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[Textbook]

Back around two months ago, when I first built the NTFS4DOS ISO image, I tested it on my MS25.  I was able to flash it no problems, and thus was included in the tutorial.  Lately, people have been having problems with using it, so I decided to try it out again tonight.  I had an MS28 drive that needed to be flashed, so I used Xtreme Boot Maker, set it up for NTFS4DOS CD, and dumped the files to C:/XBF/.  I hooked up everything, booted from the disc, mounted my drive, changed directory so that I was now in C:/XBF/.  Booted up 360, SAMREAD, powered down 360 at the MTKFlash list, selected the drive, waited ten seconds, powered up 360 again.  I was surprised to see the reading stop at 01% and then throw up an invalid opcode error.  The green led was flashing rapidly because it had tried to read before it errored.

I powered off the 360, rebooted PC, and tried again, this time using the mtkflash r /m /sata orig.bin command instead of SAMREAD.  This gave me an extra choice, XTREME, so I chose that one when doing the bad-flash method -- same error at 01%.

I remember somebody saying that the NTFS4DOS CD didn't work outside of the root directory, so I booted back into Windows, moved the contents of C:/XBF/ directly onto the C:/ drive, tried again.  Error ... and ... error.

Then made a bootable floppy and USB using the same exact settings for Xtreme Boot Maker.  The only difference was the boot device.  Floppy worked with bad-flash method, USB worked with bad-flash method.

Conclusion

The NTFS4DOS CD cannot be used to bad-flash an MS28 drive.  If anybody has found anything contrary to this, please speak up, it would be hard to believe.  I'll check later about the "root directory" requirement, but I just wanted to post this for anybody pulling their hair out.

[Textbook]

Oops, talk about jumping the gun.  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

I copied all the files to a 10gb partition and everything works perfectly fine.  I can read/write to MS25 and MS28 drives just fine using the bad-flash recovery method.  No errors at all.

The difference: when I was getting errors, I was mounting and using an 80gb partition.  When I used a 10gb partition, I had no problems at all.  So, make a new (small) partition and use that if you want to use NTFS4DOS and it should work just fine.

Boy, my title is so misleading now.

[atlcj0010]

so you are saying create a new partition "L:" and then put the files in the "L:\XBF\" Folder or right into the root?  Thanks a million I have been stuck on that for a long time.. now I finally have some hope.. Thanks soo much..

[Textbook]

I ran mine right from the root of the new (small) partition.

[jameswalter]

QUOTE(Textbook @ Nov 21 2006, 05:39 AM)

I ran mine right from the root of the new (small) partition.

You have to run from the root directory right?  Since NTFS4DOS doesn't allow directory changes...or is that only on large partitions?

[Textbook]

I am able to change directories just fine.  I'll give it a test later if running from the root or from a directory makes any difference.  I would do it right now, but I have a Calc II quiz and Mech II quiz today.  I shouldn't even be looking at the boards right now  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Back to studying.. wish me luck, I'll try out the CD again tonight.

[Sirdude]

i had the same problem a while back and  i tried a few time and the same problem but suddenly it worked ,got the feeling tht  if i waited a few secs after i turned the 360 off before selected the drive in the menu ..
just  a sharing now ,so no actuall answer (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

[caster420]

QUOTE(Sirdude @ Oct 18 2007, 02:13 PM)

i had the same problem a while back and i tried a few time and the same problem but suddenly it worked ,got the feeling tht if i waited a few secs after i turned the 360 off before selected the drive in the menu ..
just a sharing now ,so no actuall answer (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

 

Wow, bumping a year old thread just for that - amazing...

 

Caster.