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Re: Help! Tivo 40gb hard disk reuse in Windows PC


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: Help! Tivo 40gb hard disk reuse in Windows PC
  • From: "Tom Dubourg" <thomas.dubourg@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 19:39:10 -0000
  • Mailing-list: list ukha_d@xxxxxxx; contact ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
  • Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx


Thanks guys for the fast response!

Used Qunlock and it did not work in the first instance. Check the HD
jumpers and it was in the "cable select" position. I replaced the
jumper to "master" and the HD is now born as 40GB

Problem solved

Cheers

Tom


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@h...>
wrote:
>
> Is it a Maxtor dirve?
>
> It sounds like it could possibly be the "locked drive"
problem?....
>
> Take a look in the usual places (TiVo forums etc.) for the QUNLOCK
> utility....
>
> sorry not to be any more precise, but none of my drives have ever
turned out
> to be locked, so I've never needed to know any more than
that!... :-)
>
> Paul G.
>
>
> >From: "Tom Dubourg" <thomas.dubourg@m...>
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >Subject: [ukha_d] Help! Tivo 40gb hard disk reuse in Windows PC
> >Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 19:07:34 -0000
> >
> >Help!
> >
> >My Tivo now has 120Gb disk installed and I now have a spare 40Gb
> >disk to install as the main drive in a new PC.
> >
> >Problem is that fdisk will only create a 9Mb partition! I've
deleted
> >the old partitions as well.
> >
> >Any idea how I get the PC to recognise the full 40Gb?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Tom
> >
> >
> >
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