Question for anyone with knowledge of this. Since the premiere can surpass the 2T threshold is it at all possible to take an existing smaller drive of 500g that has recorded shows on it that are spanned across an external WD 1T drive, copy the internal drive over to a 2T or better yet a 4T and still function? Will the tivo accept this size drive and still accept the external with the recordings still intact though would in essence create either a 3T or 5T setup or would a 1T internal still be the max allowable with this external to remain intact? There are reasons for me to not want to lose the external right now for my situation even though going directly from a 500 to a 4T and losing recordings would be another option that I'd like to avoid at this point. Just looking for advice on feasibility and options available.
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Premiere large drive with external
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Series 3 Drive Replacement size issue
The original drive in my Series 3 TCD648250 died on me (lots of nasty clicking). Since I couldn't copy that drive, I had to find a 648 image WinMFS image. I restored the image to a 1.5TB drive. During the WinMFS (Beta 9 3F) restore from the image file, I was asked about using the additional space and did select Yes.
When I put the 1.5TB drive in the TiVo and ran setup, it only reported that 35 HD hours were available for recording.
Is it possible to extend the partition used for recording without having to re-image and start all over? If so, what tools do I use for that?
This was my first restore, so please be gentle with me :D
When I put the 1.5TB drive in the TiVo and ran setup, it only reported that 35 HD hours were available for recording.
Is it possible to extend the partition used for recording without having to re-image and start all over? If so, what tools do I use for that?
This was my first restore, so please be gentle with me :D
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4TB was formatted. Is it an issue?
But mistake, I formatted my 4TB with a Mac tower. Will that be a problem for upgrading a Roamio Plus?
Also I will need a Roamio drive connected to the Mac, is this correct?
Also I will need a Roamio drive connected to the Mac, is this correct?
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Hard drive question regarding S2 TiVo
Hello, I'm shopping right now for a hard drive to transplant into one of my S2's to replace its defective HD. I think I read somewhere people suggesting getting a a SATA-to-IDE adapter, but I'm wondering: why bother with that? There are plenty of IDE hard drives for sale on Amazon, so is there any reason I shouldn't just buy an IDE hard drive? (I'm leaning towards Western Digital, as I've had reasonable experiences with that brand.)
Question 2: I'm no expert in all the lingo, but a lot of the drives for sale say they are EIDE, and from my reading, it's very similar to IDE, and mostly compatable. Would EIDE work fine (with no adapters needed) in my old S2 TiVo? Also, I could be wrong, but does EIDE spin faster than regular IDE, possibly generating more heat in the process? If so, maybe for safety sake, I should avoid EIDE?
Question 2: I'm no expert in all the lingo, but a lot of the drives for sale say they are EIDE, and from my reading, it's very similar to IDE, and mostly compatable. Would EIDE work fine (with no adapters needed) in my old S2 TiVo? Also, I could be wrong, but does EIDE spin faster than regular IDE, possibly generating more heat in the process? If so, maybe for safety sake, I should avoid EIDE?
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Welcome! Starting up... Loop
I think I may have destroyed my Roamio Basic. I tried to install a 2TB hard drive and I thought everything went smoothly. When I tried to boot it up it went into a loop. It says Welcome! Starting up... And after a few seconds the yellow light starts flashing and it reboots.
It just keeps doing this over and over again. I have tried to get into the kickstart menu but that doesn't work either. I also tried putting the original drive back in and this has the same problem.
I'm hoping someone can get me out of this mess. The replacement drive I purchased was the WD Green 2TB drive. Again, even the original drive won't boot. I think I've destroyed my TiVo.
It just keeps doing this over and over again. I have tried to get into the kickstart menu but that doesn't work either. I also tried putting the original drive back in and this has the same problem.
I'm hoping someone can get me out of this mess. The replacement drive I purchased was the WD Green 2TB drive. Again, even the original drive won't boot. I think I've destroyed my TiVo.
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roamio plus upgrade/add on?
just got my roamio plus almost a month ago and already battling for space. i see that using a av green hdd up to 3TB is easy. i want to use my old hdd as a expander. can i just but a "my book " shell and case and use that as a expander? or make it easy and use the 3TB as a expander. (would rather use 3tb for internal, but doesnt really matter)
thanX in advance
thanX in advance
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Can Roamio's 3TB disk be cloned?
I'm experiencing some numerous freezing of playback of recorded shows on my Roamio's 3TB drive.
Interesting enough, when I rewind back to the same spot, it does not freeze as before.
I suspect the hard drive maybe going bad.
I have another spare 3TB drive. Can I use my hard drive duplicator to make a copy of the old drive and put the new drive back to Roamio and expect it to work?
Interesting enough, when I rewind back to the same spot, it does not freeze as before.
I suspect the hard drive maybe going bad.
I have another spare 3TB drive. Can I use my hard drive duplicator to make a copy of the old drive and put the new drive back to Roamio and expect it to work?
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Turbonet
Are there any TurboNet Cards out there anywhere? (uh, cheap, of course..._:D
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In general, can data from bad TiVo HDs be salvaged?
Anyway, we're apparently having an epidemic of failing TiVos in my house.
I'm in the middle of fixing one of our broken S2's, and hour our TiVo Premier is failing. So 3 of our 5 TiVos are broken.
The Premier is the most important, and primary TiVo my wife uses, and she's very worried about it.
Symptoms: it keeps restarting, and alternating between the "almost there" screen, and the TiVo animated video that plays after restarting. I'm guessing, but could be wrong, that this could be due to a bad hard drive.
So I'm considering running HD diagnostics, and if necessary, replace the HD. But if that's it, it has a giant heapload of shows that my wife has recorded on it. Is there a way, using the MFS utilities, to copy all that from the bad HD to a new good HD? Would it (hopefully) copy whatever it could, but skip over the bad sectors? Or would this even work?
I'm in the middle of fixing one of our broken S2's, and hour our TiVo Premier is failing. So 3 of our 5 TiVos are broken.
The Premier is the most important, and primary TiVo my wife uses, and she's very worried about it.
Symptoms: it keeps restarting, and alternating between the "almost there" screen, and the TiVo animated video that plays after restarting. I'm guessing, but could be wrong, that this could be due to a bad hard drive.
So I'm considering running HD diagnostics, and if necessary, replace the HD. But if that's it, it has a giant heapload of shows that my wife has recorded on it. Is there a way, using the MFS utilities, to copy all that from the bad HD to a new good HD? Would it (hopefully) copy whatever it could, but skip over the bad sectors? Or would this even work?
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restore failed backup target not large enough to hold entire backup by itself
[edit: see edits below; i haven't fixed it yet but at least i know what's going on...]
hi there. i have a friend's toshiba sd-h400 (circa 2004) tivo with a failed hard drive (i have an identical one).
I've done this before a number of times for other friends over the years; i have an older pc in garage all set to go, it boots up PTVupgrade LBA48 off of a CD (linux)...
i got my backup image mounted just fine (for simplicity lets say it's a backup of the original Maxtor 80G that came with the unit; it was never hacked or whatever)...
when i do with the new/target drive as hdd (secondary slave):
mfsrestore -s 127 -zpi /mnt/e/file.tiv /dev/hdd
all i get is an immediate error
restore failed backup target not large enough to hold entire backup by itself
Other attempts yield same error, e.g. i plugged in my origianl maxtor (that still works fine; it's been in a drawer for probably 10 years) and tried piping mfsback to mfsrestore and got same error.
I've tried two different target drives: a 160G [edit #1 -- oops, something wrong with the way bios or whatever is detecting drive capacity; hdparm is only seeing 32G] and an 800G [edit #2 -- oops, this is an 80GB drive, not 800!]... i.e. both clearly larger than 80G
Help? How do i tell what mfs tools sees as the target drives size?
hi there. i have a friend's toshiba sd-h400 (circa 2004) tivo with a failed hard drive (i have an identical one).
I've done this before a number of times for other friends over the years; i have an older pc in garage all set to go, it boots up PTVupgrade LBA48 off of a CD (linux)...
i got my backup image mounted just fine (for simplicity lets say it's a backup of the original Maxtor 80G that came with the unit; it was never hacked or whatever)...
when i do with the new/target drive as hdd (secondary slave):
mfsrestore -s 127 -zpi /mnt/e/file.tiv /dev/hdd
all i get is an immediate error
restore failed backup target not large enough to hold entire backup by itself
Other attempts yield same error, e.g. i plugged in my origianl maxtor (that still works fine; it's been in a drawer for probably 10 years) and tried piping mfsback to mfsrestore and got same error.
I've tried two different target drives: a 160G [edit #1 -- oops, something wrong with the way bios or whatever is detecting drive capacity; hdparm is only seeing 32G] and an 800G [edit #2 -- oops, this is an 80GB drive, not 800!]... i.e. both clearly larger than 80G
Help? How do i tell what mfs tools sees as the target drives size?
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Upgrading Roamio with WD60PURX
Long time TiVo user, last upgrade I did was back in the Series 3 days. From what I understand Roamio is a heck of a lot easier than the older models to update the hardrive. Three questions for the community:
1) Is the WD Purple 6TB (model WD60PURX) compatible with Tivo Roamio Plus/Pro models? Do I need a specific version/firmware? I remember for some TiVos and HDs, only certain firmware for certain models worked.
2) Is there any difference between Plus and Pro, besides the disk drive?
3) Is it really as easy as popping in a blank drive? Aka, there's no formatting/boot disks or anything? I just open the box, shove the drive in (delicately) and I'm done?
1) Is the WD Purple 6TB (model WD60PURX) compatible with Tivo Roamio Plus/Pro models? Do I need a specific version/firmware? I remember for some TiVos and HDs, only certain firmware for certain models worked.
2) Is there any difference between Plus and Pro, besides the disk drive?
3) Is it really as easy as popping in a blank drive? Aka, there's no formatting/boot disks or anything? I just open the box, shove the drive in (delicately) and I'm done?
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Roamio Compatible 6TB WD Drives
I've been reading a lot of posts in the forum and I see a lot of conflicting information about using 6TB drives with Roamio that looks like it might be outdated. Can I get a recent update on which of the following three drives are confirm to work (or not work) with a TiVo Roamio without any special formatting/set up:
By confirmed working without any special set up, I mean you stick the drive directly into the TiVo Roamio without needing any formatting on a computer. Any one use any of these and it work without issue? Also, not really looking for a comparison of which one is best (since that is highly subjective), just want to know which ones, if any, that I stick into a Roamio will not work (or stop functioning within a short time) and which ones will be fine.
- WD Red 6TB (Model WD60EFRX)
- WD Purple 6TB (Model WD60PURX)
- WD Green 6TB (Model WD60EZRX)
By confirmed working without any special set up, I mean you stick the drive directly into the TiVo Roamio without needing any formatting on a computer. Any one use any of these and it work without issue? Also, not really looking for a comparison of which one is best (since that is highly subjective), just want to know which ones, if any, that I stick into a Roamio will not work (or stop functioning within a short time) and which ones will be fine.
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Tivo HD 2TB with WinMFS?
I've seen conflicting posts so I'll ask here.. does upgrading to a 2TB for a Tivo HD work with WinMFS or does it require "special" tools?
I know in the past it was not particularly easy to upgrade past 1TB, which is why a lot of people bought drives of eBay, but has this changed? Is upgrading a TiVo HD with 2TB the same as 1TB using WinMFS?
I know in the past it was not particularly easy to upgrade past 1TB, which is why a lot of people bought drives of eBay, but has this changed? Is upgrading a TiVo HD with 2TB the same as 1TB using WinMFS?
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Best 2TB for TiVo HD/Series3?
I'm considering three different drives to upgrade TiVo HD/Series3 units to 2TB: WD20EURS, WD20EURX, and WD20EZRX
Amazon has all three for similar prices, any recommedation for which I should use? Does it actually matter which one I choose?
Also, I plan to use wdidle3 to disable Intellipower regardless of which one I choose.
Amazon has all three for similar prices, any recommedation for which I should use? Does it actually matter which one I choose?
Also, I plan to use wdidle3 to disable Intellipower regardless of which one I choose.
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Roamio Basic 3TB upgrade only has 2TB usable
I have a new Roamio Basic. I initialized it with no problem with the original drive. I them removed the original drive and replaced it with a WD AV-GP 3TB drive. Again it initialized fine and showed 477 usable HD hours. Everything seemed fine.
I started loading it with saved videos from another TiVo via pyTivo.
Everything looked fine until I noticed that after a while, no matter how many videos I transferred, I could never store more more than about 59% of the drive (which I presume is 2TB)
The oldest video is deleted without warning. (None of the videos are eligible for deletion. All "blue dot") It appears that some of the software thinks its a 3TB disk and some a 2TB disk.
I've rebooted, tried kick starting 57, 58, 67 and 54, tried transferring files from another TiVo Roamio instead of pyTivo. Nothing seems to get me past the 2TB mark.
System Information currently shows:
Software Version: 20.4.6a.RC1-USA-6-846-INIT
Recording Capacity up to 477 HD Hours
Free Disk space: up to 192 HD Hours
Possibly, but unlikely relevant: I have not yet installed the cable cards.
I've upgraded 2 Series 3 and 2 HD to larger drives the "hard way". I was looking forward to this new and improved "just drop in a new drive" upgrade.
I also have an unmodified Roamio Pro and Premier XL4 and a couple of minis.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I started loading it with saved videos from another TiVo via pyTivo.
Everything looked fine until I noticed that after a while, no matter how many videos I transferred, I could never store more more than about 59% of the drive (which I presume is 2TB)
The oldest video is deleted without warning. (None of the videos are eligible for deletion. All "blue dot") It appears that some of the software thinks its a 3TB disk and some a 2TB disk.
I've rebooted, tried kick starting 57, 58, 67 and 54, tried transferring files from another TiVo Roamio instead of pyTivo. Nothing seems to get me past the 2TB mark.
System Information currently shows:
Software Version: 20.4.6a.RC1-USA-6-846-INIT
Recording Capacity up to 477 HD Hours
Free Disk space: up to 192 HD Hours
Possibly, but unlikely relevant: I have not yet installed the cable cards.
I've upgraded 2 Series 3 and 2 HD to larger drives the "hard way". I was looking forward to this new and improved "just drop in a new drive" upgrade.
I also have an unmodified Roamio Pro and Premier XL4 and a couple of minis.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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TiVo HD HDD Upgrade Help Needed!
Hello everyone.
I have a TiVo HD with the original HDD that is starting to go bad. I also have it paired to the compatible WD 1tb external drive that appears to be OK.
I am looking at upgrading the internal drive to the 2tb WD20EURX. I understand that the HD can only read 2.2tb max, so I will have to use only the new internal going forward and not the external.
My question is how do I go about doing this once the drives comes in? I've been searching for a couple of hours and I cannot find an example like mine. I would like to copy both drives onto the new drive and retain all of my shows, settings, etc.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I have a TiVo HD with the original HDD that is starting to go bad. I also have it paired to the compatible WD 1tb external drive that appears to be OK.
I am looking at upgrading the internal drive to the 2tb WD20EURX. I understand that the HD can only read 2.2tb max, so I will have to use only the new internal going forward and not the external.
My question is how do I go about doing this once the drives comes in? I've been searching for a couple of hours and I cannot find an example like mine. I would like to copy both drives onto the new drive and retain all of my shows, settings, etc.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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HDD recommendation for Premiere upgrade
I have a base Premiere (320 GB?) that has been running for a number of years, but is now starting to show some pixelation and other things that make me think the HD is going to go soon. Also, I'd like to expand the capacity a bit.
I have downloaded the JMFS software, and confirmed that I can get it to boot on my PC. I have not yet tried attaching the Premiere drive, as I'm wanting to wait until I get the new drive.
That's where you (the community) come in. I need recommendations on the specific drive to buy, and why one vs. the other.
I'm looking at a 2TB drive, simply because it's a huge step up from what I've got, and I won't have to mess with some of the work-arounds I've seen posted for >2GB drives.
It seems that WD is still the go-to brand, so the question becomes which 2GB WD drive to order. At one time, the WD Green drives were highly recommended, then they fell from favor, now ...? How about Red vs. Purple vs. anything else.
I tried a search, but didn't see anything really recent. If I missed it, please feel free to point me to the relevant thread.
Thanks in advance.
I have downloaded the JMFS software, and confirmed that I can get it to boot on my PC. I have not yet tried attaching the Premiere drive, as I'm wanting to wait until I get the new drive.
That's where you (the community) come in. I need recommendations on the specific drive to buy, and why one vs. the other.
I'm looking at a 2TB drive, simply because it's a huge step up from what I've got, and I won't have to mess with some of the work-arounds I've seen posted for >2GB drives.
It seems that WD is still the go-to brand, so the question becomes which 2GB WD drive to order. At one time, the WD Green drives were highly recommended, then they fell from favor, now ...? How about Red vs. Purple vs. anything else.
I tried a search, but didn't see anything really recent. If I missed it, please feel free to point me to the relevant thread.
Thanks in advance.
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TiVo Premiere reboot loop
I have a TiVo Premiere. I just bought lifetime service a couple of months ago. After moving it to a new location (and it sat unused for a couple of months), it started failing to boot. It does "Welcome! Starting up..." for almost exactly 2 minutes then blanks the screen for a few seconds and goes back to "Welcome! Starting up..."
I had reason to believe the drive was failing, so I got a new drive from weaknees, but it is doing the same thing. I have used MFSLive and other tools before, so I thought I could get to the logs and see what was happening. Unfortunately, my current desktop with AMD processors will not boot the MFSLive 1.4 CD to a usable prompt.
I have tried a couple of Kickstart codes, but I am not seeing any difference in behavior.
Any other recommendations?
I had reason to believe the drive was failing, so I got a new drive from weaknees, but it is doing the same thing. I have used MFSLive and other tools before, so I thought I could get to the logs and see what was happening. Unfortunately, my current desktop with AMD processors will not boot the MFSLive 1.4 CD to a usable prompt.
I have tried a couple of Kickstart codes, but I am not seeing any difference in behavior.
Any other recommendations?
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Roamio not recording after HD upgrade
I've had my Roamio (basic model) for about a month now, and I put a new 3TB HD (WD30EURX) in the other day. It had been working just fine before the upgrade. After the upgrade everything seemed OK at first. Live TV works just fine (including the 30 minute buffer), our Mini extender also works just fine, streaming shows work fine. However, after a couple of days, I noticed a problem. I had re-entered all our OnePass recordings after the upgrade, and nothing had been recorded after a couple of days. It has the correct guide data and says they are scheduled to record, but they don't. I also found that if I pressed record on whatever show was on, it would not actually record it. No matter what I have tried (OnePass, press record on live TV, schedule a manual recording), I can't get it to record anything. Restarting the Tivo has no effect. There were also a couple of weird things I noticed. First, under My Shows->Devices, there were three devices that showed up that were not mine and I have no idea where they came from. Second, under System Information, my Tivo Service Number shows as "Not Available 000000000000", and the Hard Drive ID is blank.
So to recap: Roamio won't record shows after HD upgrade.
What still works:
-Live TV (including 30 minute buffer)
-Mini extender
-Streaming shows
What doesn't work:
-Any recording of live TV.
That's weird:
-Devices that aren't mine showing up under My Shows
-Tivo Service Number is not available.
Things I have tried:
Rebooting the tivo
I haven't tried:
Kickstart 54 on new drive
Re-install old drive
Has anyone else run into something like this?
So to recap: Roamio won't record shows after HD upgrade.
What still works:
-Live TV (including 30 minute buffer)
-Mini extender
-Streaming shows
What doesn't work:
-Any recording of live TV.
That's weird:
-Devices that aren't mine showing up under My Shows
-Tivo Service Number is not available.
Things I have tried:
Rebooting the tivo
I haven't tried:
Kickstart 54 on new drive
Re-install old drive
Has anyone else run into something like this?
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Roamio 2TB HD Stuttering - Need to Clone or Transfer Shows to New HD
First - I searched other threads and they discuss the issue I am facing, but the people have older TiVos and are upgrading to a Roamio or if a drive is failing and someone wants to copy it, it is also on an older TiVo.
Back Story - I have new Roamio Plus (30 days old) and right when it arrived I swapped out the 1TB drive and put in a 2TB WD AV-GP drive. I transferred all of my programs from two existing TiVo HDs (which took forever!) to the Roamio and was off and running. That is until about 3 weeks in I started getting pixelation in my recorded programs, but not on live TV. I should have run a diagnostic test on the drive before installing it, but it is louder than it should be and with the pixelation I figure it is likely failing. I was within my 30day of having the drive so I have a replacement being sent free of charge.
My Issue - I have about 700GB of programming on the still working 2TB hard drive that I want to put on the new drive that will be arriving and I don't know the best way to go about it. I definitely don't want to pay for a month of service on one of my TiVO HD units and transfer the programs onto it and then back again to the new drive once it arrives. That would take WAY too long.
I have seen that people have used ddrescue and I saw this guide (http://www.logicsector.com/tivo/how-...with-ddrescue/) that seems like something I could do using my PC, but it does not seem like people have used this with Roamio units much. I think it would be the easiest solution.
I have also read a bit about using kmttg and then copying all the programs from my Roamio to my PC (pull) and then setting up the PC to be seen by the Roamio once I install the new HD and have the Roamio pull all the programs from my PC onto the new HD. Does that sound correct? Would I keep all the program information doing it that way rather than pushing the info to the Roamio from my PC.
What is the best way to go about this?
Back Story - I have new Roamio Plus (30 days old) and right when it arrived I swapped out the 1TB drive and put in a 2TB WD AV-GP drive. I transferred all of my programs from two existing TiVo HDs (which took forever!) to the Roamio and was off and running. That is until about 3 weeks in I started getting pixelation in my recorded programs, but not on live TV. I should have run a diagnostic test on the drive before installing it, but it is louder than it should be and with the pixelation I figure it is likely failing. I was within my 30day of having the drive so I have a replacement being sent free of charge.
My Issue - I have about 700GB of programming on the still working 2TB hard drive that I want to put on the new drive that will be arriving and I don't know the best way to go about it. I definitely don't want to pay for a month of service on one of my TiVO HD units and transfer the programs onto it and then back again to the new drive once it arrives. That would take WAY too long.
I have seen that people have used ddrescue and I saw this guide (http://www.logicsector.com/tivo/how-...with-ddrescue/) that seems like something I could do using my PC, but it does not seem like people have used this with Roamio units much. I think it would be the easiest solution.
I have also read a bit about using kmttg and then copying all the programs from my Roamio to my PC (pull) and then setting up the PC to be seen by the Roamio once I install the new HD and have the Roamio pull all the programs from my PC onto the new HD. Does that sound correct? Would I keep all the program information doing it that way rather than pushing the info to the Roamio from my PC.
What is the best way to go about this?
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