Tivo Guru's I need help extending space to my New ( last week I got it) Tivo HD 9.4

[Jeffnhendo]

Hey Almighty Guru's out there.

Thanks for the post. I downloaded some info from here after your post and a walk through on how to use WinMFS ( the latest Beta Version on their site) and then took out my Tivo HD Internal Drive. I then took the Sata cable and power cable from one of the two LightScribe drives I have in the Computer and Attached it to my Tivo HD Internal Drive. I dont have a Sata to Esata Cable so I just hooked up the External Western Digital 500 Gig My Book I bought for the Upgrade ( at half the cost of the Official Tivo DVR Expander I Might add) via Firewire ( or I can use USB to 1394? or whatever that small square is).

Here's My Delima, I can see the My Book perfectly under my computer, but cant see the TIVO HD Internal Drive I hooked up at all. Also when I go and open up the WinMFS Software and click on Select, then I dont have ANYDRIVES AT ALL THAT SHOW UP. Can someone please let me know , even email me at my regular email at jeffnhendo@insightbb.com or post online and let me know when its posted. The problem is I want and NEED the extra space. I am on Disability after working selling high end software in the Software Industry, But I never did the work, I had Guru's like you guys out their that actually made the magic happen. I need that from the Tivo Community now. Since I got sick ( have to take over 48 pills per day) all I can do is surf the net and watch Tivo.. So please anyone who has some answers as to how to get the drives to appear or marry let me know. I cant figure why they arent showing up. Please help, God Bless you all and I look forward to your emails and or post with some answers or suggestions.

Very Sincerley,

Jeff - JeffnHendo@insightbb.com

P.S. I am going to try to download another version of the WinMFS that isnt beta to see if the drives will show up there, but still dont know why when I disconnected my DVDRW and hooked to Tivo Internal the drive ( running Tivo Software Version 9.4) doesnt appear either. Is their any other software or way to marry the drives?

[phdeez]

So you want to copy the tivohd drive -> 500 OR use the mybook as external storage on your tivo hd?

If it's the latter, it won't work... if it's the former, does your BIOS recognize your tivohd drive connected to your system?

[Jeffnhendo]

I wanted to use the 500 Gig My Book as external Storage. I want to expaand the space I have. The my book shows up in my computer, the tivo drive doesnt show up. Also when I run WinMFS nothing, no drives at all show up.

Pleae advise, I dont want to have just another 500 gig drive connected to my desktop I have 4 already. 2 TB. What size does the Tivo Ship with? Maybe I could take the external drive apart and copy the tivo drive to the external and use it if it is much larger. Not sure what size the drive that ships with Tivo HD is: It says it will record 20 something hours of HD thats it so I assume that it is the smaller of the two. Rememeber I am a newbie and need to be walked through with kid gloves. Please anyone help.

JeffnHendo
jeffnhendo@insightbb.com

[HomeUser]

The TiVo drive will not show up in "My Computer" It can corrupt the format of the TiVo drive by accessing it with the built in Windows utilities. DO NOT USE ANY OF THE BUILT IN MICROSOFT TOOLS on the TiVo drive. Access the drive only from the WinMFS application.

WinMFS Beta Build Support Guide (http://www.mfslive.org/winmfs/)

mfsadd (http://www.mfslive.org/winmfs/images/mfsadd.jpg) is what you need to Marry the two drives allowing you to use the MyBook as an external drive.

I don't know if WinMFS has support for Firewire it probably would be best to use a USB connection if a SATA connection is not available.