moving hd from 540 to 240

[drdogbot7]

I currently have a SA 540XX upgraded to a 250GB hard drive.

I'm thinking of switching over to an older SA 240XX box so that I can do some more advanced hacks without messing with the PROM on my 540XX.

My question: Can I simply move the harddrive from my 540XX to a 240XX and preserve my recordings, settings, etc?

If not, what is involved in doing so successfully?

(not interested in moving my subscription mind you, I know that doing that is more difficult and less legal)


I'm guessing that this issue has come up before, but I haven't been able to find it specifically dealt with in the forums or newbie guides. I apologize if I overlooked something obvious, feel free to slap my wrists, and point me to an existing thread.

[Jamie]

My question: Can I simply move the harddrive from my 540XX to a 240XX and preserve my recordings, settings, etc?No. A 540 software image will not work in a 240.

If you want to preserve your recordings, you could pull them all off to your PC with TTG, then reinsert them onto the 240. This is likely to take a while given TTG performance.

[drdogbot7]

Ah well. It was just wishful thinking, I suppose. Thank you so much for your response, I appreciate it.

I'm on the mac so TTG is not really a convenient option for me. That's why I want to hack it.

I'll probably just suck it up and lose my recordings. Not such a big deal really.

[Jamie]

I'm on the mac so TTG is not really a convenient option for me. That's why I want to hack it.Should work fine with Galleon. You won't be able to play the .tivo files on the mac, but you can transfer them back to another tivo.

Another option is to MRV the shows from one tivo to the other, but I supposed you'd have to have both sub'ed at the same time to do that.