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    Hard Drive swap, Series 2 into Dtivo

    I have a working series 2 unit with lifetime service and a good hardrive, and a suspected hard drive failure on a hughes standard definition DirectTivo. Can I swap the hard drive from the series 2 unit into the Direct Tivo? More troubleshooting than anything.

    Dtivo is stuck on powering up page.

    did a quick search with and didnt see anything, thank you for any replies.


    Jon Miller
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    No, that won't work. you'd have to have the drive reprogrammed to work in the DirecTV TiVo unit.

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    • #3
      aw darn...(in my best larry the cable guy tone)

      Thanks for the info, thats what I suspected, guess I will try a new hard drive. Might I be better off getting a whole unit off of Ebay or something? thoughts.

      thanks again for the quick reply

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      • #4
        We advise people to steer clear of eBay units, given the issues that we hear about every day with people trying to activate used units.

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        • #5
          Aside from voiding the warranty, can I swap out the drive from my HD Direct Tivo for troubleshooting purposes? Trying to avoid a restocking fee if the hard drive is not the root cause of the failure.

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          • #6
            No; drives from HD TiVos won't work in SD TiVos.

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