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    Hey all. I have a question about my Tivo. I did a quick search and unfortunately didn't find anything to help, so please excuse me if this is a common topic.

    My girlfriend decided to rearrange my bedroom yesterday. While I was in there I had noticed she put my first (now my second system) Tivo on the floor. I asked her to be very careful with it on the carpeted floor. As we're moving things she proceeded to put her foot on the top corner of the Tivo and slide is across the carpet, only about a foot, still plugged in and on. Of course I could have been nicer in the way I handled this. But it gets better. I no have the dresser, TV, and Tivo all set and done. I'm back in the living room with the baby when I hear this god awful buzzing/scrapping sound from he bedroom. I go in to see what it is and find her holding the Tivo just looking at me. I'm guessing in moving the TV again she banged the Tivo and knocked something. Well I unplug it wait a few minutes, praying I don't have to kill her, and plug it back in. All is fine, for about a minute and the noise starts up again. I try this a couple of times, praying to the Tivo Gods, but no luck. After I give up and let the noise happen the Tivo starts to click, like a hard drive stuck. This is the first Tivo I had gotten, and it has a lifetime subscription, so I don't want to lose it. Does this sound like it may just need a hard drive? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    -Bill

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    That sounds like it just needs a new hard drive - and if so, just find your model and order a "replace" kit:

    http://www.weaknees.com/tivo-upgrade.php

    But what exactly do you see on the TV screen when you try booting it?
    Been here a long time . . .

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    • #3
      Honestly, I don't know. The noise bothered me so badly I never turned on the tv. I'll find out now.

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      • #4
        Well, I plugged the system back in. I got the noise again, it actually sounds like two sick electronic beeps. The screen comes up to the "Welcome. Powering up..." screen and sits there. After a few minutes the "beeping" stops.

        I have been wanting to upgrade my hard drives for some time now. The bedroom Tivo (the damanged one) was a 140hr single tuner series 2. The Living room is a DT 80hr series 2. The bedroom does not really need much more space than that, but the dual tuner really does. What would you suggest for hard drive sizes with out going over board?

        Thanks.

        -Bill

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        • #5
          It sure sounds like you need a drive. How much space you get depends on your budget...we have a lot of options on the site. Just look for a replacement kit by finding your TiVo model on the TiVo Upgrade kit page

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          • #6
            Do the upgrade kits use the Seagate DB35 drives?

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            • #7
              Currently, drives greater than 80gb and less than 1000GB are Seagate DB35s.

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