Can I do image backup to CD (Burner), then later a restore to new hard drive?

[Iluv2watch]

Can I do image backup to CD (Burner), then later a restore to new hard drive?

Using utility like mfslive or mfstools can I copy/backup a HR10-250Gb image to a CD Burner? I understand this would have to be a compressed file, 250Gb hard drive size to 500Mb CD .
If yes, what would be the command line?
My config:
hda IDE Primary Master Original HR10 250Gb Tivo drive
hdc IDE Secondary Master CD-ROM with Bootable mfs utility CD
hdd IDE Secondary Slave CD-Burner

If above is possible, then at a later time, how do I do a restore from the CD, and expand to a new larger 500Gb drive? What would be the command line?
My config would be:
hda IDE Primary Master new larger 500Gb drive
hdc IDE Secondary Master CD-ROM with Bootable mfs utility CD
hdd IDE Secondary Slave CD with HR10 250Gb image

thanks

[dwit]

Yes. You can copy the image back up file to a cd.

The only thing is, I don't think you restore the image directly from the cd. I think you would copy from the cd to a folder on the pc, then restore(point winmfs) to that file.

This would be using winmfs of course. Might be different using some of the other tools you mentioned.

[classicsat]

You cannot back up directly to a CDR, you must back up to a FAT drive ( a thumb drive is good for this, if not a spare HDD of a few gigs). You can then burn the backup file to a CDR as a data file, in Windows or whatever your normal desktop OS.
You can then mount that CDR in the MFSTools Linux and directly restore that to your target HDD.

[Caesarv]

I want to upgrade my HD Tivo from 160GB to 500 or 750GB. I have access to a bit-by-bit disk copier at work, but if I use this I think I will end up with 500GB drive with a 160GB partition (which would be pointless.) If I go down this path, I am not sure how to reclaim the non-partitioned portion of the drive.

I also have access to the professional versions of Ghost. I am pretty sure I can put the drive into a USB enclosure and then make an image to a 1TB hard drive (the CD idea was funny! :p) Once done, I can then substitute the 500GB drive and restore it. I know I can tell Ghost to expand the partition to use the entire drive.

Will this idea work on a TiVo HD. Does this really void the warranty....and how would they be able to tell (assuming I kept the original drive)?

[Da Goon]

Don't use ghost or any other commercial utilities for tivo upgrading. Use mfslive (www.mfslive.org) or WinMFS (http://mfslive.org/winmfs/).

Does this really void the warranty....and how would they be able to tell (assuming I kept the original drive)?
The tivo logs the model of your hard drive pretty often, and this information is part of what gets uploaded during a daily call. But, if you have a warranty issue, just put in the original drive, a tivo csr won't have access to this information.

[classicsat]

You need and mfstools based program. Only they know how to deal with the TiVo drive structure, and expand capacity.

Ghost and commercial drive copiers, if anything, can only do a byte for byte drive copy of a TiVo drive.