and the remote control doesn't seem to have any effect on the TiVo. The only thing I can determine is that the RF loop through still works.

Could anyone advise please? Is my 120gig hard drive broken? I have a horrible feeling that (having sat my TiVo temporarily on a speaker) it's perhaps been wiped/corrupted?

I can still hard the hard drive spinning, so I hope it's still working.

Would it merely be a case of reinstalling the image on to the hard drive again?

If so, I would be most grateful if somebody could possibly send it to me.

Many thanks!

Mikey

[Pete77]

Could anyone advise please? Is my 120gig hard drive broken? I have a horrible feeling that (having sat my TiVo temporarily on a speaker) it's perhaps been wiped/corrupted?

I can still hard the hard drive spinning, so I hope it's still working.

Would it merely be a case of reinstalling the image on to the hard drive again?

Others with more knowledge than me here on these matters have given the view that when a hard drive becomes old and worn and has been in 24/7 use that it is inadvisable to turn a hard drive off for a long period as once the drive and the heads have cooled down the heads may become stuck when turned back on or be out of aligment for reading the drive at startup in cooled down condition.

So as your 120Gb drive must surely be well over 3 years old now it sounds highly likely that the prolonged off period has brought to the surface a deteriorating condition that would in any case have seen it fail in the near future. Reinstalling a new image on to this clearly old and worn drive is unlikely to work and even if it did it would probably only be a matter of a few weeks before the drive failed again.

I fear the time has come to get a new Samsung hard drive like their new T series HD LD 400Gb drive available from www.komplett.co.uk and elsewhere for around £80. Or new 250Gb drives from Samsung and Seagate are available for around £50.

[blindlemon]

If you can, try swapping the drive from/to your other TiVo.

That should show up pretty quickly where the problem lies, although like you I would tend to suspect the drive.

[Theophilus]

My Tivo hard drive has died too. :eek:

And I’m going fast. It is too late for a back up, so I’m in desperate need of an image. I have a standard Thomson with 40gb drive. If you can help please pm me directions or a link to where I can get an image. :)

Thanks

[Pete77]

My Tivo hard drive has died too. :eek:

And I’m going fast. It is too late for a back up, so I’m in desperate need of an image. I have a standard Thomson with 40gb drive. If you can help please pm me directions or a link to where I can get an image. :)

Thanks

Sounds like once Wonder_Lander has PM'ed you the link for the image you can probably do the disk replacement yourself following the instructions at www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade3.html. The Samsung 400Gb HD LD drive is the best choice for both quietness, capacity and a 3 year warranty. Around £80 from www.komplett.co.uk delivered.

If you don't fancy doing the upgrade yourself then you can buy a fully pre-configured upgrade drive that you just drop in to your Tivo from www.tivoheaven.co.uk or www.tivoland.com instead though.

[Theophilus]

Hi Pete77,

I would really like to fix the drive myself, so I’m going to buy the Samsung drive that you recommended. Once I have received the link from Wonder_Lander I’ll take my life into my hands and have a go. By the way I received a message from Blindlemon suggesting that I try Hooch for a cost of c. £20. What do you think, is it worth using?

[Pete77]

Hi Pete77,

I would really like to fix the drive myself, so I’m going to buy the Samsung drive that you recommended. Once I have received the link from Wonder_Lander I’ll take my life into my hands and have a go. By the way I received a message from Blindlemon suggesting that I try Hooch for a cost of c. £20. What do you think, is it worth using?

Hooch comes into its own more if you are thinking of installing a Cachecard and 512MB of RAM now or at a later stage as it has the drivers for the Cachecard installed too. On the other hand Hooch can't be used to copy over recordings and Season Passes and thumbs from your existing drive, although it sounds like your current drive may be completely dead from what you say, rather than just periodically failing?

The Cachecard gives network access so you can use Tivoweb to control Tivo from home or remotely from your office or wherever over the internet plus it makes reordering Season Passes, block deleting several items etc much easier than the normal Tivo interface. Also a Cachecard supports RAM of up to 512MB which usually becomes necessary if you have more than 150 items in Now Playing where you then start to get a slow down in the menus without a Cachecard and RAM. If you record everything at Best with 400Gb this will be around 137 hours of programs so close to the 150 hour limit where things start to slow down in the speed of Tivo menus.

The Cachecard and RAM thing is really worth doing but will cost you at least another £100 more for the card and the 512MB of RAM (ebay are the cheapest for the RAM usually) even if you buy the card on Ebay although its even more cheap directly from www.9thtee.com in the USA. At the current pound to dollar rate their prices for the Cachecard are looking very cheap, even if you were unlucky enough to get landed with £20 duty and customs fees (which you probably won't though given how 9th Tee package and describe their Cachecards to customs). See www.9thtee.com/tivocachecard.htm

Ultimately whether you are happy to do all this yourself comes down to whether you are used to doing things like reinstalling the Windows operating system or to installing new PCI cards in your desktop PC back in Windows 95 days or before as doing things with Linux is all a bit more like that with less handholding by the software. Although if you get stuck people here are very willng to offer advice.

www.tivoheaven.co.uk and www.tivoland.com do offer a good service if you want it all done for you but obviously they charge quite a bit extra for the admittedly excellent service that they provide.

The following websites give more info on upgrading and all the extra things you can do with a Cachecard and Tivoweb:-

www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo

www.mfslive.org

http://tivo.lightn.org/

www.ljay.org.uk/tivoweb/

www.garysargent.co.uk/tivo/hacking.htm

www.beaconhill.plus.com/TiVo/tivohacks.htm

http://www.arielbusiness.pwp.blueyo.../TiVo/HowTo.htm

http://alt.org/wiki/index.php/TiVoWeb%20Modules

http://thomson.tivo.googlepages.com

http://tivo.stevejenkins.com/network_cd.html

http://thomson.tivo.googlepages.com/tivowebplus

http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/?search=oztivo&x=0&y=0

www.tivohackman.com

http://www.planetbuilders.org/tivo/...rade_diary.html

[Theophilus]

Thanks Pete77,

I'll have a think about all this before I make a decision.

[Pete77]

I'll have a think about all this before I make a decision.

Probably about £180 or so for all the equipment for a 400Gb hard drive and Cachecard and 512MB of RAM but think how cheap that is compared to even a one year subscription to the vastly inferior Sky+ service or the even more ludicrously over priced Sky HD, which costs £564 in subs + £299 for the box in Year 1 and £564 per annum in subs thereafter.........

[Pete77]

P.S. If you don't see yourself fitting the Cachecard for now then the 300Gb Samsung HD LD drive would be a better bet to get yourself up and running again as that is only about 103 hours recording everything at Best so you could stay below the 150 items limit in Now Playing limit where things start to slow down without a Cachecard. 3 year warranty on the drive and only around £60 delivered from:-

www.savastore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=10290515&pid=45&tid=2

Mind you Savastore are notorious for slow delivery so if you want it in only one day I would pay the couple of quid or so extra to get it from:-

www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=7166&category_id=111&manufacturer_id=0

Have used them myself and have excellent customer service.

[blindlemon]

as that is only about 103 hours recording everything at Best so you could stay below the 150 items limit in Now Playing limit where things start to slow down without a CachecardThat's assuming a) that everything is recorded at "best" and b) that your magical figure of 150 items in the NPL holds true for anybody apart from yourself :p

IME, any drive over around 160gb can be prone to a slowdown that can be alleviated by fitting a cachecard with RAM. How much of a slowdown will depend on a number of factors possibly including, but not IME exclusively, the number of items in the NPL.

Almost any system will benefit from the addtion of a cachecard + RAM; whether the benefit is sufficient to justify the cost will depend on the user's reaction to slowed menu speeds just as much as the size of the drive or the number of items in the NPL.

[Pete77]

Almost any system will benefit from the addtion of a cachecard + RAM; whether the benefit is sufficient to justify the cost will depend on the user's reaction to slowed menu speeds just as much as the size of the drive or the number of items in the NPL.

A lot of customers seem to have a quite irrational resistance to spending even £200 as a lump sum to permanently upgrade equipment, even though many of the same people are cheerfully paying the Murdoch empire £400 to £600 a year at amounts like £47 a month without even realising or trying to add up how much this comes to over a year as a whole. ;)

[blindlemon]

Just to drag this completely OT;) many people will quite happily spend £1.65 for a Starbucks coffee etc. twice every working day - I wonder how many of them realise this adds up to nearly £800 per year? :eek:

[Theophilus]

Wonder_Lander
I would really appreciate it if you could send me a link to the image. Thank you.

Pete77
I have ordered the 400 GB hard drive. I can’t wait to get started thanks for your help.

[Pete77]

Just to drag this completely OT;) many people will quite happily spend £1.65 for a Starbucks coffee etc. twice every working day - I wonder how many of them realise this adds up to nearly £800 per year? :eek:

Don't get me started on the price of tea and coffee in a restaurant/cafe. I did work out using my energy monitor that the kettle costs about 1.2p to boil, a tea bag about 2p and the amount of milk I like to put in perhaps 1.5p per cup plus sugar at say 0.5p so say about 5p a cuppa. And of course i haven't factored in the long term depreciation cost on the mug or the kettle against each cup. Nonetheless still a great deal cheaper than Starbucks.............

[Wonder_lander]

Wonder_Lander
I would really appreciate it if you could send me a link to the image. Thank you.

Pete77
I have ordered the 400 GB hard drive. I can’t wait to get started thanks for your help.

PM Sent Chap

[Theophilus]

Hi Wonder_Lander
Thanks for the link. I had to download it at a friend’s, because for some reason I was unable to do it on my computer. I have not used it yet, but I hope the hard drive arrives by the weekend. Thanks again.

[Theophilus]

I’ve now upgraded my hard drive :up: … and it works. Thanks Pete77, Wonder_lander and Blindlemon. This has inspired me to try some other upgrades. So speak to you soon.
Thanks. :)

[Wonder_lander]

I’ve now upgraded my hard drive :up: … and it works. Thanks Pete77, Wonder_lander and Blindlemon. This has inspired me to try some other upgrades. So speak to you soon.
Thanks. :)

Pleasure, glad it worked ou!

[Pete77]

I’ve now upgraded my hard drive :up: … and it works. Thanks Pete77, Wonder_lander and Blindlemon. This has inspired me to try some other upgrades. So speak to you soon.

Good to hear that all seems to have gone smoothly.

The next step would obviously be getting a Cachecard and installing TivoWeb, a much bigger advance than simply just having a larger and newer hard drive.

[Theophilus]

Thanks again for your advice. I’ve bought the cache card and hopefully I will be trying to install it on the weekend. Tivoweb here I come.

[Pete77]

Thanks again for your advice. I’ve bought the cache card and hopefully I will be trying to install it on the weekend. Tivoweb here I come.

Make sure to follow the www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/cachecard.html guide to fit it then the www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/tivoweb.html guide to install Tivoweb.

Also don't forget to remove and pair off part of the rubber foot that goes underneath where the Cachecard has to sit so it fits easily. This is covered in the Steve Conrad guide to Cachecard fitting though.

Hope to hear more on how you get on soon.

[goodisonboy]

Does anyone have working backup image I could use? My Backup seems to be corrupt. It appears to work but after starting I don't get the Man on the slide and everyting is sooooooo unresponsive. NOt just menu speeds bu going from Aux and back.. its as if TIvo is constantly thrashing.

I have upgrdaed frpom a potentially broken 160GB Drive (which does show errors hen using Samsungs HD Util) to a samsung 300GB.

The only other thing is thing that my ptv image didn't know what the -r 4 option to restore was (as per Steve Conrads guide) but I was happy without th extar 50GB for now and see if it worked.

I can appear to telnt in but it takes about 10 mins for the prompt to appear, same iwth tivoweb.. it tries but takes foreeeever

Any help / backup s / advice appreciated

[Wonder_lander]

Does anyone have working backup image I could use? My Backup seems to be corrupt. It appears to work but after starting I don't get the Man on the slide and everyting is sooooooo unresponsive. NOt just menu speeds bu going from Aux and back.. its as if TIvo is constantly thrashing.

I have upgrdaed frpom a potentially broken 160GB Drive (which does show errors hen using Samsungs HD Util) to a samsung 300GB.

The only other thing is thing that my ptv image didn't know what the -r 4 option to restore was (as per Steve Conrads guide) but I was happy without th extar 50GB for now and see if it worked.

I can appear to telnt in but it takes about 10 mins for the prompt to appear, same iwth tivoweb.. it tries but takes foreeeever

Any help / backup s / advice appreciated

PM Sent

[Pete77]

The only other thing is thing that my ptv image didn't know what the -r 4 option to restore was (as per Steve Conrads guide) but I was happy without th extar 50GB for now and see if it worked.

You don't need the -r 4 switch with a 300Gb drive as your A drive. Its only anything larger than 300Gb that you need to use it with.

[goodisonboy]

You don't need the -r 4 switch with a 300Gb drive as your A drive. Its only anything larger than 300Gb that you need to use it with.

Ah.. okay well its not that then.. damn, I have rean the samsung Hutil prog on this and noticed that it does report command error timeout on the Read DMA test which may explain the sloooooowww niess? dodgy drive or just wrong settings?

Thanks

Mark

[spy]

I've got a GSOD and almost at 24 hours now with no sign of light at the end of the tunnel :( I presume this will mean I need a new drive - could someone send me a link to the imae please?

[Pete77]

I've got a GSOD and almost at 24 hours now with no sign of light at the end of the tunnel :( I presume this will mean I need a new drive - could someone send me a link to the imae please?

I take it you are also aware of www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo and the notes there on fitting a Large Hard Drive?

[Wonder_lander]

I've got a GSOD and almost at 24 hours now with no sign of light at the end of the tunnel :( I presume this will mean I need a new drive - could someone send me a link to the imae please?

PM Sent

[spy]

I take it you are also aware of www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo and the notes there on fitting a Large Hard Drive?

Thanks. Was planning only to get a new 120gb but can't find any so will probably have to get a 160gb. Can anyone recommend one?

Also I presume if I am getting the GSOD I won't be able to get anything off the old disk?

[blindlemon]

Try a Samsing SP1654N (http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointPSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointPSeries_SP1654N.asp) - available from dabs or tekheads.

If you are getting a neverending GSOD then you will be lucky to recover anything from your existing drive(s). Sorry.

[chris59]

Sorry to barge in with a request, but my Tivo refuses to work for long periods - I can hear the hard disk shutting off then the screen freezes. I guess this is my prompt to upgrade the hard disk - again. It's 120GB now, I guess 300GB next.

Could I bother anyone for the link to a UK image for the Thomson? I don't have any Cachecard extras or the like.

Thanks in advance.
Chris.

[Wonder_lander]

Sorry to barge in with a request, but my Tivo refuses to work for long periods - I can hear the hard disk shutting off then the screen freezes. I guess this is my prompt to upgrade the hard disk - again. It's 120GB now, I guess 300GB next.

Could I bother anyone for the link to a UK image for the Thomson? I don't have any Cachecard extras or the like.

Thanks in advance.
Chris.

PM Sent

[chris59]

Thanks a bunch, my Tivo and I thank you :)

[hootbah]

After many years of use, the drive on my Tivo has finally given up. -- I think its been slowly dying for the past few months.

After reading the forums I've ordered a Samsung 300GB to replace the original 40GB drive.

Could someone PM me an image that could get my Tivo back up and running? (Model number PRV10UK) Also, is it possible to get an image with the TurboNet and CacheCard drivers already installed? As I'm taking the lid off for the first time I might as well add a network card!

Thanks for help or advice,


Hootbah.

[Wonder_lander]

After many years of use, the drive on my Tivo has finally given up. -- I think its been slowly dying for the past few months.

After reading the forums I've ordered a Samsung 300GB to replace the original 40GB drive.

Could someone PM me an image that could get my Tivo back up and running? (Model number PRV10UK) Also, is it possible to get an image with the TurboNet and CacheCard drivers already installed? As I'm taking the lid off for the first time I might as well add a network card!

Thanks for help or advice,


Hootbah.

PM sent

[Pete77]

Also, is it possible to get an image with the TurboNet and CacheCard drivers already installed? As I'm taking the lid off for the first time I might as well add a network card!

Thanks for help or advice.

www.tivoheaven.co.uk sell a product called Hooch that will format a Tivo drive from scratch, including having the required image as I understand it. Hooch also installs Tivoweb and the drivers for a Cachecard I believe. You can get this Hooch software from Tivoheaven for £20 I understand. You can also buy the Cachecard network card from TivoHeaven, although they will charge you £89 if ordered with a Hooch purchase compared to £74 from a regular Ebay seller who imports them from the USA. But then again TivoHeaven offer more or less unlimited telephone support to help you get up and running if you get stuck at any point in the whole process and also test the Cachecards before they send them out whereas the Ebay seller does not.

Alternatively you could probably do the whole job yourself using the Image that you will shortly be sent the link for and the instructions at www.steveconrad.co.uk on how to install a large hard drive, a Cachecard and TivoWeb.

The choice is yours.

You may also find the following website links come in handy during your upgrade journey:-

http://tivo.lightn.org/

www.ljay.org.uk/tivoweb/

www.garysargent.co.uk/tivo/hacking.htm

www.beaconhill.plus.com/TiVo/tivohacks.htm

http://www.arielbusiness.pwp.blueyo.../TiVo/HowTo.htm

http://alt.org/wiki/index.php/TiVoWeb%20Modules

http://thomson.tivo.googlepages.com

http://tivo.stevejenkins.com/network_cd.html

http://thomson.tivo.googlepages.com/tivowebplus

http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/?search=oztivo&x=0&y=0

www.tivohackman.com

http://www.planetbuilders.org/tivo/...rade_diary.html

[hootbah]

Thanks for the quick replies and the images.

I had a quick look at hooch and in the FAQs it mentions that it does not come with turbonet drivers, only cachecard drivers (maybe I should just opt for a cachecard). Also I've noticed that I can't actually get to the silicondust website. Maybe its been taken down?

Thanks again,


Hootbah.

[Pete77]

I had a quick look at hooch and in the FAQs it mentions that it does not come with turbonet drivers, only cachecard drivers (maybe I should just opt for a cachecard). Also I've noticed that I can't actually get to the silicondust website. Maybe its been taken down?.

The www.silicondust.com website does seem to be down at present but in any case you only use that for technical discussions about driver issues etc. The place to buy Cachecards and Turbonet cards directly from the USA supplier is www.9thtee.com/turbonet.htm

The Turbonet card is 69USD vs 94USD for the Cachecard but the Cachecard is faster as a network card and also essential for a large hard drive upgrade of 300Gb or over where you tend to get menu slowdown unless you have a Cachecard with a 512MB DIMM on board.

The 9thTee prices may look cheap at first but their international shipping adds another 30USD or so and you may then get hit with customs duty and VAT and Parcelforce's iniquitous 12 quid charge for paying that duty if you are unlucky. So you may be just as well off buying from the guy on Ebay for 74 quid or so (although he did offer free postage if anyone sent him an email mentioning having seen his offer on this site of free postage which would take it down to 70 quid).

However if you feel you need lots of help and advice then TivoHeaven is the place to go for both Hooch and for a Cachecard to go with it as you will get full telephone and email support on any possible problems. However if you feel you are confident enough to do it all yourself then just get the bits from the cheapest supplier and follow the www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo guides to fit them.

[blindlemon]

I had a quick look at hooch and in the FAQs it mentions that it does not come with turbonet drivers, only cachecard drivers (maybe I should just opt for a cachecard).As you have ordered a 300gb drive, a cachecard would probably be a better bet as you can add RAM if required to negate the slowdown in menu speed you will likely experience with such a large drive.

[odw199]

Hi All,

My Tivo has given up the ghost, please could someone PM with a link to an image?

Ta

[amckillican]

Hey, did you manage to get an image? If so can you please let me have it? I've got a Thompson tivo series one and frankly, the idea of dumping it breaks my heart... the hard drive has totally died on me :( so i can't back it up, although i tried... it's simply totally fried. I've got a nice new hard drive ready to go, but no software for it... my tivo thinks it's a hoover right now! please help it, and me in the process!

Thanks, Andy

[Wonder_lander]

PM's sent guys

[Dave Marley]

Hi,

Can someone send me a link to an image please?

Thanks

[Wonder_lander]

Hi,

Can someone send me a link to an image please?

Thanks

PM Sent

[CJUK33]

Can some provide me with a link to a image file preferably 2.5.5a

Cheers

[Wonder_lander]

Can some provide me with a link to a image file preferably 2.5.5a

Cheers

PM Sent

[raykoko]

need an image as well if possible
thanks in advance

[andyjenkins]

Image required please guys ..... 255a

TIA

[Wonder_lander]

PM's sent

[hamradio]

I think you would all do better to buy a pre-configured drive from PaceLink. A 120GB Samsung hard drive costs 99 quid + VAT and is a simple drop-in replacement for any UK TiVo.

www.pacelink.co.uk


Well on reading the add's Tivoheaven will supply a new Samsung 250gb drive at £109 all inclusive.
I recently ordered one of these and recived the drive next day with full instuctions,it is now installed and is working perfectly ken lee

[hamradio]

I think you would all do better to buy a pre-configured drive from PaceLink. A 120GB Samsung hard drive costs 99 quid + VAT and is a simple drop-in replacement for any UK TiVo.

www.pacelink.co.uk

Well I recently saw a Add by Tivoheaven who will supply a Samsung 250gb drive
for £109 all inclusive
Which seems to be a better price than offered by pace link

I have since purchased one of these drives from Tivoheaven which arrived next day with full fitting instructions, this is now installed and working perfectly
ken lee

[Wonder_lander]

Well I recently saw a Add by Tivoheaven who will supply a Samsung 250gb drive
for £109 all inclusive
Which seems to be a better price than offered by pace link

I have since purchased one of these drives from Tivoheaven which arrived next day with full fitting instructions, this is now installed and working perfectly
ken lee

Holy historic post quote batman.

SCGF's post was made on the 24th May-2003!! Agree that tivoheaven or the other supplies are cheaper than pacelink's offerings!

[blindlemon]

I have since purchased one of these drives from Tivoheaven which arrived next day with full fitting instructions, this is now installed and working perfectly
ken leeThanks Ken - glad to have been of service :)

[Nimbus]

Hi Guys,

I've lost my original image and need to restore some disks,

can anyone provide me with a link to a image file preferably 2.5.5a

Promise to look after it better this time !

[Wonder_lander]

Hi Guys,

I've lost my original image and need to restore some disks,

can anyone provide me with a link to a image file preferably 2.5.5a

Promise to look after it better this time !

PM Sent

[magnum68]

Hi Guys, the hard drive on my Toshiba RS-TX20 died and I need an image for the new drive. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Magnum68

[Pete77]

Hi Guys, the hard drive on my Toshiba RS-TX20 died and I need an image for the new drive. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Sadly this is only the thread for UK Tivo images for Thomson PVR10UK machines. I'm sure there must be an equivalent thread for images in the US sections of the forum?

[odw199]

Hi, I'm upgrading a friends Tivo, please could someone help me out with 2.5.5 image?

Thanks

[Wonder_lander]

PM Sent

[PaulK]

Can anyone help me out, after years of stuttery recordings I can't take it no more and have bought myself a 500GB IDE for my tivo, can any one help with an image or a way to backup.

A Build with turbonet and tivoweb would be most welcome.

Thanks
Paul

[Pete77]

A Build with turbonet and tivoweb would be most welcome
The image you wish for is available from www.tivoheaven.co.uk and goes under the name of Hooch.

A free image can be provided in this thread but will not have tivoweb and turbonet drivers etc included as Hooch does.

You may also find the large hard drive upgrade guide at www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo provides much in the way of helpful assistance on your current project.

Which make of 500Gb hard drive have you purchased by the way? If its a Seagate you do realise that its power consumption requirements mean a second hard drive cannot be added at a later date? You can use 2 x 400Gb Samsung drives together though.

[PaulK]

Thanks for the info hooch is downloading as we speak, I have a seagate drive but no plans to upgrade passed the one drive, this is for my 2nd tivo in the bedroom, so I should be fine.

thanks again
Paul

[Wonder_lander]

Thanks for the info hooch is downloading as we speak, I have a seagate drive but no plans to upgrade passed the one drive, this is for my 2nd tivo in the bedroom, so I should be fine.

thanks again
Paul

No need for the standard image then?

[Pete77]

Thanks for the info hooch is downloading as we speak, I have a seagate drive but no plans to upgrade passed the one drive, this is for my 2nd tivo in the bedroom, so I should be fine.

I'm sure 500Gb should be adequate for a second Tivo. My only reason for ever going to 1000Gb would be to have 350 hours or so at Mode 0. I find 150 to 175 hours to be sometimes not enough.

[FragglePete]

My TiVo has started spluttering! Did this when the last hard drive eventually failed.

Want to do it myself this time, but I need an image.....

"2.5.5 Image required please!"

Many thanks

Pete

[Pete77]

My TiVo has started spluttering! Did this when the last hard drive eventually failed.

Want to do it myself this time, but I need an image.....

"2.5.5 Image required please!"

Check out www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade3.html for details of how to do it yourself.

What kind of hard drive are you thinking of?

[FragglePete]

Appreciate what your saying, and may go down that route, but the stuttering is getting worse and worse now.

But, I'm just being lazy; want to get hold of a 'Virgin' image so I can transfer it on to a new Hard Drive and just pop it into my trusty TiVo.

Thanks in advance.....

Pete

[Wonder_lander]

Appreciate what your saying, and may go down that route, but the stuttering is getting worse and worse now.

But, I'm just being lazy; want to get hold of a 'Virgin' image so I can transfer it on to a new Hard Drive and just pop it into my trusty TiVo.

Thanks in advance.....

Pete

PM Sent

[Budge]

Hello fellas.
My bedroom TiVo has given up the ghost... :(
Does anyone have an image link they could send me please?
(It's a 250gb drive i'm installing, if it makes any difference..)

TIA!

[Andy Leitch]

Looking for a 2.5.5 image *must* have mode 0.

[Wonder_lander]

Hello fellas.
My bedroom TiVo has given up the ghost... :(
Does anyone have an image link they could send me please?
(It's a 250gb drive i'm installing, if it makes any difference..)

TIA!

PM Sent

[Wonder_lander]

Looking for a 2.5.5 image *must* have mode 0.

try Hooch from tivoheaven.co.uk for mode 0 images

[tivotrebor]

My tivo has died, disk ordered.

I need an TiVo 2.5.5 image please.

Thanks William

[Wonder_lander]

My tivo has died, disk ordered.

I need an TiVo 2.5.5 image please.

Thanks William

PM Sent

[Andy Leitch]

try Hooch from tivoheaven.co.uk for mode 0 images
Thanks for the pointer but why should I have to pay for an mode 0 enabled image?

Anyway I've acquired an mode 0 image for free and I'm sharing it where other people can get it for free also.

[blindlemon]

Thanks for the pointer but why should I have to pay for an mode 0 enabled image?Nobody's forcing you to :D

Anyway, what you're paying for with Hooch! is the program to automatically configure the drive, not the image itself. The fact that the Hooch! installed image includes Cachecard drivers, TiVoWeb and Mode 0 support is a bonus :)

[Wonder_lander]

Thanks for the pointer but why should I have to pay for an mode 0 enabled image?

Anyway I've acquired an mode 0 image for free and I'm sharing it where other people can get it for free also.

I don't have a mode 0 image on my ftp so couldn't share it. The only place I knew you could get one was tivoheaven hence my post, sorry if this caused offence!

[Pete77]

Andy Leitch is the man who has previously proclaimed in his TivoCommunity signature that "Tivo is Dead, The Future is Sky HD" or words to that effect.

Strange then that such a person would need any form of image at all to help them keep running what they have previously alleged to be a dead and moribund product? :eek: :mad:

[blindlemon]

dead and moribund Ahh, the power of tautology and repetition :p:D

[Andy Leitch]

I don't have a mode 0 image on my ftp so couldn't share it. The only place I knew you could get one was tivoheaven hence my post, sorry if this caused offence!
Absolutely no offence caused.

Strange then that such a person would need any form of image at all to help them keep running what they have previously alleged to be a dead and moribund product?

Who says the image was for me smartass??

BTW, bought any bargain working tivos from ebay recently?

[SupCmdrThor]

Could I have an image PM please, 2nd disk to die in 5 years and I have a wad of old blank HDs lying around doing nothing :)

[Pete77]

Could I have an image PM please, 2nd disk to die in 5 years and I have a wad of old blank HDs lying around doing nothing :)

But what size, make and capacity are they?

If they are Maxtor or Hitachi or Western Digital you will probably be doing another replacement in a year to 18 months.

[SupCmdrThor]

But what size, make and capacity are they?

If they are Maxtor or Hitachi or Western Digital you will probably be doing another replacement in a year to 18 months.

I have over 20 discounting the scsi's, various makes and sizes, pretty much one of everything. I'm not that bothered about changing it once a year to be honest if it squeezes a little more life out of the TiVo :)

Ta

[Pete77]

I have over 20 discounting the scsi's, various makes and sizes, pretty much one of everything. I'm not that bothered about changing it once a year to be honest if it squeezes a little more life out of the TiVo :)

History shows Samsung and Seagate driives to seemingly last far better and be quieter in Tivos than other makes.

But also go for the slowest spin speed you can find (4200rpm would be best of all but probably not enough capacity so 5400rpm is the ideal compromise) as faster drives in a Tivo provide no actual speed advantage and only generate a lot more heat (which can shorten hard drive life).

Apparently Maxtor and Hitachi drives have poor cooling and the Tivo fan is not really adequate to cool them down to temperature levels at which their hard drive life is not artificially shortened.

You might also be interested in the www.tivoheaven.co.uk Hooch Cd download for around £20 as a possible alternative to an image here as it comes with all relevant drivers for cachcards and Tivoweb etc pre-installed.

[TCM2007]

If they are Maxtor or Hitachi or Western Digital you will probably be doing another replacement in a year to 18 months.

Methinks you exaggerate a little Pete. Differences in reliability are slight and only detectable with statistical analysis of large quantities. To say those brand will fail after a year in nonsense.

Heat which will shorten an HD's life is extreme, not the 30-45 degrees you see in a Tivo.

Quietness is a genuine reason to discern, but I'm not convinced Samsung has the monopoly on that.

Perhaps we should suggest this as a subject for that Radio 4 show which callenges received wisdom? :)

[Pete77]

Quietness is a genuine reason to discern, but I'm not convinced Samsung has the monopoly on that.

Samsung share quietness with Seagate but latest Seagate drives now consume too much power to have 2 together in a Tivo. Western Digital also have some very quiet 2.5" drives (Scorpio range) but their 3.5" drives chatter like machine guns. I long ago took back a very cheap PC base unit I bought at PC World due to unbearable clattering noise from a Western Digital drive. Of couse I suspect that drive was the reason the unit had already been returned by a customer before. Also some 2.5" Toshiba hard drives are abominably noisy.

Hitachi do seem to repatedly use more platters and create more heat for the same model of hard drive size.

Also many of my views represent brainwashing by blindlemon. You don't seem to criticise him when he gets out his hymn sheet for the Sasmung HA250JC as the best ever hard drive of all time.

[TCM2007]

Also many of my views represent brainwashing by blindlemon. You don't seem to criticise him when he gets out his hymn sheet for the Sasmung HA250JC as the best ever hard drive of all time.

Because there's a difference between saying x is the best product and saying don't use y, they're crap.

[Pete77]

Because there's a difference between saying x is the best product and saying don't use y, they're crap.

Well blindlemon definitely frequently says words equivalent to "dont use Maxtor and don't use Hitachi as they are noisy hot and fail in no time in Tivo use"

If you ask me its not what is said but actually who says it that seems to determine the reaction of some of you to comments made in this forum, ;)

[blindlemon]

Well blindlemon definitely frequently says words equivalent to "dont use Maxtor and don't use Hitachi as they are noisy hot and fail in no time in Tivo use"Actually, what I normally say is that I would never use a Maxtor in a TiVo and that Hitachi drives run hot and don't have a good reputation for reliability.

There is a slight difference... ;)

[Pete77]

There is a slight difference... ;)

Only at Pedant's Corner (aka Tivo UK section of Tivocommunity). ;) :p

[Wonder_lander]

Could I have an image PM please, 2nd disk to die in 5 years and I have a wad of old blank HDs lying around doing nothing :)

PM Sent

[SupCmdrThor]

PM Sent

'nod, cheers. I'd just this second given up trying to recover the old disk, read errors all over the place :/

[SupCmdrThor]

'nod, cheers. I'd just this second given up trying to recover the old disk, read errors all over the place :/
..and in under 4hrs I'm back up and running, plodding through the guided setup. Top marks to this community + guides, a doddle to get my TiVo alive again!

[Pete77]

..and in under 4hrs I'm back up and running, plodding through the guided setup. Top marks to this community + guides, a doddle to get my TiVo alive again!

Which make and capacity of hard drive did you use in the end?

[blindlemon]

Go on SupCmdrThor, upset us all by telling us you used a refurbished 80gb Maxtor :eek::p:D

[tomekd]

My A drive has failed in my Tivo.

It's a Thomson Scenium, bought approx 3 years ago.

I've got a 40gb hard drives has failed in the Tivo

Been searching on the web for a backup image to no avail.

Could anyone possibly backup image link? :mad:

Cheers (in advance).

[Pete77]

My A drive has failed in my Tivo.

It's a Thomson Scenium, bought approx 3 years ago.

I've got a 40gb hard drives has failed in the Tivo

Been searching on the web for a backup image to no avail.

Could anyone possibly backup image link? :mad:

Cheers (in advance).

See www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade3.html for installation instructions.

The 400Gb Samsung HD LD T series drive is considered to be probably the quietest replacement drive and has a 3 year warranty. Available for around only £60 delivered at www.komplett.co.uk/k/kl.aspx?bn=10089

Or you may be interested in taking a look at www.tivoheaven.com and www.tivoland.com for pre prepared upgrade drives you can just drop in to replace your failed drive and other related items.

[blindlemon]

The 400Gb Samsung HD LD T series drive is considered to be probably the quietest replacement driveBy whom?

In my experience (and I have handled many of these drives, and many more HA250JCs), the HD400LD is a very nice, very quiet drive with low vibration for a 7200rpm drive. However, it is NOT as quiet overall in terms of vibration and seek noise as the 5400rpm HA250JC and definitely doesn't run as cool.

However, it may indeed be the quietest 400gb drive around - it's certainly as quiet as the Seagate DB35 and much better suited to TiVo use IMHO. That's why I stock them along with the HA250JC.

If you want bang for your buck, then the HD400LD is a definite winner as it's nearly as quiet as the HA250JC (although nowhere near as cool running) and cheaper too, but if you want the absolute quietest drive (with the most proven reliability) then the HA250JC is the one to go for.

Don't get me wrong - they're both excellent drives - but you do have to trade off a little bit of vibration and excess heat for that extra 150gb and the cheaper price.

Sometimes Pete I think you just make these posts to wind me up... :p;)

[Pete77]

By whom?

I should have said the Samsung 400Gb HDLD drive is the quietest value for money hard drive.

If money is no object and you don't mind losing 150Gb of capacity and you are a total purist then get the 250Gb Samsung HA250JC.

However by blindlemon's own logic if you want more capacity than 250Gb the Samsung HD LD T series 400Gb drive is a better option because 1 drive is always much less prone to failing in any time period and also runs cooler than say running 2 Samsung HA250JC drives together in your Tivo.

This is another point I have not seen blindlemon take into account in his constant plugging of the much more expensive per Gb Samsung HA250JC model ;) :p

[Wonder_lander]

My A drive has failed in my Tivo.

It's a Thomson Scenium, bought approx 3 years ago.

I've got a 40gb hard drives has failed in the Tivo

Been searching on the web for a backup image to no avail.

Could anyone possibly backup image link? :mad:

Cheers (in advance).

PM Sent

[blindlemon]

by blindlemon's own logic if you want more capacity than 250Gb the Samsung HD LD T series 400Gb drive is a better option because 1 drive is always much less prone to failing in any time period and also runs cooler than say running 2 Samsung HA250JC drives together in your Tivo.We have only been talking about single-drives. If you want/need 400gb then, yes, the HD400LD is the best choice. However, if you want more than 400gb - eg. 500gb - then I would generally recommend 2x HA250JCs rather than a single 500gb drive.

his constant plugging of the much more expensive per Gb Samsung HA250JC model ;) :p...on which I currently make less profit than an HD400LD I shoud point out!

The reason I 'plug' the HA250JC is because, IMHO, it is the best drive for TiVo use if factors like size and VFM are not an issue.

[SupCmdrThor]

Go on SupCmdrThor, upset us all by telling us you used a refurbished 80gb Maxtor :eek::p:D

Ahh.. ahem, yes. It is a 80gb Maxtor that spent two years in someone's desktop :eek:

But, if it makes everyone feel better - there probably is something wrong with it anyway (which is why it was just lying around in a stack ;) and it's going to be replaced by something with fluid drive bearings. The Maxtor I just took out the TiVo makes a nasty scraping noise when you twist it in the air.

Anyone know if TiVo sends an IDE 'sleep' when it's idle (is it ever?) to conserve the life of the drive?

[blindlemon]

...aaah, well, at least that might help convince Pete that I have uncanny powers... :D

Unfortunately a TiVo drive is never idle - apart from continually recording Live TV there is always some housekeeping going on in the background. I reckon the average TiVo drive head travels further in a year than most PC (or even server) ones do in ten - hence the need for a very reliable drive.

I won't bore you with my recommendation though as I think it's probably pretty obvious by now;):)

[Pete77]

Ahh.. ahem, yes. It is a 80gb Maxtor that spent two years in someone's desktop :eek:

The words false and economy spring to mind for some reason. ;)

Especially when a 60Gb Samsung 400Gb HD LD drive with fluid bearings and 3 years warranty can be had for £60 delivered at www.komplett.co.uk

[mikerr]

£0 vs £60 is a good saving !

Especially as an 80GB drive user is likely using tivo for timeshifting, not permanent storage.

[Pete77]

£0 vs £60 is a good saving !.

And what about the cost and frustration of wasted free time when the Maxtor drive turns its toes after only a few months?

[SolidTechie]

Hi,

Would you Adam & Eve it! My spare TiVo is in store, and my main didn't survive the move

I have a shiny new 400GB drive, but cannot get a backup out of my pair of seagate 120's, let alone being able to retrieve the recordings!

Anyone able to help me out?

Thanks in anticipation...

[Wonder_lander]

Hi,

Would you Adam & Eve it! My spare TiVo is in store, and my main didn't survive the move

I have a shiny new 400GB drive, but cannot get a backup out of my pair of seagate 120's, let alone being able to retrieve the recordings!

Anyone able to help me out?

Thanks in anticipation...

PM Sent

[michaeltw]

Hey Everyone - any images out there for the HR10-250?

My drive died and rather then take apart my other currently working box to get an image, a downloadable one would get me up and running again with a lot less grief.

Any PM help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[Wonder_lander]

Hey Everyone - any images out there for the HR10-250?

My drive died and rather then take apart my other currently working box to get an image, a downloadable one would get me up and running again with a lot less grief.

Any PM help would be appreciated.

Thanks!


You're in the UK forum so we don't have an image for your TiVo, sorry!

[beastman]

Does anyone have a image I can access that would work with a 500GB drive?
Preferably one with the cachecard drivers and all the hacks on board (mode O) etc.
I have 2 tivo's that have already been expanded as far as they will go!

thanks

[Wonder_lander]

Does anyone have a image I can access that would work with a 500GB drive?
Preferably one with the cachecard drivers and all the hacks on board (mode O) etc.
I have 2 tivo's that have already been expanded as far as they will go!

thanks

Have sent you a PM but you may want to create a new thread to ask technical questions in.

[Pete77]

Does anyone have a image I can access that would work with a 500GB drive? Preferably one with the cachecard drivers and all the hacks on board (mode O) etc. I have 2 tivo's that have already been expanded as far as they will go!

thanks

May I draw the honourable gentleman's attention to the Hooch CD download available from TivoHeaven at:-

www.swanstep.f2s.com/tivo/hooch.htm

[Prat77]

May I draw the honourable gentleman's attention to the Hooch CD download available from TivoHeaven at:-

www.swanstep.f2s.com/tivo/hooch.htm

£20 for a download :eek:

Almost worth buying a whole Tivo from ebay for £35, using that drive image for expansion and getting a PSU, remote and the other bits and bobs cheaply!

[Pete77]

£20 for a download :eek:

Almost worth buying a whole Tivo from ebay for £35, using that drive image for expansion and getting a PSU, remote and the other bits and bobs cheaply!
But it won't havc Cachecard drivers or Tivoweb installed will it. :rolleyes:

As to a remote and a power supply I think you will find a Tivo sold on Ebay comes with all of those. ;)

[TCM2007]

Er, exactly!

[pasks]

Hi, My pvr10uk has just given up the ghost GSOD and reboots constantly. I've tried backup/restore using the Hinsdale instructions but the restore fails complaining about the primary and secondary maps. I assume I need to reload from a new image, any chnce someone can pm me with details where I can download an image?

[Wonder_lander]

Hi, My pvr10uk has just given up the ghost GSOD and reboots constantly. I've tried backup/restore using the Hinsdale instructions but the restore fails complaining about the primary and secondary maps. I assume I need to reload from a new image, any chnce someone can pm me with details where I can download an image?

PM Sent

[danford]

Hi guys,

I moved my Tivo (with an original 40Gb disk) into the front room so my housemates could watch an episode of the Apprentice and the hard disk died after the move back!!

I've bought a new Seagate 120Gb drive and would appreciate anyone emailing me an image to help me return my life back to normal.

I've searched on the internet but haven't had much luck in finding one.

Cheers,

DAN

[Wonder_lander]

Hi guys,

I moved my Tivo (with an original 40Gb disk) into the front room so my housemates could watch an episode of the Apprentice and the hard disk died after the move back!!

I've bought a new Seagate 120Gb drive and would appreciate anyone emailing me an image to help me return my life back to normal.

I've searched on the internet but haven't had much luck in finding one.

Cheers,

DAN

PM Sent

[danford]

Hi guys,

The ftp server Wonder_lander directed me to is unfortunately no longer available.

Can anyone PM message me with another location for an image?

My Tivo is a Thomson Series1 UK and it had the original 40Gb hard disk installed (until it died), my new drive is 120Gb.

Cheers,

DAN

[Pete77]

Hi guys,

The ftp server Wonder_lander directed me to is unfortunately no longer available.

Can anyone PM message me with another location for an image?

My Tivo is a Thomson Series1 UK and it had the original 40Gb hard disk installed (until it died), my new drive is 120Gb.

Cheers,

DAN

Must be a temporary problem as people don't normally have this difficulty

Hopefully it will come back up soon when either Wonder_Lander or his ISP resolves the issue.

[mikerr]

The ftp server Wonder_lander directed me to is unfortunately no longer available.

Can anyone PM message me with another location for an image?



PM sent

[Wonder_lander]

Server is hosted in the US and does occasionally have issues, £12 per year so I suppose it's to be expected!!

Just give it a try again!

[blindlemon]

For free unlimited capacity file-hosting, have a look at www.humyo.com

[markemark]

My dear old Tivo passed away after many faithful years of service. I'm going to fit a new hard drive but need an image file to put back on to it. If anyone could let me know a place to find one or send me a message then I'd be really grateful. Having to watch telly like the olden days is driving me crazy. Thanks. Mark

[Wonder_lander]

My dear old Tivo passed away after many faithful years of service. I'm going to fit a new hard drive but need an image file to put back on to it. If anyone could let me know a place to find one or send me a message then I'd be really grateful. Having to watch telly like the olden days is driving me crazy. Thanks. Mark

PM Sent

[phedders]

"Me too" - GSOD etc etc and cannot find the backup I made a few years ago....

Any chance some kind soul could 'lend' me a copy of an image? (2.5.5)

If it has cachecard and mode 0 then that would be fab :O)

EDIT: Seems I already asked a few months back... and got, but didn't use yet! Cheers Wonder_lander!!!
--
Cheers all!

[Wonder_lander]

EDIT: Seems I already asked a few months back... and got, but didn't use yet! Cheers Wonder_lander!!!
--
Cheers all!

No worries, good luck getting up and running!

[mardibloke]

After many years of service my UK Tivo died last night during some power cuts.

Shows the "Powering Up" message on screen so I assume Hard Disk is sick.

All those years ago, I upgraded to twin drives and network card, am sure I took a backup at the time, but cannot find it now.

As I am sure many will understand, my wife will kill me as its one of the few gadgets she cannot live without.

Don't mind about loosing all my settings/recordings, but as I understand it I will need an image to pop on the new drive I am about to pop out and buy now.

Will appriciate any help given.

[Wonder_lander]

After many years of service my UK Tivo died last night during some power cuts.

Shows the "Powering Up" message on screen so I assume Hard Disk is sick.

All those years ago, I upgraded to twin drives and network card, am sure I took a backup at the time, but cannot find it now.

As I am sure many will understand, my wife will kill me as its one of the few gadgets she cannot live without.

Don't mind about loosing all my settings/recordings, but as I understand it I will need an image to pop on the new drive I am about to pop out and buy now.

Will appriciate any help given.

PM Sent

[Pete77]

After many years of service my UK Tivo died last night during some power cuts.

Shows the "Powering Up" message on screen so I assume Hard Disk is sick.

All those years ago, I upgraded to twin drives and network card, am sure I took a backup at the time, but cannot find it now.

As I am sure many will understand, my wife will kill me as its one of the few gadgets she cannot live without.

Don't mind about loosing all my settings/recordings, but as I understand it I will need an image to pop on the new drive I am about to pop out and buy now.

Will appriciate any help given.

You could also consider buying the Hooch download from www.tivoheaven.co.uk which comes with all the relevant network card drivers and Tivoweb etc already set up. But it will cost you nearly 20 quid. But there again time is money.........

[napm]

Has anybody got a link to a 2.5.5 image file they could send me?
please.

[napm]

Probably should have specified, I am just looking for 2.5.5 it is only going to use an 80GB hard disk so doesn't need the modification for larger hard disk etc.

Mode 0 would be cool though.

I have now changed my profile to allow users to email me direct.

[Wonder_lander]

PM Sent

[napm]

Thanks to wonder lander for sending me the pm.

[bignoise]

After many years of flawless service my TiVo has started acting up, giving 'Failed While Indexing Series' on every daily call. Nothing I tried (and I think I tried everything) can fix it so I guess I need to reinstall..

Upshot is.. I've misplaced the last image I took. Can anyone help point me at a 2.5.5 UK image please? I'd be ever so grateful. :)

[Wonder_lander]

After many years of flawless service my TiVo has started acting up, giving 'Failed While Indexing Series' on every daily call. Nothing I tried (and I think I tried everything) can fix it so I guess I need to reinstall..

Upshot is.. I've misplaced the last image I took. Can anyone help point me at a 2.5.5 UK image please? I'd be ever so grateful. :)

PM Sent

[bignoise]

Huge thanks. :)

[BobBlueUK]

Could some kind soul please point me towards a fresh 2.5.5 image as my TiVo is rather unwell at the moment? :(

Many thanks. :)

[Wonder_lander]

Could some kind soul please point me towards a fresh 2.5.5 image as my TiVo is rather unwell at the moment? :(

Many thanks. :)

PM Sent, good luck!

[BobBlueUK]

Thanks Wonder_lander, much appreciated!

Fingers crossed for the patient... :eek:

[walkem91]

I returned from my holiday yesterday to find my Tivo is not well. According to my neighbours we have had several power failures due to the bad weather. :mad:

Can anyone help with a 2.5.5 image file that will get me going again please ?

Thanks
Mark

[Wonder_lander]

I returned from my holiday yesterday to find my Tivo is not well. According to my neighbours we have had several power failures due to the bad weather. :mad:

Can anyone help with a 2.5.5 image file that will get me going again please ?

Thanks
Mark

PM Sent

[walkem91]

Thanks Wonder_lander. I really appreciate it :) :)

Mark

[chubbybrown]

Can someone help with an image.
thanks very much

ROY

[Wonder_lander]

Can someone help with an image.
thanks very much

ROY

PM Sent

[Andy Davies]

Just moved house and my Tivo appears to have died.

Can some point me in the direction of an image file so I can restore onto a new drive.

Thanks

Andy

[Wonder_lander]

Just moved house and my Tivo appears to have died.

Can some point me in the direction of an image file so I can restore onto a new drive.

Thanks

Andy

PM Sent

[Grumpster]

Yep me too could someone be so kind as to post me an image links of their Tivo, pref with tivoweb and turbonet etc and all the latest mods. Failing that any Tivo image will do thanks very much!

[Wonder_lander]

Yep me too could someone be so kind as to post me an image links of their Tivo, pref with tivoweb and turbonet etc and all the latest mods. Failing that any Tivo image will do thanks very much!

PM Sent

[skel28]

Hi, I got my lifetime subscription model with cachecard etc all pre-fitted, hence I don't have any kind of backup at all. If possible the PM please could save me possible heartache in the future (and earache from the wife lol).
Thanks in advance, rgds
Jim

[Pete77]

Hi, I got my lifetime subscription model with cachecard etc all pre-fitted, hence I don't have any kind of backup at all. If possible the PM please could save me possible heartache in the future (and earache from the wife lol).
Thanks in advance, rgds Jim

You might find the Hooch download from www.tivoheaven.co.uk a lot less trouble with your advanced pre-configured Tivo if the worst did ever happen to you.

[Wonder_lander]

Hi, I got my lifetime subscription model with cachecard etc all pre-fitted, hence I don't have any kind of backup at all. If possible the PM please could save me possible heartache in the future (and earache from the wife lol).
Thanks in advance, rgds
Jim

PM Sent

[skel28]

Thanks to you both

[spulfer]

My Tivo has just died and the backup I took some years ago just won't restore. Can someone kindly PM me a working image please?

Many thanks

Steve

[Wonder_lander]

My Tivo has just died and the backup I took some years ago just won't restore. Can someone kindly PM me a working image please?

Many thanks

Steve


PM Sent

[Phil_Hoggins]

Any chance of a PM to a good UK image. I've mispalced the one I had and would like to keep a backup just in case my drive dies.

Cheers,

Phil

[Wonder_lander]

Any chance of a PM to a good UK image. I've mispalced the one I had and would like to keep a backup just in case my drive dies.

Cheers,

Phil

PM Sent

[Spud1]

Hey guys, first post here despite being a lurker for the past few years (I know I know)..

Anyway my UK Series 1 tivo drive has just died I think..I upgraded it to a 300gig one about a year ago and it was running fine, but then today I get two yellow lights on the front of the box and tivo support are telling me its the disk thats broken.

I tried using my original drive but that just gets stuck on the 'Welcome..Powering up' screen which indicates to me that its also given up the ghost...

Anyway I would appreciate a UK image please so I can try and re-image both drives to see if I can get it booting again..can't live without my tivo lol :)

[Pete77]

I tried using my original drive but that just gets stuck on the 'Welcome..Powering up' screen which indicates to me that its also given up the ghost...

But it indicates to me that your problem is possibly not a broken hard drive but instead a stray remote control with a stuck down key somewhere on Tivo's frequencies.

Or am I wrong that this can stop the machine getting beyond powering up and cause the two lights on the front of the Tivo to both come on?

Or could it be a modem for your phone line that has been fried by recent lightening affecting overhead BT lines if you still use dial up to get your daily data. I believe this can also prevent a Tivo from starting up.

With your replacement old drive(s) I wonder if you connected the IDE cable plug the right way round on the motherboard if it came loose. They fit both ways but only one way round actually works.

[Spud1]

Thanks for your suggestions pete - I decided to give it another try after reading your post and completely re-wired the inside of the tivo, and it still didnt work..
Then I thoght about your remote suggestion - and covered up the front panel with some paper...surprisingly its now booted!

I can't think where on earth the signal is coming from, but thats another challange :)

So i'm incredibly grateful to you mate, thanks alot :D

It was actually Tivo support who went on about it being the hard drive that was broken, didnt even consider the remote..

[Pete77]

It was actually Tivo support who went on about it being the hard drive that was broken, didnt even consider the remote..

It was the fact your old drives wouldn't boot the Tivo either that made it unlikely the drives were the problem, plus the two lights being on at boot up has been discussed several times on here as indicating the no start problem is due to a stray IR signal.

Have you checked underneath all the cushions on your sofa and armchairs etc and under the chairs and sofas themselves?

[Dave Parry]

I too would like a backup , just incase, as I intend upgrading. Many thanks in advance.

[Wonder_lander]

I too would like a backup , just incase, as I intend upgrading. Many thanks in advance.

PM Sent, Spud1 do you still need an image?

[Pete77]

I think Spud1's problems are probably solved but in his euphoria he has forgotten to tell us.

[Andy Davies]

PM Sent

Thanks for the image

[ifekas]

I too am in a position of needing an image, as I have got one but it doesn't work properly. If anyone can help, please PM me.

TIA

[Wonder_lander]

I too am in a position of needing an image, as I have got one but it doesn't work properly. If anyone can help, please PM me.

TIA

PM Sent

[Wonder_lander]

Oh no, my webserver has been impounded by the CIA and I'm seeing if I can get the images back off the FTP.

Sorry you won't be able to access it until I can get this sorted.

[Pete77]

Oh no, my webserver has been impounded by the CIA and I'm seeing if I can get the images back off the FTP.

Why has it been impounded?!

[Wonder_lander]

Why has it been impounded?!

"As per our previous email, a bank fraud script has been found on one of the servers in our cluster. As a result, all servers are currently suspended and under police investigation. We do not have an ETA, and have no access to the servers whatsoever. The only thing I can do is release the domain names to yourselves to host your accounts someone else if you so desire.
Please send me all of the details to make the changes to the domains"

[Pete77]

"As per our previous email, a bank fraud script has been found on one of the servers in our cluster. As a result, all servers are currently suspended and under police investigation. We do not have an ETA, and have no access to the servers whatsoever. The only thing I can do is release the domain names to yourselves to host your accounts someone else if you so desire.
Please send me all of the details to make the changes to the domains"

So it isn't only in the UK that the authorities close down the whole road for endless hours just so they can investigate one crime!

Surely they could have simply cloned the server's contents to forensically investigate the fraud or at least allowed a clone of the server they were taking away to be created so they didn't inconvenience everyone wanting to use it.

This all relies on the overwhelming arrogance of the Police/Security Services in believing that their investigation is always far more important than anbody else's business or activities.

[Wonder_lander]

So it isn't only in the UK that the authorities close down the whole road for endless hours just so they can investigate one crime!

Surely they could have simply cloned the server's contents to forensically investigate the fraud or at least allowed a clone of the server they were taking away to be created so they didn't inconvenience everyone wanting to use it.

This all relies on the overwhelming arrogance of the Police/Security Services in believing that their investigation is always far more important than anbody else's business or activities.

Tis hosted in the land of America! What did I expect for my £12 per year hosting package :D

[Pete77]

Tis hosted in the land of America! What did I expect for my £12 per year hosting package :D

And no questions asked about whom they were hosting it would seem ;) ...........

[Wonder_lander]

Back up and running, thanks to BobBlueUK for his assistance and Blindlemon for his recommendation to use humyo.com

[ukcobra]

I have had a Green Screen of Death and tried a backup and restore from the disks to a new 400GB unit, to find it does not go past the Grey Powering Up Screen.

Therefore, I need a link to an image please that would be suitable for a 400GB single drive.

Thanks in advance.

Mark

[thedaean]

I'm a relative newbie, having had my TiVo for about 8 months now. The disc is full and I was wondering what I need to do to back it up, and whether I can copy what's on the disc, onto a PC. Can anyone give me ay tips, via PM or otherwise?

Thanks

Tim

[ukcobra]

Back up and running, thanks to BobBlueUK for his assistance and Blindlemon for his recommendation to use humyo.com

Thanks for the pointer, I have an image now.

[Pete77]

I'm a relative newbie, having had my TiVo for about 8 months now. The disc is full and I was wondering what I need to do to back it up, and whether I can copy what's on the disc, onto a PC. Can anyone give me ay tips, via PM or otherwise?

Perhaps a read of www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoweb may start you off on the right lines if you want to be able to do things such as backup your Tivo and the data on it.

You may also want to take a look at www.tivoheaven.co.uk and www.tivoland.com

[nob666]

Hi Guys
my Tivo just died :(
Can anyone send me a link or ? to an image ?
Thanks
Nick

Thanks very much Wonder_lander.

[robmcmahon]

My hdd is no longer working.

Nasty electrical smell and a little smoke.

Can someone pls post a link to an image for me.

Thanks.

[Pete77]

My hdd is no longer working.

Nasty electrical smell and a little smoke.

Can someone pls post a link to an image for me.

Thanks.

Power supply or motherboard has burned out I imagine. Doesn't sound like the hard drive.

[robmcmahon]

Sorry I didn't give all the details.

The smoke was coming out of the drive as I was attempting to mfsbackup.

My orig is making a nasty clunking noise and will not be recognised by the bios.

Although you make a good point about the Power Supply unit, it is probably time for a new one!

Thanks,

[Wonder_lander]

Sorry I didn't give all the details.

The smoke was coming out of the drive as I was attempting to mfsbackup.

My orig is making a nasty clunking noise and will not be recognised by the bios.

Although you make a good point about the Power Supply unit, it is probably time for a new one!

Thanks,

PM Sent

[indigoblue73]

Did I beg enough?
Hi Guys,
I'm new to the forum, so hello to all!
My 2nd Tivo disk has just gone bang and since moving I cannot find my backup image!!

Does any one have an image I can download? It's a standard 1 disk Thomson 40GB machine.

Cheers,

Martin

[Wonder_lander]

Did I beg enough?
Hi Guys,
I'm new to the forum, so hello to all!
My 2nd Tivo disk has just gone bang and since moving I cannot find my backup image!!

Does any one have an image I can download? It's a standard 1 disk Thomson 40GB machine.

Cheers,

Martin

PM Sent

[danford]

Hi guys,

I need an image for a 120Gb Seagate drive for my UK Tivo.

My 40Gb packed up a few months ago now, I posted on here then and a couple of people PM'd me with ftp links but neither worked, can anyone help me?

I'm getting a HD tele this week so it'd be great to have my Tivo back for then.

Thanks in advance,

DAN

[Wonder_lander]

Hi guys,

I need an image for a 120Gb Seagate drive for my UK Tivo.

My 40Gb packed up a few months ago now, I posted on here then and a couple of people PM'd me with ftp links but neither worked, can anyone help me?

I'm getting a HD tele this week so it'd be great to have my Tivo back for then.

Thanks in advance,

DAN

PM Sent

[ukmountie]

Hi,

My Tivo just GSOD'ed and of course I can't find my original backup image. If it matters it's dual 120Gb with 2.5.5. If anyone can provide an image it would be very appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Derek

[Wonder_lander]

Hi,

My Tivo just GSOD'ed and of course I can't find my original backup image. If it matters it's dual 120Gb with 2.5.5. If anyone can provide an image it would be very appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Derek

PM Sent

[raynerm]

Hi my tivo drive failed and tryied to copy to new drive but I just get the same probem. The tivo just keeps rebooting. If anyone can send me a PM to get a new image this would be helpful. Once I have the image is it possible to load the image form cd as I do not have a fat32 drive.

Thansk Mark.

[Wonder_lander]

Hi my tivo drive failed and tryied to copy to new drive but I just get the same probem. The tivo just keeps rebooting. If anyone can send me a PM to get a new image this would be helpful. Once I have the image is it possible to load the image form cd as I do not have a fat32 drive.

Thansk Mark.

Mark, have sent you a PM

[hershal]

Hi,

My Tivo pvr10uk seems to have failed, it just shows the powering up screen. I think one of the hard drives has finally failed.

I seem to have lost my backup, has anyone got one I can download so I can get it backup and running, thanks.

H

[Wonder_lander]

Hi,

My Tivo pvr10uk seems to have failed, it just shows the powering up screen. I think one of the hard drives has finally failed.

I seem to have lost my backup, has anyone got one I can download so I can get it backup and running, thanks.

H

PM Sent

[hershal]

OK, Downloaded the image.

If I want to use the LBA48 version I`ll need a LBA 48 enabled linux bootcd will I not?

If so can anyone recommend one?

H

[blindlemon]

The Version 1.0 LBA48 Boot CD (www.tivoheaven.com/download/ptv-mfstools2-large-disk.iso) :)

[hershal]

Thanks for that, I have downloaded that and the Knoppix bootable cd.

Whenever I try to boot the PC from the CD if the Samsung 250gb HDD is attached the boot fails with a "kill init" or "EIP" being displayed. The cds boot fine if the HDDs are not attached.

H

[blindlemon]

You don't need the knoppix cd.

Go into your BIOS setup and set the IDE auto-detection for that port off and the drive type to "none". That should allow the PC to boot from the CD.

[hershal]

OK,

I have now copied the image onto a new drive using Mfstools 2 and mfsadd to expand the drive, however it only reports 49/147 hours on a 250 gb drive. So Iam assuming it is seeing the drive as a 137gb drive.

I tried it again with mfs2 and copykern with the same result, any ideas?

H

[mferrie]

Hi,
Just got the GSOD after 5 years and can't do without my Tivo so would be very grateful if anyone could supply a backup image (will be putting it on to a 160GB drive).
Cheers

[Wonder_lander]

Hi,
Just got the GSOD after 5 years and can't do without my Tivo so would be very grateful if anyone could supply a backup image (will be putting it on to a 160GB drive).
Cheers

PM Sent

[SystemError500]

Thomson 40GB machine. Inside is a 1x15gb hdd its friend is a 1x30gb hdd.

One is now making music you never want to hear from an HDD.

I want to put in a single Maxtor 80gb hdd and I do believe here is the best place to for a PM / link / ftp or torrent to an image 2.5.5.

Once I have this I can then go on to read the rest of the F.A.Qs in how to do this.

Very many thanks...

* edit /
In addition. I use a sata drive for my Primary Master not 0 for IDE Primary Master.
any links for this. thanks

[Wonder_lander]

Thomson 40GB machine. Inside is a 1x15gb hdd its friend is a 1x30gb hdd.

One is now making music you never want to hear from an HDD.

I want to put in a single Maxtor 80gb hdd and I do believe here is the best place to for a PM / link / ftp or torrent to an image 2.5.5.

Once I have this I can then go on to read the rest of the F.A.Qs in how to do this.

Very many thanks...

* edit /
In addition. I use a sata drive for my Primary Master not 0 for IDE Primary Master.
any links for this. thanks

PM Sent

[philt]

Hi, it looks like I'm going to have to reimage my HD (250G) as I'm having sound problems described in another thread (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=5677199#post5677199) . I having a probably failing (previous GSOD) HD to copy from (then copykern to 250G) however it won't let MFStools just restore a backup of settings /SP's etc and the full copy is a 20hour job. I have now a tivoweb SP/wishlist backup so was wondering if just reimaging with a "virgin" image would be a lot quicker (although would then require guided setup I suppose) and, if so, if anyone could PM me a link to such a disk image.
Manythanks, Phil 6021 UK Tivo 2.5.5-01-1-023

[Wonder_lander]

Hi, it looks like I'm going to have to reimage my HD (250G) as I'm having sound problems described in another thread (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=5677199#post5677199) . I having a probably failing (previous GSOD) HD to copy from (then copykern to 250G) however it won't let MFStools just restore a backup of settings /SP's etc and the full copy is a 20hour job. I have now a tivoweb SP/wishlist backup so was wondering if just reimaging with a "virgin" image would be a lot quicker (although would then require guided setup I suppose) and, if so, if anyone could PM me a link to such a disk image.
Manythanks, Phil 6021 UK Tivo 2.5.5-01-1-023

PM Sent

[Richie365]

Please where can I get the link for the 40Gb HDD image for the PVR10Uk, and instructions?
Thanks

[Wonder_lander]

Please where can I get the link for the 40Gb HDD image for the PVR10Uk, and instructions?
Thanks

PM Sent

[ywu]

My hard drive is starting to play up (noises and occasional crash) so I'm looking to reinstall a new drive. Can anyone provide an image that already has Tivoweb, TurboNet and Mode0 already on it, or do the image requests apply only to "virgin" installs where I'd have to install those utils myself?

Thanks in advance.

[Pete77]

My hard drive is starting to play up (noises and occasional crash) so I'm looking to reinstall a new drive. Can anyone provide an image that already has Tivoweb, TurboNet and Mode0 already on it, or do the image requests apply only to "virgin" installs where I'd have to install those utils myself?

The images provided in this thread are only Virgin images.

If you want an image with Tivoweb, Turbonet/Cachecard drivers and Mode 0 included then you need to buy the "Hooch" download from www.tivoheaven.co.uk

Most who have bought this £20 Hooch download seem well satisfied, although as a self confessed tight wad I would rather follow the no extra cost route using the instructions at www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo

[GizUK]

does anyone have a 2.5.5a image please?

Thanks in advance

[Wonder_lander]

does anyone have a 2.5.5a image please?

Thanks in advance

Since I lost my host I don't have the 2.5.5a, sorry

[Pete77]

Since I lost my host I don't have the 2.5.5a, sorry

I'm sure there must be loads of members of the site who could provide you with such an image to be loaded back up on to your new host?

[zerajera]

Looking for an image for my hacked/broke Thompson PVR10K Series 1 - Original Quantum 30-40G drive... Any helpers? It was at V 2.5.5-01-1-023 version.

[Wonder_lander]

Looking for an image for my hacked/broke Thompson PVR10K Series 1 - Original Quantum 30-40G drive... Any helpers? It was at V 2.5.5-01-1-023 version.

PM Sent

[hyperfire21]

Hey guys im looking for a Humax DRT800 image. Hard drive just died. hope someone can help me. please

[Wonder_lander]

Hey guys im looking for a Humax DRT800 image. Hard drive just died. hope someone can help me. please

Hi there, you've wandered into the UK forum so we don't have that model!

[m00zza]

Hi, has anyone an image for my Thompson PVR10K Series 1? Thanks

[wheelbarrow]

hello

i have a uk series 1 tivo with a faulty harddisk which is about to die, i've tried backing it up but the restore to a new disk fails. So im looking for an image with turbonet drivers if possible.

Regards

Paul


would appreciate any help.

[Wonder_lander]

hello

i have a uk series 1 tivo with a faulty harddisk which is about to die, i've tried backing it up but the restore to a new disk fails. So im looking for an image with turbonet drivers if possible.

Regards

Paul


would appreciate any help.

No turbonet drivers on the images I host but I have sent you a PM

[micdroy]

Hi

Can I please add to the list of people needing an image for creating a new TiVo drive.

Cheers

Michael

[Wonder_lander]

Hi

Can I please add to the list of people needing an image for creating a new TiVo drive.

Cheers

Michael

PM Sent

[IpswichStu]

Looking for an image for my broken Thompson PVR10K Series 1 - Original 2x Quantum Fireball 30G drives. It was at V 2.5.5-01-1-023.

Any assistance much appreciated...

[Wonder_lander]

Looking for an image for my broken Thompson PVR10K Series 1 - Original 2x Quantum Fireball 30G drives. It was at V 2.5.5-01-1-023.

Any assistance much appreciated...

PM Sent

[andonevris]

Ok so it had to happen...

After 7 years of loyal service my TIVO finally died. Drive makes a weird clunking noise when powering up and no output to TV at all. Green light is on front panel but that's all. I'm pretty sure the drive has failed after reading through numerous post.

Although a serial hacker with pretty much every bit of hardware in my house I've never opened up my TIVO or messed with it in any way, it did everything I needed it to straight out of the box so I never felt the need. So obviously I have no back up of my drive.

Can some one PM me some info on where I could get a drive image. I have an original thompson tivo with a 40gb quantum drive.

Thanks

[Wonder_lander]

Ok so it had to happen...

After 7 years of loyal service my TIVO finally died. Drive makes a weird clunking noise when powering up and no output to TV at all. Green light is on front panel but that's all. I'm pretty sure the drive has failed after reading through numerous post.

Although a serial hacker with pretty much every bit of hardware in my house I've never opened up my TIVO or messed with it in any way, it did everything I needed it to straight out of the box so I never felt the need. So obviously I have no back up of my drive.

Can some one PM me some info on where I could get a drive image. I have an original thompson tivo with a 40gb quantum drive.

Thanks

PM Sent

[Pete77]

Although a serial hacker with pretty much every bit of hardware in my house I've never opened up my TIVO or messed with it in any way, it did everything I needed it to straight out of the box so I never felt the need. So obviously I have no back up of my drive.

Or you could always take a look at www.tivocentral.co.uk, www.tivoheaven.co.uk and www.tivoland.com if you think the learning curve requred for just one hard drive upgrade is not worth it.

Due to something of a price war that has recently developed between the main pre-prepared replacement Tivo hard drives and falling hard disk costs the cost of a prepared drive is now much lower.

I would say a 300Gb disk size prepared drive offers the best value for money (especially from one of the suppliers) while you are at it allowing you to record everything at Best and never again be harassed by Insufficient Disk Space or things being deleted after only 2 days before you have time to watch them.

Or if you still want to do it yourself check out www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/upgrade3.html

[Boucher]

My tivo stays on the almost there page, it has a upgraded 300g from tivoland.com, but i still had the old 40g drive that was in it and fully working before, but get very similar error with the old drive in it as well, so maybe its not the h/d thats failing?I'm stumped but getting a tivo image would be a start.

[Wonder_lander]

My tivo stays on the almost there page, it has a upgraded 300g from tivoland.com, but i still had the old 40g drive that was in it and fully working before, but get very similar error with the old drive in it as well, so maybe its not the h/d thats failing?I'm stumped but getting a tivo image would be a start.

PM Sent

[IainJH]

Hi

I had an image before but have lost it and will be travelling to get a new HD installed sat am! doh!

Please, if I can be pm'ed to get a new image.. thanks v much :)

ps if it matters; Uk tivo, 250gig HD so i'll need to apply the LBA patch unless this comes with it?..

cheers all

[Wonder_lander]

Hi

I had an image before but have lost it and will be travelling to get a new HD installed sat am! doh!

Please, if I can be pm'ed to get a new image.. thanks v much :)

ps if it matters; Uk tivo, 250gig HD so i'll need to apply the LBA patch unless this comes with it?..

cheers all

PM Sent

[staffie2001uk]

Having, unsuccessfully, attempted to copy my, previously upgraded, twin drive system to a single Samsung 400 GB drive I would like to try to make a blank system drive and copy TiVoWeb, Endpad, Season Passes etc from my old system. I think I can do this just by backing up the \var\hack directory.

So, if anyone can help out with an image of 2.5.5, with LBA, cachecard drivers and mode 0, I would be forever in your debt.

Thanks in advance.

Colin.

[blindlemon]

I would like to try to make a blank system drive and copy TiVoWeb, Endpad, Season Passes etc from my old system. I think I can do this just by backing up the \var\hack directory. Yes, but don't forget to back up your Season Passes with the TiVoWeb "backup" module first and make a copy of the backup file if it's not in /var/hack!

Also, take a copy or your rc.sysinit.author for the startup commands.

[Pete77]

There is also www.mfslive.org/winmfs/ and www.mfslive.org but unfortunately that cannot do a 2 drive to 1 drive upgrade where the A drive has already been previously upgraded in size I believe. It can I believe do a 2 drive to 2 drive upgrade if you can attach 5 drives to your PC (using USB etc).