Topic: 40gb Hd Refuses To Boot On Xbox (Read 69 times)

gerzand · « **on:** September 18, 2002, 11:21:00 AM »

To anyone who can figure this one out:

I took a spare 40gb 7200rpm Maxtor DiamondMax ata66 HD from my computer and ran hdprepa on it, selecting the format first 4096 sectors. I had premade a EvolutionX boot disk that i know worked. I installed the HD into the xbox, making aure all connections wre good but it would not boot to the evox cdrw but it will with the original HD. I then tried"zero"ing the entire drive but it still wouldnt work. i even tried erasing the whole hd partition but still no luck after "zero"ing.

I dont know wtf the problem is. i have done everyhting connrectly. is it this specific hard drive that will not work? any suggestions? Im in windows XP if that helps for whatever reason.

thanx all

gerzand · « **Reply #1 on:** September 18, 2002, 06:48:00 PM »

I already tried both Master and Cable select as well as slave too. anyone?

gerzand · « **Reply #2 on:** September 18, 2002, 08:24:00 PM »

An X-ecuter... fully supports evox... so what could it b?

b16mcc · « **Reply #3 on:** September 18, 2002, 11:27:00 PM »

Maybe its because its only ata66.

A bit of a shot in the dark , but I can't see any other reason.

A little tip, if you do fit drives that have been used before, then you must zero the whole drive !

gerzand · « **Reply #4 on:** September 19, 2002, 05:24:00 AM »

even tho my drive is ata 66, not 100... does xbox use ata100 anyhow?

gerzand · « **Reply #5 on:** September 19, 2002, 06:00:00 AM »

aha... mabye this is it... does anyone know whats the newest version or Hdprepa. I have v1.3....could it be b/c its an old build?

Oldie · « **Reply #6 on:** September 19, 2002, 08:02:00 AM »

Oh, and the latest HDPrep is 1.3, so you're fine there.

Later,
Oldie

cyrusuncc · « **Reply #7 on:** September 19, 2002, 08:04:00 AM »

when u say the xbox won't boot the new hd, what happens excactly?

how are you trying to boot the evoX cd?

ocat · « **Reply #8 on:** September 19, 2002, 08:51:00 AM »

Make sure you have f: turned on in evoX, i dont know if you can even get to that in your situiation though, just a thought. Took me ages to find out why my new 80 gig drive was still only been detect as a normal drive, just 1 friggin setting, arrrr!

gerzand · « **Reply #9 on:** September 19, 2002, 11:23:00 AM »

for who asked: I am booting from a burned evox cdrw disc. ALSO: Anyone who can hook me up with a dvd-r Evox disc if i supply you with my custom evox.ini file, i'd pay ya for it. contact me at [email protected]

if anyone else has had a similar problem, please post!

gerzand · « **Reply #10 on:** September 19, 2002, 06:28:00 PM »

flashback, yes i am... do you8 know something i can do??

gerzand · « **Reply #11 on:** September 19, 2002, 06:30:00 PM »

oh and im using evox v1.8.2594 which uses the evox.ini file

gerzand · « **Reply #12 on:** September 20, 2002, 05:15:00 AM »

anyone?

gerzand · « **Reply #13 on:** September 20, 2002, 10:57:00 AM »

Flashbak....when you say that your not using a menu.ini does that mean the only file u have burned is the default.xbe?

Flowzarus · « **Reply #14 on:** September 20, 2002, 11:50:00 AM »

Not the easiest or quickest method but it should work:
Start over.
Reprep the HD, follow the guide exactly. Use a CDRW to do the initial boot of Evox. If it won't load it then install another drive (PC DVD Drive) to read the Evox disk.

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