well i know i deleted my dashboard in a linux installer but no error message comes up or anything. whenever its supposed to go to the dashboard my screen just goes black. and i cant FTP and thing to my xbox because it erased the linux itself. but i can still connect to sbox live and i have all my files so i know the hard drive is ok.. some one please help me
Basically, what you would be doing is turning on the Xbox, then unplugging the IDE cable, and connecting an IDE cable from your PC to the Xbox. Install the necessary files, then reconnect the Xbox's IDE cable, and shut down the Xbox. It's called a hot swap because you're doing it while power is still on. Not the safest method of repairing a failed soft mod, but it works.
Now of course, there's much more to it than that, but that's the basic idea behind it. The reasoning is, that you need to have the Xbox unlock the hard drive for you since you don't have the EEPROM. Since the Xbox's motherboard has it, you allow it to unlock the hard drive while the Xbox boots up, and then you connect the unlocked hard drive to the PC to reinstall files. Afterwards, the hard drive must be plugged back into the Xbox so that it's locked once the power is shut off.
For a much more in-depth explanation, read this guide.
