Yup, I've been staring at the startup screen for about 15 minutes now.  Was having problems the last few months in that it would freeze up.  I know it's the HD and was having mega problems last night that even unplugging it and pugging it back in would not get it past the startup screen.

So, crap.

I have been meaning to use a LInux program to copy the HD sector by sector.  Using Windows to boot would write to the HD instructions TiVo would not recognize and cause an error. 

Now I guess it does not matter. I have no option to try to open the damn thing up and get my lost "Lost" shows back.  Crap, and I was so into it too.

So, will open it up tonight after I find the right Linux program and cobble together a machine specifically for the job.  I have an 80 Gb HD sitting around somewhere I can wipe.  I don't know if it's the right connector: IDE or SATA.  Not sure.

Crappola.

Yup, still frozen.

Any suggestions on Linux sector-copying programs?

Any of you have this happen to yours?   I got mine as a Christmas gift in 2003, so 5 years isn't bad for a HD that runs/reads/writes 24/7.  Out of warranty period.

Crap, crap, crap.

Still frozen.

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