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    replacing orginal 649080 drive

    Hello

    I am a 649080 owner. I have the original 80-hr hard drive plus I previously installed an additional 320-hr drive (a couple of years ago).

    I think in the future I will want to replace the 80-hr drive and retain the 2nd drive, I don't care about retaining any programs from the NPL. Is this possible and which kit would I need, ADD or REPLACE?

    Thank you,
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  • #2
    You'd have to get a replacement kit and send the 320gb to us.

    I'd recommend that you get a single replacement drive. The difference in cost between, say, a 320 and a 750 is probably less than you'd pay to send the drive in to have us marry the old and new drives.

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    • #3
      thanks Jeff, I'll probably do that when the time comes. However, if I wanted to marry my existing 320-hr drive to the new one and ' do it myself' are there instructions anywhere? I'm faily proficient at hardware upgrades and I'm comfortable moving the drives to a pc for the 'marriage ceremony'.

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      • #4
        Sure:

        http://tivo.upgrade-instructions.com
        Been here a long time . . .

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        • #5
          thanks for the reply and link, but I only see options to replace a drive or restore a backup to one drive. No instructions on how to marry a 2nd drive to a first. Any other links?

          thanks

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          • #6
            Sorry - software-wise, just do what you would for a 540040.

            Last we worked on that site, it seems the bracket was unavailable to add a second drive to your model. But it is now:

            http://www.weaknees.com/dual-tuner-tivo-bracket.php
            Been here a long time . . .

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            • #7
              thanks Michael, would you suggest installing the replacement drive in to the Tivo prior to running the mfsadd command on the pc with the 320-hr drive attached or go straight to the PC?

              If I was feeling brave and wanted to make a back-up of the Tivo (connecting both existing drives in the PC) will the boot utility recognise SATA drives (my XP C: drive?)

              thank you for your help.

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              • #8
                There's really no need to install in the TiVo, then go back to the PC for mfsadd.
                Been here a long time . . .

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                • #9
                  thanks!

                  and my XP SATA c:\ would be recognized by the utilities for a back-up?

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                  • #10
                    You need a FAT 32 partition/drive. The upgrade instructions will include basic instructions for backing up.

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                    • #11
                      thanks, yes, it's FAT32 but a SATA drive not IDE. I just wanted confirmation that a SATA drive would be sufficient.

                      cheers

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                      • #12
                        SATA vs IDE doesn't really matter.

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