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HOW TO: Upgrade your Xbox HDD (Super Tutorial)
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NoMustard
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25. March 2008 @ 20:41 |
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Ok I fixed it. The I did a reinstall and this time i clicked backup on E and it was there when i looked. Thx silent for the fast response. Lets hope I can finish this up =)
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jgdrag
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25. March 2008 @ 20:57 |
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To tell you the truth, I re-started my soft mod and only selected the back up eeprom option and it indicated to me where it was saving my eeprom. In the UDATA folder and then in the E\Backup folder, So that is the one I transfered from. I also found it benificial to do a clean install onto the new HDD. Mine is a 320 gig WD. So I used Slayers C: drive with my eeprom and just added the UDATA,TDATA and Cache folders empty to the E\ drive in Xboxhdm and it was great!
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NoMustard
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25. March 2008 @ 21:30 |
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I am still a bit confused, I have FTP the folder in E:UDATA that starts with 2 and also the C folder. I cant seem to find anything that says "LiveInfo" can anyone point me in the right direction ?
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jgdrag
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25. March 2008 @ 21:44 |
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Personaly, I have never used Liveinfo, As far as UDATA, you need to ftp the eeprom file to the eeprom folder in Xboxhdm if that is the way you are going.There is a small tut in Xboxhdm for this process.
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NoMustard
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26. March 2008 @ 13:20 |
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So I got the eeprom thing figured out and everything went smooth until the locking step of the tutorial. When I got the the step where I type 'lockhd' I get the following message.
Drive on primary is frozen.Cannot change the security status of a frozen drive! Try to disable 'automatic detection' on the primary ide channel in your pc bios and reboot.
The comp i am using is a dell and I do not see anyplace in the bios for automatic detection , i read on a different forum that some people got around this by plugging in the drive after they get to the xboxhdm menu but when i do that it wont see the drive. Can anyone help me out ?
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26. March 2008 @ 13:34 |
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Originally posted by NoMustard:
some people got around this by plugging in the drive after they get to the xboxhdm menu but when i do that it wont see the drive.
the key here is to not have the drive attached when you're booting up the pc; plug in the drive when you get to the xboxhdm menu, wait long enough for the drive to spin up, only then fire up xboxhdm (hint- what i always do is - when xboxhdm menu appears, i select option 3 but don't actually hit enter yet, this stops xboxhdm auto-starting so it gives you chance to attach the drive; attach the drive, listen to it spin up, then hit enter for the option you want).
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NoMustard
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26. March 2008 @ 13:41 |
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Just tried it twice and when I type "lockhd -a" it says No drive found on primary master.Shutdown attach and try again.
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26. March 2008 @ 13:48 |
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it's a pain in the backside; i had the same problem the other day, except with trying to unlock a drive; i spent ages on it, was close to bouncing the drive and the pc down the stairs, but in the end i tried a different pc and it worked first time
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NoMustard
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26. March 2008 @ 14:05 |
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The pc I am using now is the only desktop in the house, is there a way to try this with a laptop ?
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26. March 2008 @ 14:08 |
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I have a compaq. I had to start xbox hdm with my pc hdd then I switched to the one I wanted to use with the xbox when xbox hdm started. If you can use a different computer.
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NoMustard
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26. March 2008 @ 14:23 |
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Gave what silent suggested a try and I got the no drive found on primary master msg...Guess ill try a different pc.
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26. March 2008 @ 14:46 |
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yeah just try it on a friend's pc
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NoMustard
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26. March 2008 @ 16:09 |
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Small update, I asked my neighbor if I could try on his pc he has a compaq and it didnt work ;( One thing I did notice was that when I press 3 on the xboxhdm menu it went right through to the next menu but when I press 3 on my pc I get the following message i failed to mention this before " You passed an undefined mode number press return to see video mode aviable, space to continue or wait 30seconds" when I hit space it goes to the next menu where I can type in 'lockhd' etc.....Dose this change anything I have told you guys so far ?
Btw I only had time to try on his pc once he was leaving but said I could try again when he came back home.Anymore help would be great....
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26. March 2008 @ 16:16 |
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Just persevere; as to that undefined mode message, don't worry about it, i just select option 0, it's just a linux thing
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NoMustard
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26. March 2008 @ 21:33 |
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got that fixed
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jgdrag
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26. March 2008 @ 22:15 |
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Is that it then? All done?
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NoMustard
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26. March 2008 @ 23:15 |
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I got it done ;) did it with an old p4 comp...I want to say thank you to all who helped me you guys are the best...
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jgdrag
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26. March 2008 @ 23:20 |
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Enjoy!!!!
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27. March 2008 @ 13:40 |
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Glad to know it worked out. ;)
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evilbulb
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14. April 2008 @ 22:21 |
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ok, 3rd modded drive im trying, first 2 went great. this one, not so much. im using a different computer from the first 2. made the linux disc, i didnt use nero used an iso burner. it recognizes the drive and all so i dont think my bios is the problem, but it say something like, bad kernal, tried to kill init? any ideas?
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leeroy94
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14. April 2008 @ 22:40 |
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well init is the first linux process started ...... bad kernal ... hummmm.... im clue less lol ... im taking linux in college ... tommorow is my exam .. hah ha im gonna fail ....
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pi_hole
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13. May 2008 @ 00:08 |
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Quick question regarding the XBHDM script:
Can it be edited?
The motherboard on my PC always freezes the Primary Master (as well as the Secondary Slave), and only the Primary Slave is "thawed". I have tried hotswapping to no avail, and although I have other motherboards available to the task, I'm too lazy to pull them out of my garbage electronics storage...
As near as I can tell, the only limitation to the XBHDM script is the fact that it only caters to /dev/hda, and not to /dev/hdb. That, and my admitted complete lack of knowledge with regards to Lunix (intentional misspelling).
If the script can be edited, please provide a brief tutorial (I'm Lunix-illiterate, but not unfamiliar), or, if it cannot, please provide a breakdown of its contents so that I can manually run the script myself.
My root problem (pun intended) is that for some reason the Xbox whose HDD I'm upgrading refuses to boot from the HDD Upgrade CD I created (can't remember its source at the moment), so I'm hoping XBHDM can do it for me. The CD in question has worked fine on two other Xboxes, so unless it has been corrupted somehow, it should boot the Xbox for F drive formatting.
Help?
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Stan
[Update]
Strange... I used HDD Driver to restore the drive image (which was from the original 8 GB Xbox HDD), and re-locked it, and after installing it, the F drive was magically formatted... Problem solved?!
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Stan
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Swift06
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26. May 2008 @ 00:22 |
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i'm having trouble with the VERY last step... putting the hdd in the xbox and pushing the power button.
so when it comes on, the green blob does its thing and then it says that my xbox requires servicing. the formatting of the hdd went flawlessly and i have no idea what is going wrong. the drive is locked, because i double checked by trying to lock it again. xbhdm it said that it was already locked and to unlock it first. help?
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26. May 2008 @ 00:54 |
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Does the xbox give you an error code?
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Swift06
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26. May 2008 @ 01:08 |
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no. it just says
your xbox requires service.
please call xbox customer support
then it says it in like 5 more languages.
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