So, I decided to try to softmod and being a cheap a$$ (and also stationed in Baghdad) I didn't have access to any of the games to follow most the tuts on here. I have a v1.0 and a v1.6 that were both given to me "broken". Turns out it was just DVD drives on them, replaced and they work(ed) fine.
I'll keep it short, but the v1.0 (4034)could not complete, something about not enough disk space. Then I lost power while trying to figure out what to do. So, I move to the v1.6 (5838). Everything went fine this time until I tried to restart the Xbox...error 21.
I have since hot swapped and used Xplorer360 to repair my "partition 3" (is that C?) on both drives. I can boot them both and get to the dash and play disk games.
How can I return both HDD's to a factory state so I can start the process over again?
I may actually wait and order the stuff from the states this time? It will take a month, but its better than a bricked console.
I really would like to have a modded Xbox over here, games are $2!!!
Ha, warranty? I dont think I have a valid warranty on ANYTHING I own?
But anyway, I used another method to resore the HDD w/o needing the eeprom. Restored and re-attempted the softmod. And I was finally able to boot into the UnleashX dash!!! There was very little there as I still got the out of space error. I did manage to get the eeprom off it though, YES!
I have since made a 160GB HDD using your tuts and all is well.
