Software Corrupted on HDD

Short Version:

The software for my Tivo HD is corrupted and kickstart 52 does not work. Is there a way to push the software back onto the drive without losing all of my recorded shows?



Long Version:

My Tivo HD with a 1TB WD Green HDD went into a reboot loop last week.

• I did a kickstart 54 and verified that the HDD passed the smart test and the extended test.


• I opened the box and did a visual check of the power supply caps which looked great.


• I performed a kickstart 52 and it immediately went into the reboot loop again.


• I popped the original 160GB HDD that I archived and verified that the Tivo worked with the original drive.


• I used winmfs to copy my original 160GB HDD to a 750GB WD Green HDD that I had and put my Tivo back into service.


• I'm still in the process of setting my shows back up on the new drive, but I really would like the many recordings from my old drive.


• I have now completed running WD data lifeguard diagnostics on the 1TB drive which has passed and am now thinking that the HDD is good, but the software is corrupted too badly for kickstart 52 to work.


• In performing all of this I found that I did not disable intellipark on my 1TB drive.:( Stupid me, but it did last 3 years before my mistake caught up with me.

Now, my question is: Is there a way to recover the Tivo OS software on my 1TB drive without losing my recordings?



Thanks!