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thebeetle
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_ 		15. September 2006 @ 16:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Can someone explain why this isn't possible - tech details please? If we can play demos from the HD why cant we copy backups over to the disk and load them from that?

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- Could we fool the 360 into thinking our real games are demos?
- Could we access those demos via the dashboard?
- Could we setup a server to act as XboxLive so games can be downloded to the 360?
- Am I going mad?

I'm not interested in "backups", all I want to do stop that DVD drive making so much noise and access my games faster off the HD!
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gade121
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_ 		15. September 2006 @ 18:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what kind of connectors does the hard drive use anyway...
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sirksam
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_ 		16. September 2006 @ 00:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Xbox 360 connects via USB, through Windows Media Center
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thebeetle
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_ 		16. September 2006 @ 02:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I thought the Hard disk connects to the 360 via SATA just like the DVD drive. Cant we get access to the drive if we plugged into the PC?

Also the 360 connects to a PC over the network (not USB) via Media Centre (WMC) or Media Connect (If you dont have (WMC). I would have assumed the connection via media connect and WMC is tied down quite well.

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neo_pr
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_ 		16. September 2006 @ 07:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Can't be done yet. Hdd cant be accessed tru your pc, even if you opened it up and connected iot with the sata connection, many have tried, it's useless.
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_ 		16. September 2006 @ 09:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Even if you put the back up on the HDD it would require a modification of the dashboard to play back ups from the HDD. Currently that's not possible. Right now we can only play 1-1 backups with the firmware hacks. That's only possible because MS fucked up and forgot the sign the firmware.
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thebeetle
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_ 		16. September 2006 @ 15:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Cant we fool the dashboard into thinking its a demo? That way the dashboard wont need to be changed.
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cleargold
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_ 		20. September 2006 @ 11:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what about useing another HDD like a external one that has all your games backed up like on the original xbox as opposed to useing the little ol' 360 HDD
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andersg
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_ 		21. September 2006 @ 14:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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That's only possible because MS fucked up and forgot the sign the firmware.
Does this mean that they could release a updated version of the 360 with the signed firware which would stop the firmware mod on all the newer Xbox's?

@Cleargold - I don't think you can add another hard drive to the Xbox to do this with.
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cleargold
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_ 		24. September 2006 @ 22:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah it would probably still take a dashboard mod but I bet there is some 13 year old kid in his bedroom workin on it right now. Come on little guy you can do it!
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