Reformatting Your HDD with Softmod installed
By ForrestMaster
This tutorial will show you how to reformat your xbox HDD to be modded. This is a LAST resort. It will fix your xbox but it will remove everything on your HDD. Hope you have a backup
Tools of the trade.
RapidShare: 1-Click Webhosting http://www.pbfreeagents.com/7sins%20...oxhdm_v1.9.rar http://www.pbfreeagents.com/7sins%20stuff/Ndure-3.0.rar
Cd burner
A blank CD
Torxx screwdrivers
Another computer that you can open and boot from CD with.
Xbox info
Click on the Settings button on your Xbox Dash, press A.
2) Scroll down to the System Info at the bottom of the next menu, press A.
The System Info screen will give you all the information you need to know about your Xbox console including your kernel version and dashboard version.
K is Kernel
D is your dash.
Mine is 5838. You will need yours for this tutorial.
Opening your Xbox
1. Remove the four feet from the bottom of your xbox. Use the torxx screwdriver to remove the four screws. There are two more in the center, beneath the stickers. Take these out as well.
2. Take off the top cover. Use your torxx screwdriver to take out the two brass screws that are in the center holding the drive housing down.
3. Remove the section of casing with the harddrive in it.
4. Use the torxx screwdriver to take out the four screws holding the HD in place. (You don't have to do this, but it makes getting at the data cable much easier).
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Important** 5. Now to unlock the HDD unplug the IDE cable from the DVD drive. Now turn on your xbox and when you get Error 12 that means the HDD is unlocked and you did it right. Dont freak out about the Error 12. You can fix it by pluging back in the cable but dont do it yet.**
Important**
Making the Iso
6. Now download the MS Backup from RapidShare and XboxHDM, PC NDURE installer from my site.
7. Once you have them both downloaded extract them to the same folder. You dont have to but it makes it easier.
8. Once you are done it should look like this.
9. Now open up the MS folder and copy all of the files in it.
10. Paste the files in the \xboxhdm_1.9\xboxhdm\linux\C folder.
11. Now open the ndure 3.0.exe. Click Next.
12. Set it up like so.
X Basic Files
X Retail Files
X Add ShadowC Its gay but it keeps you from getting banned from xbl
+ Kernel Specific Fonts
X 5838 (You would choose the number of your kernel that you found using System Info at the beginning of this tutorial)
X Default boot xonlinedash console (because I have Xbox LIVE)
+ UDDAE
X Add UDDAE
+ Select Kernel Specific ST.DB
X 5838 (You would choose the number of your kernel that you found using System Info at the beginning of this tutorial)
I personally do not like ShadowC but if you are gonna go on XBL then you will need it. If you ever want to bypass it then you can use this.
http://www.se7ensins.com/forums/xbox...-shadow-c.html 
13. Now click next. Browse to the linux folder in your xboxhdm folder. Not the C folder. The folder containing it.
14. Click ok and it will start patching the files.
11. Go back to the xboxhdm folder and click the make-iso-win.bat
12. This will pop up.
13. This is your ISO file. Use some program to burn it to your disc.
Preparing your Computer
14. Make sure you have another computer with this tutorial up so you can see this tut.
15. Make it so that your other computer will boot from CD and then shut it down.
16. Unhook your IDE cable from your computer HDD and your xbox's IDE cable. Hook the computer IDE cable up to your xbox HDD.
17. Now turn on the computer with the XboxHDM cd in the drive. If you set it up right it will automatically load to this.
18. Input 1 and hit enter.
19. When its done loading type in xboxhd
20. This loads up and type in yes.
21. Then input 1 again.
22. Input yes for all the questions.
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When it is done, poweroff your computer, plug the xbox IDE cable back into your xbox HDD. Then you can turn off your xbox. Turn it back on and now it is back modded. Your F drive is also enabled
Written entirely by ForrrestMaster.
Please give thanks if this helped you.