Upgrading my Series 2 Tivo HD

[EVizzle]

Hello all,

I am looking to upgrade my S2 40 hour Tivo's hard drive. Wondering what the difficulty level of such a process is...

I am not extremely computer savvy, probably in the lowest 10% of tivocommunity frequent posters, but am more knowledgeable than most non tivocommunity peeps. I have never opened up a computer to do any sort of upgrades other than plugged in more RAM in my new laptop. It is a little difficult to explain my knowledge level, but for an example I was the first among my friends to get tivo, HDTV, and am their goto guy if something goes wrong with their technology.

Technical terminology is fine, just avoid using abbreviations to make sure I get the idea.

On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being setting up tivo for the first time and 10 being assembling your own computer, what are we looking at?

Thanks as always,
E

[EVizzle]

So after a little more digging, I found all the info I need... looks like it is a little too difficult for me, I will probably just get an external hard drive and continue to use tivotogo and tivodesktop :(

It was my dream to record every Law and Order episode to watch them back in order, as the middle seasons are not available on DVD, but tivotogo is so mindnumbingly slow.

[HomeUser]

See if WeaKnees Interactive Online TiVo Upgrade Instructions (http://tivo.upgrade-instructions.com) helps. Or you could buy a disk drive pre-loaded (http://www.weaknees.com/tivo-upgrade.php) with TiVo software ready to plug into your TiVo .

[aaronwt]

The least expensive and easy thing would be to get a preconfigureed hard drive and install it yourself. They have step by step instruction for the installation in the TiVo. It's very easy to do.

[supasta]

The least expensive and easy thing would be to get a preconfigureed hard drive and install it yourself. They have step by step instruction for the installation in the TiVo. It's very easy to do.
NOT the least expensive option, but definitely the easiest, in this case.

[aaronwt]

NOT the least expensive option, but definitely the easiest, in this case.

I meant least expensive while also being easy. If he had more computer experience the easiest and least expensive would be to do everything himself.

[EVizzle]

Thanks all, purchasing a preloaded HD seems like a great solution... now where would I find one?

[supasta]

The TCF Store links at the top of the page.
You can also try WeaKnees.com and PTVUpgrade.com / DVRUpgrade.com (Although IIRC they supply the TCF store.)

[HomeUser]

purchasing a preloaded HD seems like a great solution... now where would I find one?Ummm Gee .... cough, cough
Or you could buy a disk drive pre-loaded (http://www.weaknees.com/tivo-upgrade.php) with TiVo software ready to plug into your TiVo .