My xbox v1.0 died on me, I bought a new one, thisone is v1.6.
New-one is modded, then I tried to install the HD (160GB) from my old, dead xbox..... Turns out the HD was locked (IMG:
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I do have backups from the dead xbox hddkey, eeprom etc.
Did some research and found this that might be usefull.
This is taken from the
No Modchip Hdd Replacement Tutorial (v0.1):
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Step 3: Unlocking the xbox harddrive
Shutdown your PC and remove all drives except for a drive that contains your OS and is bootable. This drive should be set as secondary master (use jumper).
Open up you xbox and remove the xbox hardrive. If you are not sure how to open your xbox and remove the harddrive, look for another tutorial on how to do it. Set up this drive on your computer as primary master (use jumper).
Insert your xbox tools disk and turn on your PC. You can skip any harddrive detection that your bios does, as it will not correctly detect the xbox drive. Once you are at a DOS prompt run the following tool from your bootdisk: atapwd.exe
The program should detect your two drives and you should notice that the xbox drive is flashing (if not refresh the list using the shortcut displayed). Also check out the SELFXV and notice that the xbox drive has a few more + signs then the normal PC drive. In the next steps we will unlock the drive (the L column) and then disable drive locking (the E column) on the drive which in turn will make those two columns display signs. Press ESC to exit the program.
Next run the following program from the xbox tools disk: hdunlock.exe
Here is will display a list of drives where you can choose which one you wish to unlock. Usually the xbox drive will be choice 1, but verify that that is correct. If so press one to select the xbox drive.
Now you will be asked to enter the key the program will use to unlock the drive. Enter in the key that we printed in step 2. Remember you should not enter in :s or any trailing 00s in the key. An example key will look will end up looking like: 112233445566778899aabbccddeeff
When you press enter it should pause for a moment and then say done. To verify that the unlock key worked correctly run the file: atapwd.exe. You should see under the L column of the drive there is now a - sign meaning the drive is unlocked. If for some reason it still has a + under it you did not successfully unlock the drive and you should start over from step 2. For those of us who did it correct the first time, we now need to disable the locking on the drive so when we restart it doesnt relock.
Run the following program from the xbox tools disk: hddisabl.exe
This should bring up a similar selection menu where you can pick the xbox drive. Just choose choice 1 (or the one that you believe is your xbox drive). Then you will have to enter the xbox drive key again. When finished it should say done again. Verify that you disabled locking by running: atapwd.exe. Under the E column you should now see a - sign meaning you disabled locking of the drive.
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Step 5: Prepare the new hardrive
Connect the new drive as primary master (use jumper) and start up your machine. Once in windows you may need to refresh the system under device manager to detect the new drive.
Ive noticed in all other tutorials that you need a lockable drive; however, I have yet to encounter a harddrive that was not lockable. You should be safe with a newer drive.
First load up the liveinfo program and click load eeprom. Then select the file eeprom.bin from the backup folder you got from evox. The program will display some information regarding your xbox system.
Go to the second section of the program where it has a list of harddrives. Select you xbox replacement drive (make sure you know it is the replacement drive) and the program will generate a key that we will use to lock the drive with. Print this key or write it down EXACTLY on a piece of paper as we will need this while we are in dos.
Now we need to prepare the drive to look like an xbox drive. Use the program hdprepar to zero the first 4096 sectors. BE VERY CAREFUL to select the correct replacement drive to zero as you could destroy your OS partitions if you select the wrong drive. Once finished close the program as were done with that.
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Step 8: Lock the replacement drive
Place your boot disk back in the drive and restart your computer so it boots from the floppy.
Once in dos run the following program from the disk: atapwd.exe
You should see the replacement drive and your OS drive here. We can also see from the SELFXV that the replacement drive does not have locking enabled and is currently not locked. We need to change that so the xbox believes it has a legit drive installed. Press ESC to exit atapwd and go to the dos prompt.
Run the following program from the xbox tools disk: hdlock.exe
Now you should see a screen that looks much like the unlock tool. This time select the drive that you believe is the replacement drive. Most likely it will be choice 1 if your drives are configured the way they should be.
You will now have to enter in the key that was generated from liveinfo in step 5. Make sure you enter the key EXACT. Go over what you typed in 2 to 3 times to make sure that this is the correct key. After you hit enter you should see the done message. A file will be created on your xbox tools disk containing the key information if you should ever want to change the drive again. To be safe you can lock the drive again using the same key from step 5 again. To verify that the drive will lock run atapwd and there should be a + sign under the E column. There will be no + under the L column, but that is normal as it will lock itself the next time it is powered up.
The info I get out of this brings me to my question:
Can I now unlock the HD in my PC using atapwd, Hdlock, Hdunlock, Hddisabl with the old hddkey. Next is to create a hdkey with liveinfo(using eeprom from new xbox1.6) and then lock the HD with this key.
Will this work?
Thx, LoL (IMG:
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