July 23, 2005 11:30 PM

Theoretically, yes. But it may not work. And we don't recommend it. Therefore, we recommend you use MFStools to make a backup of your drive and restore it onto a new one.

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread

July 24, 2005 5:06 PM

QuadraQ said:

OK, but that's not a very logical argument. I should be able to pull the drive from my TiVo and use PTVupgrade to upgrade it. If it didn't work I should be able to reinitialize it using Instant Cake, and then install the PTVupgrade. I'd loose all of my settings, and recordings, but that's not necessarilly a problem. But I might get lucky the first time and get the networking features that I want with all of my recordings and settings intact.

Plus no one has explained what the difference is between a drive initialized with MFSTools, and a factory installed drive.

It our recommendation that you not use your original drive. The product wasn't designed and tested on original drives, only on drives created from restored images using MFStools.

Its not about logic, in fact that may be arbitrary (although we believe that to be the safest way to approach modifying your unit), and its certainly not an argument - its a recommendation.

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread