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ddrmanxbxfr
03-26-2006, 01:04 PM
Hi i need to reinstall windows xp in my tivo upgraded hard drive!It's an western digital 80 gb hard drive do i have to unlock it with diskutil or i can just format it with windows xp setup.. ?

Thanks im waiting for your anwser :cool:
ttodd1
03-26-2006, 02:31 PM
What are you trying to do?
ddrmanxbxfr
03-26-2006, 02:52 PM
Im trying to install windows xp on an western digital drive that is in my tivo (i instantcaked it) and i want to know if i need to unlock it !

Im waiting for your anwser plz thanks
Gunnyman
03-26-2006, 03:18 PM
fdisk it within XP
bengalfreak
03-27-2006, 06:40 AM
Im trying to install windows xp on an western digital drive that is in my tivo (i instantcaked it) and i want to know if i need to unlock it !

Im waiting for your anwser plz thanks


As far as I know Quantum and Maxtor drives have been the only ones that needed to be unlocked. You're not planning on putting this drive back in your Tivo at some point are you?
Markman07
03-27-2006, 10:12 AM
As far as I know Quantum and Maxtor drives have been the only ones that needed to be unlocked. You're not planning on putting this drive back in your Tivo at some point are you?

"Are you waiting for his answer, plz?" :-)

With XP I don't even think you need to run fdisk first but I could be wrong since I haven't used a Linux based drive to install Windows XP on lately.
Gunnyman
03-27-2006, 10:13 AM
you need to fdisk it to put a windows compatible FAT on it then format it.
bengalfreak
03-27-2006, 02:23 PM
you need to fdisk it to put a windows compatible FAT on it then format it.


Not really. The XP install disk will take care of all of that for you. There's no need to run fdisk separately.