ok i finally got it to go after many hddhackr -f and formatting using the 360.
BUT
using xbplor360 beta6 when i put the individual files on the hard drive from my original drive. (i extracted each partition) everything goes ok, nothing hangs, but when putting the hard drive back in the 30, 1 time it said only 14gigs free, and saw no game saves, or profiles, or anything. another time it saw 30gigs free, no game saves, profiles, etc etc....
whats going on guys, do i need to hex edit this drive like i saw a few pages ago ?
I am VERY confused as to why this is happening.
i tried another 120gb BEVS drive that i use in my unmodded 360 and everything works great....
but this new one,,, weirrrdddd