Im my never ending drama with the xbox (I know Sony is watching me) I need a little help. I have a v1.0 that I finally got all softmodded up (with 160GB HDD) and then we took a big power hit and the PS is dead. I also have a v1.6 that is still using the orig HDD, also softmodded. What I would like to do, is swap the stock HDD for the 160GB HDD. I have eeproms from both units. How do I unlock the HDD from the bricked xbox? Then, can I use Xplorer360 to replace the existing eeprom (1.0) with the new one (1.6)? Thanks
No, you use the unlocking procedure in XboxHDM. Make two discs on CD. Do not put anything into the 'C' or 'E' folders, simply place the eeprom into the eeprom folder. Obviously you will be smart enough to make one disc with one eeprom and another disc with the other eeprom, not two eeproms on one disc... Use my 'Hdd Upgrade' tutorial to show you how to build the discs, then simply skip to the locking section at the bottom!
Thanks for the reply, but its not working for me. I have the HDD out of the xbox and hooked up to my PC. I created a hdm disk with my eeprom.bin in the eeprom folder. I boot from the xboxhdm (v1.9) disk and select option 1. I type 'xboxhd', it does it's thing and tells me the xbox drive is locked (fine), then I type 'yes'. Then I select option 6, to create the HDD PW. (I copied key and PW). Quit and Reboot, get back to main screen. This time select option 3 (linux hdtools). eventually type 'unlockhd -a'. It eventually tells me "detecting drive status" then scrolls through the status (one being security enabled : yes) and I end up at root@xbox-HDM:/2 Ive also tried option 4 (DOS tools). I created a floppy with option 7 on the main hdm screen. Ive tried unlockx and hdunlock. UnlockX says not lockable and hdunlock says done. But when I reboot its still locked. Any other sugestions?
ATAPWD to the rescue!!! Got it unlocked. In case anyone else has this issue... Was softmodded with UnleashX and Evox, PW = XBOXSCENE And you have to unlock and disable with master PW. I know, old news to you pros, but it may help a noob? LOL
Chunkhead, I found that tut as well. But for whatever reason, that program didnt work. I remembered the XBOXSCENE password after seeing that, but still didnt work. I even reset the machine and HDD after 5 attempts. It is a WD Caviar 1600 HDD, if anyone is curious. Either way, thanks for all the assistance.
