Easy Hard Drive Upgrade

[ix witerasta xi]

ok thanks

[xxxhitmanxxx]

So do u have 2 have slayers disk to do this, cause it says its needed in xbhdm?

[Mayhem51]

can i do this if i want to install a new hdd in a xbox?

[mattman709]

can I do this off a flash drive? My comp can't work a CD burner and I don't think our floppy drive will write, so I need to know if I can do this. And how much memory will it take on said flash drive?

[flamingblaze90]

is it possible to build a new drive with the microsoft xbox reset disk (xbox repair venders have them)

Quote: Originally Posted by LGC Note : This isn’t the only way to upgrade your hdd. It’s just one method, which should be easy to understand.. Reason this FAQ was made because the ‘how to’ question is asked (and answered) almost daily. Requirements : • Krayzie’s Ndure Installer Here + Tutorial • Exploitable game : Mechassault, Splinter Cell or 007 Agent Under Fire AUF • Xboxhdm • A lockable HDD (check here :Xbox Hard Drive Compatibility Chart • Torx screwdrivers 10/15/20 (can be done with regular screwdrivers when careful but i do not recomend this because you can strip your screw heads) • A PC • A Floppy Disk • Ability to FTP from PC to Xbox (SmartFTP, FlashFXP) STANDARD HDD ALREADY MODDED: 1) Boot your xbox and connect through FTP 2) Copy everything from C:, E:\Tdata, and E:\Udata to your PC. Also copy the file eeprom.bin to your PC. (backup was made during install) 3) Put everything you just copied in the appropriate folders in xboxhdm. For a tutorial see : http://www.se7ensins.com/forums/appl...g-xboxhdm.html 4) Create the iso. (doubleclick make-iso-win.bat , See tutorial above.) 5) Burn the .iso (in Nero : choose ‘burn as image’ from the recorder menu.) 6) Hook up your new hdd to PC, Same tutorial once again. 7) Choose : build from scratch from the xboxhd menu, follow all directions, still the same tutorial. 8) Choose 6 : generate hdd key. 9) Choose 7 : make floppy 10) Reboot (remove CD, boot from floppy) 11) Type : lockhd –a 12) Type : unlockx to check if the hdd is actually locked 13) Put the new hdd in your xbox and boot 14) Delete the old exploited savegame (using the MS dash, as it contains the uninstall info from the initial install on the standard hdd) 15) Copy the ‘virgin’ savegame to the hdd from memory card (using MS dash) 16) Mod your xbox like you did on the original hdd. NOTE : Alternatively you can manually delete the savegame after copying E:\Udata to your PC. It’s located in E:\Udata\xxxxxxxx . (the x’s represent the unique number for the exploitable game you used.) Manually replace it with a ‘virgin’ gamesave. STANDARD HDD NOT MODDED YET: 1) Copy the installer (savegame) to the standard hdd (use the MS Dash) 2) Boot your xbox with the exploitable game 3) Load the exploited savegame. You now have ftp access and the option to backup your eeprom. 4) Backup your eeprom, pay attention to where it’s stored, it’s all on screen. 5) Do NOT install the softmod. (this way you keep a virgin backup hdd) 6) Copy everything from C: , E:\Tdata and E:\Udata to your PC. Also copy the file eeprom.bin to your PC. 7) Put everything you just copied in the appropriate folders in xboxhdm. For a tutorial see : http://www.se7ensins.com/forums/appl...g-xboxhdm.html 8) Create the iso. (doubleclick make-iso-win.bat , See tutorial above.) Next, burn the iso. (In Nero choose : ‘burn as image’ from the ‘recorder’ menu.) 9) Hook up your new hdd to PC, Same tutorial once again. 10) Choose : build from scratch from the xboxhd menu, follow all directions, still the same tutorial. 11) Choose 6 : generate hdd key. 12) Choose 7 : make floppy 13) Reboot (remove CD, boot from floppy) 14) Type : lockhd –a 15) Type : unlockx to check if the hdd is actually locked 16) Put the new hdd in your xbox and boot 17) Boot your xbox with the exploitable game 18) Load the exploited savegame and start the installer, follow the onscreen instructions. Remarks : • If your hdd doesn’t lock, there can be many reasons, just use ‘search’ for many possible solutions, here are a few : - Some motherboards don’t ‘like’ locking, intel chipset based mobo’s seem to have this problem. - Same goes for certain Compaq computers. - You didn’t put the hdd as Primary Master. - Try attaching the hdd to the IDE cable after your PC has booted. All tools have their own hdd detection. Note : locking can be done without the floppy. As this guide is intended for new users, please do use it anyway, just to avoid problems.

[Spector]

Friends;

Ok, I've tried this three times and read all of the tutes - still getting error 6. My original softmod still works fine. The WD 250 gig I want to use seems to take the the rebuild and everything happens as in the tute but I keep getting Error 6!!! I was going to try "Cloning" to see if I can get the WD 250 to just boot. then I can repartition later to recover my space. Will this work??? Is there any danger to screwing up my original drive??? any help would be appriciated.

[Atrin]

i heard a loooong time ago theres 2 files somewhere in the xbox that are safe to delete and can give u an extra 2 gigz on ur hdd. did n e body else hear of this before?

[black86]

I checked the list (my hdd= Xbox Hard Drive Compatibility Chart )and my HDD will work, but on program it says slayer's. Does this mean i cant use unleash? Also this hdd was used in a computer so it has windows and a lot of files, if i delete everything will it still work?

[airwebber]

This Tutorial was a great help..

The only area I am in need of help with upgrading the HD, is:

I was able to take a old 250GB hard drive from a dead xbox (my son has killed 3 xboxes in 3 years) and reformat it with Xboxhdm to make it work in one of the new softmoded consoles. The problem I have is that I clearly saw when Xboxhdm created the new F partition it showed just about the entire hard drive but when I booted it in the xbox, the F partatition was far smaller.. I was able to boot to UnleashX and format partition G to include the missing hard drive space..

I would like to know what I would need to do different or maybe did wrong, I have 2 500GB HD's for 2 more softmoded consoles and I would like to be able to set those hard drives up so I can put the majority of the drives space on just the F partitions and not use the G partition at all..

I assume maybe the issue is due to bios that SID v5.01 installed and it does not have the larger size hard drive enabled?

Any help would be greatly appreciated..

Thank you..

[Dstroyer]

I would think that formatting partition G after, is easy enough. I would just do it that way.

[Showme369]

this so good
i might just have
to try it

[releasecef]

Quote: Originally Posted by Showme369 this so good i might just have to try it

Look at the ****in' date...this is when LGC was still here.