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"Dr. Personality" <affable@no.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> In article <HVfue.1048$2Z3.347@fe10.lga>, hoops <hoops_1002@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> > i have an original sony 30 hour series I tivo. software 3.001-1010
> >
> > years ago i followed hinsdale and successfully added a 120gb (5400) as
Drive
> > A and moved the original 30gb as Drive B.
> >
> > i didn't just add the 120 as B so as to give myself an easier job in the
> > future had i wanted to go to dual 120's (which ultimately i've never
> > bothered to do).
> >
> > anyway, all of a sudden the unit is starting to randomly pause and i'm
> > pretty confident one of the drives is failing.
> >
> > i'd like to repair this in such a way as to not lose any of the content
(and
> > season pass, etc. info).
> >
> > i don't know if it's Drive A (120) or B (30) failing.
> >
> > my assumption is that the correct way to proceed is to:
> >
> > 1. replace B and then test system (by using it). If no problems, then
i'm
> > good to go w/o any further work to do.
> >
> > 2. If #1 doesn't cure the problem, i'd then need to replace A as well.
> >
> > Questions:
> >
> > 1. i know the 137 meg limit is still in place per drive. i had assumed
> > (back in the day) that with dual 120's, the lag would be intolerable.
the
> > lag with 150 (120+30) is bad enuf. is going with dual 120's a mistake,
> > lag-wise?
> >
> > 2. if i simply want to replace the 30 with another 30, do i need to do
> > anything fancy, or is there a simple way to copy the old 30 to the new
30
> > and not at all deal with the A drive?
> >
> > 3. am i missing anything in this simple analysis?
> >
> > thanks
>
> I had the same situation with one or the other of the two 120GB Maxtor
> drives I installed in one of my SAT-T60s. Maxtor has software that
> will do non-destructive testing on its drives, so I tested both drives.
> Sure enough, I found a problem on one of them. Copying the contents to
> a new 120 as per Hinsdale solved it.
>
> I would suggest you try testing the drives before having to make a
> guess as to which one is bad, or to de-install one to see if the other
> one works. (I'm not even sure your unit will work with a missing
> drive.)
>
> To answer your other question, I have never regretted installing two
> 120s, lag be damned. If I were you, I'd replace the 30 with a larger
> drive. I think the proper way to test, if the testing software doesn't
> tell you anything, is to copy and install a new A drive, and see. If
> the unit fails again, you can then reinstall the old A and copy the
> stuff from the B drive to the new drive.
>
> Your A and B drives have to be married. You can't shortcut the process
> by simply dropping in a new, copied B drive.
thanks for your reply.
OTTOMH, i don't know what brand the 30 is, but the 120 is WD. i guess i'll
sniff around for the original floppy and see if there are diagnostic
routines on it.
i forgot all about the process of marrying the drives.
if i have say 100 hours of 'content' on my current system, i guess the
procedure (from hinsdale) is something like:
1. use the tools to copy all info (content, settings) to an existing large
drive in a pc (presumably that will all end up in one large file,
"file.ext"??)
2. replace the B drive and reinstall everything using file.ext
3. if i still have problems; then replace the A drive and reinstall
everything (again using file.ext).
sound right? thanks