restart failure

[wshoppen]

I disconnected my TIVO for a couple of months. Moved it to a different TV and now it will not start up. It gets to the "Welcome - Powering Up" screen and it just sits there. I called TIVO and they led me throught some possible fixes, but they did not work. They said that we would have to replace the unit.

I have a lifetime service on this unit which is not transferable, so I have to start all over.

Just curious how many people have had this issue & if there is an easy fix?

[jbernardis]

Chances are you just need a new disk. Very easy and relatively inexpensive to do yourself, and it preserves your lifetime service. The easiest way is to buy a preformatted drive. I've dealt with weaknees.com, but I believe dvrupgrade is another source. You can also buy a plain drive and buy the instantcake software, but I am less familiar with doing it that way.