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2.4.
Using your larger Torx screwdriver, unscrew and remove the two screws on
the left-hand side of the drive bay (as you are looking at the front of the TiVo). Also
remove the gold inserts from the blue grommets and keep the two screws inside the gold-
colored inserts.
2.5.
Once the screws and inserts are removed, you will be able to lift the drive
bay up from the left side and slide it out of the two holes on the right side of the drive
bay. As you slide the drive bay up and out of the holes, watch the drive cable and power
cable that are connected to the drive. Flip the drive bay up and out of the TiVo and onto
the TiVo lid, with the hard drive face-down on the TiVo lid and the two cables running
from the drive to the TiVo. You will now need to remove both of the cables connected to
the hard drive by following the instructions below:
(a) The hard drive has a power connector running into the hard drive. The
power cable has a white connector plugged into the hard drive. Remove the power
connector from the hard drive. The power cables are sometimes difficult to remove;
patience and wiggling it back and forth usually does the trick. If your TiVo has two
factory hard drives, remove the cables from both drives.
(b) Remove the hard drive ribbon cable (longer, gray cable with a blue or
black connector) from the hard drive(s) by pulling on the hard plastic piece connected to
the hard drive. You should now have no cables running to the hard drive(s).
3. REMOVING THE EXISTING DRIVE(S)
3.1.
Place the hard drive bay upside-down on the TiVo lid, with the drive label
down and the drive connectors facing the front of the TiVo.
3.2.
With the hard drive bay upside down on the TiVo lid, use your Torx
screwdriver and remove the four screws connecting the hard drive to the hard drive bay.
(If your TiVo has two drives, you will need to remove the eight screws connecting the two
drives.) Do not confuse these screws with the four screws you removed from the back of
the TiVo before removing the lid.
3.3.
Set aside the drive(s) you have just removed for safe keeping.
4. CONNECTING THE NEW HARD DRIVES TO THE DRIVE BAY
4.1.
Included in your upgrade kit are two hard drives and a bag of screws. If
your factory TiVo had two drives, you will not need the screws that we included in the kit.
If your TiVo had only one drive, you will need the four screws that you removed from the
hard drive bay and the four screws that we included. The screws will be used to attach
the two upgrade drives to the drive bay.
4.2.
First, you will want to attach the drive marked "A" to the drive bay. There
should be a piece of paper included with your drives that identify them as either "A" or
"B".
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