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[dmac271]

QUOTE(sweapon @ Nov 6 2008, 10:45 PM)

can it be any digital wetern 120 gb hard disk or does it have to be a laptop(slim) harddrive?

laptop slim BEVS series

[sweapon]

QUOTE(dmac271 @ Nov 7 2008, 08:06 AM)

laptop slim BEVS series

can i use sata II type harddrives? i know that in the end it will not fit , but can it work connected?

[sweapon]

can i use any western digital hard disk drive, a normal desktop hdd fits in the connectors of the 360 so can i format that hdd and use it? i know that it won`t fit in the case though

[seg7]

Can i recycle the original m$ 20g drive to work on my old laptop? Reformating is enough?

[monkeyspank]

QUOTE(SynGamer @ Nov 6 2008, 05:29 AM)

I have a ICH9 chipset so i'm not sure if i can even get there or if i do boot into DoS if i'll have further problems but i'm going to try.

I used my ICH9 chipset successfully. I had to connect another SATA hard drive as well to get the flash to work.

Also, instead of using a USB thumb drive, you can do it from a hard drive. Burn a boot CD. Put all the files you need (hddhackr, hddss.bin)  into a folder on your C drive, for instance C:\360\
boot off the CD into DOS and navigate to C:\360\ (might change drive letter to D:\ due to the RAM drive, I'm not sure, but you'll know when you have the right drive with a quick dir command) and run hddhackr from there.

This post has been edited by monkeyspank: Nov 7 2008, 06:31 PM

[dmac271]

just got my BEVS VAT drive from newegg. popped it into my laptop and it worked flawlessly. took me 5 min. now i just have to wait to go home to transfer all my data

[monkeyspank]

Is partition 1 important?  lol
When I restored partition 2 to my new 120gb, partition 1 disappeared in Xplorer360.
Tried the drive in my xbox and everything seems fine (except the rockband save but not bothered by that)
Shall I do it again to try and get partition 1 to show? before I go saving games to my new drive?

[dmac271]

QUOTE(monkeyspank @ Nov 7 2008, 02:20 PM)

Is partition 1 important?  lol
When I restored partition 2 to my new 120gb, partition 1 disappeared in Xplorer360.
Tried the drive in my xbox and everything seems fine (except the rockband save but not bothered by that)
Shall I do it again to try and get partition 1 to show? before I go saving games to my new drive?

im not sure what partition 1 is and i wont be able to restore my files until tomorrow but im just going to assume that it does do something or it wouldnt be on there in the first place. I would start over and try again.

[DHR]

Anyone else find transferring data to the drive is VERY slow? Moving files from the 20gb was pretty fast, but the other way... uh!

Probably took at least half hour for a 300mb folder. Can't imagine how long my 6gb Content folder is going to take

[Elmlea]

QUOTE(Mach1024 @ Sep 29 2008, 05:58 PM)

I read about the backwards compatibility problem with these drives.  So I tested out some xbox titles and lo and behold they did not work.  I tried the Xbox 2007 update from Microsoft, but that did not resolve the issue.

I've got this problem.  I bought a Hong Kong 120Gb HD through eBay, and while it works a treat in every other way, it won't let me start any backward compatible games, regardless of whether they're on disc or downloaded through Xbox Originals on Live.  I presume there's something strange about partition 2 on the HK drives that are all over eBay.

Anyone got any tips on how I might go about fixing it?  I don't have an original 20Gb drive anymore, so I can't simply copy over any files that live in partition 2 as I don't even know what files are meant to be there.  I'm not an expert when it comes to things like hex editors so I'm wary of losing everything if I make a few mistakes.

Since formatting doesn't seem to touch partition 2, I was planning on just buying a new UK 120Gb drive and using the transfer cable to move everything over from partition 3 on my HK one, but if there's a cheaper way, or a way I can adjust my HK drive to repair partition 2 then I'd rather do that.

Anyone got any advice?

[supertrek32]

I have to say, thanks for the great tutorial. Wish the search tool on the site worked better so I could have found this sooner.  

Anyway, my only question concerns the hddss.bin file. Are these unique per HDD? I ask because if these are unique, MS could start banning any duplicate drives based off this - I wouldn't want to borrow my friends HDD so they wouldn't get caught up in it.

[tthome]

Alright guys...I need some clarification please from some of you that have this working.

Things that I have successfully done:

I have a working 107GB Hard Drive recognized in my xbox 360 with nothing on it (clean) and my original 20GB still has the saved games and all the downloads, updates, XBL arcade games on them.

I'm trying (as I'm typing this) to just go for it and use the Xbox Xplorer Extreme 2 to copy all the files from the 20GB hard drive - partition 3 to my PC...I started this last night at 8pm, and it's still running (10 hours later).

Here are my questions:

Does it take this long to see the "dumping folders" dialog box when copying all the files from your 20GB HD to your desktop?

After copying parition 3, I still need to create an image of parition 2 to go onto the new 120GB Drive correct?

Is it safe to say that after my 360 recognized my 120GB that I have a partition 2 and 3 on there?  If so, I assume I just copy from my desktop all the parition 3 information that came from the 20GB drive to the partition 3 on the 120GB and load the parition 2 image from my 20GB drive to my 120GB?  This will essentially move all my files right?

Or should I just go through the hex stuff?

I'm shocked that Xplorer Extreme 2 is taking this long...is Extreme 2 the Specialist version of Xbox Explorer that people are referencing?

[ntriusbil]

QUOTE(Elmlea @ Nov 9 2008, 02:33 AM)

I've got this problem.  I bought a Hong Kong 120Gb HD through eBay, and while it works a treat in every other way, it won't let me start any backward compatible games, regardless of whether they're on disc or downloaded through Xbox Originals on Live.  I presume there's something strange about partition 2 on the HK drives that are all over eBay.

Anyone got any tips on how I might go about fixing it?  I don't have an original 20Gb drive anymore, so I can't simply copy over any files that live in partition 2 as I don't even know what files are meant to be there.  I'm not an expert when it comes to things like hex editors so I'm wary of losing everything if I make a few mistakes.

Since formatting doesn't seem to touch partition 2, I was planning on just buying a new UK 120Gb drive and using the transfer cable to move everything over from partition 3 on my HK one, but if there's a cheaper way, or a way I can adjust my HK drive to repair partition 2 then I'd rather do that.

Anyone got any advice?

I also had the backward compatibility problem. I was testing Halo 1 from the disc, and it said it couldn't start - that I should download it again. This is how I fixed it...

I was using only the extreme2 version of xplorer. Once the xbox formatted the 120, it was working fine and showing 107GB free. However, extreme2 xplorer only showed Partition 1. Attempting to restore partition 2 at this point would crash the program.

I tested it by downloading a small XBLA game, and that seemed to go fine. I then reformatted the drive, but still only got partition 1 and couldn't restore partition 2.

I went and got the non-extreme xplorer. After doing the hex edits to the drive and the application, it showed partitions 0 and 3. I tested partition 3 and was able to copy to it. I then restored my partition 2 successfully (happy!). I copied the rest of my data to partition 3, and I now have a fully functional drive.*

* - I couldn't watch any downloaded videos until I deleted my rights management database. I'm guessing that it rebuilt itself properly.

* - My Fable 2 save is "corrupt." I'm guessing that is due to the hardware signing. I would really like some education on this. I can see that the "scene" frowns on this because of the cheating implications, but I would really like my Fable 2 save back. On the other hand, I don't want the big MS to think I'm cheating and jeopardize my account either. Anyone have any thoughts?

[tza88]

Thanks for all the info on this.  I am seriously contemplating this upgrade.

2 questions though

1.  Has anyone been banned yet that has done this?

2.  Has anyone used the HDD Migration kit that came with the Elite to transfer the files to the formatted drive, instead of using Xplorer?

A buddy of mine has the elite and i wanted to see if i could use that to transfer my info instead of doing all the hex stuff.

Thanks for any help

[tthome]

I am so close but so far away...

My 120Gb shows up as 107GB and I have all my data backed up to my pc...partition 3 files are there and so is the parition2.bin file...

when I go to view my 120GB drive using xplorer X2...I only see parition 1 on the drive, not 1, 2 and 3.

I've downloaded the hex stuff (ALL GREEK TO ME)...I do the first part by opening up the physical drive and selection the 120GB drive...a list of stuff, change the setting to 16 bit, yada yada...but when I do the goto 400 hex it really doesn't display anything different.

I see columns 0 through F and it's full of zeros but do I change all these columns to the ones suggestest in the "tut"?  Also, when I do the goto shouldn't I see something change???  I don't.

I'm so stinking close I know, but I can't figure out the hex part...please, can anyone do a screen shot of what it needs to look like?  I'll host the images if someone can email them to me or PM me a link, something.

I'd really like to get all my saves, updates, content over before the NXE thing kicks in next week.  I have a feeling after that transferring data might be harder.

Please oh XBOX HARD DRIVE UPGRADER GODS!!! HELP ME>>>>!!!