Any chance of a partial backup or restore?

[jimgagne]

The hard drive on my Toshiba DVD Tivo is dying. It's less than two years old, purchased to replace a Sony whose drive died after about 30 months. It seems Tivo systems just don't last that long.

I've ordered and will install a new, bigger hard drive that should get the system back up and running. But what about all the shows left on the old drive? Are they gone forever?

I understand I can boot up Linux on my old tower PC to back up a FUNCTIONING hard drive. Is there NO WAY to back up or restore shows incrementally? How about from a malfunctioning drive?

[WK-Jason]

The only way to save those shows is to either burn them to a DVD from within the unit (probably not possible at this point) or to back up the entire drive by following the instructions available here:

http://tivo.upgrade-instructions.com

But again, with a failing drive, this method may still not be successful.