HDD Upgrade TUT

[ThePope43]

Using this method you will not need to do anything to your original hard drive which means that if anything does go wrong you will still have an xbox.

Necessary Equipment:

1) xboxhdm 1.9 (Found at xbins’ in the directory: /XBOX/Operating Systems/linux/distributions)

2) Torx 10 And Torx 20 Screwdrivers - To Open XBOX

3) A Spare/Blank PC Hardrive (Can be anything from 10 GB to 10000 GB I think)

4) FTP Program (AceFTP, SmartFTP etc.)

5) A blank CD-R/W and A CD Burner


Steps:

1. On your xbox's evox dashboard go to system utils and select backup. While your waiting for that to finish extract all files in xboxhdm 1.9 to your PC'S hard drive and open up the folder 'linux' in that folder is a folder called 'eeprom'. Once the backup is complete, on your PC run the desired FTP program and access your xbox. Go to E:\ backup_linux\ and download a file called 'eeprom.bin' to the xboxhdm\linux\eeprom folder of on your PC’s hard drive. Then go to the root of your xbox and download the full folders of C:\ and E:\ (You can use F:\ to if you want it) to your PC's hard drive to the xboxhdm\linux folder and overwrite the ones already there. Now in the root of xboxhdm is files named 'make-iso-win'. You must run make-iso-win and wait for it to finish once it has finished. Now burn the .iso which was created to a blank cd-r/w using nero or alcohol etc. When burning is finished shutdown pc.


2. Take out all other hard drives leaving a CD/DVD drive in and put in the hard drive you wish to make an xbox hard drive and set it to be the primary master. Boot up your PC and as it is loading press escape and set your PC to boot from CD. Now reset your PC and put the cd-r/w with the .iso you created on it, in the cd/dvd drive. You should be given a list of options. Choose Option 1 (by typing ‘1’) and press enter to boot VGA console with xbox-drive utilities (default). Type ‘xboxhd’ when it asks you for a login. Another list of options will show up, choose option 1 again (the one that says ‘Build a new Xbox HD from scratch’) and it will begin to format and write the partition table etc. If you put your C:\ and E:\ onto the CD then when it asks you about them type yes and when it asks you if you would like an F select yes, it is all pretty self explanatory. Now quit and reboot your PC. If this worked you now have a brand new nearly-usable xbox hard drive.


3. Now for locking the hard drive. When it boot from the cd agian, this time type ‘3’ and hit enter to boot linux with locking/unlocking utilities. Next, type in ‘lockhd -a’. It will now search for the eeprom on the CD and will automatically lock the hard drive. Now turn off the PC and take out the hard drive when it has finished locking.

WELL DONE YOU NOW HAVE A BRAND NEW CUSTOM XBOX HARDRIVE!!!

[Tbone]

sweet good post

now if you would only tell me where to get a 300gb hd for 50$ then i could change my name on msn to tbone again

[The Finishliner]

That's a good tutorial.

[.Ply]

Very nice tut im going to need this soon when my new hdd comes in.

[nxdragon]

when i go to my backup folder and try to look for my eeprom i can find it i know i have to have one because my xbox is running and i dont know what softmod installer i used either but i install it and i cant find the file can someone help me i have been looking for a couple of months and i still cant find it. Iam i looking in the wrong folder? Should i look somewhere else? PLZ PLZ PLZ help me. Also is there any program that i can use to get my eeprom or anything like that because iam saying i cant find it on my xbox anywhere when i ftp into it. PLZ PLZ PLZ help me!!!

[mountainman8687]

how do you get xboxhdm 1.9 and also will a 160GB 7200 Rpm 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 OEM hard Drive work in a xbox?

[mountainman8687]

can some one post a download for xboxhdm 1.9 cause i cannot get xbins to work,

[ThePope43]

did you try going to Xbox-Scene.com - Xbox 360 Xbox360 Modchips Xecuter3 Xenium SmartXX X-Chip X-B.I.T Xecuter2.6 Xodus - Gamesave Dashboard exploit - EvolutionX Avalaunch MXM Dashboard UnleashX - X2 & EvoX bios - Copy Xbox Hacks & Cracks tutorials faq - Cheapmod and going to their tools section ?

[mountainman8687]

yea i did and could not find it, i looked through all of the links under the tool section and nothing

[caption skeet]

thanks for writing this tutorial it helped alot but when i try to lock my hardrive it gives me a message saying "harddrive is frozen and you cant change security sttting while hdd is locked" and it suggests disableing the "auto dectetion" of the ide on the pcs BIOS. i have no idea what that means and would really like some help.

also i have a question about burning the iso boot disk. in your tutorial you say put the e drive on the disk and in other tutorials it says you dont need to. im sort of confused about this and am wondering how you would do that anyway because my e drive is huge

[BoJangles00]

I prefer the one LGC wrote but I haven't tried this one, looks good though

[mountainman8687]

when you format a hard drive for an xbox is the drive useless in any other device besides a xbox? Can you format it agian to use it in a comp.

[mountainman8687]

does the cd you burn the iso to have to be a cd-rw or can it be a cd-r

[(TRS)Crazy]

next time look carefully because it says CD-R/W so yes you can use a CD-R

[xXDistortXx]

omg, ive been using a dvd-r, so that wouldnt work would it?

edit: sorry, big bump, moderators can delete, but this is the only good thread i could find. sry.

[Julian124]

umm....i did this but when i try to lock the HDD it says that its in a frozen state....how can i lock it?

[Not_Pro_Modder]

Can someone post the .iso for download? I can't get any of the data because i f'ed up my original xbox harddrive.

[xXDistortXx]

Quote: Originally Posted by Not_Pro_Modder

Can someone post the .iso for download? I can't get any of the data because i f'ed up my original xbox harddrive. AND WHY THE **** IS THIS POST CONSTANTLY BEING DELETED!

#1. This post is 8 months old, and I apologized for my bump.

#2. No, we will not post the .iso because you can't do it yourself.

#3. Do you think that a post being deleted is a sign that maybe you should keep re-posting it? It's not, you will get banned.