Originally posted by C4RN1:

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Swango, first of all when you quote a previous post throw some quotes around it, i knew it wasn't some random newb (please don't take offense) talking about gcue true blue/red because i'm sure less than 5% of all xbox modders know what it is (this was back in 2003).

Secondly don't post links to horrible tutorials, if chunkhead writes a post like this, then it shouldn't even be in afterdawns archives, let alone linked to for help. The poor kid in the tutorial you linked to fried a 80 gig because he was too blind to figure out his drive was relocking (no doubt this is before we discovered pulling the ide cable to the dvd drive forced the hdd to stay unlocked).

Error 21 is like a 404 error, the xbox/computer is looking for something in a certain place and if it isn't there it will throw an error 21. You can cause error 21 by moving any important file the xbox needs in the system partition. Really it's an error that says the file is missing or invalid and instead of just hanging it throws a code.

Now if i were you hockey019 i would first identify the version of the xbox you have. (you don't have to but it helps and you'll be taking the xbox apart anyway)
-You have to take it apart and go though this mini tutorial

Now you want to hotswap using one of these tutorials
Chunkhead's hotswap tutoral
An older hotswap tutorial

Read the tutorials and it will give you a good idea of what you're trying to do. You want to go to the link i posted earlier, it will have fresh msdash files. You then replace the files on your xbox with the files from the link. If you have any other questions let us know before attempting the hotswap.

*edit*You can also try to use my files to mod your xbox, but it's better if you learn the right way first.

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Originally posted by C4RN1:

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Swango, first of all when you quote a previous post throw some quotes around it, i knew it wasn't some random newb (please don't take offense) talking about gcue true blue/red because i'm sure less than 5% of all xbox modders know what it is (this was back in 2003).

Secondly don't post links to horrible tutorials, if chunkhead writes a post like this, then it shouldn't even be in afterdawns archives, let alone linked to for help. The poor kid in the tutorial you linked to fried a 80 gig because he was too blind to figure out his drive was relocking (no doubt this is before we discovered pulling the ide cable to the dvd drive forced the hdd to stay unlocked).

Error 21 is like a 404 error, the xbox/computer is looking for something in a certain place and if it isn't there it will throw an error 21. You can cause error 21 by moving any important file the xbox needs in the system partition. Really it's an error that says the file is missing or invalid and instead of just hanging it throws a code.

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Originally posted by Swango:

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I am less concerned with who's tutoriorial is better or putting quotes around a post from 2003 than I am about helping and explaining. I am sorry if I am coming off confrontational, that is not my intention. You Senior Members and Addicts really help, and I appreciate, just sometimes please try to respect a person thats not as learned as you on a subject as they might not understand unless you just go simple

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Originally posted by creaky:

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Originally posted by Swango:

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I am less concerned with who's tutoriorial is better or putting quotes around a post from 2003 than I am about helping and explaining. I am sorry if I am coming off confrontational, that is not my intention. You Senior Members and Addicts really help, and I appreciate, just sometimes please try to respect a person thats not as learned as you on a subject as they might not understand unless you just go simple

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As C4RN1 said, in future you need to quote things, otherwise people might not differentiate your comments from someone else's comments and the same thing applies for 'going simple'.
As for recommending things/being helpful, that's great but you need to be extra careful when recommending something you haven't tried, obviously you must only do this if you can see the thing you're recommending isn't going to break something badly for the person who's reading it. Like anyone, i sometimes recommend things i haven't tried, but only if i've read thru the recommendation and am sure it won't break something.

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Hmm...

***WARNING***

This is a VERY dangerous way to mod your Xbox!

Although the concept "works", it has many flaws.

Firstly, there is no backup or second chances. Should anything go wrong you will be left with an almost useless Xbox.

Don't be fooled, there are many things that can go wrong.

What if you have a v1.6 Xbox?
Power failure?
Bad connections?
Accidently followed instructions badly?
Bad 'image' download

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Originally posted by C4RN1:

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Xbox Error Codes Explained

Did you backup your eeprom? Can you load a game?

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Originally posted by C4RN1:

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It really sounds like the hard drive is bad. You'll have to go the hard route and make an eeprom reader, though it shouldn't be too difficult for you.

Here's the link

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/357863

With the eeprom you can make a new hdd and softmod it while you make the new drive.

Usually when i softmod xbox's i backup the eeprom then ftp in and grab it off the box. There's no way to get your eeprom without making the reader if your hard drive fails because the backup that you made can only be accessed though a modded dash or exploit.

let me know how it goes and just reply here for any more questions.

Good luck

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Originally posted by C4RN1:

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You're asking all the right questions

first thing the pm button is on the user bar right corner



Second there's a whole xbox compatibilty list here
http://xboxdrives.x-pec.com/?p=list
Pretty much pick a ide/ata hard drive from maxtor, seagate or western digital.

And third you'll need to use xboxhdm to build a new drive from scratch.
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/533828

You can follow this tutorial it has most of the basics for using xbox hdm.

You can also use my softmod files if you want. All you have to do is determine your xbox's version and download the right files. Then using xboxhdm you throw the contents of C in your C, and the contents of E in your E. When the drive is built it will use my files all you have to do is lock the new drive with your eeprom and throw it in your xbox. Power it on and it will boot avalaunch.
Just use the link in my sig "my cheater C", it will work from v1.0 to 1.4.

Let me know if you have any more questions

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Originally posted by Swango:

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@farnswort...
BestBuy here in the States has a Western Digital 320gb for $89.
I just bought one and used it to upgrade one of my boxes. I have 60 games on it and still have 165gb free space so it more than does the job. Of course, if you don't mind using writable media (DVDs) you don't even need a large hard drive. Basically just back up all your games to dvd and play them through the dvd reader. If you want to use XBMC to play .avi and .mp3 files saved to your drive or games to preserve the discs, then yes the bigger the better as long as it is a lockable IDE.

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Originally posted by Swango:

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@fanswort...

LOL

Yeah I dont drive..and wife has a beater. If you are close to Ohio I could send some people your way.

If you are just watching internet TV why not use the original hhd? Or is that the one that actually died on you?

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Originally posted by creaky:

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Just create the Apps directory if it isn't there on E:
Just read the instructions with AID.

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