Reuse replaced drive as add on drive

[cmcfalls]

Newbie here, but I'm no stranger to the boards. You guys have provided me with more help than you know....thanks.

Now, for my question. I searched on this and found similar threads, but nothing to answer...I am replacing the drive in my SD-H400. I want to use the old drive from the Toshiba as a second drive in my TCD540040. I assume the old drive will have to be cleared and reformatted to do this, but I have not seen confirmation on this. Will I have to use the tools available on the net for this? I understand the process if I want to use the drive as a primary in another box, but what is the process for using a removed primary from one box as a secondary in another?

Thanks in advance for any help...if this has been discussed and I can not find it, I apologize and request that you direct me to the thread...

[funtoupgrade]

You don't need to do anything with old drive. Mfsrestore completely wipes the disk and reformats for TiVo on the fly.

[cmcfalls]

So, are you saying that I don't have to do anything at all? All I have to do is replace it in the one and drop it into the second without any formatting?

[litzdog911]

Just use MFS Tools on that drive as if it was a new drive. MFS Tools doesn't care if the drive was previously installed in a Tivo or not.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=25

http://www.weaknees.com/index.html

http://tivo.upgrade-instructions.com/

http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/

http://www.ptvupgrade.com/products/instantcake/

http://www.9thtee.com/

[classicsat]

All that said, you don't really want to use to drives that small together, due to the risks involved in running two drives
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IMO you shouldn't consider two drives unless they are at least 160 GB each.

[cmcfalls]

Thanks for the help all!