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    How do I set up a new drive

    I currently have a Humax DRT400, recently during playback the system froze up (happened to be at 2 am when the update was being downloaded). I have power cycled, tried the kickstart and all other suggestions by both TIVO and Humax. I have decided that since it had a small drive anyway I would upgrade it with a drive I had from a computer I upgraded (don't need the IDE drives as the new system uses SCSI) I need to know how to set up the drive for use on the TIVO. I have read that I cannot do this on a XP machine. I don't have any other at this time but I can set up a second boot for an alt OS.

    What OS is suggested and how do I acquire it.

    What documents and utilities do I need to set up the drive for use.

    Is it possible to recover any of the recorded programs from the old drive?
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    You've got a couple of problems - XP, and no TiVo image. Without a working image, you can't prepare a new drive.

    We have replacement drives for that unit, fully formatted, ready to go, here:

    http://www.weaknees.com/drt4.php
    Been here a long time . . .

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      I appreciate the link, the problem is that I really don't want to buy a drive when I have so many sitting doing nothing. Is there no way to get a image? As for XP I can set up a alt boot to set up the drive and such, which OS is the best for the job, and where is the best source for it?

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      • #4
        We can do the format for your drive. Pricing is here:

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

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