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Default capacity from the procedure above will be about HD hours or so. Finally if you have any comments, suggestions, come across any problems or have any questions please feel free to contact me at the email address above. Use the Premiere method described below. If you are more comfortable using Windows than Linux then you may prefer to use this method in place of the Linux boot CD method described above.
Doing so will blank your TiVo disk. You also need to make sure you are logged in with an account that has administrator privileges. The program is standalone and so does not need to be installed. Fire it up now just to make sure it is working. You should see the following screen.
If you get any messages about initializing the new drives make sure you select No or Cancel. This will bring up the following window:. Here you need to select your original TiVo drive under the A drive box - make sure you highlight the correct one - for a standard TiVo HD this should be the GB drive. Then hit the Select button.
This allows you to reuse your original TiVo HD for something else and not have to worry if your new 'upgrade' drive should fail at some point. Here you just need to select the name of the file you want to backup to ad then hit start. This takes about 5 to 10 minutes depending on your hardware. As the source drive select your original TiVo drive and under target select the new 'larger' TiVo drive.
A note of caution here, avoid running anything else why this copy is running. It won't actually effect the copy but if you drag something in front of the MFScopy window it will cease to update and you won't know how far it has got until it finishes and updates the window once more.
I assume you do so hit yes. If you want you can enable the Supersize option under the tools menu. This supposedly takes space that would be reserved for downloading commercials and sponsored programs and instead makes it available for recordings further increasing your capacity.
Shut down Windows and power off your PC. If you purchased a 1TB WeakKnees drive for your Premiere or previously upgrade your TiVo yourself to an expanded drive you will need to use the original GB hard drive to perform the upgrade to your new drive.
Virgin Media Tivo update Nov 11th I have now received multiple independent reports that this method no longer works for some Cisco based Virgin Media Tivos. The common denominator appears to be that they are running software version With this version and perhaps newer versions? If and when a fix becomes available I will post it here. If your software version is older you may be in luck but I do not have the data points to confirm one way or the other at present.
Note the US version of the Premiere has no stickers or warranty void stickers preventing you opening the case. This can be fairly easily removed using a sharp knife and a hairdryer. If you do it slowly enough you will not damage the sticker and can replace it should you need to. Image of the rear of the TiVo Premiere with the 4 case screws numbered. Image showing the original TiVo premiere hard drive removed. As you can see TiVo use Western Digital drives like those recommended above.
The haddrive was mounted on the left and was removed for this photograph. The power supply is on the far right and you should be careful not to touch this. The precise layout and menu structure of your bios will differ but mine is show below for reference. Note you often need to press 'Del' or F2 at the initial power on screen to get into the bios settings. It is not strictly critical that you disconnect the other drives but it will prevent you from accidentally erasing them.
The Western Digital drives are all 3. Next attach the original TiVo drive to the first SATA port and the new drive to the second SATA port It is not critical that they be on these specific ports since we will be given a menu to choose from in the drive upgrade program.
The first screen that should come will ask you about video modes. You can either wait 30 seconds for things to continue or press the space bar to continue. Don't worry about this. If the system locks up or fails to recognize the drives then it is possible that your SATA controller is not recognized. Updating your machine's bios may fix this. If it does not please let me know the specs of your motherboard and I will see if Linux support is available and can be added to the image.
If you have an alternative machine you can always try this one instead. After about 20 to 30 seconds you should get presented with the main TiVo Premiere Upgrade command menu. We will ultimately go through all 3 options in the following order. Copy, Expand and then Supersize. The Copy option simply copies our original TiVo hard disk to the new hard disk. Expand then expands that copy on the new disk to fill all of the available space so giving us the larger recording capacity.
Finally the Supersize option modifies our new disk to have less space reserved for commercials and more for programs. Do you really want TiVo recording 20 hours of HD infomercials? Hopefully it will only show a single drive as above.
You should check this has the capacity you expect for the original TiVo. In the case of the Premiere this is Press 'Y' then the enter key to accept this drive as the source drive. If you get presented with multiple drives be sure to choose the correct on.
At this point the program will present you with a list of available drives in the computer. In the example above you see two drives listed. Make a note of the 'device' identifier of the drive. The drive to be copied to is clearly drive 1 here so I press '1' and then enter.
Double check this and if all is good press 'y' and then Enter. The program will then begin copying your original TiVo drive to the new drive. You will see a screen similar to below showing you the progress. Be patient this step can take up to 3 hours. You can get an estimate of how long it will take by looking at the 'average rate' on the right of the screen. The rate shows the copy rate in kB per sec. If the software fails to identify the new drive this may be an issue with the way your motherboards hard drive controller functions.
The simplest approach is to reboot and then skip the above steps and go straight to this expand option. Double check that the drive report is the correct 'NEW' drive and if it is press 'y' and then enter. Then press 'y' and enter again at the confirmation page to begin the expansion process. This should complete in a matter of seconds showing you the approximate recording space on the new drive.
In this case HD hours for a 1TB drive. Press 'r' and then enter to choose another operation. This will take you back to the main menu where you can press 'z' and then enter to Supersize your disk. This converts excess space that your Tivo reserves for downloading commercials and other sponsored junk and make it available for recording programs.
Make sure you enter the number for the 'NEW' drive and then press enter. Confirm again with 'y' and enter. The process will take a couple of seconds and then should complete successfully. Congratulations you are now the owner of an expanded and blessed TiVo hard drive.
You can now either press 's' enter to shutdown your machine or, if you want to carry out the optional step 12 below and turn on the power saving and acoustic management settings on the new drive press 'x' and then enter. Type 'halt' and press enter and within a few seconds your desktop should power down. You can then disconnect the old TiVo hard disk and put it somewhere safe in case you ever need to put it back in for a warranty call or your new drive fails for some reason and you have to use the original drive to copy onto a new disk.
Your TiVo Premiere should start to boot and after about 3 to 4 minutes display the initial lead in video. It 'may' then go into Standby mode with a blank screen. Do not panic, just press the TiVo button on your remote to bring your new TiVo alive. TiVo Premiere with 1TB disk and supersized.
There you have it. Fixing a Broken TiVo - Don't panic - it is simple. Has your beloved TiVo been freezing lately or more likely randomly rebooting?
Is it outside of warranty? Are you pulling your hair out in frustration? For those with expensive unit lifetime subscriptions this will help you breathe even better. In Often the drive is failing, taking too long to read a sector for example and this freaks the TiVo out.
In most cases though the drive is not entirely past redemption and can still be read inside a computer in order to copy to a new drive. There are a number of ways you accomplish this. First you need to purchase a new Hard Drive of equal or greater capacity that the current drive you have in the TiVo. Once you have that go ahead and open up your TiVo and remove the existing drive using the method appropriate for your model as described above.
Mount the drives in your PC using the Linux method described above. However, when you get to step 8 replace the command with the following:. The difference is the removal of the -x expand option here since trying to expand an already expanded drive will give you an error.
This could take between 1 and 12 hours depending on how bad your existing TiVo drive it. Hopefully though it completes successfully and you can the new drive back into your TiVo and it should magically start working again. For the latest TiVo models the best approach is to simply attempt a raw sector by sector copy of the old hard drive to the new. This works best if the two drives are identical models but can also work if they are simply the same size or the new disk is larger in size than the original disk.
Most disk copies fail when they encounter a bad sector so it is critical to do this in a way that ignores and unreadable sectors. Content Symptom. Make sure you have a working internet connection. Program guide data has been downloaded automatically.
Check if your TiVo device is connected to your network. Follow how to test the TiVo service connection to check your connection.
If you are unable to connect, you may need to power cycle your TiVo device and your network devices to refresh your connection. If you are still unable to connect after power cycling your devices, you may need to call your ISP to check if there is an outage in your area. If you have confirmed there is no connectivity issue in your area, proceed to general network troubleshooting tips.
Go to your channel list and add them by putting a check mark on each new added channels. To view the channel list, go to: Devices on TiVo Experience 4 software version: Initiate 2 force connections to the TiVo Service. Restart or power cycle the TiVo device.
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