A:AnswerYou should be able to use and record to this drive depending on your hookup and depending on the type of limitations TiVo has stashed into the small print of your contract with them. Hope this helps u.
A:AnswerNot knowing which computer you have, I suspect that you are attaching via an older USB 2.0 port, and will need to device driver to make this drive work. That should be available from the support section of the Seagate site.