2006-07-22 09:29:38 · 7 answers · asked by bakerboy61002 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
I have repaired my hard drive myself on my TiVo Series 1. Twice. The original hard drive failed after about 3 years. My replacement drive was great until I somehow scrogged it (a freak occurance) by flicking breakers on my electrical panel.
There are two ways to "do it yourself" (DIY). One is to get a generic hard drive, specially format it, and copy the original drive to it. The other is to get a pre-formatted drive from Weaknees or another company and then install the drive yourself. The second option is the easiest.
The first option of buying a hard drive and formatting it yourself is not trivial. While a standard hard drive can be used, you have to go through a bunch of machinations to enable the hard drive to function properly in the TiVo. The Hinsdale How To TiVo Upgrades.
http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/
Part of the process requires making a disk to disk copy of information from your original drive so you have to be capable of opening up your computer, hooking up hard drives, burning bootable floppies and a whole bunch of stuff. I am and it still required several attempts and botched steps. It probably took 10 hours in total.
The other option is a self-upgrade / self-repair kit such as that offered by Weaknees. With these kits, the formatting of the drive is already performed. They include the tools and cables required to open your TiVo and installing the replacement drive. In other words, they do the hard part and you get to do the easy part. This solution takes about an hour or less.
http://www.weaknees.com/tivo-upgrade.php
2006-07-23 18:17:20 · answer #1 · answered by Knowledge Seeker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tivo Weaknees
2016-11-06 23:21:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact Bill Regnery at wregnery@bcglobal.net. See if he is still providing hard drives for TiVo. Another possibility is http://www.weaknees.com/ They can send you a programmed hard drive to install yourself (it's not hard to do), or you can send them your TiVo and have them do it (for more money)/
2006-07-22 20:29:04 · answer #3 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is damaged so badly then you must reprograme a new drive.
2006-07-22 09:42:00 · answer #4 · answered by Mehbooba 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Switch to Dish. They use dual tuner receivers which means you can have the DVR on 2 TV's, they are FREE, you have twice as many hours of recording time. Much better technology. Your monthly price will cheaper too.
2006-07-25 12:02:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2017-01-03 09:21:35 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think you can i would have a repairman fix it
2006-07-22 11:47:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋