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Old 09-16-2008, 07:37 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Re: Reformatting your Xbox HDD to factory default
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No dice. (PC boots to windows fine now, I tweaked it out)

Would it be possible to use xplorer360 to "restore image" a working hdd?

For example, somebody with a working hard drive uses xplorer to create an image of their working drive, then uploads/emails/whatever that file to me, could i use the xplorer hotswap to solve everything?

I may just convince a "friend" of mine to let me clone his drive. But this guy is a pain to get ahold of...

In your pics it says that it found xbox partitions on your drive. How do I get those back?
If it doesnt find xbox partitions on your drive, then it will ask you to make them.
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Old 09-16-2008, 01:55 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Re: Reformatting your Xbox HDD to factory default
Well, I let it sit at that stage for 6 hours and nothing happened, so I give up. Thanks for your time anyway though.
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Old 09-16-2008, 04:24 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Where do you live?
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Old 09-16-2008, 05:58 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Re: Reformatting your Xbox HDD to factory default
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Old 09-16-2008, 06:07 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Re: Reformatting your Xbox HDD to factory default
Well, the shipping costs would probably be alot to ship the xbox. And you dont have the eeprom
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Old 09-16-2008, 07:46 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Re: Reformatting your Xbox HDD to factory default
No biggie, not like it works any less than it did before
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Re: Reformatting your Xbox HDD to factory default
Do you have the eeprom?
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Re: Reformatting your Xbox HDD to factory default
nope, drive went fubar before i could try to get it.
But ive heard there are ways to get an eeprom.


In theory, could i just clone a good HDD using the CD or xplorer?
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Re: Reformatting your Xbox HDD to factory default
No, because you need the eeprom
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Re: Reformatting your Xbox HDD to factory default
Still theorizing here:
Where would I want to look using xplorer360 in a good drive, to find the eeprom?
Or am I confused as to what the eeprom is?

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Neither box would be on Live, I just want to play backed up games and homebrew and such.
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Re: Reformatting your Xbox HDD to factory default
The eeprom is basically a code that the Mobo and the HDD have. Without each one having it the xbox wont work.
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Re: Reformatting your Xbox HDD to factory default
Curses.
One last question, and if it's a no then I'm done
Is there a way to put an eeprom onto my HDD then make it flash the eeprom on my mobo to match it?
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Re: Reformatting your Xbox HDD to factory default
I think you need a chip to have a different eeprom, i remember hearing that a while back but idk.
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The mobo eeprom is on an eeprom chip. You either change the chip or get a modchip.
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Old 09-16-2008, 10:00 PM   #35 (permalink)
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