The Definitive Guide to Upgrading Your Tivo Premiere - Part I

Increase recording capacity over six-fold by replacing the stock Tivo 320-GB drive with a 2-TB drive while preserving all your current recordings.

• Detailed instructions at http://DIYClinic.webguild.com

• Jmfs (to clone the old to new drive) - http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=455968

• IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool (to quiet the drive) - http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/downloads/ftool_211.iso

• HDDScan diagnostic utility (alternative to Feature Tool - Did not work for Win7 x64 admin mode) - http://hddscan.com/

• Wdiddle (to disable IntelliPark) - http://www.sendspace.com/file/kccixj

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[garyadavis]

3.5 inch. I am not sure if a 2.5 will work.

[lsi624]

Is there a specific WD or Hitachi 2TB drive that must be used?....Ive heard that TIVO needs a particular external eSata drive....With the JMFS tool can you jam any old huge drive into a TIVO Premiere ??

[garyadavis]

@lsi624 I think the internal hard drive can be any type. There is a size limit, however. The external may have to be a specific type.

[mhpreach]

Can HDclone software be used to clone the Tivo drive. I clone my Ubuntu Server drive all the time.

[garyadavis]

@mhpreach No. During the transfer, there are some modifications done to the layout so you can not simply do a clone and expect to see the additional space.

[garyadavis]

I don't know anything about Mac's so I can't help you out.

[ShinySteelRobot]

Thanks very much for posting the YouTube video and links, it was really helpful when I upgraded my Premiere XL to 2TB. FWIW, the process for the XL was the same as your video, except it took roughly 15 hours to copy the XL's 1TB OEM drive.

[matthewchan1]

What " size does the Hard drive have to be? 2.5" or 3.5"? Thanks.

[tobiray]

Will the software work with a tivo series3 hd(652160) thanks on win 7

[fausto412]

what did you used for the new hard driver? a caviar green or another green power?

[WeAreTwoDoorsDown]

So... I'm buying a brand new TiVo and doing this... So, do I need to do the transfer, or will the TiVo auto format the drive?

[WeAreTwoDoorsDown]

@MegaNick5678 Thats not very much really.