Apologies for the newbie questions. As a long time TiVo user from the UK, I wasn't expecting to get stuck so quickly!

I recently migrated to Oz from the UK and brought a working PVR10UK with me.

In the UK it was fully working with a Cachecard and Samsung HLD400D drive.

I have tried to use the Phillips 1.6.2 image on the drive. Unfortunately I only have laptops here and the computer I borrowed with IDE connections does not have a network card or any connectivity to the internet. So I couldn't perform the 'Update' step.

After restoring the image, I got some CRC errors and the program stopped.

I performed the other steps including setting up the network settings.

After replacing the drive in the TiVo I get the Welcome to OzTiVo Maintenance screen but it shows Version 1.4 not 1.6 and when I start Guided Setup, it doesn't have any of the OzTiVo customizations. (It shows Welcome to TiVo not Welcome to OzTiVo). Also, I can't ping the TiVo from another PC and the initial call fails.

Is this because I missed the Update step?

If it is I will have to redo it, but I was wondering if I can use an external USB drive with IDE connections connected to a laptop?