Fixing A Tivo That Freezes

Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] Freezing Tivo fixed
From: "Glen Farney" <glen.farney@snet.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 22:22:44 -0400
To: <tivocentral@yahoogroups.com>

It's good to get the feedback on solutions like this, often the end results aren't reported back. It's nice to know what finally worked.

For only a few bucks more, Hinsdale or WeaKnees can ship you a drive ready to install, makes it very user friendly for those not as computer savvy as others. You'll loose your settings and such if you're not adding a drive (some allow you to add an extra drive, some require replacement of the only drive). I've done both, no biggie, the only real catch is you can't set up season passes for shows not currently in the program guide (you can set up wishlists instead)

Glen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Gunther" <Yahoo_groups@KenGunther.com>
To: <tivocentral@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 9:40 PM
Subject: [TiVo Central] Freezing Tivo fixed


> > I few months ago I wrote to this forum and asked if anyone had a
> > suggestion on how to fix a TiVo (TiVo branded model TCD540080) that
> > would become unresponsive every few weeks and need to have the power
> > cord unplugged and then plugged in again. A few people on this and other
> > forums suggested that this might be a hard drive issue. The freezing
> > started occurring more and more frequently until it froze a few times a
> > week so I needed to do something.
> >
> > I downloaded the instructions on how to replace the hard drive from
> > http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/index9.html. All it took
> > was the instructions, a new EIDE hard drive, the MFS utility from
> > http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hinsdale-how-to/MFSLBA48.zip and two
> > Torx screwdrivers (Torx 10 and Torx 15).
> >
> > I removed the old hard drive from my TiVo, put it into a PC and copied
> > it to the new hard drive using the MFS utility (I also expanded the
> > drive from a 80 GB to 160 GB). I put the new drive into my TiVo and it
> > worked perfectly, it had my setup information, season passes, wish lists
> > and all of the programs from my old hard drive.
> >
> > I did this two weeks ago and my TiVo has performed flawlessly ever
> > since, it has not frozen once.
> >
> > For all of you who suggested replacing the hard drive thank you for
> > your advice.
> >
> > For anyone with a TiVo that freezes or wanting to expand the capacity
> > of your TiVo this is an easy inexpensive way to do it, the only cost is
> > the the new hard drive and a CD to burn the MFS utility onto.
> >
> > Happy TiVoing,
> > Ken G.
> >
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> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >


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