Thanks - I don't want to delete "everything", just everything in the recently deleted folder - I checked on the Tivo website and couldn't find anything.
Thanks - I don't want to delete "everything", just everything in the recently deleted folder - I checked on the Tivo website and couldn't find anything.
If you have tivo software 9.4, you can hit the clear button when the recently deleted folder is highlighted and it will delete the entire group/folder.
The stuff in the recently deleted folder will not take away recording capacity. It will just record over it first. You know you are getting low on space when your programs marked to be deleted soon in yellow start getting recorded over before you delete them.
"Recently Deleted" is not like the Recyle Bin on your computer. All the items in the "Recently Deleted" folder are already marked for deletion the instant some space is needed for a new recording. It's more like an undelete feature on a computer that can recover deleted files.
Using the recently deleted folder is how you can determine how much space you have for new recordings. Roughly speaking, with 25 shows in that folder you have 25 available spots for new shows.
Don't worry about deleting stuff from the recently deleted folder.
Like Jim said, use it as your free space indicator. When it starts getting low, you know your Tivo is almost full.
If you have tivo software 9.4, you can hit the clear button when the recently deleted folder is highlighted and it will delete the entire group/folder.
I was wondering the same thing about deleting everything at once from the recently deleted folder. And why is it you say "never" needs to be deleted? Since that folder filled up my picture is pixelated and there are dead sound spots etc. When I cleared that stupid "recently deleted" folder that problem stopped. So I guess there IS a reason to clear that folder. Back to the original question is there a way to do it all at once? Is there a way to NOT put deleted recordings in that folder?
Now my Tivo seems like a moron(MS)-computer, do you want to delete? (thats why I hit the button) are you sure you want to delete? (yes again nothing has changed in the last half a second) are you really positive that you are not a moron and hit delete by accident? (YES already go AWAY!) Very frustrating to say the least!
Since that folder filled up my picture is pixelated and there are dead sound spots etc. When I cleared that stupid "recently deleted" folder that problem stopped.
That's either a false correlation (coincidence), or you have a bad spot on your hard disk, and should replace it. It's not a reason to clear the recently deleted folder.
It's a false correlation because it's not the fact that the deleted items folder has anything in it that's causing the problem, it's the fact that you have a certain amount of stuff recorded. If you fill your TiVo with recordings and don't delete anything then you'll have the same problem but the Recently Deleted folder will be empty. It sounds like a bad spot on the hard drive (or a bad hard drive) to me as well. Just because it's new doesn't mean anything.
Others have covered the "bad disk/pixellation" issue, but as far as your questions, no & no. Can't do it all at once, and can't prevent deleted recordings from being put there.
Now my Tivo seems like a moron(MS)-computer, do you want to delete? (thats why I hit the button) are you sure you want to delete? (yes again nothing has changed in the last half a second) are you really positive that you are not a moron and hit delete by accident? (YES already go AWAY!) Very frustrating to say the least!
The number of shows in your "Tivo Suggestions" is a pretty good indicator (if you tend to record everything on the same quality setting). So, if you have 10 1-hr. shows and one 2-hr. show, you have about 12 hrs. of recording time left.
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