Getting Hdd Password Without Writing Anything To The Drive Options

[Donuts123]

Hi.

I have an unmodified Xbox which I'll be soft-modding in due course. But before that, I want to create an image file of its hard disk, so I can recover it if/when I screw up somehow.

So I need to find out the hard disk ATA password. Then I'll connect the drive up to my PC and image it after unlocking.

Is there any save-game exploit which just shows the HDD password on screen, or the HDD key and drive product/serial so I can use some PC-based tool to calculate the password? As I understand it, the Krayzie exploit/mod (and maybe most others?) can backup the EEPROM data to the Xbox's hard disk. But I'd prefer to be able to image the HDD before making any changes to it.

[ldotsfan]

Unlike a PC, there is really no point in imaging the contents of a stock xbox hdd. Since the contents is well-known - msdash files and available from a disc like HeXEn.

Are you a hardware guy and comfortable with electronics? Because besides building an eeprom reader as suggested by shambles1980, you could also build an IDE bus sniffer.

Otherwise, just install a gamesave exploit like Krayzie's Ndure.