a tsop flash of m8+ or ind bios will see a large hard disk. you just have to use xbpartitioner.
the x2 bioses use a strange way to get partition table data, 5053 should not have an issue with it but it also has some strange file encryption. "claimed to be for saftey. really just there to be awkward so they can say you should use an xecuter bios on an xecuter chip"
so the reall problem is you dont see the files. but they still take up the space, so your hard disk looks smaller..
So its a bit like this..
x2 5053 bios can see the files on a disk that it prepaired.
m8+ and ind bios can see the files on a disk they prepaired.
x2 5053 can see the files on a disks M8+ and Ind bios prepaired.
m8+ and Ind bios cannot see the files on a disk x2 5053 prepaired..
and the x2 4xxx bios were worse, they did not take partition table data from the drive...
so heres the long and short of it.
It is better to make the drive with m8+ or ind bios. because that means all the xboxes with up to date bios's can see the files on the drives.
this is better because if your xbox dies and you want to put your hdd in an xbox with a tsop flahs or a cheaper mod chip.. or your mod chip dies and you replace that with a cheaper mod chip with 256k bios, Your going to be unable to see your files..
MOST tsops are only 256k.
And the x2 bios is 512k..
earlier tsops are big enough for a x2 bios..
But really you would want to use m8+ or ind bios on a tsop.
provided the hard disk was created and then partitioned and most importantly "ALL THE FILES WERE ADDED" when it was in an xbox with m8+ or ind bios, then all the files will be accessible.
if you fill the hdd up with files on an xbox running a x2 bios and then put that hard disk in a M8+ or IND bios xbox, you will only see the free space on the drive. all the files will be invisible.
its a big reason why i never use x2 bios's