i need super help when i press 3 to unlock my hdd then enter it starts loading and freezes at this phrase "using deadline io scheduler" and i dont know wat to do i rewrote thie iso like 5 times on different discs and remade the iso but i still dont know wat to do. help plz

its most likely your computer bios. Disable IDE auto detection in the bios. or try to unlock with the dos tools.. ( type unlockhd in the option 4)..

I've soft modded about 6 xbox's over the last 3 years but im having a hell of a time trying to build a 160 gig WD1600JB using xboxhdm. The issue im having is it finds the hd but after i type in xboxhd and it asks if you'd like to continue and i type yes it goes back to root@xbox-hdm:/ promtp! If i type in /dev/hda it says "permission denied"! I can't get to the xboxhdm menu to start to build the hdd from scratch? Is it my configuration chain? I have the new hdd as primary master and the cd drive as secondary master? Any ideas... i've never had this issue before and any help would be greatly appreciatd!

i recently messed up my original hd, it just needs to be rebuilt. anyways for the time being i used this great tut. to install my backups on a 40gb hd, but it is only showing 7gb free...did i miss a step? or am i missing something?

@kingofhearts, make sure jumpers in the back are set to master and not slave. If that doesnt solve.. try formatting the drive with any pc formatting tool to any file system ( ntfs/fat32).. then try formatting the drive with xbxodhm to build a new hd.

@sunnyxwala, what bios are you using.. format the F drive with xbpartitionar or unleashx

my xbox was softmodded by a friend of mine, a couple of years ago almost. i am not sure if this is correct, but in xbmc it is showing as 5838.01...also just noticed that f: is not showing, i must not have made that partition correct?

thanks for the reply kingroach but its still not working.... the thing is i cant get to the xboxhdm main menu (options 1-8) with either the xbox hd or the replacement hd? Could something be missing off of the boot disc? I can lock and unlock the hd's just fine i just cant get to the part where i get to rebuild them!

actually thanks for all the help kingroach i got it workking!!! Just disregard my last post!! Thanks again!!!

i've been trying to restore my hd to factory using xboxhdm followed the tut got all the files from slayers put them in c then made the disc ran it used restore c files it did it's thing so then tried it in the xbox an it just hangs at the xbox screen an goes no further any help would be appreiciated

hey i just got xboxhdm last night from a number of sites. like *******, xbins, and now xbox-scene. but it all doesnt have the linux directory. im sure im doing it right. i unzipp the file but no folder. can anybody help me?

EDIT : Don't mention Warez sites on the Forum.

Every time I get to the first screen choosing 1-4: If I choose a number or if I let it boot to the default
(versions 1.6 - 1.9) it will go as far as "Ready." and the computer reboots.
Have bios set to OS as Other rather than a windows OS and hard drives not Auto.
Proccessor is a AMD K6 500MHZ 192MB RAM. Do I need something faster?
Tried it on an IBM 350 MHZ Intel 192MB RAM...same results
Hot swaping the xbox drive on Primary Master CD Secondary Master
Original Xbox drive No partitions
All protection via bios not on
Can boot computer with the xbox drive as secondary master with win2k on primary master and work with the drive.
Installed win2k via the cd drive
using imation cd-rs and easy media creator 8 and easy cd creator 5 to write the cds on an xp computer with 2.66GHZ and 1GB ram (This computer)
This computer has serial ata hdds not easy to hot swap with lol
been trying to get it to boot and reading here for about 3 days now.
Yeah I'm a noob...lol

so you can boot the xboxhdm disk in your win2k/xp mechine.

I was using xboxhdm to make a new hdd. But my hdd does not seem to be formatted correctly. My dash says I have 123gb capacity on my F drive but I only have 2gb free when I actually do not have anything on my F drive. I did everything over again but the same thing happened. Thanks for any help.

I forgot to put this earlier, sorry. I softmodded my original hdd with krayzie's ndure and my xbox is v1.5. Thanks again.

what is your total harddrive size. Try formatting the F drive with unleashx/evox. If that doesnt fix the problem.. Switch your bios to nkpatcher .06 and format F drive. ( you can just format F drive with dash.. no need of xboxhdm)..

Yes, it boots but that's about it. I gave up after making about 6 CDs...lol

It's wierd select "1" gets to "Ready." and the computer reboots.

I'm trying something different. I have no bin file for the bios. just want to redo the drive, without the lock unlock.

Maybe the programs sees that the eeprom bin file isn't there and refuses to boot?

Long story short: son moded box deleted files and reformated. Been trying various file recovery programs.
No luck picking up the fatx (Xbox) files. Have picked up quite a few of the mod files though.
Have gotten new xbox since then, So this one I can play with.
No dvd drive. Used it for another xbox. Other wise would try Slayers tool (DVD).

I have a 200gb hdd. Thanks for the tip kingroach, I used Unleashes format option and now I have all my space.

I have a softmodded xbox with an upgraded drive that broke on me. What I am trying to do is take that hdd out and put it into a new xbox.

I dunno if this is correct but from what I read what I need to do is put the new xbox eeprom into the old hdd and then I will be able to just switch the xbox correct? How will I go about this? Please provide detail help I am new to modding and havn't messed with this xbox in a couple of years. Thanks in advance for the help

you need to unlock the hard drive using old xbox's eeprom and then lock it using new xbox's eeprom.

Update
Got the program to boot and run on a 750mhz with 384MB ram.
Hot swaped the xbox drive
rebuilt the drive (No eeprom.bin file)
Put drive back in xbox...works as good as new

PS
The drive had been repartitioned and reformatted a few times
When I checked what was in the hdd memory there was a live account from before
Played online with it a few hours that night... worked great.

Many thanks for the life saving program.

FYI
You can get a drive back without the eeprom.bin (If it's the original drive from the xbox)

Looks like the program needs atleast 300MB ram to operate properly.
At leaste I couldn't get it to work on less.
previous tries were with:
1. 500MHZ with 192MB RAM didn't work
2. 350MHZ with 192MB RAM didn't work
3. 750MHZ with 384MB RAM worked
I have a few old computers laying around... anyone need a antique 286,386 or 486
Thanks again hope this info helps.

The xbox was Version 1.6

Hello - I'm a n00b poster to this site, but have read lots. I have a soft-modded xbox (with unleashx v 0.39.0222A that I believe was installed without using the ndure version (friend did it)) that I'm tryin to put a larger hd in. I pulled the eeprom.bin from E:\backup\ & the C and E drive then used xboxhdm_v1.9 to make an iso, used the iso to successfully "build from scratch"/format/lock a WD 80 GB HD. After I put the new HD in my xbox, all I get is the old xbox dash (and xbox live hates me).

I thought I needed to run the softmod again so I tried (using the MA exploit) and unleashx starts but the only options are "Remove Softmod" and some other stuff. If I FTP into it from that point, there's no F drive, but everything else seems intact. The softmod is there but does not boot.

I hope I am just missing something little, but I may be way off. Do I need to use configmagic? I suspect it's something with my iso (like I mixed up the original xbox files with the softmodded oned).

Should I try cloning the HD instead of build from scratch. Can I unlock/reformat the 80GB to try the do over?

Fortunately I kept the OG 8GB drive and can still tear up 8bit games.

Anyone have a suggestion? Or can anyone point me to a tut/guide that might explain the "build from scratch" vs. clone option in xboxhdm?
Thank you all in advance...

you dont need to reformat the drive. Just get stock C drive files, ftp inside xbox and delete C drive and copy the stock dash in the C drive. After that do the softmod. To see the F drive, you need to enable F drive under unleashx XML file.

So I unlocked and everything blah blah, but I'm having problems on the locking it part. My computer BIOS does have the option to disable auto-detect, and it sets it to user, and a few more options that are set to auto, like S.M.A.R.T., DMA, and some others. Now when I set it to user, it still says its frozen. I've tried to plug in the IDE cable after XBoxHDM boots up, but it won't detect it, and I can't hotswap. Any suggestions?

I am a total n00b about to mod my first xbox. How might I go about putting unleashX on using xboxhdm? Im good at computers but new in the modding scene. Some help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

hey, not sure how activ ethis thread is, but i am after a little help....

i have a softmodded xbox with 120 gig hdd in....i already modded itr via xboxhdm and put larger hdd in it......this xbox is coming to the end of its life, but not completely dead.

i have got a new xbox that i want to use with the larger hard drive in, and i want to put a stock 8gig hard drive back into my dying xbox.

how can i go about all of this, its not a standard mod, i know the hdd keys relate to individual xboxs, and so i need to unlock the 120 hard drive, put it in new xbox, then lock it......

can anyone give me any clue on how i can do this, and once this has been done, how to take a stock 8gig and put it into the dying xbox.

if i can avoid it i would seriously not like to format the 120 gig.

any help would be greatly appriciated as im stuick and dont wanna frag 2 xboxs

I have this hdd

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16822148139


I have went through this process twice. Both times I end up with error 6. I'v overcame the security lock, I'v locked and unlocked the hdd. So i know it will lock.

the first time I got my eeprom through config magic. The second time I got the eeprom from UDATA, but no luck. Xbox can't unlock the drive. What can I do to fix this? I have about 5 hours, or more invested in reading, but can't seem to figure it out. I really believe my problem is with the eeprom, but can't seem to find the right one

It boots up to evox with the retail hdd. It's softmodded with shademans. I can FTP with smart and burn image. No problem locking with xboxhdm, but still error 6.

I'm doing this for a friend for free. I like a good challange but damn, this Is almost too much.

I'm gonna try one more time with config and rename "EEPROMBackup.bin" to "eeprom.bin", while I wait for a reply. this is gettin old quick


Thanks

can you check if the hdlock password is diffrent between configmagic and evox backup?.. if your unlock password seems like 00000.... then maybe you are just backing up shadow eeprom. First load any pbl loader or disable nkpatcher by placing a file called eeprom_off.bin in E:\ drive and backup the harddrive again. Error 6 means that your hard drive is locking fine but you just have a wrong password to lock it.

I finaly got it to work. I had shademans softmod on it. The way he had evox set up, ther wasn't a backup option. I FTP'ed my evox ini from my other xbox and replaced it. Then I used evox to backup my eeprom.

Built using xboxhdm with it set to master. Put it back in the xbox set to cable select and BAM, big hdd

Thanks alot for the tut, works good. It only took about 45 min for the complete process, once I had the right eeprom

I have yet to have a problem on a computer or a xbox that I could't eventually fix thanks to forums like this

Thanks again

is it possible to do this with a external hdd as i only have access to a laptop

i am reading the directions for making the image over and over, but the image file is never made im doing everything the directions say... could you help me out? im putting all stock c files in the c folder and i put my eeprom in the eeprom folder...

can you see what error you get?.. does the black screen just comes up and then dissappears?..mkisofs.exe in the same folder as xbxohdm..

ok im still having problems making the image... even when i do click makeisofs.exe... sorry for being such a noob, but what am i doing wrong so that it is not creating the .iso file to burn to a disc?

I am having issues locking the new hard drive. I believe I have done everything successfully. I did retrieve the appropriate eeprom.bin from the stock hard drive, and I did set up the new 30gig hard drive according to the instructions. Using the "xbrowser" I can see that the C, E, and F partitions are all there as expected. When I boot up the xbox however, I get the "05" error. I have tried using all the locking utilities provided, but while some say that I successfully locked it, others say that the drive does not support it.

Print out from Option 6, Generate HD Key:


I'm not really sure what else I can do. What is the best way to lock my new hard drive? I do have the key generated by Option 6 written down. What utility should I use to lock it and with which method? Thanks in advance.

When I try to use the "lockhd" utility from the first Option 3, I try to lock it from the eeprom.bin file, and it says something to the effect of the drive does not support ATA security.

@Happy Buddah, you need to run make-iso-win.bat file

@rickatnight11, you cant lock the drive since your drive doesnt support locking..

i do run the make-iso-win.bat and nothing happens... i dont no if im doing something wrong...?

I wasn't aware that I needed to have certain types of drives to do this. Now my question is this: other than hard-modding, is there any way to get this unlockable hard drive to run on my xbox.

Also, is there any way to know before hand that a drive is or is not lockable?

does this also restore the E:\ partition?

I don't see anything about this...

I need to restore my E: partition since my TDATA and UDATA files are needed. Additionally, my exploit points to my E: drive for the default.xbe for EvoX

also, when i make-iso-win, it puts all of the files on the CD in uppercase. Won't this create problems, if our exploit is looking for files that are written in lowercase?

ok, so i realize that xboxhdm also restores the E: if need.

But, my question about allcaps still stands.

no the file system is case insensitive

thanks!!! trying right now =)

yea sorry kingroach i didnt realize that question was for me earlier when u said does the black screen just disappear, but yes it does

So, is there any way to get an unlockable drive working on an Xbox without a chip, and if not how do I know if a drive can be locked or not before buying?

no .. you cant use a unlockable drive without modchip.. Most new drives are lockable.. look at this site for a list:

http://xboxdrives.x-pec.com/?p=list

the site is currently offline .. but you can buy any new seagate or hitachi/ WD drive it should be lockable..

Thanks, kingroach, that was very helpful. I'm just glad I didn't spend some serious money on a new drive to be let down.

i need help i have 2 drives a cd drive and dvd burner and 2 hard drives first a 160 gig and the second a 15 gig
and wondering which one is a primary master and primary slave
any way i way wonder how to decect it to hot swap go tut!!!!

if you have an DELL or HP computer.. then the the drive at the top ( most likely the dvd-writer) is the master cable.. You will notice each IDE cable has two port. Only the first ports can be master..

Hi guys

I have a rather strange prob - the xbox don't write/delete stuff on the HD! (e.g. you can delete saves, then go back and the saves are still there)
The box is unmodded. I used xboxhd to rebuild the HD - same prob.

NOW I run xboxhd again and wiped the par.table - the app tells me everything went ok - THEN I get the message like: 'your par table is hidden'!!!
-> this prevents doing anything else 'cause all I get is 'no xbox-partition table found on /dev/hda' error

The xbox still boots MSdash...

any ideas???

can you see xbox files in xbrowser..