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how do i unlock xbox hard drive
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tabingam
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5. December 2005 @ 05:13 |
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Sounds like the drive is locked. Do you have the password stored somewhere so you can use an unlock tool like XBOXHDM?
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zoah
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5. December 2005 @ 11:50 |
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how would i find this password u speak of?
Zoah
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tabingam
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5. December 2005 @ 12:01 |
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Had you installed a hardware or software mod prior to the system failure?
If you installed any mods, you may have backed up a copy of the password during the process. If not, and your system is completely down, you may be screwed. The password is encrypted in a chip on the motherboard. There are tools that can capture the password, but only if your system is working. Your HD password is unique and keyed to your motherboard. If you can't get your system working again with your motherboard and hard drive, chances are you are screwed.
There are sites that will repair your XBox. Maybe it is just a Power Supply failure, in which case you could fix the XBox and then you will have access to your files.
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zoah
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5. December 2005 @ 12:56 |
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ty ever so much yea im screwed lmao
Zoah
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jas98235
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6. December 2005 @ 18:29 |
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can anyone help me?
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tabingam
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6. December 2005 @ 18:36 |
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21 is a non-specific error. Will it load any game disks, if so you can use one of the game exploits to reload your soft-mod.
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tabingam
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7. December 2005 @ 06:01 |
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Zoah, possible hope for you yet. Here is a copy of another post I came across. It is hardware specific, so you need this drive for this particular file to work, but the whole firmware update trick may work on other drives as well. It should allow you to access the files on your drive from your PC, given you also load the XBox drivers, I think, but it would render the drive unusable by your XBox. Not that it would matter if your XBox is dead anyway.
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Lowtech found the answer for the rubber jacketed Seagate ST310211A 10GB drive.
Download firmw.rar and unpack it, then boot to a dos boot disc with the files from the archive on it.
There must be four files in addition to the system boot files on the boot disc:
u5339.ovl
u5339.fls
u5339.crt
sf.exe
Plug your Seagate into an available IDE channel
Execute the command "SF -v -f U5339 -m U5"
It will scan all channels for the drive and when it finds it, it will flash it with the same firmware that is already on it. This has a side effect of the drive becoming unlocked.
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DynaFlat
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8. December 2005 @ 02:05 |
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Your kidding right?! Geez man, I hope this works. That's the kind of answer that people need to hear. This is pretty much exactly what I was looking for. If was really concerned about the xbox, I wouldn't need to be, the're extremly cheap now.
Buttttt!1!!!!1...... .. .
Here's a another thread about the same Lowtech...
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=451129&st=0
Stupid naming system on here, I hate registering stuff...
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 8. December 2005 @ 02:36
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kingabis
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14. December 2005 @ 11:55 |
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X_Gam3r
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10. January 2006 @ 22:28 |
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Hi,Something is rong with my xbox.I go to boxplorer and i move files to oder directories in my pesonal folder than i quit.And now a can't go to my boxpoler to fix than plsease tell me how to fix than my dvd-player on xbox dashboard is gone is in red light and have no nothing on my dekstop .Now i have only one picture it is very ugly :P..........
Please if someone now how to skip in lunch menu serch drive/e tell mi becouse i dont have acsess to drive/e SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH BUT IM FROM BULOGARIA AND I DI|ONT SPEEK VERY GOOD ENGLISH THANKS ANYWAY:P HAVE FUN WITH YOUR XBOX's :P BYE People
Hi,Something is rong with my xbox.I go to boxplorer and i move files to oder directories in my pesonal folder than i quit.And now a can't go to my boxpoler to fix than plsease tell me how to fix than my dvd-player on xbox dashboard is gone is in red light and have no nothing on my dekstop .Now i have only one picture it is very ugly :P..........
Please if someone now how to skip in lunch menu serch drive/e tell mi becouse i dont have acsess to drive/e SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH BUT IM FROM BULOGARIA AND I DI|ONT SPEEK VERY GOOD ENGLISH THANKS ANYWAY:P HAVE FUN WITH YOUR XBOX's :P BYE People
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X_Gam3r
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10. January 2006 @ 22:32 |
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Hi,Something is rong with my xbox.I go to boxplorer and i move files to oder directories in my pesonal folder than i quit.And now a can't go to my boxpoler to fix than plsease tell me how to fix than my dvd-player on xbox dashboard is gone is in red light and have no nothing on my dekstop .Now i have only one picture it is very ugly :P..........
Please if someone now how to skip in lunch menu serch drive/e tell mi becouse i dont have acsess to drive/e SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH BUT IM FROM BULOGARIA AND I DI|ONT SPEEK VERY GOOD ENGLISH THANKS ANYWAY:P HAVE FUN WITH YOUR XBOX's :P BYE People
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Hi,Something is rong with my xbox.I go to boxplorer and i move files to oder directories in my pesonal folder than i quit.And now a can't go to my boxpoler to fix than plsease tell me how to fix than my dvd-player on xbox dashboard is gone is in red light and have no nothing on my dekstop .Now i have only one picture it is very ugly :P..........
Please if someone now how to skip in lunch menu serch drive/e tell mi becouse i dont have acsess to drive/e SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH BUT IM FROM BULOGARIA AND I DI|ONT SPEEK VERY GOOD ENGLISH THANKS ANYWAY:P HAVE FUN WITH YOUR XBOX's :P BYE People
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mickrick
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11. January 2006 @ 08:18 |
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Sounds like you have moved the system (Dashboard) files from the default location and now the box cannot boot up. Is the Xbox modified, either through hardware or software? If so, you may be able to run Slayers latest autoinstaller disc and do a retail restore.
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cdodge
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14. May 2006 @ 21:33 |
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I have discovered something that i though might be of interest to ANYONE with error 16 on their x box. It's impossible to fix they say, unless the microsoft logo shows during bootup. I have discovered a very simple work around, that works very well. I fixed an error sixteen this morning. It all revolves around the hard drive lock problem. Anybody who has had this issue has found alot of people saying, "now it's just a paperweight. Buy a new one or hard mod it." Not true. You can use the hard drive swap method to reinstall your xbox, no matter if the microsoft logo shows or not. The trick (Posted Here First!!) is to simply unplug the cdrom drive from the ide cable, and boot the xbox normally, Instead of an error 16, you get an error 11, saying DVD drive not found. Interestingly, when you get an error 11, THE HARD DRIVE IS UNLOCKED BY DEFAULT!!! Now you can do the hot-swap method to read the hard drive on a computer. I downloaded xboxhdm and followed the instructions, after downloading the default dashboard files from another site. Worked like a dream. Now the xbox is exactly as it was when I took it out of the box. So don't throw out that Error 16 Xbox. It took me less than an hour to be up and playing again, and I couldn't believe it took me almost a whole day to figure it out!!
I'm Late, I'm Late... You kow the rest.
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llamma123
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1. June 2006 @ 14:17 |
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