My vote is to just go with internal expansion. I dislike the external driver/marrage approach and I see them as yet another possible point of failure for the future (one drive is more likely to fail if you've got 2 required).
Good non official ext. hardrives for S3?
I'm on a stock original S3 Tivo and looking for a good deal on an external hardrive. Any recommendations? I was hoping since the original S3 has less external hardrive restrictions, that there may be better/cheaper options out there?
How about the Fantom GreenDrive 1TB USB 2.0/eSATA Desktop External Hard Drive GD1000EU for $80?
http://www.amazon.com/Fantom-GreenD...1000EU/dp/B001E06W8O/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
How about the Fantom GreenDrive 1TB USB 2.0/eSATA Desktop External Hard Drive GD1000EU for $80?
http://www.amazon.com/Fantom-GreenD...1000EU/dp/B001E06W8O/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
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I don't really care about potentially loosing my recorded shows but it would be nice to have an extra 250 Gigs to draw from in addition to a 1 TB drive. If I do decide to swap internal instead, how time consuming will it be for a basic skill computer guy to learn how to copy my drive info to the new drive so as to retain my season-pass manager/thumb up/down settings ect... ?
Iv'e never opened a Tivo before.
Iv'e never opened a Tivo before.
what model TiVo Series 3 do you have? Typically it starts with TCD...
S3 with led display- TCD648250B
I understand these are the only HD Tivos that will support un-official ext. drives.
I understand these are the only HD Tivos that will support un-official ext. drives.
yes they will support non-official external drives but I'd still rather just drop a 1 TB drive in the unit and call it done.
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=5616160
Basically buy a WB Green Drive 1TB for $70 or less.
Disable intellapark (#29 in the linked post)
Use WinMFS to clone tivo drive to new drive.
Pop in new drive.
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=5616160
Basically buy a WB Green Drive 1TB for $70 or less.
Disable intellapark (#29 in the linked post)
Use WinMFS to clone tivo drive to new drive.
Pop in new drive.
DVR dude on ebay and dvrstore.com is offering two different 2 TB pre-imaged drives for original S3. A WD20EARS for $150 and a WD20EVDS (WD AV-GP) for $200. He claims to use special tools to make these WD drives compatible with Tivo. Is this right? Is the AV-GP model worth the extra $50?
How are peoples experience with 2 TB drives on S3 Tivo. I think I remember hearing they might be slugish.
How are peoples experience with 2 TB drives on S3 Tivo. I think I remember hearing they might be slugish.
leiff
See point 14 for details, and how to resolve the issue.
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=370784#S5Western Digital "Green" drives are the quietest 1TB drives available, but all of those drives are now manufactured with an Intellipark feature that cause both the TivoHD and Series3 to hang after a software reboot. These hangs occur after restarts initiated through the TiVo menus and restarts that follow software updates. These drives only boot correctly in a TivoHD/Series3 after the power plug is pulled. These updated drives will not boot at all in the Series2.
This issue affects all recent Western Digital EADS, EARS, and EAVS drives. It also affects EVVS drives manufactured after September 18 and EVDS drives manufactured since November. Drives built prior to these dates work perfectly fine; they do not exhibit the issue. The manufacture date is printed on the top of every drive.
See point 14 for details, and how to resolve the issue.
The best external drive for a TiVo is a computer with a *big* NTFS partition running the free version of TiVo Desktop.I'm on a stock original S3 Tivo and looking for a good deal on an external hardrive. Any recommendations? I was hoping since the original S3 has less external hardrive restrictions, that there may be better/cheaper options out there?
How about the Fantom GreenDrive 1TB USB 2.0/eSATA Desktop External Hard Drive GD1000EU for $80?
http://www.amazon.com/Fantom-GreenD...1000EU/dp/B001E06W8O/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
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