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Cricket10
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_ 		17. September 2009 @ 11:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I upgrade hdd's quite often for friends, and I have a collection of stock hdds.

I DO NOT have the eeprom for these drives anymore.

How can I reuse these hdds using xbhdm? I was hoping to use them to replace bad hdds in otherwise working boxes.

Can I hook one up as slave in a PC, and format using xp? THEN, use xbhdm to prepare for another xbox?

I just don't know how to use them without eeprom.
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Cricket10
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_ 		27. September 2009 @ 15:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
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Cricket10
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_ 		2. October 2009 @ 11:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Unbelievable.

I see the same questions asked by various people that can easily be found by a search - AND THEY GET ANSWERED.

However, I pose a question that I cannot find an answer to on ANY board, and no one can give me an answer?

Where's the love?
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Nelmeco
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_ 		2. October 2009 @ 12:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You might be able to, you have to have the eeprom from the box you want to put the hd in, and the hdd key of the origonal hard drive for the new xbox. If that doesnt make sense ill try to explain further.
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Cricket10
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_ 		2. October 2009 @ 13:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I built an EEPROM reader, so I can get it from the box with no hdd.

For ease of explanation, "A" - stock hdd from an upgrade, and xbox is no longer available to me. I kept the stock hdd, but no EEPROM.

xbox "B" - good mobo, no hdd.

Can I marry "A" & "B" into a working xbox?

I can't figure out how to unlock "A", and even if I did, I couldn't lock it with xbhdm because of different eeprom on "B".

I already know about modchips and how they can be configured to run with unlocked hdd, but I do not want to purchase a chip.

I just want to know if I have a couple dozen paper weights or if they are usable. If they are no good, off to the recycler!
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Nelmeco
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_ 		2. October 2009 @ 16:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I dont believe you can, I think you need the hdd code from the old xbox for that specific drive. Im not 100 percent positive though.
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_ 		2. October 2009 @ 17:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That's what I was thinking.

I just wanted to make sure there was no use for them before trashing
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_ 		2. October 2009 @ 19:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
go to http://www.hddunlock.com/ and download the program, it should be free to unlock 8-10gig drives.

Then load xboxhdm and wipe the fat x file system

Then you can use that drive for any computer you want.

Edit: it's 5 dollars to unlock each drive

Read this instead http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Unlocking%20S...ard%20Drive.htm
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