How do I replace my hard drive on my Tivo?

Can I replace my TiVo's hard drive with an IDE hard drive from my computer?

  • I have an IDE hard drive from an old desktop (it still has Windows installed on it though). I was wondering if I'd be able to use that to replace my TiVo's hard drive since it's a larger capacity drive. And if you know of any websites with good instructions on replacing the drive, that'd also be appreciated.

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    sorry no u cant use it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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What model Tivo is it? In general, if you have a stand alone Series 1 or 2 Tivo you can replace the existing hard drive with another PATA IDE drive. But you have to format the new drive with Tivo's operating system for your model. If the old drive still works, you can get freeware (WinMFS) to copy the OS from the old drive to the new one. If the old drive is broke you can buy a disk with the software needed. The biggest problem is that there is a lot of old obsolete information on the Internet on how to do this.

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