Reformatting your Xbox HDD to factory default

[okipanoki]

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21. Then input 1 again.

i got up to here with no problems. but it says "these are your options" (or something of that nature) and then it says "<disabled> option 1, option 2, etc."
So i type in "1" and hit enter and it says "not a valid option". any ideas!

[xbnubi]

Trying to get a clarification about the EEPROM, and how it relates to a factory HD.

From what I've read in this post and others, the factory HD has the EEPROM somehow embedded into it in a way that is not effected by re-formatting the HD with these tools.

Is this correct?

[Mikespartan114]

ok i did all the steps up untill booting the pc with the Linux.iso disk. i have the disk in and the computer primary boot on the cd drive and it tells me that insert bootable .something something.. and reboot. my computer is not booting with the disk for some reson, if you have any sugestions they would be great cuse i realy want to mod halo2

[David5534]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mikespartan114

ok i did all the steps up untill booting the pc with the Linux.iso disk. i have the disk in and the computer primary boot on the cd drive and it tells me that insert bootable .something something.. and reboot. my computer is not booting with the disk for some reson, if you have any sugestions they would be great cuse i realy want to mod halo2

Did you burn the disk with an iso burning program like clone cd?

[matthewYEE]

hey everyone, just wondering: how long should this reformatting process take? thanks

[Mikespartan114]

like an hour

[David5534]

Quote: Originally Posted by matthewYEE

hey everyone, just wondering: how long should this reformatting process take? thanks

Once you make the disk it should only take like 10 - 15 minutes as long as you don't run into problems.

[matthewYEE]

alright cool, thanks. sometimes I think it freezes when building the C. (I'll have to wait longer) and sometimes after it builds the C an error comes up when it tries to build the E drive. I'll try it again

[caaleb]

Hey, mine says that the hdd is locked when I try to reformat it. Will it harm anything if I continue the process even though its still locked? Please respond.