I was wondering if it makes a difference which way it is done. Is one faster or safer?

I've had nothing but good experiences with Evox. However, if you have reliable FTP, i see no reason why FlashFXP wouldn't do just as well.

both are as reliable as they come. it's just that FTP is a bit more complicated that evox but if you don't like scripting your evox.ini (not that hard) then FTP might be faster for you.

i was wondering if there was a way to copletely reformat and repartition my drive i tried xboxhd maker to wipe partition table and redid c and e without redoing f so i could do the f over again with evo x so i could get g partition to work but when i put it back together my f was not eraised i didnt seem to be able to make a g i have a 160g hard drive also do x2 4977 bios support g if not can i flash new bios using evox or do i need to use raincoat thx and sorry for butting in

if you want to get G:, the bios you are using when formatting needs to support G: as well. get the X2 4981.67 or 4983.67 and flash it to your chip. after that is done, format and you shoudl get your G:

can i tsop using evox or do i nead raincoat

depends what TSOP you have. winbond TSOPs don't work well in evox. evox will work but i would still recommend raincoat either way.