Upgrading HD on Softmodded Xbox Tutorial

i just found an easier way to get the files over in the Xbox HD maker there is an option that says copy xbox hd to another or something like that i did that and it all workes

 

i just found an easier way to get the files over in the Xbox HD maker there is an option that says copy xbox hd to another or something like that i did that and it all workes

 

you can either use a dvd disc or delete some of the nonessential files from the c and e drives or delete the e drive entirely (its just saved games and stuff) and only copy the c drive

and i do not know if jaden's way works but cool find, nice job

 

ok.. problem here with making an xbox harddrive out of a western digital 40g.. after booting up to the disk that i created thru the steps listed, i choose option 1.. then i get this

INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO

blah blah blah

Be aware of the following linux device names :

Primare Master : /dev/hda
Primare Slave : /dev/hdb
Secondary Master : /dev/hdc
Secondary Slave : /dev/hdd

Do you wish to continue ? [yes/no] : (i type y)

root@xbox-hdm:/1 ????????????

wtf is this?


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wow im dumb... its asking me yes or no and i typed "Y".. i just needed to type "YES" lol

 

I completed the entire process and copied everything to a WD40 gig HDD, everything went smoothly until i put the new hard drive in my xbox. When i turn it on now it just goes to the original xbox dashboard. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!

 

dkinard just remod your hdd using the game and gamesave thats all

 

followd the instructions exactly... and i put the new drive into my xbox but it boots to the grean error screen with chinese letters on it... what happened?

error "06"

 

this tutorial does not work at all!!! and i wasted a day of my life which i will never get back...

 

justagame, i had the same problem first and what it was is that i didnt lock the new drive and it said that my xbox needs service. just lock it properly like the tutorial says and it should work. it booted to the original xbox dashboard for me but i just used the boot disk in my pc and made a clone of the hd in my xbox, that worked great.

 

i am still getting error 6... what is hddisable?

 

Ok it is still november but no one has posted for a while so i hope ppl are still looking at this thread.
Anyways i want to upgrade my my harddrive and im using the xboxhdm v1.9 and i have the eeprom.bin copied and the C:\ copied but i was wondering if i had to put the E:\ on there or if i could just wait until im done and then put the E on there also, i accidently deleted tghe MS Dashboard thats not a problem is it? any help would be greatly appreciated

 

also mr E is too big to copy to a cd but if i delete the TDATA and UDATA
then it will fit is it ok to delete these or do i need to keep them? please i really need help

 

y not just remove all your programs from e before burning the cd then put them back later...

 

so you mean just have the c stuff and eeprom on the cd and leave the E an empty folder then put everything from E back on there when im done? cause i would have but i didnt think you could do that.

 

your going to need your program files on it.. like media center or something.. but i got my hd to fit on a cd after removing all the emulators i had on it and games and unnecessary programs and sticking them into a folder on the pc then burning the disk and so on... i left evox and media center on there

but just so you know.. i still havent been able to get my new harddrive to boot.. i get error 06 everytime .. the harddrive is not locking properly i guess.. so i gave up since my powersupply recently started going bad.. the xbox is on for 10 min before it goes blank and smoke starts coming out of it.. im afraid of turning it on now ... gotta order a new one

 

I successfully swapped out my original HDD FOR a 250 gb, and everything is running great in my dashboard (XBMC).
However, I am unable to play Xbox-live compatible games because of the swap. It's not that I cant get to Xbox live, the game just crashes at the start menu. When i unplug the ethernet cable, everything works fine.

Anyone have ideas of what to change in settings or even what files to delete?
Thanks

 

hey, i got a samsung harddrive, i had it in my xbox running fine, then i wanted to redo it, i unlocked the harddrive again, reinstalled everything then tryed to lock the harddrive again tho it wont let me, does the jumpers on the back of the harddrive stop it from letting u do anything should it be set to master or slave?

Thanks

 

Just thought I should post my $0.02 worth! I successfully upgraded my HD in my xbox from an 80 gig to a 120 gig using this howto (aquired it from a friend pre-hacked - ran outta space on the 80 gig after about a year of use!). I just finished wiping the 80 gig and intend to upgrade a friend's stock Xbox using the old 80 gig!

I spent about 3 hours reading every post and carefully followed the instructions to achieve success. I would like to note that while the OP's instructions were good, he did not give enough information about what each step does / does not do, give info for what steps to perform should something fail, nor did he make it simple enough for an absolute n00b to follow. Perhaps this howto could be rewritten in such a way as to fully answer many of the questions that have been posted since it was originally created, and possibly point out steps to resolve some issues.

To hopefully answer some questions that may be asked, here's the steps I used.

1> Downloaded xboxhdm 1.9 from xbins (you'll hafta figure out how to get that yourself)

2> Used the backup C and eeprom from my xbox (found the eeprom in the UDATA folder to ensure it was the correct eeprom)

3> Assembled and burned the CD according to instructions

4> Booted my PC as instructions stated (didn't work) used spare duron machine (worked fine). I would suggest that if it doesn't work first time, try again with another PC. Many posters have stated that it took several tries on various machines to get it to work.

5> Followed instructions given to recreate the file system on my new drive and lock it.

6> Inserted drive and powered on (and prayed). It worked first try! I did have to reapply my softmod (fortunately, I got all the files ahead of time as I've been performing softmods on many machines in recent months). Reinserted old drive and began a full drive backup to my PC and am now doing a selective reload of all games, gamesaves, etc. to my new 120 gb drive!

Also, to the person who posted the info about using hdderase.exe to fully erase the data from a drive, I am using an open source program called DBAN http://dban.sourceforge.net and it gave me no issues with a locked drive. Just to check, I inserted the xboxhdm disc I created after I wiped the drive and it said the drive was not locked (note: I did not unlock the drive before I ran DBAN - forgot that step till it was already started).

Following my success, I may try to write up an updated howto and will give detailed info of my steps along the way for anybody who's interested. Anybody interested in grouping our collective experience together to write this?

As always, YMMV

 

i found if the jumpers are on the harddrive the wrong way it wont let u lock it

 

Could you provide more details?