The Art Of Hdd Upgrades For Softmodded Xbox Options

[legoman16497]

ok, more info, hope i have it all now. i used the UnleashX+NDURE softmod via hotswap as found on instructables.com... and ya, im vaugely aware of shadowc, wasnt aware of a virtual eeprom.... when i cloned the xbox hd heres what i did:

1. used my linux boot cd for the pc, had original drive as primary master, new blank 40gig as primary slave, cd rom drive as secondary master.

2. loaded unlocking tools, and unlocked orig hd w/ key read from config magic eeprom backup.

3. formatted the new drive with c, e, and f portions as its over 8gigs.

4. using xboxhdm v1.9's clone function, i cloned my orig drive to the 40gig (took ~2 hrs D: )

5. when complete, locked hd with the same hdkey as orig, as i only have a factory bios.

6. installed new hd, booted, and got error 6.

i still have my factory hd modded and working, i just eventually wanna put the bigger hd to store more music n such.

any more assistance will be greatly appreciated. also, i have the frosty disc downloaded, but no cd burner atm, pc with burner died...

thx

This post has been edited by legoman16497: Jul 17 2009, 08:39 PM

[ldotsfan]

i still have my factory hd modded and working, i just eventually wanna put the bigger hd to store more music n such.

Are you saying the same eeprom.bin was used to lock the bigger hdd and the stock hdd, the stock hdd booted and is working now while the new hdd booted to error 6 ? Are you using the generated hdd password (from eeprom.bin) or manually typing in the hdd password?

This post has been edited by ldotsfan: Jul 18 2009, 02:18 AM

[legoman16497]

i have to manually type the key in, cause as mentioned previously, no cd burner avail anymore. my original cd burned doesnt have an eeprom on it. but yes, cloned hd, manually typed hd key, its correct... and new hd boots code 6, stock hd works fine

[Heimdall]

The password is calculated using the HDkey from the eeprom, the disk serial number, and the disk model number, to generate a unique password for each disk/Xbox pair. You can't use the password for one disk to lock another disk - that's why you are getting error 6.

To get the password for the new disk, connect your new disk to your PC, run LiveInfo, load your eeprom, select the Xbox disk, then that will give you the Calculated Password that you can use to lock the new disk. Obviously you'll need to unlock the disk (with the incorrect password) before you start this process.

This post has been edited by Heimdall: Jul 18 2009, 02:03 PM

[ldotsfan]

To get the password for the new disk, connect your new disk to your PC, run LiveInfo, load your eeprom, select the Xbox disk, then that will give you the Calculated Password that you can use to lock the new disk. Obviously you'll need to unlock the disk (with the incorrect password) before you start this process.

You can do likewise with xboxhdm2 which boots off usb drive so the cd burner isn't needed.

[legoman16497]

ok, where to find liveinfo then, and unfortunately im forced to use the cd for booting, my particular pc is old, and doesnt support booting from usb but thanks in advance for the help

[ldotsfan]

ok, where to find liveinfo then.

LiveInfo Beta 3

This post has been edited by ldotsfan: Jul 19 2009, 02:02 AM

[legoman16497]

ok, downloaded. am away from home this weekend. will try sometime early next week and advise of results tyvm

[ldotsfan]

2. xboxhdm2
This attempts to overcome the limitations of xboxhdm by booting off a USB flash drive. Underlying this approach is the use of qemu - a virtualization solution to boot different Linux kernels. Current status: The locking functionality is completed.
The hardware support for SATA and other modern hardware is uncertain at this stage as there are few reported users.

Could a mod edit the link to point to http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=690646 and update the status to The tool as of xboxhdm2.1 final version is completed.

Thanks.

This post has been edited by ldotsfan: Aug 27 2009, 04:12 PM

[Bomb Bloke]

Done.

[ldotsfan]

However it is possible to ready the new hdd by first connecting it to the xbox and powering it with an external power source. It will boot to error 5 (hdd is unlocked). After which through a series of hotswapping, the autoinstaller disc can then be used on the new hdd to prepare it through all 4 stages. An illustration of this method is lxhdm Both EvoX and UnleashX boot discs may be used as both dashes have hdd preparation abilities (either through ftp or scriptable through menu option) and both dashes in their latest versions have native hdd locking menu options.

Can a mod edit post #1 to include this in between the first and second quotes. Thanks

5. xboxdumper
A windows based tool with the functionality of stage 1 to 2 of hdd preparation,ie formatting of FATX partitions. Together with xplorer360 and hdtool, it does all 4 stages of hdd preparation.

Depending on one's preference and ability/experience, availability of the prerequisite equipment and the clarity of the chosen tutorial instructions, a softmod xbox hdd can thus be upgraded.

This post has been edited by ldotsfan: Mar 30 2010, 12:32 PM

[Bomb Bloke]

Done.

[Markus11]

It all works well for me but the size of my partitions is wrong. G: is much bigger than F:. My question is how i can change this? Is it possibel after the installation or must it done before? I used a little linux program to prepare my hdd. Thx for your help!!!!!!

[gokudo]

JTLYK, from my experience method 5 works best with modern equipment. My mainboard is <1 year old and I couldn't use xboxhdm2 at all because it cut longer filenames and folders while copying the partition C and E files to my new HDD.

[stuuuf]

I've got a refurbished Xbox (version 1.6) with an original hard drive. I've been using it strictly for XBMC for a few years (set as the default dashboard), but I think it's time for a larger drive.

I got xboxhdm to work on a spare system, and I've FTP-ed everything from the original drive, but I'm not sure what I should copy with this method. Should I do both the C and E drives and copy them via xboxhdm, or should I only copy the C drive, then FTP everything else once I've verified the new drive works?