Topic: Successful Hdd Upgrade? (Read 159 times)

lexluker · « **on:** January 13, 2006, 10:45:00 AM »

It sounds like someone may have gotten a larger hdd to work for the xbox 360. I just finished reading this article, http://community.tea...ack/01-12-2006/ , and thought I would post it on this site. Maybe I missed something and you all knew about this already, if so I apologize. This way of upgrading might be a little beyond my skill, but I figured some of you would be able to take advantage of it.

Avenger 2.0 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 13, 2006, 12:14:00 PM »

Can you even find a 200 GB notebook harddrive?

Anyway, hard disk serial information looks to be scrambled on the disk itself, so it isn't possible to just make an image and transfer it to the new harddrive. This has been tested before. I think BS.

Schismatized · « **Reply #2 on:** January 13, 2006, 06:04:00 PM »

if this is true thats AWESOME. someone needs to check, i dont got one..

gangstajpimpin · « **Reply #3 on:** January 13, 2006, 10:08:00 PM »

Anything is possible...i saw a program so u could change the hard-drives...forgot where it was tho...CHECK XBINS

henmill · « **Reply #4 on:** January 14, 2006, 08:44:00 AM »

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CHECK XBINS

*Gasp!* don't you mean "the usual places"

G0t M4xx 21 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 14, 2006, 10:23:00 AM »

that article sounds BS

deadparrot · « **Reply #6 on:** January 14, 2006, 10:59:00 AM »

What a load of bollocks.

create · « **Reply #7 on:** January 14, 2006, 12:18:00 PM »

QUOTE(Schismatized @ Jan 14 2006, 06:45 PM)

is that a respectable site? sum1 should try it.

Yes, TXB is a respectable site.

tonloc79 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 14, 2006, 01:18:00 PM »

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More Xbox 360 HD Storage

I recently opened the Xbox 360 hard drive to find a cheap Samsung 20 GB Serial ATA notebook hard drive. I took a ghost image of the hard drive, threw it on my computer using the motherboard (which is SATA compatible). I then went to CompUSA and bought a Serial ATA Western Digital 200 GB Notebook Hard drive and plugged that into the computer and uploaded the image, which was only 18.33 MB. Afterward, I connected it to the specially made SATA cable, and boom - I have 200 GB storage for my Xbox 360! This voids the old hard drive, but please pass it on that 20 GB is not enough!

I would think that if it was that easy, more people would have already done it and it would be all over the place!

gangstajpimpin · « **Reply #9 on:** January 14, 2006, 02:01:00 PM »

*cough* THE USUAL PLACES *end cough* heh

create · « **Reply #10 on:** January 14, 2006, 08:47:00 PM »

QUOTE(tonloc79 @ Jan 14 2006, 09:25 PM)

I would think that if it was that easy, more people would have already done it and it would be all over the place!

That was my first thought...way too easy and I would think that at the least the Linux team has tried that. For Xbox there is a tutorial for cloning a HD for backup or use in another Xbox...tutorial; still requires a modchip.

twistedsymphony · « **Reply #11 on:** January 16, 2006, 07:59:00 AM »

1. While TeamXbox is a respectable site they're simply fielding someone's question, not saying that it's actually possible...

2. You don't need a notebook hard drive, they make desktop hard drives in SATA as well...

3. The only reason you needed a modchip for Xbox 1 hard drive swapping was to lock and unlock the drive. The Xbox 360 drive isn't locked (because it's swappable) so theoretically you wouldn't need that.

4. I still think the method is BS... you computer can't ghost what it can't see and without the recently released custom drivers (which they made no mention of) your computer wouldn't be able to see the drive or the content.

BecomethemonsteR · « **Reply #12 on:** November 12, 2006, 06:07:00 PM »

QUOTE(create @ Jan 14 2006, 10:54 PM)

That was my first thought...way too easy and I would think that at the least the Linux team has tried that. For Xbox there is a tutorial for cloning a HD for backup or use in another Xbox...tutorial; still requires a modchip.

Hmm... Thats strange... I can clone hard drives with in my xbox(original) without a modchip.

PayJ · « **Reply #13 on:** November 12, 2006, 07:27:00 PM »

if the 360 hdd are like the stock xbox1 hdds that means they are locked to that console..which means in order for you to take it out the 360 and put it in you pc you will need the unlock key(which is coded in the 360 bios i believe) and apply the key to your pc to even see that data...i SERIOUSLY doubt that you could find the lock key and swap the hdd that easy. encyrted data as well as hidden data may mess with the transfer.

celicagt1993 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 12, 2006, 08:42:00 PM »

you're right sicknasty. back while i was testing to see if you can crack the arcade games, i ran iton something with the HDD's. encoded on the beginning of the drive is information about the drive it's self. we are not quite sure what it is, but we believe that it's information like the physical drives serial number/firmware number and other things of that nature. when the 360 boots, it reads this info from the physical drive, then compairs this information to the info on the beginning of the drive. if they don't match, then the drive is no good and it's not recognized. i know this as i bricked a HDD of mine trying to do this. this was back when xplorer360 did a complete image copy of the drive, just like ghost. when i applied this to another drive, it no longer worked.

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