Topic: I Busted My Hd And Know I Cant Boot (Read 225 times)

FeLoNy · « **on:** August 11, 2003, 12:30:00 PM »

damn that really suxs.......u shouldn't have did it if u couldnt back it up.........i dont know if u can download a backup..........there alot of space to store but u can always buy a new xbox and put the broken one back in the case then return it

vonralian · « **Reply #1 on:** August 11, 2003, 02:07:00 PM »

QUOTE (FeLoNy @ Aug 11 2003, 09:30 PM)

damn that really suxs.......u shouldn't have did it if u couldnt back it up.........i dont know if u can download a backup..........there alot of space to store but u can always buy a new xbox and put the broken one back in the case then return it

hehe, i read that thread too...

I could just swap hard drive out of old one and then re-turn it.

deadly · « **Reply #2 on:** August 11, 2003, 04:56:00 PM »

hahahaha

first u have to open the xbox, to remove the HDD..And places like Bestbuy and CompUSA won't accept any open/tampered xbox's....

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U would be able to fix ur HDD if u had a backup of ur HDD..And for downloading one it's about 7-10 Gb an image.If HDD-driver did not work for u then how did u add the exploit..U should of tried the audio exploits.
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Tell a friend to let u use his HDD to make a Backup.

xilicio · « **Reply #3 on:** August 11, 2003, 06:50:00 PM »

My backup is only 3.99 gigas..

dubey · « **Reply #4 on:** August 11, 2003, 07:15:00 PM »

best buy is great, i have taken back a few un-usable harddrives no questions asked

vintage_guitar · « **Reply #5 on:** August 11, 2003, 07:50:00 PM »

or you can just look for old people that don't even know what an XBOX is at the customer service booths

deadly · « **Reply #6 on:** August 11, 2003, 09:53:00 PM »

Yea i like that look for old people thing.lol...But the shit i hate about circuit city is that they ask for ur name and shit when u buy some thing...

ImOkRuOk · « **Reply #7 on:** August 12, 2003, 05:25:00 AM »

That fuckin RadioShack policy eh?

gronne · « **Reply #8 on:** August 17, 2003, 03:28:00 PM »

I don't know about you guys, but my xbox image is only 450mb. i usex winhex with compression-feature. Ok, i have never restored the hdd with it, but im quite sure it would work. The first time i tried backing it up i didn't use compression and the image was over 9gb, so i thought why not doing it with compression, and it became around 20 times smaller

Isn't there a compression-feature in hdd_driver?

I've got two questions;

1. I'm going to use some of the exploits, not sure which yet though. If i keep my original hdd, and install a new hdd, can i ALWAYS go back to the original drive if something happens during the exploit-installation(or sometimes after, say i get an annoying loop problem). Or can something happen permanently that makes it impossible to go back to the original hdd?? can i always make sure i'm on the "safe-line"?

2. if i install some of these exploits on a "new" drive(old really 20 gb, but i'm using it too see if i will get the exploits to work, and if it works i'll buy a big hdd) can i run it in the xbox as it is(unlocked), or do i have to lock it to make it work??

PLEASE ANSWER BOTH QUESTIONS!!(or i will have to re-ask them which destroys the threads)

uberx · « **Reply #9 on:** August 17, 2003, 03:38:00 PM »

yeah i have the same problem as lcf2003, i put the font exploits on the box and it won't boot, so is there any way to get the drive unlocked if i don't have the password? the xbox endlessly reboots so i don't think i can hot swap it(which i have done before).

SpIdErXeN · « **Reply #10 on:** August 18, 2003, 09:22:00 PM »

oops wrong post

deadly · « **Reply #11 on:** August 18, 2003, 10:42:00 PM »

deadly · « **Reply #12 on:** August 24, 2003, 11:40:00 AM »

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yeah i have the same problem as lcf2003, i put the font exploits on the box and it won't boot, so is there any way to get the drive unlocked if i don't have the password? the xbox endlessly reboots so i don't think i can hot swap it(which i have done before).

Hey when u backup ur HDD to ur PC.Did u all ready have a [backup] dir in the system partition????That happen to me too.When i was trying to install the fonts hack to one of my friends xbox.It was a version 1.3 B:5101 i think.But that was when the first font exploit came out.I inserted 007 Agent Under Fire and it booted fine then i hot swap.But instead of restoring is dash back to normal.I use my backup image[1.0] KB:4034 and restored my SYSTEM partiton to his and it work fine afther that.{Reloaded fontsPbl:evox}

update:Hey do u have a friend that can let u his chip. If so download "eeprom dumper" and run it in order to get ur ur eeprom info.It will display it on ur TV screen.

the_ladie's_logarithm · « **Reply #13 on:** August 24, 2003, 04:40:00 PM »

If you do the Wal-Mart swap trick, be sure to keep a Samsung drive in the one you keep if you get one!

lcf2003 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 25, 2003, 03:23:00 AM »

QUOTE (Icebird @ Aug 25 2003, 06:08 AM)

This happend to me yesterday when I tried to use the swap trick to put evox on... I didn't copy a file over; and it kept re-booting.
I used the method where you take the power out of the DVD Drive; and then hot swap... it worked great. It unlocked the hard drive for me.
I was then able to put evox on perfectly; and now everything works great.

Thanks for posting about that DVD Method... much appreciated.

-Icebird

The dvd trick to unlock the hdd (error 12) work for me too, but needed to the msdash from my hdd drive backup, I did the restore, but now it seems like my hdd bios changes, now its QT114400A insted of ST31***

did someone now about this?

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