Squiggley screen needs help - what gives?

[Calinours]

I have done several sucessful upgrades in the past, but am having difficulty with this one. Philips DSR704 virgin to a 120GB drive yeilds a screen with squiggley purple and/or green lines on the screen, following the 'Welcome. Powering up...' Screen, just as the 'Please wait a few more seconds' should appear.

I've tried my upgrade several times (each writing 0's to the 120GB in question beforehand) using several tools:

PTV Upgrades's MFSTools 2.0 Disc
MFS Tools 2.0 Disc
Personal MFS Tools/CopyKern disc with automated Batch file for processing

Using these, and many other combinations of, commands:
mfstool backup -Tao - /dev/hda | mfstool restore -s 120 -r 3 -xzbpi - /dev/hdb
mfsbackup -ao - /dev/hda | mfsrestore -xpi - /dev/hdb
mfsbackup -ao - /dev/hda | mfsrestore -s 127 -i - /dev/hdb
mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hda | mfsrestore -s 127 -xpi - /dev/hdb
(where my tivo is hda and my 120 is hdb, but I have tried other combinations)

ALL of these combinations result in a screen like:
http://home.comcast.net/~zbigfish//Other/Multimedia/Pictures/DSCN9219-2.JPG

The original HD works just fine, both before and after the upgrade - I'm pretty sure the problem is related to the upgrade. I've also tried using a HD from a different 704, as well as putting the 120GB in another 704 system, all with the same result. The 120GB tests fine under Wester* Digita*'s bootable and windows utilities.
Anyone have an idea what this is being caused by or how to fix it?? Am I missing something... a command maybe that's needed for a DTiVo/s2/704? Do I need to run 'kill_initrd' and/or flash the PROM? I'm not sure if it's needed on a series 2 D-TiVo such as this one, or if that is outdated.

Please help!

Thanks

[PlainBill]

It could be a problem with the computer. I doubt if it is a problem with your technique. You've probably got a bad drive. If you haven't done so, try w-d's low level scan (the one that takes overnight to run).

Then try copying the drive with 'mfsbackup -Tao - /dev/hda | mfsrestore -s 67 -zpi - /dev/hdb' (note that this will not expand to the full capacity of the drive). Or you could use 'dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=1024k'.

Of course, the final proof will be when you try a different drive / computer / user and it works.

PlainBill