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    GSOD on TCD540040

    After years of perfect operation, my (upgraded to 2 x 250) Tivo is showing the GSOD, rebooting, then GSOD, ...
    From what I've read, this may be any number of things, including one or both hard drives, or the OS image.
    1. How can I tell if one of the hard drives is bad?
    2. Is it be likely that I will be able to recover my recordings?
    3. Is it possible to do a backup of the recordings, restore the OS from my original Tivo drive, and then put the recordings back on the same drives?

    I've looked at the upgrade instructions avialable, but the all assume that you are moving your Tivo OS and recordings to new drives, not back to the same drives.

    Any other advice would be appreciated. I'm also considering buying two new 250s or one new 500...
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    1 - You'd have to test both in a PC.

    2 - Not very likely, but possible. The more you boot them, the lower your chances go.

    3 - Nope. If you get the recordings, you need that copy of the OS.

    We'd really recommend just getting one new 500 . . .
    Been here a long time . . .

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    • #3
      Thanks Michael. I will most likely take your advice and purchase a new 500. BTW, I placed the original Tivo drive back in, and it works fine. Thanks again for the reply and the advice.

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      • #4
        OK - that pretty well confirms it to just be a drive problem, which is good news.
        Been here a long time . . .

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