Xboxhdm For Dummies, hd rebuild, restore, upgrade ..so on Options

[xman954]

By the sounds of it you mean as a normal APP launched from the dashboard

correct, thats all you need to do (it will return to the dash when done, about 3 sec)

This post has been edited by xman954: Jul 10 2010, 03:54 AM

[jmander11]

Nothing is working to unlock the drive guys...

When I boot to option 3 on the XboxHDM disc and type the passwords I get the same errors.

When I boot to option 4 on the XboxHDM disc and type the passwords in I get "ERROR: command rejected by drive"

I tried option 3 and 4 with the IDE cable plugged in and unplugged at boot.

What should I do now?

[ldotsfan]

Did you change the sequence/timing of inserting the IDE cable into the hdd? Did you change any BIOS setting?

Based on the description, my conjecture is that the PC is in security frozen mode and hence don't respond to any security commands.

Duplicate the exact sequence of actions when you first used to lock the hdd. Alternatively find another PC.

[jmander11]

Okay, I will start the PC with the IDE cable unplugged as I did to lock the drive. I did not change any BIOS settings.

Just to clarify I need to enter XBOXSCENE when I boot to option 4 ATAPWD?

[ldotsfan]

Yes.

[DuggyUK]

thank you for this tool... my LPC mod suddenly went bad after years, changed chip, still no good. Bought another xbox, ok for a short while, same issue (must be the boxes almost 10 years old). So, now no xbox boots and no mod boots (and dont have original hdd or eprom).

Made eprom dumper as per llama guide, used this tool to rebuild retail disks and locked them with dumped eprom, booted 007 exploit and soldered MB WR/WE points and then flashed X2.. all is now fine using flashed TSOP..

Simply nothing out there that beats xbox+xbmc... "it just works"

thanks again!

[huan]

I'm trying to format a new WD20EARS 2TB hdd for xbox using xboxhdm.

I softmodded my v1.6 xbox about a year ago using krayzie's splinter cell exploit (then replaced dashboard with xbmc). I backed up C, E, and eeprom to my pc. I then burned the xboxhdm cd using those files in the appropriate directory.

I put the new hdd in the primary master ide of a pc, booted to the xboxhdm cd. Unlocked, no problem. Build from scratch, no problem. Copy C and E files, no problem. I didn't receive the option to partition f or g. When I chose option 4 to partition f, I was told the drive wasn't big enough. Locked the drive, okay.

Put the new hdd in xbox, now I'm getting errors 13 and 21 (depending on whether there's a disc in). I get error 14 when I try to boot from a rescue disc (krayzie, evox). Will not play xbox games or allow ftp.

I put the hdd back in pc and booted to cd again. Now, the pc says there's a primary master error. I continue, but xboxhdm won't even recognize the disc (boot DOS, hdunlock, "device not ready"). I tried the hdd password and the master password "XBOXSCENE".

On top of all that, while trying to update my original hdd with ndure 3.1, I screwed up. Now, I can't ftp in, can't perform the original exploit, can't do anything except play original xbox games (boots to error 21).

I'm lost here, and could use some help!

[ldotsfan]

Is the SC gamesave still in the original hdd? Loading the save by cold-booting SC disc will give you ftp access to fix things with the original hdd.

You probably need a clean file-set of msdash files. Grab HeXEn and extract the msdash files out with qwix.

The sata-ide adapter - which you are probably using since it is a 2TB hdd probably complicates issues. See if you could try other sata hdd and still get error 13/21. There's a newer version of xboxhdm which is usb based -version 2.2. You could try that too.

[huan]

Okay, I tried this with a new 2tb WD20EARS hdd and a new adapter. Here's exactly what I did:

I used Craxtion4 to extract the Auto Installer Deluxe iso and found its stock C\ files under files\dash\ms-c.rar. I unrared and dumped those files into the C folder of xboxhdm. Then, I put my backed up eeprom.bin in the eeprom folder and created UDATA and TDATA folders in E. Created the image, burned to CD-R.

On pc, I put in the cd, shut down, and hooked up the new hdd to the primary master. Booted up. Chose linux with lock/unlock. Typed unlockhd -a. Unlock successful. Reboot.

Chose dos with lock/unlock. Typed atapwd. Verified that my drive is listed, unlocked. Quit. Manually shut down.

Booted again, chose 1. Typed "xboxhd". Typed "yes", chose 6. Wrote down all the info. Hit enter (back at previous menu). Chose 1. Yes, create partition. Yes, copy C. Yes, copy E. "All done!" message. Chose 4-hdd not big enough for F partition. Chose 8-quit. Reboot.

Chose 3 (linux with lock/unlock). Typed "lockhd -a." Typed "y". Drive locked. Poweroff-shutdown.

Back on my xbox, plugged new hdd in. Powered up: Error 21. Put in Halo 2, powered up: Error 13. Changed the setting from on the adapter from "cable" to "master", same effects.
Changed the adapter to "slave": got error 7.

What is going on?!

[ldotsfan]

What is going on?!

Odds are it's the sata adapter. Change a different sata hdd or change the adapter. If the same xboxhdm CD works for an IDE hdd, you will confirm this suspicion.

[huan]

Another question...

My xbox was softmodded using krayzie's v1.0 splinter cell exploit. I am told that the files on my c directory are the shadow c. The files in my e\backups\cdrive folder are the unmodded c files.

Which of these should I use on my xboxhdm to set up my new hdd?

[Heimdall]

None of them. You use the files from the real C, which you get access to by running Krayzie Extras - as I explained in your other thread.........

[huan]

Unfortunately, my original hdd is messed up, so I can't get into it to unlock the real C. I've been trying files from Slayer's, AID, and another v1.6 xbox, but no luck so far.

[Heimdall]

Use Kingroach NDURE 3.1 plus the MS Dash files from HeXEn / Slayers / AID to build a completely new softmod file set, then use xboxhdm and your eeprom to install that on your new disk. See the link in my signature - Build a new softmod disk with eeprom.

This post has been edited by Heimdall: May 6 2011, 09:16 PM

[huan]

Okay Heimdall, I tried your suggestion (using Slayer's files).

I'm still getting error 13 on the xbox. Error 21 (with original xbox game in). Do I need to go back to pc and launch ndure script again to uninstall those files, or can I wipe them from xboxhdm option 1?

Other suggestions?

This post has been edited by huan: May 7 2011, 05:04 AM