Topic: Xp Hd Nfg In Xbox? (Read 355 times)

Axel Foley · « **on:** August 08, 2004, 05:03:00 PM »

Hello Everyone,

I have looked but I can't find what I need.

I have a 120 gig maxtor that was in my PC - I took it out and attemped to use it in a modded x2 box.

When I swap drives, I don't hear the drive running - I hear it boot yes, but thats it. when I format the drive the disc (DVD) tells me its formating, but It doesn't work after that..

I have attempted this a few times with the same result. I have never had this problem before - but I have ALWAYS used a vergin drive.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Strud1512 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 08, 2004, 08:39:00 PM »

Axel Foley · « **Reply #2 on:** August 08, 2004, 09:57:00 PM »

I have Evox and the latest Slayers.

1. I boot my (working/modded) xbox with DVD in drive.
2. Slayer/Evox starts
3. I UNPLUG (working) HD and replace with PC HD
4. I select format HD
5. Format STARTS, but slow to format each drive letter. (1/2 hour to format all)
6. Reboot xbox

7. ERROR code (HD)

To me it seems that the hard drive stops after power up, like it can't boot / locks up?

And like I said before - I have never had this problem before using a fresh drive. Does this have something to do with using a used PC hard drive? Does XP screw up boot sectors?

BTW the HD works in my computer fine - so I know it works.

Thanks again

sacroligous · « **Reply #3 on:** August 08, 2004, 11:11:00 PM »

Could of been something with bad sectors n your HD and windows was to lazy to tell you about it..lol but Ive had that happen to me... so what i did... I put in my comp and formatted it throuh linux (knopix) it worked fine after that.... Btw... knopix is a cdbased OS... It's a great hacking tool also

(to crack windows passwords) GL with that/... and keep us up to date!

Cheers!

Sacroligous

This post has been edited by sacroligous on Aug 9 2004, 06:12 AM

Axel Foley · « **Reply #4 on:** August 09, 2004, 08:13:00 AM »

Thanks, I have a machine running Linux, I will give it a shot and see if that helps.

bigga · « **Reply #5 on:** August 09, 2004, 08:18:00 AM »

If im putting a pc drive into an xbox, i format it first to get rid of any windows crap on there. Also you could try removng any pc partitions

Axel Foley · « **Reply #6 on:** August 09, 2004, 08:22:00 AM »

Before I took the drive out of the PC, I deleted all partitions and defrag'd it. Just to cover my bases

Axel Foley · « **Reply #7 on:** August 18, 2004, 08:46:00 AM »

I tried linux and NOTHING! the same results. I even changed the circut board on the HD with another one I had, NOTHING.

I downloaded a copy of EXUSERS UnleashX (latest) for testing and just for a kick plugged in the HD and... I WORKED! -- I have no idea why all other attemps failed, but I am glad my 120 gig drive ain't JUNK!

Thanks for all your help with this problem guys. this thread is CLOSED

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