Premiere large drive with external
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...
View ArticleSeries 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...
View Article4TB 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?
View ArticleHard 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...
View ArticleWelcome! 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...
View Articleroamio 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...
View ArticleCan 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...
View ArticleIn 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...
View Articlerestore 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)....
View ArticleUpgrading 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...
View ArticleRoamio 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...
View ArticleTivo 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...
View ArticleBest 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...
View ArticleRoamio 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...
View ArticleTiVo 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...
View ArticleHDD 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...
View ArticleTiVo 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...
View ArticleRoamio 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...
View ArticleRoamio 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...
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