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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>On 07/03/17 06:59, Peter Charlesworth wrote:</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>This is probably a silly question from a new member but,…. is there anything that can be potentially salvaged from my old TiVo units, such as (I’m simply guessing here), tuners or hard drives? What about the separate “extension hard drive”, that I have attached to the main unit?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Any comments and explanations would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><br>No idea - do you own them or lease/hire them?<br><br>Are they dead yet or do they still work for the moment?<br><br>You could pop the lid off and see what's inside the box too. HDDs is all I'd expect to use, along with external cabling.<br><br>How does the extension hard drive connect to the main unit? estata or USB ? You may be able to shuck the extension drive from its case and find a normal sata HDD inside.<br><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Criggie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><a href="http://criggie.org.nz/"><span style='color:blue'>http://criggie.org.nz/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Criggie, I own the units, and have <u>three</u> of them. Currently, they are working perfectly, so I envisage trying to keep them going until TiVo pulls the plug. Hopefully by then, my MythTV will be well up and running. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The TiVo external hard drive is labeled “Western Digital” on the back, and it is connected by an eSATA cable (I now know what one is!)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Peter<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>