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and yes it could definatly be locked for the hard drive i even checked the the compatability chart. i also tried to use it in the xbox and it would not play it says error 5 and i dont have the money to get a chip
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the bad part is thats 2 drives i had tried and they both do they same thing... my computer specs is :Compaq presario sr1603wm model
1.5 mb ram
amd 35000+ chip
and it also said to disable automatic detection the thing about that is when i do that nothing will show up as primary master just secondary
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C4RN1 I decided to build from scratch the 320 GB disk using xboxhdm. The only problem I ran into was that I got an error message that it could not build the F drive, but it built the C & E ok. I was able to use the SID Installer to softmod & then I used the AID Installer to format the F & G drive. All seems to be working well. The only issue I have is that if I use xboxhdm / xbrowser to view the F drive, all the contents on it appears in characters like ????? and if it's a directory ????/ which has more ???? instead of the file names. I can't delete it as it keeps reappearing even after deleting. Then when I exit, it will say chmod: F drive is read-only. When I plug it back into the x-box, I am able to see the file names in English on the F drive via FTP & using File explorer on xbox and the games play ok (I only did a few to test). Should I worry about file corruption or is this due to the formatting in 32 clusters in AID as opposed to the 16 clusters in xboxhdm? I am going to start the installation from scratch again in xboxhdm and skip the format F drive option and then do it all in AID to see if this works. I will then clone it using the clone software that comes with the Western Digital disk to clone it to my spare 320 GB disk. I've definitely learned a lot reading the forums, just haven't seen a solution or answer to the weird file question. I have the locking/unlocking part and re-building part down. Just need to know if I should worry about the files getting corrupted or if I am doing it wrong somewhere.
thanks for your help,
~M
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7. January 2009 @ 15:59 |
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Originally posted by n4rut0:
the bad part is thats 2 drives i had tried and they both do they same thing... my computer specs is :Compaq presario sr1603wm model
1.5 mb ram
amd 35000+ chip
and it also said to disable automatic detection the thing about that is when i do that nothing will show up as primary master just secondary
n4rut0: I'm new to this but just last night something went wrong in the locking process & my drive locked and would not let me in (I was using option 3 on the linux menu - not typing in the password). After figuring out how to unlock with a master password using (MHDD) burned iso to cd and got it unlocked the drive was then showing Frozen.
Here is what I did: using xboxhdm v1.9 tools:
1. Shutdown the computer & unplug the hard drive from ide cable (put the jumper pin back to factory select)
2. Plug back in the hard drive with ide cable. (don't worry about showing up as master or secondary)
3. Reboot to the Linux menu.
4. Select option 4 (to boot to dos mode).
5. At a:/ prompt, type atapwd. You should see your hard drive with the + under F for frozen.
6. I selected the hard drive and then hit enter to select the first menu option in the pop-up window of atapwd. Then select unlock with master password. I just clicked ok without entering anything a password, got the error message and then hit Esc button to exit to a:/ prompt.
7. Shutdown computer again & unplug the hard drive from ide cable (put the jumper pin back to master)
8. Plug back in the hard drive with ide cable. (don't worry about showing up as master or secondary)
9. Reboot to the Linux menu.
10. Select option 4 (to boot to dos mode - assuming you already have your dos disk made with your locking/unlocking password - if you don't you should make it).
11. Once you get to the A:/ prompt switch to b:/ (type b:/) - I do this because I was having a hard time having it stay unfrozen on reboot so I used the tools from Dos instead of rebooting and going back to use option 3 on the linux menu.
12. At b:/ prompt, type atapwd. You should see your hard drive with nothing under F for unfrozen.
13. hit Esc button to exit to b:/ prompt.
14. Type in lockhd -f input/hdpass.txt (again assuming you made the lock/unlock dos disk from the linux menu ) It should take you through the options to select your hard drive, just select whichever number pertains to your hard drive & it should automatically find the file and apply your password.
15. You can run atapwd again to check to see if you have the + under E and S.
If it's locked just shutdown and put in your xbox.
I had to do mine a couple of times & if at step 12 it's still frozen in atapwd. I shutdown the computer took off the ide cable, boot up to the linux menu and then plug back in the ide cable quickly and then selected menu option 4. This seemed to do the trick too.
Hope that helps. BTW: My drive is a magnetic data technology 250gb 7200 RPM ATA 100 disk. Figured out the master password was: WDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWD ( i guess because it is a Western Digital refurb ) none of the other master passwords would work. I'm learning so much.
~M
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If i were you i would nuke that hard drive and rebuild it from scratch yet again. It sounds like there's a virus on the mbr corrupting your f partition. Dban is the program i normally use to nuke and reformat computers in my spare time. I suggest you do the same to your xbox before you have more problems and have to do it after you restore all your data again.
http://www.dban.org/download
Just follow the instructions and make sure you only nuke your xbox's hard drive. Just remember the drive has to be unlocked to work.
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nvm guys i found a new tutorial that works flawless ly let me show youand its from xbox scene...
*No Modchip Hdd Replacement Tutorial (v0.1) *
Tutorial written by : BaD_HeX (from forums.xbox-scene.com
<http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?act=ST&f=44&t=98806>)
Last edited: September 22, 2003
*Get the following programs from the usual places:*
/atapwd
Hdlock
Hdunlock
Hddisabl
007 gamesave exploit (or mech assault)
liveinfo
hdprepar
HDD_Driver
Windows 95/98/ME bootdisk maker/
*Step 1: Making our ?tools? disk*
Use a Windows 95/98/ME bootdisk maker to format a blank floppy disk
<http://files.frashii.com/%7Ebootdisk/bootmec.exe>. This will be our dos
bootdisk used for unlocking our xbox harddrive.
After that has completed copy the following files to the new bootdisk:
atapwd.exe, hdlock.exe, hdunlock.exe, hddisabl.exe.
Take the disk out and label it xbox tools disk and set it aside.
*Step 2: Getting our xbox drive key*
Using another tutorial
<http://www.sbeyer.netfirms.com/gouki/index.html>, load evox up using
the 007 gamesave exploit on your xbox.
/It is important to not use any bios loaders, font hacks, sound hacks,
or anything like this as we need a pure key generated for your xbox
harddrive./
Once you are in evox run the backup option in the settings menu. This
will create a backup folder in your evox base directory (not your c
drive). To find it, if you used the 007 hack, simply FTP into your xbox
and go to the following folder: //E/UDATA/4541000d/000000000000//
There you should see the backup folder created by evox. Copy that folder
somewhere to your computer where you can access it easily.
Once copied open up the folder and there should be the following files
inside it: /bios.bin, disk.bin, eeprom.bin, hddinfo.txt, hddkey.bin/
Open up the file /hddinfo.txt/. In this file is three lines and by now
you should notice it contains one called hdd key. This is the Key that
will be used to unlock your xbox harddrive. Either print this file or
write down the group of numbers. The key will be used without the :?s or
trailing 00s when entering it in the unlock programs. (ie. 157560ab? not
15:75:60:ab)
*Step 3: Unlocking the xbox harddrive*
Shutdown your PC and remove all drives except for a drive that contains
your OS and is bootable. This drive should be set as secondary master
(use jumper).
Open up you xbox and remove the xbox hardrive. If you are not sure how
to open your xbox and remove the harddrive, look for another tutorial on
how to do it. Set up this drive on your computer as primary master (use
jumper).
Insert your xbox tools disk and turn on your PC. You can skip any
harddrive detection that your bios does, as it will not correctly detect
the xbox drive. Once you are at a DOS prompt run the following tool from
your bootdisk: /atapwd.exe/
The program should detect your two drives and you should notice that the
xbox drive is flashing (if not refresh the list using the shortcut
displayed). Also check out the SELFXV and notice that the xbox drive has
a few more + signs then the normal PC drive. In the next steps we will
unlock the drive (the L column) and then disable drive locking (the E
column) on the drive which in turn will make those two columns display
??? signs. Press ESC to exit the program.
Next run the following program from the xbox tools disk: /hdunlock.exe/
Here is will display a list of drives where you can choose which one you
wish to unlock. Usually the xbox drive will be choice 1, but verify that
that is correct. If so press one to select the xbox drive.
Now you will be asked to enter the key the program will use to unlock
the drive. Enter in the key that we printed in step 2. Remember you
should not enter in ?:??s or any trailing 00?s in the key. An example
key will look will end up looking like: 112233445566778899aabbccddeeff
When you press enter it should pause for a moment and then say ?done?.
To verify that the unlock key worked correctly run the file: atapwd.exe.
You should see under the L column of the drive there is now a ?-? sign
meaning the drive is unlocked. If for some reason it still has a ?+?
under it you did not successfully unlock the drive and you should start
over from step 2. For those of us who did it correct the first time, we
now need to disable the locking on the drive so when we restart it
doesn?t relock.
Run the following program from the xbox tools disk: /hddisabl.exe/
This should bring up a similar selection menu where you can pick the
xbox drive. Just choose choice 1 (or the one that you believe is your
xbox drive). Then you will have to enter the xbox drive key again. When
finished it should say ?done? again. Verify that you disabled locking by
running: atapwd.exe. Under the ?E? column you should now see a ?-? sign
meaning you disabled locking of the drive.
*Step 4: Backup the xbox harddrive*
Now that we have completely unlocked our drive we can reboot the
computer without the bootdisk to get into windows. It may take a bit
longer to start the OS as you have moved your drives around in the
process of this tutorial. Be patient! Once in windows we will need to
run /HDD_Driver/.
When you run /HDD_Driver/ you should get a message box that says it
detected an xbox harddrive (your primary master drive). Then when you
hit OK it will give you an invalid filesize error. Don?t press ok, but
instead go to menu system of the program and select backup the hdd.
Don?t do this unless you get the invalid filesize error or you know for
sure it detected your drive. Select a safe place to backup your drive,
but remember you need aprox 8gb of space to hold the xbox drive image.
Go get something to eat, pee, whatever as it will take some time to
backup the drive.
When finished you will need to shutdown your PC and remove the xbox
drive. You can now set it aside for use as a paperweight or clock
<http://www.gtojon.com/harddriveclocks/>.
*Step 5: Prepare the new hardrive*
Connect the new drive as primary master (use jumper) and start up your
machine. Once in windows you may need to refresh the system under device
manager to detect the new drive.
/I?ve noticed in all other tutorials that you need a lockable drive;
however, I have yet to encounter a harddrive that was not lockable. You
should be safe with a newer drive./
First load up the liveinfo program and click load eeprom. Then select
the file /eeprom.bin/ from the backup folder you got from evox. The
program will display some information regarding your xbox system.
Go to the second section of the program where it has a list of
harddrives. Select you xbox replacement drive (make sure you know it is
the replacement drive) and the program will generate a key that we will
use to lock the drive with. Print this key or write it down *EXACTLY* on
a piece of paper as we will need this while we are in dos.
Now we need to prepare the drive to look like an xbox drive. Use the
program hdprepar to zero the first 4096 sectors. * BE VERY CAREFUL* to
select the correct replacement drive to zero as you could destroy your
OS partitions if you select the wrong drive. Once finished close the
program as we?re done with that.
*Step 6: Hex the Replacement Drive*
Load up your favorite hex editor that can hex edit the clusters of a
drive. I use hex workshop, but you are free to use anything else. What
we need to do is hex edit the xbox replacement drive so that
/HDD_driver/ thinks it?s an xbox harddrive. Browse to the offset of
0x600 on the drive.
/Here is how to do it using Hex workshop:/
Go to the disk menu and select open drive. Select the drive you believe
is the replacement drive. You will know it is the correct one by a
screen full of 0000?s or mostly 0000?s. Now hex worksop lays everything
out in sectors? there are 200 offsets in a sector so you need to hit the
-> button on the toolbar 3 times to get to the correct offset. At the
beginning of this page you must type in the ASCII values BRFR. So to do
this you simply go to the right of the line and at the beginning of the
page type the letters. On the left side you should see the Hex values
4252 4652 in red. That?s it, save the changes and exit the program.
*Step 7: Restore the backup of your original xbox drive*
We now have a drive that HDD_driver will think is an xbox harddrive.
Start up HDD_driver and you should get the successfully detected message
followed by an invalid filesize error. Don?t click ok when you get the
invalid filesize error, but instead go to the menu and select the
restore xbox hdd option. Select the image file we created in step 4 as
the restore file. You will then be given the option to restore specific
parts of the image file. For a complete restoration of the xbox
harddrive select the last option in the right column to restore the
whole drive. Wait awhile while the program does all the copying and when
it is done you have an exact replica of the xbox harddrive. From here we
need to lock the drive like the original one was.
*Step 8: Lock the replacement drive*
Place your boot disk back in the drive and restart your computer so it
boots from the floppy.
Once in dos run the following program from the disk: /atapwd.exe/
You should see the replacement drive and your OS drive here. We can also
see from the SELFXV that the replacement drive does not have locking
enabled and is currently not locked. We need to change that so the xbox
believes it has a legit drive installed. Press ESC to exit atapwd and go
to the dos prompt.
Run the following program from the xbox tools disk: /hdlock.exe/
Now you should see a screen that looks much like the unlock tool. This
time select the drive that you believe is the replacement drive. Most
likely it will be choice 1 if your drives are configured the way they
should be.
You will now have to enter in the key that was generated from liveinfo
in step 5. Make sure you enter the key *EXACT*. Go over what you typed
in 2 to 3 times to make sure that this is the correct key. After you hit
enter you should see the ?done? message. A file will be created on your
xbox tools disk containing the key information if you should ever want
to change the drive again. To be safe you can lock the drive again using
the same key from step 5 again. To verify that the drive will lock run
atapwd and there should be a ?+? sign under the E column. There will be
no + under the L column, but that is normal as it will lock itself the
next time it is powered up.
*Step 9: Final Setup*
Now that our drive is setup set the jumper on the replacement drive to
cable select and place hook it up to the xbox like the original
harddrive was. Upon starting up the system you should get the
MSdashboard , evox, or whatever else that loaded like the original.
Congradulations!
There is 1 more thing that some of you may need to do though. My xbox
required me to format my partition6 drive F to unlock the extra space on
the 120gb drive I installed. You can do this rather easy through the
evox?s FTP server. Connect with FlashFXP or another good FTP program and
send the following raw commands:
/Formatpath \Device\Harddisk0\Partition6
FormatDrive (number)
Make sure you type it in exactly as the wrong "\"'s can cause the wrong
drive to be killed./
Replace (number) with the number you get from Fromatpath. This should
then format the drive and give you your remaining disk space.
*Step 10*
Done and Done!
Tutorial written by : BaD_HeX
and it worked but it didnt on the seagate because it was a pata drive they said that pata drives are not security locking compatable with locking features but it did format my 500gb wd hd though and it fixed the original hard drive i just skipped some steps cause i had already backedup my eeprom from previous xbox hdd.Also If you see the features that says that the hard drive is frozen well no need to worry because when you reboot the hard just let the bios load without the ide of the hard drive plugged in but after the auto-detection is done when the screen goes blackplug it back in fast so the drive wont freeze on xboxhdm is loading and then you can lock any drive you wish as long as its not a pata drive
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Originally posted by misterymo:
Originally posted by n4rut0:
the bad part is thats 2 drives i had tried and they both do they same thing... my computer specs is :Compaq presario sr1603wm model
1.5 mb ram
amd 35000+ chip
and it also said to disable automatic detection the thing about that is when i do that nothing will show up as primary master just secondary
Hope that helps. BTW: My drive is a magnetic data technology 250gb 7200 RPM ATA 100 disk. Figured out the master password was: WDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWD ( i guess because it is a Western Digital refurb ) none of the other master passwords would work. I'm learning so much.
~M
and i tried that too but that nvr worked.so i stayed up till 7 in the moprning googling how to take off auto detection on award bios then i found it so everything is fixed now
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I had this at the weekend with a frozen HDD. I just plugged the HDD in with the molex, started the PC, loaded xboxhdm, then once the menu loaded, plugged in th IDE cable and it locked it first time! With no messing around in the bios which didn't work for me anyways. This was with a 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKS SATA drive using a SATA to IDE adaptor, it's working great in a softmodded 1.6.
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breadhead
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26. April 2009 @ 01:36 |
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Hello All,
I am looking to upgrade my original Xbox HDD. And I have a query about this: I have a cord that pugs into my Xbox's controller port and has a USB slot on the end, so i can plug a thumb drive into it...if i went and bought a portable (external) hard drive and plug it in the cord going to Xbox would it act as another memory device? I would just have to put up with having the external hard drive next to it?? Right?
Thankyou very much.
Sam
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does this work for error 7?
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Hi, first post here.. I have chipped xbox with hard drive rack on top which I use to swap hdd's, does this present an opportunity to 'preload' a large hard drive for installing into a softmodded xbox?
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dennisv9
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Originally posted by breadhead:
Hello All,
I am looking to upgrade my original Xbox HDD. And I have a query about this: I have a cord that pugs into my Xbox's controller port and has a USB slot on the end, so i can plug a thumb drive into it...if i went and bought a portable (external) hard drive and plug it in the cord going to Xbox would it act as another memory device? I would just have to put up with having the external hard drive next to it?? Right?
Thankyou very much.
Sam
no, doesn't work that way. xbox uses fatx partitions, and those partitions are limited in size. so an external harddisc will not work.
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dennisv9
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25. May 2009 @ 16:47 |
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Originally posted by SenseiBea:
Hi, first post here.. I have chipped xbox with hard drive rack on top which I use to swap hdd's, does this present an opportunity to 'preload' a large hard drive for installing into a softmodded xbox?
no, since if you prepare a softmod onto that harddisc, it still has to be locked with the specific eeprom of the xbox that you want to put the harddisc in. you still need that eeprom to lock the harddrive.
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imcobarn
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23. August 2009 @ 03:41 |
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Hi everyone!
I have a problem with locking (with correct password as I got error-6 in xbox) my new drive and now unlocking it. The drive is IBM Deskstar ic35l120avva07 7200 rpm.
Here is what I have and did:
I've had softmoded xbox for a few years now (Splinter Cell softmod) running unleash dashboard. I used it to make backups of eeprom, C and E drives to my Laptop via FTP.
Created Xboxhdm bootable CD (v 1.9) with backups and eeprom.bin
hooked up drive as master (jumpers and cable) to my PC
Now when in main menu of Xboxhdm and try to select option 1 (VGA console) my piece of sh*t monitor (cheap and old KDS flat screen) displays error "mode not supported" and I could not see anything so I used option 2 (text) and was fine. I was able to format the drive and create fatx partitions and all.
Also in main menu option 4 (linux wit lock/unlock tools) displayed same "mode not supported" message so I used option 4 (ms-dos) and was able to lock the drive manualy, using password from hddinfo.txt located in Eeprom folder in backup. I validated it as well by using option 6 (Generate HD key )
locked it successfully but when in xbox, I get code-6 error.
I took it out again and connected to the pc and used option 6 (Generate HD key ) and it shows it is locked but with different password (not the one I locked it with). Interesting though hdd key had changed (matching my XboxHDKey from hddinfo.txt located in Eeprom folder in backup folder.
So now I have two possible passwords (one that I used and was generated in Eeprom.bin and one that Xboxhdm's option 6 (Generate HD key ) displays)
I used unlockhd command and even it says "Done!" afterwards, in atapwd it still shows as locked. I used both passwords and it says "Done!" after each so I'm not sure how reliable unlockhd is or what is wrong.
Anyone has any suggestions?
I think if I can just unlock it again so I can use it in my pc would be great.
Thanks.
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imcobarn
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24. August 2009 @ 02:35 |
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Can anybody help?
I hate to try to do anything else and permanently mess up the hard drive.
Originally posted by imcobarn:
Hi everyone!
I have a problem with locking (with correct password as I got error-6 in xbox) my new drive and now unlocking it. The drive is IBM Deskstar ic35l120avva07 7200 rpm.
Here is what I have and did:
I've had softmoded xbox for a few years now (Splinter Cell softmod) running unleash dashboard. I used it to make backups of eeprom, C and E drives to my Laptop via FTP.
Created Xboxhdm bootable CD (v 1.9) with backups and eeprom.bin
hooked up drive as master (jumpers and cable) to my PC
Now when in main menu of Xboxhdm and try to select option 1 (VGA console) my piece of sh*t monitor (cheap and old KDS flat screen) displays error "mode not supported" and I could not see anything so I used option 2 (text) and was fine. I was able to format the drive and create fatx partitions and all.
Also in main menu option 4 (linux wit lock/unlock tools) displayed same "mode not supported" message so I used option 4 (ms-dos) and was able to lock the drive manualy, using password from hddinfo.txt located in Eeprom folder in backup. I validated it as well by using option 6 (Generate HD key )
locked it successfully but when in xbox, I get code-6 error.
I took it out again and connected to the pc and used option 6 (Generate HD key ) and it shows it is locked but with different password (not the one I locked it with). Interesting though hdd key had changed (matching my XboxHDKey from hddinfo.txt located in Eeprom folder in backup folder.
So now I have two possible passwords (one that I used and was generated in Eeprom.bin and one that Xboxhdm's option 6 (Generate HD key ) displays)
I used unlockhd command and even it says "Done!" afterwards, in atapwd it still shows as locked. I used both passwords and it says "Done!" after each so I'm not sure how reliable unlockhd is or what is wrong.
Anyone has any suggestions?
I think if I can just unlock it again so I can use it in my pc would be great.
Thanks.
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dennisv9
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use atapwd to unlock your hdd. don;t use xboxhdm cd. atapwd should work just fine! xboxhdm uses 1 password as a default password (XBOXSCENE), you can use that in atapwd program. typing in the key you used to lock it is quite annoying and prone to making mistakes. good luck, you should be able to unlock it (although i have one hard drive that is locked permanently.. couldn't unlock it by the love of god.. and yes, then, like that drive, it is useless. i just binned it (was a standard 8 gig drive)
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imcobarn
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Originally posted by dennisv9:
use atapwd to unlock your hdd. don;t use xboxhdm cd. atapwd should work just fine! xboxhdm uses 1 password as a default password (XBOXSCENE), you can use that in atapwd program. typing in the key you used to lock it is quite annoying and prone to making mistakes. good luck, you should be able to unlock it (although i have one hard drive that is locked permanently.. couldn't unlock it by the love of god.. and yes, then, like that drive, it is useless. i just binned it (was a standard 8 gig drive)
Thanks for the reply. I tried using atapwd (from the cd though) and using XBOXSCENE as master and user password but it did not work. Should I try to get atapwd on a floppy and try that way?
Also weird thing was when I select option 6 in menu (generate HD key) every time would show different password. I know I used the one from hddinfo.txt in eeprom to lock it. Also in atapwd the password I used has to many characters to fit in the box??? Is there a way to view password (true one) with any other program?
Now I'm kind of confused about HD password and HD key. What is the difference and Which do I need to use to unlock it? and lock it later (hopefully)
If I get reply I will try again with atapwd. It is a 120GB drive, I hate to let it go.
Thanks for your time.
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dennisv9
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25. August 2009 @ 07:24 |
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cd / floppy stays the same. (my) common sense tells me that you should unlock it with the same key you locked it with. but, for that you have to be sure that you know that you have the right key. if xboxhdm generated a sort of random key (based on an algorithm) then you have a serious problem! since i only lock drives from the eeprom.bin and never used any of the other methods (from txt file or manually input a key), i cannot help you with that. i never used those methods for the same reason you have problems now.
perhaps there is a firmware for your harddrive floating around on the internet, if you flash your hdd with its firmware again all locks are gone!
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imcobarn
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27. August 2009 @ 12:34 |
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Originally posted by dennisv9:
cd / floppy stays the same. (my) common sense tells me that you should unlock it with the same key you locked it with. but, for that you have to be sure that you know that you have the right key. if xboxhdm generated a sort of random key (based on an algorithm) then you have a serious problem! since i only lock drives from the eeprom.bin and never used any of the other methods (from txt file or manually input a key), i cannot help you with that. i never used those methods for the same reason you have problems now.
perhaps there is a firmware for your harddrive floating around on the internet, if you flash your hdd with its firmware again all locks are gone!
Thanks for your support. I did found a forum thread where someone used MHDD to unlock their drive so I download it and was able to unlock it using password that I originally used to lock it, actually it did not unlock it but rather disabled locking (before I unlocked it) so it's still locked but with locking disabled. Now I can't try to unlock anymore as it says "not supported" or "locking disabled" or something similar and MHDD does not have utility to enable locking again.
I downloaded manufacturer (ibm, hitachi) tools to maybe enable it again but they are only for Windows and since drive has xbox partitions Windows don't see it. I don't know what to do now but the fact that it let me disable locking using the password I originally used it gives me hope.
xboxhd "Generate hdd key" utility still displays random passwords every time I start it. that is just weird.
I'll be trying to mess with it again and report back for those who have same problem. If anyone has any suggestions, please do so.
Thanks.
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m0dster
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31. August 2009 @ 02:20 |
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Ok i have a problem... my xbox was softmodded, and i upgraded to a larger hdd... Now all went well, but i have one question... Considering that i copied the whole c and e drives using xboxhd prog, why is my xbox booting into msdash instead of the modded evox one? Do i have to softmod again? and if so, wont that erase the stuff i already put on my c and e?
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rob&keri
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1. September 2009 @ 06:46 |
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Hi,
followed the softmod tutorial and upgraded the HDD only problem is the xbox is showing as Error 7 something about the HDD not being conected properly.
When I first connected it it booted up but kept restarting
Any ideas?
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dennisv9
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1. September 2009 @ 10:06 |
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Originally posted by rob&keri:
Hi,
followed the softmod tutorial and upgraded the HDD only problem is the xbox is showing as Error 7 something about the HDD not being conected properly.
When I first connected it it booted up but kept restarting
Any ideas?
try belows, maybe your ide cable is the problem. Or, your harddrive has an error. had similar problems in the past, accompanied by a 'cloinck' sound. this is off course a hard drive failure.
"7 - kernel - HDD timeout
Most of the times, the IDE cable is not properly connected when you see this error. Please reattach the ide cable. Not only to the harddisk drive but also to the dvd drive. ALso try to reconnect the ide cable to the motherboard.
Press pretty hard so it goes all the way in. Make sure it is seated straight and proper in the drives and the motherboard. If you still have an error 7. Try another ide cable. If that won't work try another harddisk. If there is still no go, try to set the jumpers on the rearside of the harddisk drive. Set it to master or cable select. If still no succes, good luck and sell your xbox to me rolleyes.gif "
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/210562
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1. September 2009 @ 15:39 |
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Yeah, as dennis stated if it's clicking then it's probably toast. Does your old stock hdd still work?
As for your other questions in various threads...
When you go to build the xboxhdm cd make sure you take the contents of your backup C and put it in the folder. Do the same for the contents of E and the eeprom.bin file in the eeprom folder.
Make sure it's named "eeprom.bin" all lowercase. Xboxhdm will not find the eeprom if it's EEPROM.BIN or Eeprom.bin.
udata and tdata goes within the E folder and should be in lowercase as well.
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