mtnagel
08-09-2006, 08:09 PM
I believe the drive in my daughter's Hughes HDVR2 Directivo is dead (it was stuck on the "Almost there" screen and so I took out the drive and put it in my computer to run the disc utilities from Maxtor to see if it found any errors and the computer couldn't see the drive).
So I figure I can either try to replace the drive or I could get the R10 from Directv (I think that's the model number). It's just for our daughter's bedroom, so either would probably be fine. Even if the R10 isn't quite as good as the HDVR2, as long it records and has two tuners, it should be fine for her use.
To replace the drive, I looked at the Weaknees instructions and it looks like you need the old drive to copy over to the new one and in my case that's not possible since it's dead. Is there any other way to do it? I know about Instantcake, but I'd rather it be free. Plus, I don't have a spare bigger drive, so it will cost me money. If I need to buy a new drive, I figure it will probably be about $60 plus if I need the Instantcake it's $20 more for a total of $80.
Or, I could just get the R10, but it looks like it's $100 on their site. Anyway to get it free? Also, how does the new leases work? How much will it be? Right now I pay $6 for Tivo (I have one in our living room too) and $5 for the extra reciever. Would that change?
Thanks for any perspective you could provide on this.
So I figure I can either try to replace the drive or I could get the R10 from Directv (I think that's the model number). It's just for our daughter's bedroom, so either would probably be fine. Even if the R10 isn't quite as good as the HDVR2, as long it records and has two tuners, it should be fine for her use.
To replace the drive, I looked at the Weaknees instructions and it looks like you need the old drive to copy over to the new one and in my case that's not possible since it's dead. Is there any other way to do it? I know about Instantcake, but I'd rather it be free. Plus, I don't have a spare bigger drive, so it will cost me money. If I need to buy a new drive, I figure it will probably be about $60 plus if I need the Instantcake it's $20 more for a total of $80.
Or, I could just get the R10, but it looks like it's $100 on their site. Anyway to get it free? Also, how does the new leases work? How much will it be? Right now I pay $6 for Tivo (I have one in our living room too) and $5 for the extra reciever. Would that change?
Thanks for any perspective you could provide on this.