I'm not sure this is the correct board for this question, and if it isn't, I apologize. I recently had to format my 320-gig harddrive, and I got it all done without a hitch, up until I needed to lock it. Right now, there are four computers in this house. One with a bios that doesn't support HDD locking, one that has a SATA drive (I need IDE), one that has a fried motherboard and won't detect IDE's, and a laptop I'm not allowed to open up. I don't really have access to any other computers. Is there any way possible I can lock this HDD? I also have the original, still-operational harddrive that came with the xbox, in case that helps, and it's all softmodding, so there aren't any modchips around.
I'm trying to think of the best way to solve your problem but i'm comming up blank actually. I know you can buy an old old computer for cheap or just buy a bargin basement one from craigslist. I actually have a computer dedicated to xbox modding and i have a couple more sittin around. So that would be my advice, just find a really cheap computer that will work for you. I've also thought about using a usb hard drive caddy and i haven't seen if the bios reconizes it yet. If i have time tomorrow i'll try it and see what happens. If you can just use a usb hard drive caddy then that would be the easiest and best solution. Check back tomorrow
Ok, well is there any sort of comp I should aim for? I've heard bad things about the bios of HP's, and I myself had good luck hotswapping with a Dell before it burned out. And what's the minimum hardware that I need? A keyboard, a motherboard, maybe some ram?
Just passing thru... To save space i just keep an ancient Compaq Deskpro (cost me only £5) for xbox hotswaps, like this - ..except mine is much older than a P3 600, mine's an old Celeron something or other, ie Pentium 2 or similar. But it's perfect for xboxhdm duties..
Well I have a very old Gateway, from sometime back in 95 laying around, would that work? Or is that a little too ancient?
The way xboxhdm works is that the pc boots up without the hard drive attached ie the pc bios doesn't have to be new enough to recognise modern hard drives so i guess a really old pc should work, you could always try it
All right, thank you everyone for your help. I managed to find an old comp that worked perfectly, and now I have a dedicated modding computer. Thanks very much for the assistance. ^_^
hahaha creaky i remember those. We would have those in the library in my highschool and they'd always freeze when you were almost done typing your paper. Well windows 98 was the shit back then.... And then they switched to macs. You could probably do it with a stoneage comp like a pentium 1 or a 386... now we're talkin stoneage (presses the turbo button). Glad you found a computer, let us know how it works out.
