bugmeno
05-01-2006, 09:51 PM
I have a Phillips DSR6000R01 DirecTiVo that I upgraded a couple years ago using Hinsdale's upgrade instructions. It has the original 40GB A drive and the newer 120GB B drive that I added. Now the A drive seems to be dead and I want to replace it and try to salvage my shows and settings.
Not that it really matters, but here's a little background on the problem. A few weeks ago, I noticed that one of the drives was making a clicking noise as if the drive heads were seeking around and hitting something. The noise would last about a second and then I wouldn't hear it for a couple more days. Since then, it has been happening more frequently until tonight when my TiVo rebooted itself and sat on the "Welcome. Powering Up...." screen for hours. I unplugged the unit, opened the case, and plugged it back in to see which drive was making the noise. It is definitely the smaller A drive.
I dug out my old Hinsdale instructions and found that I made a backup image with Tiger MFS. I also noticed that there is a section in there for replacing an existing A drive in a factory dual-drive or upgraded system with dual-drives. However, this assumes that both drives are working.
What is the best chance at salvaging my shows and settings? I'm hoping that when I put the A drive in my PC to perform the upgrade that everything will work. However, when that doesn't happen, I'm not sure what to do. If I have to forfeit all of my settings and recordings, should I just try to restore the backup I made before the original upgrade or is there another image I should install?
Also, should I just follow my Hinsdale instructions again or is there a better set? I looked at tivo<dot>upgrade-instructions<dot>com which seems nice, but doesn't really cover the "one of my drives is dead, now what?" scenario.
Thanks!
Not that it really matters, but here's a little background on the problem. A few weeks ago, I noticed that one of the drives was making a clicking noise as if the drive heads were seeking around and hitting something. The noise would last about a second and then I wouldn't hear it for a couple more days. Since then, it has been happening more frequently until tonight when my TiVo rebooted itself and sat on the "Welcome. Powering Up...." screen for hours. I unplugged the unit, opened the case, and plugged it back in to see which drive was making the noise. It is definitely the smaller A drive.
I dug out my old Hinsdale instructions and found that I made a backup image with Tiger MFS. I also noticed that there is a section in there for replacing an existing A drive in a factory dual-drive or upgraded system with dual-drives. However, this assumes that both drives are working.
What is the best chance at salvaging my shows and settings? I'm hoping that when I put the A drive in my PC to perform the upgrade that everything will work. However, when that doesn't happen, I'm not sure what to do. If I have to forfeit all of my settings and recordings, should I just try to restore the backup I made before the original upgrade or is there another image I should install?
Also, should I just follow my Hinsdale instructions again or is there a better set? I looked at tivo<dot>upgrade-instructions<dot>com which seems nice, but doesn't really cover the "one of my drives is dead, now what?" scenario.
Thanks!