Easy Hard Drive Upgrade

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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.

[Chopstick]

Sweet man this is awsome

[The Finishliner]

its a good tutorial but I'm to lazy to do it I would just give someone a dollar to do it.

Can you have an upgraded hd with an ms dash to go on xbox live IF you got a new EEPROM?

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Quote: Originally Posted by dempyros

Can you have an upgraded hd with an ms dash to go on xbox live IF you got a new EEPROM?

Simple answer is no. XBL can monitor Hard Drive sizes i am living proof of that.:whatever:

ppl will get around it just wait...........

[Scuba]

Thanx! this helps so much!

[LGC]

Your welcome! if anyone has questions i can answer!

[SITH]

I have a question. Can I do this without making a floppy as I do not have a floppy controler on my pc.

[LGC]

You can do this without a floppy. I have never personally tried it my self because the floppy is a great back up of the key but if you want to try it that way by all means do so and leave feedback here if it works. I do suggest using a floppy though.

[h2haxor]

thnx! 4 the tut

[VoOdOo]

well if ur only using the floppy to boot from couldnt u do it with a cd or jump drive?

[LGC]

Try it out the way you are thinking. If you come up with proof for an alternative i'll post it here but the backup with the floppy is a damn good idea.

[VoOdOo]

ya i understand but both my computers are to new to come with floppies.

[LGC]

Neither did my laptop but i used a friends pc with a floppy.

[VoOdOo]

ya i guess i will do that but u opened up ur laptop to do it.

[SITH]

Bam.....thx it worked like a charm....

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Quote: Originally Posted by SITH

Bam.....thx it worked like a charm....

I am glad to hear it worked for you man! Awesome please leave me a thanks above since it helped.

And no i did not open my laptop to do this like i said i use a friends pc to do it.

So if xbl can monitor hard drive sizes, can you use a y splitter IDE cable and then just put a switch in to toggle HD's?

[madmandrew]

i relize i put another post about this but since nobodys looking ill post it here to

um.. so i was wondering if you could use like usb to xbox adaptor to hook up an external hard drive and use it like another partition or something and if so will it be really slow?