Upgrading HD on Softmodded Xbox Tutorial

Craxtion runs on your PC and connects via ftp to your xbox system.

 

Hey guys, I am a newbie and need your expert advice on upgrading my
XBOX to a new hard disk.

I have a soft modded XBOX (built using AID V3.1), and followed the
instruction on upgrading new hard disk using xboxhdm v1.9, by copying
the "virtual c" and "e" folders from the modded XBOX before
building the ISO file.

The new hard disk was built without any problem and successfully
locked.

I installed this new hard disk to the XBOX, but when I brought the
XBOX up, it was not in the modded mode, but instead in standard
MS Green dash.

Could someone please advise if this is the expected behaviour and
if I have to then remod the new hard disk after installing it on
the XBOX.

I've read this threads and some folks saw the same behaviour while
others seem to indicate that the newly built hard disk should have
been modded.

There's also a mention that I should be using the "actual" C drive
rather than the modded "virtual" C drive. Please kindly advise if
this is indeed the case.

Thanks.

PS: My friend whom I borrowed the mem card to do the hack is away,
so couldn't do the hack to verify :-(.

 

I don't know if I'm an expert or not but I'll try to answer your questions.

Using the files from the "virtual" or "shadow" C partition will indeed result in an xbox booting to a virgin (unmodded) state. Some on this forum have had success using the files from the "real" C partition while others still have successfully "cloned" their original xbox drive to a new one (cloning is an option in XboxHDM 1.9). I have personally not tried either of these solutions and cannot confirm them as working or not. Hope this helps! Merry Christmas

 

Thanks for the info Slaeyer! Will soft mode it again when I get hold
of the memory card.

 

Hey I'm kinda stumped right now...i have installed larger hdd in xbox'x plenty of times and never have had a problem.... but now i am trying to install a maxtor 320 gb hdd i get all of it done and then put the hdd in the xbox and turn the power on and get an error screen.... does anyone know what i have to do to fix this error.... cause it is really causing me a headach

 

Folks, just want to say that I was able to successfully remod my
newly installed hard disk and it appears to be working fine now.

I was only able to see 123GB in Drive F out of the 320GB space, and drive G was showing no free space. I had to format and prepare G
drive to see the remaining space in that Drive.

Looking back at the xboxhdm install procedure again, it's highly
possible that I might have missed a step, causing the problem.

Thanks for all the help!

 

More info would be needed.... is there an error number accompanying the error screen?

 

Ok so I want to use this tutorial and I think I'm getting a 200GB Maxtor HD that is ATA-100. The problem is, will i still be able to connect it to my motherboard even though my current hard drive is SATA? I don't know if my motherboard has ATA.

My motherboard is an Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe if that helps

 

Works great but i dropped my wife dropped here fag on the mobo and burnt it,

lol, i hate smokers now

 

Most likely you also have ata connectors onboard. If you are unsure, find a geek friend to help you first!

 

Checking your mobo specifications, you should have 2 Ultra ATA connections present.

 

hey.....just installed a 160gig with xboxhdm but I can't get all the games to work....some work if I qwix or craxtion them on the new f drive but none will work if I copy a disk on to it....I have tried dvd2xbox complex tools px hdd loader the games load but when I go to start game it freezes.....anybody have any ideas??......also how do I load another dashboard on my xbox I am using evox.....all the games have been burnt and put on the hdd before

 

ok so i followed everything step by step and when it came to locking, i went lockhd -a and it said security enabled and successful but it didnt lock. so i tired it in the xbox and it only booted to the xbox dashboard. did it work or what did i do wrong?

 

If you received the msg "security enabled" your drive locked successfully. Booting to the xbox dash is normal - see previous postings regarding this matter. You will have to remod the xbox and may need to reinstall all apps / games / saves, etc.

 

This is normal from what I've experienced thus far.

 

not only will it not play certain games from hdd but it will not play them from disk either.....I was having trouble with display on pal games as well but I ftped shademands c drive and overwrote my c drive and that fixed that problem......this is driving me nuts i used xbpartitioner to build a 142gig f drive would that matter??
i have now installed unleashx and avalaunch but neither of them are helping with my problem.....

 

I wiped out my e drive and now everything works.....just replacing all my apps now.....

 

Glad to hear that you got everything working! After reading through this forum, I noticed many ppl having similar issues with their copied data not working properly. It may be easier to just backup that info and rebuild the E and F partitions after drive upgrades. Of course, YMMV!

 

I'm not getting all of the 80 gbs.
The C and E drives are the normal spaces/sizes, and I have the F and G drives enabled, but I only get 24 gb on my F drive, and none on my G:

Is there a certain step to do when the linux installer thing asks me about the F drive? I know it says "your drive is bigger than 8gb, would you like to install an F Partition" So I said yes, then it asked "We noticed you have an F partition, Format this partition?" So I clicked yes.

 

The message that is popping up on the xbox screen is 05 customer service is needed... well i dont think that i want to send it back to microsoft... if you think its the hdd let me know or if i have to use the xbpartioner also let me know....i think its because its a Maxtor drive though...