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Joybob
03-06-2008, 11:47 AM
Is there anyway to reinstall the info to the drive? It seems the drive is otherwise working perfectly.
classicsat
03-06-2008, 03:38 PM
It depends what happened. If it can boot to a point, a Kickstart code may help. If not, you will have to apply an image to the drive, using your PC, imaging software, and an image.
windracer
03-06-2008, 05:00 PM
You could use InstantCake (http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/instantcake.cfm) to re-image the drive.

What's the exact problem?
Joybob
03-06-2008, 05:22 PM
You could use InstantCake (http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/instantcake.cfm) to re-image the drive.

What's the exact problem?

Apparently InstantCake does not sell their CD's outside of the US. So I'm stuck there.

According to MFS the drive is not a tivo drive(?). Apparently the external drive overheated, went FUBAR, I tried divorcing the drives and then that made the internal drive die.
classicsat
03-06-2008, 07:17 PM
The folks that sell Instantcake will sell their downloadable products to Canadians, at least. I bought the PTV Enhancement CD, using PayPal.
Joybob
03-06-2008, 07:25 PM
The folks that sell Instantcake will sell their downloadable products to Canadians, at least. I bought the PTV Enhancement CD, using PayPal.

They don't seem to have a downloadable image for the S3.
rcobourn
03-06-2008, 08:13 PM
They don't seem to have a downloadable image for the S3.

PM Sent
Joybob
03-07-2008, 12:23 AM
PM Sent

Hmm, it's telling me that it doesn't have the Tivo Service Number.
rcobourn
03-10-2008, 03:25 PM
Hmm, it's telling me that it doesn't have the Tivo Service Number.

If you are still having a problem with that please drop me another PM with more details. Meanwhile, try Clear and Delete Everything. Do you really have a Series 3, or do you have a Tivo HD? If you got the wrong image, that would explain a lot.