Reformatting your Xbox HDD to factory default

Quote: Originally Posted by lucidian518

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.

[lucidian518]

Well, I let it sit at that stage for 6 hours and nothing happened, so I give up. Thanks for your time anyway though.

Where do you live?

[lucidian518]

Quote: Originally Posted by ForrrestMaster

Where do you live?

Ohio

Well, the shipping costs would probably be alot to ship the xbox. And you dont have the eeprom

[lucidian518]

No biggie, not like it works any less than it did before

Do you have the eeprom?

[lucidian518]

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?

No, because you need the eeprom

[lucidian518]

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?

Note:
Neither box would be on Live, I just want to play backed up games and homebrew and such.

The eeprom is basically a code that the Mobo and the HDD have. Without each one having it the xbox wont work.

[lucidian518]

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?

[David5534]

I think you need a chip to have a different eeprom, i remember hearing that a while back but idk.

The mobo eeprom is on an eeprom chip. You either change the chip or get a modchip.

[lucidian518]

Oh well, learned the hardway not to softmod without a generator
Thanks again for your time.

Lol no problem. If you ever really want your xbox to work again, you can send it to me and ill fix it, install a softmod, back everything up, and then give you access to some of my secret apps. All you have to do is pay for shipping. But that can get expensive.

[lucidian518]

Quote: Originally Posted by ForrrestMaster

Lol no problem. If you ever really want your xbox to work again, you can send it to me and ill fix it, install a softmod, back everything up, and then give you access to some of my secret apps. All you have to do is pay for shipping. But that can get expensive.

I'm a little tight on cash, but if you PM me where to send it, and if I get the cash, I'll toss it your way. Still major kudos on the guide, I just got really unlucky XD.

Quote: Originally Posted by lucidian518

I'm a little tight on cash, but if you PM me where to send it, and if I get the cash, I'll toss it your way. Still major kudos on the guide, I just got really unlucky XD.

Well, just see how much it is first. I might open up my repair shop again.

[lucidian518]

I said I would drop it but I lied, would a chip make all the badness go away? Or does that still not fix the eeprom on the HDD problem?

The chip would help because you could use a bios that doesnt check for the eeprom.