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    Moving Harddrives from one tivo to another

    I've had success taking the HDs from one Series 2 Tivo and put them in another tivo. This allowed me to view preferences and access the shows one the drive moved to the tivo. (BTW both TCD540040).

    I just got a Series 2 DT. I'd like to replace my old TCD540040 with the new Dual tuner Tivo TCD649080, but I don't want to lose my 300hrs of shows and more importantly all my preferences and season passes, etc.

    My Question is: Can I take the two drives in the old device and put them in Dual Tuner without any negative effects to the drives or the Tivo?
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    You cannot move drives from one into the other, unfortunately,

    You can network your TCD540 unit and move the contents to a PC and burn it to DVD, for example. You might also be able to move it back onto the new unit.

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      Originally posted by WK-Jeff View Post
      You cannot move drives from one into the other, unfortunately,

      You can network your TCD540 unit and move the contents to a PC and burn it to DVD, for example. You might also be able to move it back onto the new unit.

      Does that mean, if I have a drive crash and no backup, I can throw the entire unit in the trash? Hard to believe

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      • #4
        It wouldn't be trash, it would just need an image from another unit of the same model number. The models you listed above (540040 and 649080) don't have compatible software.
        Been here a long time . . .

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