UK Tivo "Large" Hard disk fitter

Being a new dad I now find my Tivo (Series 1 Thompson) is filling up
rapidly - except now instead of Dawn of the Dead, Hellraiser, Alien/s,
Dirty Harry etc. it's filling up with Fimbles, Tweenies and 'Bits and
Bobs' - not to mention my wife's new found daytime TV serials - as such
we have had to reduce the quality setting to 'Medium' which isnt great.
I am a techie but don't kn ow if I can stand the formidable wrath that
would result if I tried swapping the hard disk out myself and screwed it
up so was wondering if anyone can recommend a UK based outfit that will
stick in a large HD to my machine for me??

On that topic is there a limit to the size of hard disk or can I just go
for the biggest one (standard IDE presumably) I can find?

Many thanks in advance.

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v56k wrote:

Being a new dad I now find my Tivo (Series 1 Thompson) is filling up
rapidly - except now instead of Dawn of the Dead, Hellraiser, Alien/s,
Dirty Harry etc. it's filling up with Fimbles, Tweenies and 'Bits and
Bobs' - not to mention my wife's new found daytime TV serials - as such
we have had to reduce the quality setting to 'Medium' which isnt great.
I am a techie but don't kn ow if I can stand the formidable wrath that
would result if I tried swapping the hard disk out myself and screwed it
up so was wondering if anyone can recommend a UK based outfit that will
stick in a large HD to my machine for me??

On that topic is there a limit to the size of hard disk or can I just go
for the biggest one (standard IDE presumably) I can find?

Many thanks in advance.

The kernal is limited to 137 GB, so you can use a 120 GB drive, or a 160
MB, with some waste.

I haven't seen any UK vendors of upgrade kits, but from what I seen, it
shouldn't be too hard to DIY.


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In article ,
says...
Being a new dad I now find my Tivo (Series 1 Thompson) is filling up
rapidly - except now instead of Dawn of the Dead, Hellraiser, Alien/s,
Dirty Harry etc. it's filling up with Fimbles, Tweenies and 'Bits and
Bobs' - not to mention my wife's new found daytime TV serials - as such
we have had to reduce the quality setting to 'Medium' which isnt great.
I am a techie but don't kn ow if I can stand the formidable wrath that
would result if I tried swapping the hard disk out myself and screwed it
up so was wondering if anyone can recommend a UK based outfit that will
stick in a large HD to my machine for me??

On that topic is there a limit to the size of hard disk or can I just go
for the biggest one (standard IDE presumably) I can find?

Many thanks in advance.

You need to talk to http://www.pacelink.co.uk/hard.htm or
http://www.tivoland.com they will sell you a replacement drive that you
can put in yourself.

Also, pop over to http://www.tivocommunity.com and say hello!
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Steve

In article , says...

The kernal is limited to 137 GB, so you can use a 120 GB drive, or a 160
MB, with some waste.

I haven't seen any UK vendors of upgrade kits, but from what I seen, it
shouldn't be too hard to DIY.

There is a replacement Kernel available that allows the full use of
drives over 137GB. Have a search on tivocommunity.com for all the gory
details.



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Steve

v56k wrote:
Being a new dad I now find my Tivo (Series 1 Thompson) is filling up
rapidly - except now instead of Dawn of the Dead, Hellraiser, Alien/s,
Dirty Harry etc. it's filling up with Fimbles, Tweenies and 'Bits and
Bobs' - not to mention my wife's new found daytime TV serials - as such
we have had to reduce the quality setting to 'Medium' which isnt great.
I am a techie but don't kn ow if I can stand the formidable wrath that
would result if I tried swapping the hard disk out myself and screwed it
up so was wondering if anyone can recommend a UK based outfit that will
stick in a large HD to my machine for me??

On that topic is there a limit to the size of hard disk or can I just go
for the biggest one (standard IDE presumably) I can find?

Many thanks in advance.

Thanks for the info - mucho appreciated.

In article , Steve
wrote:

In article , says...

There is a replacement Kernel available that allows the full use of
drives over 137GB. Have a search on tivocommunity.com for all the gory
details.

However, seriously, you're really unlikely to need that much space; our
main Tivo has 2 * 120gb drives, and its 'now playing' list is a mile
long... still with loads of suggestions, and mucho free space!

- duncan

Incidentally, when the original drive went bad, an outfit in Ireland did a
great job on repairing and fitting new direives, aerial sockets and such,
and didn't cost that much, either. So, if you'd prefer to have your upgrade
done professionally, let me know and I'll dig out the details.

In article ,
says...
Incidentally, when the original drive went bad, an outfit in Ireland did a
great job on repairing and fitting new direives, aerial sockets and such,
and didn't cost that much, either. So, if you'd prefer to have your upgrade
done professionally, let me know and I'll dig out the details.


Sounds like the pacelink crew, they are based in Kesh, Co Fermanagh.

http://www.pacelink.co.uk/tivo.htm
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Steve