Topic: Tutorial For Upgrading Xbox 360 From 20gb To 120gb Using The Western D (Read 1551 times)

maninjapan · « **Reply #180 on:** April 13, 2009, 12:20:00 AM »

Hi

first time person here - so please be nice and excuse my stupidity.

tried following the guide and did it down to a T except this keeps happening every time I try to check if the hdd has been flashed properly.

Am using a WD1200BEVS as stated and using a 120gb hssbin file.

Have tried disconnecting and then going to format but xbox doesn't even recognize it.

Any help would be grateful.
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maninjapan · « **Reply #181 on:** April 13, 2009, 03:08:00 AM »

all sorted - have a gigabyte motherboard so didn't reboot pc - just formatted it straight away on xbox - works a charm!

NaumanManzoor · « **Reply #182 on:** April 14, 2009, 03:29:00 PM »

I ve a 630i chipset and a WD 120 BEVS-26UST HDD . When i try to flash it the HDD hacker says something like this
"plz enter nr from 1-4 or x-exit"

I pressed all 1-4 but it says invalid .

using "WIN 98 DOS" booting from USB drive .

can anyone help

maninjapan · « **Reply #183 on:** April 15, 2009, 05:48:00 PM »

Did you change the hex values in hddhackr to match your SATA connection?

LoonDawg · « **Reply #184 on:** April 16, 2009, 09:36:00 AM »

I am running into a problem which seems to be opposite of what everyone else has.

I ran hddhackr -f and flashed my drive, put it in the 360 which was recognized and I formatted it in the 360. When I hooked it back up to my PC and ran Xplorer360 to transfer files back to it, the hard disk is not recognized. I get the error that Xplorer can't detect a HD with a FATX format. (Hex Workshop doesn't detect the drive either).

Please help, I am so close but can't seem to find anyone else with this problem.

Thanks.

LoonDawg · « **Reply #185 on:** April 16, 2009, 12:35:00 PM »

Nevermind, I think I figured it out.

gibletboy · « **Reply #186 on:** April 16, 2009, 03:19:00 PM »

Greetings,

Does anyone know if the newer WD1200BEVE models will work? I can't find a WD1200BEVS at my local micro center but they had plenty of these in stock for about $65. I haven't seen the MS 120GB drives in the store until recently (after being noticably absent for a while). Now they're all over and I figured maybe they upgraded to a newer 120GB drive and the WD1200BEVE might be it? Anyone tried with these?

gibletboy · « **Reply #187 on:** April 16, 2009, 05:44:00 PM »

QUOTE(gibletboy @ Apr 16 2009, 04:55 PM)

Greetings,

Does anyone know if the newer WD1200BEVE models will work? I can't find a WD1200BEVS at my local micro center but they had plenty of these in stock for about $65. I haven't seen the MS 120GB drives in the store until recently (after being noticably absent for a while). Now they're all over and I figured maybe they upgraded to a newer 120GB drive and the WD1200BEVE might be it? Anyone tried with these?

NM, I just realized that is the IDE version. I guess I'm taking the drive back to micro center. I can't believe I didn't check before I left the sotre! Doh!

pcramrod · « **Reply #188 on:** May 02, 2009, 02:23:00 PM »

I completed the upgrade last night, but I'm having a few problems. My Street Fighter IV game save won't work on the 120GB drive. This isn't a huge surprise, as it seems people had a similar problem with Fable and Rock Band 2. I figured that worst case, I could pop in my old 20 GB drive and transfer the game save to a memory unit. When I did this, my 20 GB drive no longer worked on my 360. I think this has happened because I have a Gigabyte motherboard, which I understand somehow damages Sector 16. Do you guys have any advice?

Thanks...

Whoops... I think I found my answer in the HDDHackr thread. Use the HDAT tool...

CoLD FiRE · « **Reply #189 on:** May 07, 2009, 12:25:00 PM »

This is the best tutorial I've found and it covers everything needed for the process
just did my 120GB by following this tutorial and everything worked as it's supposed to..though I had to hexedit my drive to get it working in xplorer360...who could complain with an xbox 360 120GB for $37!

thanks a lot man.. this was very helpful
and also thanks to TheSpecialiest and everyone involved in making this possible

Uber-Dude · « **Reply #190 on:** May 25, 2009, 09:52:00 PM »

I just wanted to add my thanks for this tutorial. I have decided to become a novice modder myself, and next to some little stuff I did on one of my controllers, this is the first thing I have done. Thanks to this tutorial my attempt was a complete success and I actually was able to learn a few things (a win-win). So thanks to every who posted their versions of how they did this.

- Joshu

ravihpa · « **Reply #191 on:** May 26, 2009, 03:54:00 PM »

Hi guys,

I have a WD 1600BEVT Blue Series HDD, and when I try to flash it with the hddss.bin that I got from *ahem* source, it says...

"LBA size does not match"

Can you guys please help me out with this.

I am using Hddhackr 1.00, and it does detect the BEVT, and then I select "Flash" and it asks me for the hddss.bin and then shows information of the BEVT drive and the info in the hddss.bin, which is a 120 gb Fujitsu hddss.

Then it says something like info does not match in Sector 16, do you want to Flash ? I click Yes, and then it shows that message "LBA size does not match"

Any help in this regards will be greatly appreciated. Thanx a lot in advance.

PS: I also tried hddhackr 0.91, and it doesn't even detect my WD drive

It says, "No drives detected in Enhanced mode, Now searching in Legacy Mode" and then shows me something like....put nr number from 1 to 4 (x for exit) or something like that. Tried pressing from 1 to 4, but nothing happens, and then ultimately had to press x to exit.

Guys, please help me out

Rad0x · « **Reply #192 on:** May 30, 2009, 09:12:00 AM »

Hello people..

I have just had success with a 7200RPM drive, the WD1600BEKT 160GB Scorpio Black. At first, I tried flashing it with hddhackr v1.00, but that one was nagging about "LBA Size does not match" and simply didn't flash. Then I tried hddhackr v0.91-even though it doesn't officially support my drive-and it flashed correctly! My xbox just formatted the drive and it seems to work flawlessly. I wonder if i'm gonna notice the 7200RPM over the original 5400RPM.

The exact drive model is WD1600BEKT-00F3T0, I used a VIA SATA controller to connect it to my pc. So if you want to try this yourself, make sure to get that model!

crowmo · « **Reply #193 on:** May 30, 2009, 10:08:00 AM »

Hi,

Today I tried my WD2500BEVS-00lot0 using hddhackr v.0.91 and I had success. Firs i tried with Intel X48/ICH9R SATA controler hdd was detected flashed, but on second flash I didnt got msg that drive may work with xbox360 but hddhackr wanna flash it again, even serial and everything was same (not like first time).
Pluged in xbox360 and also no go.
Good that i select Y when hddhackr asked about dump. I flashded that 250gb hdd with dump using Intel X48/ICH9R.

Then i took VIA Sata controler to (same old i used to flash DVDROM), and flashed again and woala second try i sow msg that Drive may work with xbox360. And yea xbox360 recognized it and formated

).

Now i am looking for a working way to backup old 20gb and transfer it to 120gb one (gamesaves gamers tags etc). Trying with Xplorer360..

torakkus · « **Reply #194 on:** June 03, 2009, 03:55:00 PM »

For anyone trying to do the 20gb to 120gb upgrade I strongly recommend taking a look at http://beta.ivancove...d_Drive_Upgrade.

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