Need help with Zipper/Restore

[econoar]

Need a little help here...

I have a Phillips Tivo2 Directv, 40 gig. I hooked up my tivo hard drive through a usb case I had for an external. It wouldn't show up under my computer until I partitioned it, but that deleted the contents of the tivo drive and now my tivo is stuck on "powering up". I downloaded PTV's boot cd and instantcake naked version for my Tivo. However, I am on a laptop, and have my tivo drive connected via USB. It shows up as drive E. When I run the boot cd, and try to install Zipper, the only drive options are A B C D. What can I do? Any help will be appreciated!

Since I can see my drive via my computer, is there a way to just drag and drop the original files in there instead of going through boot discs?

[captain_video]

You didn't read the instructions regarding the Zipper program, did you? The authors expressly requested that you NOT post any support questions in these forums and specifically instructed everyone not to even mention it here. Try the Tivo Community Forum for your Zipper support questions.

[Roger Dylan]

I hooked up my tivo hard drive through a usb case I had for an external. It wouldn't show up under my computer until I partitioned it, but that deleted the contents of the tivo drive and now my tivo is stuck on "powering up". I downloaded PTV's boot cd and instantcake naked version for my Tivo. However, I am on a laptop, and have my tivo drive connected via USB. It shows up as drive E. When I run the boot cd, and try to install Zipper, the only drive options are A B C D...

Since I can see my drive via my computer, is there a way to just drag and drop the original files in there instead of going through boot discs?They showed the very first episode of West Wing last Sunday as a prelim to the series finale. There's that wonderful quote from Sam, who has just admitted to a stranger that he accidentally slept with a prostitute last night, that he has been BS'ing her first graade class with historical nonsense about the White House, about which he knows nothing at all, and has just identified the "Roosevelt Room" as being named for Franklin Roosevelt despite the six-foot portrait of Teddy looking down upon him. As he discovers to his horror the stranger is his boss's daughter, he sadly observes "This is bad, on so many levels."

You can't hook up a Tivo drive to a computer via USB. Well you can, but the steps you'd have to take first are beyond your abilities. You can't boot into Windows without corrupting the drive, no matter how it's connected. Partitioning would have killed it, were it not already dead. The drive is stuck on powering up because there is absolutely nothing on the drive that means anything to a Tivo. You're asking about Zipper on a forum where the authors of Zipper have specifically requested you _not_ ask questions about Zipper. "Is there a way to just drag and drop the original files in there instead of going through boot discs?" No.

As far as "what can I do?" you are pretty far away from any hope of even comprehending step one, at this point. While I am normally extremely supportive of beginners, in your case I hold no hope at all of success. Abandon the effort. The amount of reading and searching you're going to have to do is daunting, and you don't have the chops for it.

If this was not sufficiently insulting, I apologize.

Hopefully others will be more constructive, and you will prove me wrong.

[PlainBill]

As far as "what can I do?" you are pretty far away from any hope of even comprehending step one, at this point. While I am normally extremely supportive of beginners, in your case I hold no hope at all of success. Abandon the effort. The amount of reading and searching you're going to have to do is daunting, and you don't have the chops for it.

If this was not sufficiently insulting, I apologize.

Hopefully others will be more constructive, and you will prove me wrong.

Not a chance.

PlainBill

[newbie]

I assume the OP is either a troll or a joke.

NO ONE CAN BE THAT STUPID

In the unlikely even the OP is being serious, purchase a pre-hacked drive from the forum sponsor. You should even pay the fee for them to install the drive.