Dead Humax

My Series 2 Humax TiVo with DVD burner has finally given up the ghost. I think. I came home yesterday and both lights were lit, just like when it's rebooting. Well, it was stuck in this cycle: Welcome screen, blink to black, Welcome screen, You're Almost There screen, another blink, and then back to the Welcome screen. I powered it down, rebooted and the same thing. Based on that, I assume it's toast. Two questions: 1) is it definitely dead (the burner stopped working a few years ago); and 2) is there any way of getting the recorded programs off the hard drive? For what it's worth, I do have a Series 3, also.
TIA!