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500GB hard drive formating
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20. February 2008 @ 14:04 |
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Hello. i have a xbox with xecuter modchip. i have a 500gb hard drive i've been using to store game but need to learn how to obtain and use xbox partitioner so i will be able to use all 500gb of space. I've seen various posts around the web, but haven't found where to actually get the software. please advise.
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corn
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20. February 2008 @ 17:19 |
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Just format the drives using UnleashX, the password will be "xbox" no quotes.
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20. February 2008 @ 17:29 |
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well i've been using evox as a dashboard. is there any way to do this with evox?
If not, how and where do i get unleashx?
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corn
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20. February 2008 @ 20:05 |
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katuuuz
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22. February 2008 @ 22:31 |
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hello
i just purchased a seagate 100gb hard drive for my first soft mod/hard drive upgrade. (yes i'm a virgin). i went with the 100 gb because i thought softmods/xbox couldn't handle anything over 120gb!? ((i couldn't find a 120gb so 100gb was 2nd best)). isn't there an extra procedure you would have to take if you installed a HD higher than 120gb? if so how would you do it?
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corn
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22. February 2008 @ 22:54 |
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No. Just format the hard drive as you would any other one. Size doesn't matter anymore.
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katuuuz
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22. February 2008 @ 23:33 |
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damn, i wish i found afterdawn before my purchase, i was looking at a sweet 750gb. well since i have your attention, i'm not sure where to post this so i appologize in advance. where can i get information like what psx/n64 games are compatible (smooth running) on the soft modded xbox. as far as i know ff7 for example works, you need specific bios though. and i remember my 64 emu on my pc wouldn't run certain games for example "ken griffey junior". is there somewhere that will tell me what i need for settings etc? thanks for the fast reply.
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25. February 2008 @ 12:13 |
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corn are you sure hard drive size doesn't matter? does it depend on which dash you are using?
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corn
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25. February 2008 @ 18:30 |
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katuuuz
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25. February 2008 @ 19:07 |
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corn you are awesome dude. i just got my action replay in the mail today and moved those splinter cell files onto it. as soon as my hard drive comes, i'm gonna soft mod my box. what do you suggest doing first?.. replace the hard drive or soft mod it?
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25. February 2008 @ 19:30 |
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How do i extract xiso contents onto my computer? i usually extract regular iso contents with winrar or winiso, but how do i do this with xiso files without getting my xbox console involved?
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3. March 2008 @ 19:52 |
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Originally posted by katuuuz:
corn you are awesome dude. i just got my action replay in the mail today and moved those splinter cell files onto it. as soon as my hard drive comes, i'm gonna soft mod my box. what do you suggest doing first?.. replace the hard drive or soft mod it?
Very first thing you want to do is copy over the exploit and get your eeprom. You can leave your stock hd alone. You then copy your c: and e:(if you want your saved games) over to xboxhdm then go from there.
You need to select an ata drive that features locking. If the hard drive can not lock it can't be used in a softmod.
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16. March 2008 @ 18:37 |
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So I went into unleash x went to the format menu and clicked on format g drive. Nothing happened. I also went into the settings menu and enabled it from there and still nothing got formatted. Any suggestions?
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corn
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16. March 2008 @ 20:50 |
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TBandit: Try rebooting.
If that doesn't work, then you may want to use an AID disk to format, I have never used one before, but I have heard of success via them. I can't really think of anything else that you could do, only formated like 3 hard drives and never had an issue.
BTW, this is after I read the PM, do you have it working now? Or is there another problem at hand?
Katuuuz: You need to FTP the eeprom file, and E: has everything stored, if you don't want to re-download map packs and such then copy the whole E: drive.
Follow this tutorial to upgrade your hard drive:
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/533828
**When it tells you to make the E drive folder and the folders inside as well, you will want to copy that E: drive that you FTPed. Thats only if you want the saved map packs and such.**
You do not need to copy the C drive, only if there are settings saved that you wouldn't want to re-do.
Ramosfet:
I have never used this program before, so I don't know how well it will work, but Google gave me this link:
http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/extract-iso.php
I think I got everyone, if I missed something post and I will try to help you out.
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16. March 2008 @ 21:47 |
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Yeah I got into the menu but just saying the pass is case sensitive I am launching Unleash X from the apps folder as well did you have yours as the default dash on boot because I got avalaunch.
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corn
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16. March 2008 @ 23:27 |
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I do belive the password is "xbox" no cases.
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17. March 2008 @ 02:29 |
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damn still no luck its maxing out at 137gb i think i need to change bios
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17. March 2008 @ 15:47 |
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Alright I somehow got MOST of the space onto the F drive. For some reason it still doesn't make a G drive, what ever. I'm just wondering where about 25 gigs went because when I formatted the F drive I got 469 gigs and about 5 on E drive.
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17. March 2008 @ 15:59 |
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Originally posted by TBandit:
I'm just wondering where about 25 gigs went because when I formatted the F drive I got 469 gigs and about 5 on E drive.
that sounds about right. For example all my 500GB drives (in Windows) show a usable total of 465GB. You have to allow for filesystem overhead etc, here's an example link - http://compreviews.about.com/od/storage/a/ActualHDSizes.htm
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17. March 2008 @ 19:45 |
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Originally posted by TBandit:
damn still no luck its maxing out at 137gb i think i need to change bios
Before you go playing with the bios, do you have your EEPROM backed up in case something goes wrong?
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17. March 2008 @ 20:21 |
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yeah no worries got a recovery disc in case it messes up again. Yeah I found out how I did get the extra space which was using the Phoenix Bios Loader. I loaded one of the Bioses from the AID but when I try to put PBL to C drive the xbox freezes. I guess I need to change the bios or something, its currently X2 4973(1.1)
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corn
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17. March 2008 @ 20:49 |
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Do you have a modchip? I can't help with that, because I've never used one before. But I think X2 are modchip bios?
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17. March 2008 @ 21:41 |
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I found out my modchip doesnt support the larger than 136 hdd but found a way around it. Just used Select X to run the PBL MeToo app on boot to run a diff bios. Dont know ANYTHING about flashing bioses and what not. Ill try this method out and see if it works though
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corn
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18. March 2008 @ 14:43 |
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Hope it works, never had this problem, but like I said, hope it works.
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audogstar
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25. June 2008 @ 22:06 |
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Originally posted by TBandit:
damn still no luck its maxing out at 137gb i think i need to change bios
Just looking back at a few posts...
doesnt also the jumpers on the rear of the HDD put a limit on hdd sizes ??
pretty sure there was a post somewhere to show the different combinations of jumper settings for seagate & western digital to max the size of hdd or limit to 137 GB...
I have the same probs with a WD 200 GB.. cant get it to allow full hdd size as yet cause i cant find the correct jumper settings to allow Unleash X with pw Xbox to format remaining section..
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