Once upon a time hawkins1of3 shaped the electrons to say... > I have the oportunity to buy an 80hr tivo with lifetime. Here is my > question, can I buy the lifetime tivo and then simply take the HD out > of my current tivo, (with upgraded HD space) and put it in the new > tivo? They are both series 2 tivos.
Yes and no. If they are the *exact* same model, then you can probably do it. However, you may still find you need to do a Clear & Delete everything once the drives are in the new box. This is because the TSN does get remembered on the drive, and sometimes a transplant acts a bit flaky. This can also happen with some of the recovering imaging tools out there, like Instant Cake. Where you have to C&DE to 'factory reset' the settings on the drive and make it accept its new host body. If they're not the exact same model - say you have a 240 Series2 today and the lifetime model is a 540, then you'll almost certainly have to reimage the drives. So you can physically move them, sure, but it isn't a direct transplant, you'd need to stop at a PC and image them before reinstallation. -MZ -- megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, Geek, Human, me. http://www.GizmoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ -><- Hail Eris "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171
