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> Format Original Xbox Drive W/ Fat32?
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post May 31 2005, 06:21 PM
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I have 3 original 8gb drives that were replaced w/ larger HD's. I was wanting to format them w/ FAT32 to utilize in a pc, the pc bios recognises the drive & it's size, but when I booted & attempted to format, it gave a msg, no drives available. Is there a certain way to format?

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post May 31 2005, 06:25 PM
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You've got to delete the fatx partitions & create fat32 partitions before you can format.
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post May 31 2005, 06:26 PM
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are they unlocked?
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post May 31 2005, 07:49 PM
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QUOTE(StewPidasso @ May 31 2005, 10:36 AM)
You've got to delete the fatx partitions & create fat32 partitions before you can format.
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No...you just need to unlock the drives, which can only be done with the EEPROM from the xbox they came out of.
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I failed to mention that I got the "no drives available" msg when I tried to get into the FDISK proggy.

I would assume that the drives are locked since they are original xbox drives. So is they are locked, would I need to unlock them first b4 FDISK'ing and formatting?

thx for the replies!


***edit*** 2 of the HD's were loaded w/ a slayers disk, and the 3rd HD is still untouched. I may be trying to format the one that was untouched. Would the 2 that were loaded w/ slayers be locked or unlocked?

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Like we said....they need to be unlocked first, but you must have the xbox or a copy of the EEPROM from the xbox they came out of.
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You can find many unlock tutorials all over the place. After that, I'd recommend using the latest version of PartitionMagic for all your hard drive needs (except for locking/unlocking/disabling hard drives for xbox). I use 8.0, it works well, MUCH better than the windows hard drive tool.
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QUOTE(jameswalter @ May 31 2005, 04:58 PM)
Like we said....they need to be unlocked first, but you must have the xbox or a copy of the EEPROM from the xbox they came out of.
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thx. I have 2 of the xbox's, I'll get 'em unlocked and try to fdisk/format again.

thx again!
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