Mike,
Thanks for the information. From what I have read the WinMFS tool can
only make a truncated backup which means that you cannot copy existing
programs to the new drive. Am I missing something? Were you able to copy
existing recordings?
Ken G.
Mike Thomas wrote:
>
>
> FWIW I discovered (possibly on this group, not sure now) that once a TiVo's
> hard drive has been upgraded once, it cannot be upgraded again. The MFS
> tools create new partitions (rather than increasing the size of existing
> partitions), and you hit the limit on the number of partitions you can have.
>
> I successfully used WinMFS (MFSLive) to do the upgrade (and it felt a lot
> faster than I remember the previous upgrade was).
>
> Mike
>
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Ken Gunther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:Yahoo_groups%40kengunther.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > I few months ago I wrote to this forum and asked if anyone had a
> > suggestion on how to fix a TiVo (TiVo branded model TCD540080) that
> > would become unresponsive every few weeks and need to have the power
> > cord unplugged and then plugged in again. A few people on this and other
> > forums suggested that this might be a hard drive issue. The freezing
> > started occurring more and more frequently until it froze a few times a
> > week so I needed to do something.
> >
> > I downloaded the instructions on how to replace the hard drive from
> > http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/index9.html.
> <http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/index9.html.> All it took
> > was the instructions, a new EIDE hard drive, the MFS utility from
> > http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/MFSLBA48.zip
> <http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/MFSLBA48.zip> and two
> > Torx screwdrivers (Torx 10 and Torx 15).
> >
> > I removed the old hard drive from my TiVo, put it into a PC and
> > copied
> > it to the new hard drive using the MFS utility (I also expanded the
> > drive from a 80 GB to 160 GB). I put the new drive into my TiVo and it
> > worked perfectly, it had my setup information, season passes, wish lists
> > and all of the programs from my old hard drive.
> >
> > I did this two weeks ago and my TiVo has performed flawlessly ever
> > since, it has not frozen once.
> >
> > For all of you who suggested replacing the hard drive thank you for
> > your advice.
> >
> > For anyone with a TiVo that freezes or wanting to expand the
> > capacity
> > of your TiVo this is an easy inexpensive way to do it, the only cost is
> > the the new hard drive and a CD to burn the MFS utility onto.
> >
> > Happy TiVoing,
> > Ken G.
>
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