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    Upgraded DVR40 with HD problem

    I've got a DirecTV RCA DVR40 in which I added about a year or 2 ago a Weaknees 120 GB 2nd drive. We are now experiencing video freezes and occasional reboots. Since I'm not absolutely positive which drive may be failing and I'm a little unclear on Tivo's software architecture (hard drive-based or firmware), I've tried disabling either drive and setting the master/slave jumper appropriately and can't get beyond the 'Powering On' grey startup screen.

    Sooooo...it appears Tivo's software lives on the original drive and I can get a replacement drive but will that effectively nuke my ability to use my Weaknees 120 GB? That's assuming the 40 GB original drive is the one failing (think it is) but I don't feel like pulling the drives and testing with a PC.

    Any suggestions or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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    Right - replacing either drive would need another drive to be tested and reformatted to work with it. By far the easiest answer is to just get a new replace kit and not reuse either drive. The problem with trying to reuse a potentially bad drive is that after testing and the possibility that both drives are bad, you lose a bunch of time and some money.

    Replace kits for that model are here:

    http://www.weaknees.com/dv40.php
    Been here a long time . . .

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