I would expect the Bolt "format a new drive" and "start up" process to take no more than 15 or 20 minutes. If you're seeing more time than that then either the new hard drive is bad or the Bolt is suffering from a different type of problem.So I bought a new 2GB Western Digital HDD and installed it. The TIVO got hung up on the "Starting Up" screen for a few hours.
why yes, yes it is. gosh darnit. looks like ill be getting a new HD
Recommended (from the Toshiba hd series that people here often have recommended, from the beginning), especially at the great price. https://www.amazon.com/TOSHIBA-MQ03...d=1&keywords=MQ03ABB200&qid=1585884118&sr=8-2why yes, yes it is. gosh darnit. looks like ill be getting a new HD
I am having some issues here. The hard drive failed on my 500GB Bolt w/ Hydra installed. I did a lot of reading and most everyone said just swap a new hard drive in and the Bolt with auto-format it. So I bought a new 2GB Western Digital HDD and installed it. The TIVO got hung up on the "Starting Up" screen for a few hours. I did some reading and decided to try formatting the hard drive myself since the Hydra software supposedly broke the auto-formatting feature.
I cleaned and formatted my hard drive, took close to 12 hours. I put the HDD back in the TIVO and I am getting the same issue. Is there anything else I can do here?
why yes, yes it is. gosh darnit. looks like ill be getting a new HD
If you have another SATA HDD, 2.5" or 3.5", smaller, older, etc... you could try 'sidegrading' the Bolt Flash from TE4 to TE3 so that your original NEW WD 2TB 2.5" HDD might possibly format and work - depends on how attached you are to TE4 and spending more money.JFC, i just got the other HDD home and I am having the same issue. stuck at the "starting up" screen for like 30 mins now.
1.0TB WD Blue 2.5 WDBMYH0010BNC
