TIVO might have failed

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rad1701

Discussion Starter · Jul 24, 2007

I have a 4 year old series 2 TIVO. Been working like a champ for 4 years. Today when I tried to access it there was nothing on my screen. Just blank. Removed the power cable and put it back in and just got the "Welcome. Powering up..." message. After several minutes nothing more happens. Any ideas? Dead hard drive??

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funtoupgrade

· #2 · Jul 24, 2007

Sounds like a new hard drive is in order!

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rad1701

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jul 24, 2007

Hmm, might just upgrade to a new HD TIVO.

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litzdog911

· #4 · Jul 24, 2007

If you want to replace/upgrade your Tivo's hard drive, check out these information sources ....

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=25

http://www.weaknees.com/index.html

http://tivo.upgrade-instructions.com/

http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/

http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/instantcake.cfm

http://www.9thtee.com/

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rad1701

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jul 24, 2007

Quick question. If the old drive is basically dead, is it still possible to upgrade/swap the drive out for a new one? I always thought it just worked if you could backup the OS, etc. to the new drive.

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litzdog911

· #6 · Jul 24, 2007

rad1701 said:
Quick question. If the old drive is basically dead, is it still possible to upgrade/swap the drive out for a new one? I always thought it just worked if you could backup the OS, etc. to the new drive.

Upgrade tools like InstantCake include the image files required to initialize a new hard drive.

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lilzip

· #7 · Jul 26, 2007

strangely mine's having same exact problem since yesterday. Wonder if it is worth investing >200 in a new hard drive if it may not solve the problem.

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rad1701

Discussion Starter · #8 · Jul 27, 2007

litzdog911 said:
Upgrade tools like InstantCake include the image files required to initialize a new hard drive.

In most of these cases would you say the drive is not worth saving by a reimage? I was thinking of trying that first with InstantCake before maybe getting a new drive.

Or maybe I will just order that new HD Lite TIVO version that just came out.

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litzdog911

· #9 · Jul 27, 2007

Don't reuse your current hard drive. New hard drives are pretty cheap and it's not worth the risk of re-imaging a flakey old hard drive.

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