I assume this is a standalone and not a D*Tivo?

One option is to see if the drive is still recoverable. Some HD Tivo owners have used SpinRite at Level 4 to revive failing drives. It might help get it operational. Then you can back up the drive. On the Tivo Community forums, there are links to all kinds of tools, like InstantCake, IIRC.

I've used Weakknees for a drive upgrade, they're reliable. So is PTVupgrade, 9th tee is another option. You can also ask one of these vendors for original, pull out drives, drives that they pulled out of units that were eventually upgraded.

Last edited by oldskoolboarder; 05/19/05 05:34 PM.