wxHdd v1.2 and wxPirs v1.1 Options

[Xbox-Scene]

wxHdd v1.2 and wxPirs v1.1 -- Posted by XanTium on February 18 23:31 EST
Gael360 released an update of wxHdd(info) (a tool to read the Xbox 360 HDD on PC) and wxPirs (to tool to open Generic Xbox 360 Container files).

What's new/fixed on wxHdd since v1.0 (translated from french):
* Experimental support for memory cards (v1.0.1)
* Fixed some bugs (v1.0.1)
* Handling fragmentation of disc (v1.2)
* Opening of several partitions (v1.2)
* Extracting directories (v1.2)
* Instant/Direct opening of files (v1.2)
* Note: wxHdd does not have a feature to 'add files' (write on HD/Image) yet.

Gael360 also released a new tool called wxPirs v1.1:
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This tool will allow you to open files of the following types: PIRS, LIVE or CON, which are "generic container files" on the Xbox360.
More info about this format is available on free60.org.

These 3 formats are identical, the only difference are the first 4 characters of the file (PIRS/LIVE/CON), which is where their names come from, and what they are used for:
* PIRS: used to store themes or gamertags for example
* LIVE: used to store content downloaded from Xbox LIVE
* CON: these are a bit special, they are the only ones of this format that are create by the Xbox 360 itself. They are used to store saved games.

v1.1 comes with some bug fixes.
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Official Site: http://gael360.free.fr/
Download wxHdd v1.2: here (.NET 2.0 Framework required)
Download wxPirs v1.1: here (.NET 2.0 Framework required)
News-Source: gueux-forum.net

[SniperKilla]

seems like a waste of time to develop any hdd programs anymore, after xplorer360 owned the world

[sentinel0]

i'm interested in the defragmentation feature Snipakilla this is going to have features that xplorer360 doesn't so best of luck to em. Hopefuly we'll be able to edit and rebuild theme PIRS keep up the good work

[Angerwound]

i'm interested in the defragmentation feature Snipakilla this is going to have features that xplorer360 doesn't so best of luck to em. Hopefuly we'll be able to edit and rebuild theme PIRS keep up the good work

* Handling fragmentation of disc (v1.2)

I believe this might not be 'defragmenting' in the way your thinking. I hadn't seen a feature for it nor dont think he would be able to defrag the partition tree without being able to inject files. As they both would require routines to update the cluster chains. Which I don't think he's worked on yet.

Also, Gael360 if your reading this. Your wxPirs seems to still have some bugs like the old version and the legacy PirsToolz that were released. The Hash tables are causing all sorts of problems for your offset calculations. Attempting to extract the files from a PGR3 save 'CON_ File' results in all corrupt images. Popped the first one open and it had two JPEG Headers in the file. Therefore, somethings not right with either your filesize calculation or offset calculations.

This post has been edited by Angerwound: Feb 19 2006, 08:20 AM

[Gael360]

Hi Angerwound

* Handling fragmentation of disc (v1.2)

I believe this might not be 'defragmenting' in the way your thinking. I hadn't seen a feature for it nor dont think he would be able to defrag the partition tree without being able to inject files. As they both would require routines to update the cluster chains. Which I don't think he's worked on yet.

You're right, I was speaking about looking in the partition bitmap to see if the file is continuous or fragmented... nothing more. And you're right too, I haven't worked on the 'write option'.

Also, Gael360 if your reading this. Your wxPirs seems to still have some bugs like the old version and the legacy PirsToolz that were released. The Hash tables are causing all sorts of problems for your offset calculations. Attempting to extract the files from a PGR3 save 'CON_ File' results in all corrupt images. Popped the first one open and it had two JPEG Headers in the file. Therefore, somethings not right with either your filesize calculation or offset calculations.

Yes, I still have problems with CON_ format... It looks like there is more 'hashtables' in CON_ files than in other.

Now that we have a lot of PIRS, LIVE and CON_ files, maybe we can start a new topic to solve this offset calculation problem?

[jizmo]

seems like a waste of time to develop any hdd programs anymore, after xplorer360 owned the world

Good thinking. If everyone else thought the same way, we'd have Geos still as our operating system.

[SniperKilla]

Good thinking. If everyone else thought the same way, we'd have Geos still as our operating system.

well the world of computers is ever changing... unfortuantly your xbox360 harddrive... is not

p.s..... geos rocks

This post has been edited by SniperKilla: Feb 19 2006, 03:37 PM

[sentinel0]

* Handling fragmentation of disc (v1.2)

I believe this might not be 'defragmenting' in the way your thinking. I hadn't seen a feature for it nor dont think he would be able to defrag the partition tree without being able to inject files. As they both would require routines to update the cluster chains. Which I don't think he's worked on yet.

Also, Gael360 if your reading this. Your wxPirs seems to still have some bugs like the old version and the legacy PirsToolz that were released. The Hash tables are causing all sorts of problems for your offset calculations. Attempting to extract the files from a PGR3 save 'CON_ File' results in all corrupt images. Popped the first one open and it had two JPEG Headers in the file. Therefore, somethings not right with either your filesize calculation or offset calculations.

I was tired and buzzed when i posted but yeah i was way wrong

[UrbanRiot]

seems like a waste of time to develop any hdd programs anymore, after xplorer360 owned the world

Your post is a waste of time.

It's arguable that "xplorer360 owned the world" and new developers working on new projects often lead to programs that have different features than others or surpass the "competition".

[xecuterbox]

well the world of computers is ever changing... unfortuantly your xbox360 harddrive... is not

p.s..... geos rocks

We had unix...Linux(based on unix)...Windows 95...Windows 98...WinME/2000...Windows XP

all on the same platform X86 thats not changed

Even when the world of hardware platform doesnt change new software does





Next persons turn to review your comment lolz :lol

This post has been edited by xecuterbox: Feb 20 2006, 05:13 PM

[xXFifthDiabloXx]

Can you put halo2 mods in your xbox360 this way ?

[eapraven69]

does anyone have like a manual or read me file on how to use these 2 programs. a tutorial would be nice. telling what partition and folder to find the movies and what not.