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[DaddyJ]

QUOTE(hÿbrîdXΣr0 @ Jan 5 2006, 10:27 AM)

Hey, I have an xbox that I'd like to softmod and add a 160GB hard drive. Unfortunately I'd like to keep using my two free months of Live before they're up, too. I'm wondering if it's possible to softmod my xbox and use the new hardrive with the softmod while keeping the original drive clean so I can swap drives and play on Live.

From what I can tell, I need to get my eeprom backed up to use the new HD in the xbox, which would require me to softmod the original drive. Is it possible to softmod and then remove the softmod to make the original drive clean, while my secondary larger drive has the softmod? Thanks.

Yep, you can user live with old drive and still have other drive, and can even make it permanant by adding a switch (see hardware forums).

yep you'll only need to load a gamesave and get your eeprom to prepare the new drive.

if you dont have gamesave, then use a simple softmod, to softmod the orginal drive, (making a C & E backup of course), get eeprom, restore orignal drive, and prepare larger drive.

do not attempt to connect to live using new drive, because the xbox had connected with the old drive present.

also you can keep your orginal drive softmodded if you use a new exploit, and cold boot for live. not much room for games, but nice for having XBMC on both drives

QUOTE(0dd @ Jan 5 2006, 05:30 AM)

I have problem softmoddning my xbox. I have made the cd but the folders C E & EEPROM Folders are emty, is the right?

The computer boots with the cd, but when a have press option 1 or to at the start meny, i get a messege that " the xbox HD cant find the cd, Primary master" somting like that.. So please heltp me if you can..

i connect the xbox HD at the same place on the cable i have my HD in my computer. from the mainboard to the HD and then to my CD-ROM, i only have i cable thats is suitable, i have one more but it is not wide enough tjat cable goes the my floppy, i think..

i have a hard time to explain at english but i understand english good!

the c & e should contain the exploit, did you download uxe-complete, you some other exploit?

QUOTE(felini @ Jan 4 2006, 02:59 PM)

Something went very wrong and...i format the drive and haven´t the backup to restore.
I'm in a terrible pain!!!
I didn´t disconnected the pc or rebooted the xbox, i'm thinking if i do that i'm loosing my whole money invested on the BOX.

it ask me, for the cdrom with the containing c- and e-. Is any way to make an Cdrom with just this? and if there is, how can i make it?
Sorry, but i'm an ass!!!!

please! Can any soul help me on this!

You'll need to make sure the exploit is on the xboxhdm cd before burning, then re-hotswap, since you formateed the drive before backup, your xbox will boot into an error.

[Exorph]

Umm.. I followed the tutorial on backing up the C drive perfectly and ended up with an empty ORIG_BACKUP directory and a C directory in the root of the E drive.. will this matter? If it does, you should probably fix the tutorial so that it says you should highlight ORIG_BACKUP and press enter before copying the files.

I have another question on the last step too. Probably very newbie-ish, but that's what I am so..
Basically, when and why would I need the Master Password?
I'm asking because I'm getting a bit paranoid over how smooth everything went and I'm now a bit afraid I'll mess something up if I hotswap again. So if I would only need it in certain situations, I'm thinking I should wait until at least tomorrow so I can cool down a bit first.

[DaddyJ]

QUOTE(Exorph @ Jan 17 2006, 06:09 AM)

Umm.. I followed the tutorial on backing up the C drive perfectly and ended up with an empty ORIG_BACKUP directory and a C directory in the root of the E drive.. will this matter? If it does, you should probably fix the tutorial so that it says you should highlight ORIG_BACKUP and press enter before copying the files.

I have another question on the last step too. Probably very newbie-ish, but that's what I am so..
Basically, when and why would I need the Master Password?
I'm asking because I'm getting a bit paranoid over how smooth everything went and I'm now a bit afraid I'll mess something up if I hotswap again. So if I would only need it in certain situations, I'm thinking I should wait until at least tomorrow so I can cool down a bit first.

if you backed your eeprom.bin up, and re-created the xboxhdm cd with it, you wouldnt need to hotswap to set the master password. setting the master password is more of a last saftey measure... or you lose your eeprom.bin or cd.. you can unlock the drive using the master password.

[Exorph]

Thanks a lot.
Then I'll just make several cds with the EEPROM instead so I can't lose it. ^^

[swars]

Hi.

I've softmodded my xbox and works very well.

Now I want to change the HD. I've used the xboxhdm with the new disc, and I've locked it with the lockhd and the eeprom.bin that I have. It says "completed sucessfully", but I've a pretty error 13 in my xbox. I've tried to repeat the process. I can unlock it, xbrowser and all seems to be good. But the error 13 is still there. With the old HD, all is fine.

Can you help me?

[Epaige]

QUOTE(swars @ Jan 18 2006, 04:08 AM)

Hi.

I've softmodded my xbox and works very well.

Now I want to change the HD. I've used the xboxhdm with the new disc, and I've locked it with the lockhd and the eeprom.bin that I have. It says "completed sucessfully", but I've a pretty error 13 in my xbox. I've tried to repeat the process. I can unlock it, xbrowser and all seems to be good. But the error 13 is still there. With the old HD, all is fine.

Can you help me?

Sounds like you tried copying the C: drive after it was softmodded..you should have a backup of stock C: on the E: drive thats what you need to use..and if you dont grab slayer and extract the files from System/all/C: and use them...

[JamieB]

Thank you DaddyJ. It worked first time including the hotswap from the xboxhdm screen. This tutorial is just what us noobs need. I have one point from the tut on page 1 that might cause problems if not paying attention

quote:
Install Exploit 1 (Already Partitioned HD)
We are only concerned with Option 2 {Rebuild C Partition} ***(WARNING, this will delete everything on the C partition, Make sure you backup or C)
This formats the C, and then copies the contents of CDROM\C into PriMas\C, (when prompted type yes )and then drop you back to the menu
Exit the menu, and fire up xbrowser, on the ****" left side point to CDROM\E\ROOT in the right side point to PriMas\E, then F5 to copy the ROOT folder "*****.
F10 to exit. (proceed to Resume section.)

If the highlighted section is executed in thiss order by choosing the left file then the right file and hitting F5 you might overwrite the files in CDROM\E\Root with the empty Dir PriMas\E on the right. I'm not sure if this is the case but I thought I'd bring it up for clarification.
Thanks again
JamieB

[DaddyJ]

u cant copy anything to the cd, its read only.

[JamieB]

QUOTE(DaddyJ @ Jan 28 2006, 10:12 PM)

u cant copy anything to the cd, its read only.

OK now I really feel like a noob lol.  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

[Tomdabomb3333]

Alright, first off i'm a newbie so take it easy.  I have an old Xbox that I haven't been using becuase the dvd-lens is dirty. So i decided I'd try to hotswap and try my luck with soft-modding.  after reading many tuts on the subject I was ready to give it a shot.  I couldn't reach that guy from his auto response e-mail to get the right UXE installer so I went with KingRaches Ndure 3.0.   Installed it like the read-me said to do for XboxHDM.  Burned the bootable CD-RW and was ready to go.  

!Hotswap time!  This is the problem I boot the xbox without the dvd-drive's IDE cable plugged in, so its in an error 12.  For some reason it still says the primary drive is locked when I boot into XboxHDMaker. Can't figure it out.  Tried many different methods to lock it.  ex. Rip audio track and swap, MS dash swap....any other suggestions?

I figured I had the XB harddrives master-slave switch in the wrong spot.  What should that be set on?

K: 1.00.5101.01
D: 1.00.4920.01

[Tomdabomb3333]

After reading a little bit more i found that i probably didn't hotswap right.  

Although, I have 2 xbox's and decided to take apart the newer one.  Hotswapped trght from the MS dash and it worked(wasn't locked) so I got into Xbrowser and looked around alittle, tryed to backup my Xbox C/ in the ORIG_BACKUP folder...and after about 50% it started giving me errors saying

Cannot write target file"/ORIG_BACKUP/AV`ineroom_LR.wav"
No space left on hard device
Goes through a bunch of errors saying it can write some wav files.

Most importantly it said it couldnt write my XBDash.XBE....Should I continue w/o backup.  

What could happen if I procede like normal and erase the XBHD and copy the NDure 3.0 files directly onto it  C for C, and E for E.  Just like you would do with the UXE Complete package.

the newer X-Box has a Dash in the 5000' but that shouldn't matter anymore right?

PS.  don't know if this is thr right place for this but, can you take parts from other x-boxes and exchange them.. EX.  My dirty DVD-Rom in my old one Replaced with one that reads.  I know different boxes have different parts but didnt know if you could swap em'

thanks for any help

[DaddyJ]

yeah parts are interchangable, excpet psu's....

as far as backup is concerned, its advisable, but not required...
you were just out of space, too many save games, or music tracks....

[barrage_man]

Ehhh.. I don't know why but I'm having absolutely NO LUCK with hotswapping. I had the error 16, but I pulled out the IDE to the DVD drive, so now I have error 12. No matter what I try, it never seems to unlock.

I can't try the LED red/green pin thing because my dumbass bro broke the original casing and had to get a new case where the LEDS just keep flashing between red and yellow non-stop.

Can someone give me a time of when they hotswap it? (record from the time they push the power button to when they pull the IDE to the drive) becuase I do this thing without a TV.

Also, I seem to notice an anomally between my hard drive and others. When power goes to the hard drive, I can hear the clicking (i.e when I'm turing the xbox on)
BUT when I keep the hard drive attached to my PC  psu, the clicking never comes, only when it first recieves power (since my computer psu stays on, the power to the drive doesn't go away)

PLEASE HELP!

[DaddyJ]

QUOTE(barrage_man @ Mar 11 2006, 10:17 PM)

Ehhh.. I don't know why but I'm having absolutely NO LUCK with hotswapping. I had the error 16, but I pulled out the IDE to the DVD drive, so now I have error 12. No matter what I try, it never seems to unlock.

I can't try the LED red/green pin thing because my dumbass bro broke the original casing and had to get a new case where the LEDS just keep flashing between red and yellow non-stop.

Can someone give me a time of when they hotswap it? (record from the time they push the power button to when they pull the IDE to the drive) becuase I do this thing without a TV.

Also, I seem to notice an anomally between my hard drive and others. When power goes to the hard drive, I can hear the clicking (i.e when I'm turing the xbox on)
BUT when I keep the hard drive attached to my PC  psu, the clicking never comes, only when it first recieves power (since my computer psu stays on, the power to the drive doesn't go away)

PLEASE HELP!

Red & yellow flashing usually means the video connector isnt connected, in which the drive will never unlock.

[barrage_man]

Video connector? You need that plugged in? Then how do you do a blind swap? Do you leave the vid connector plugged in, but not connected to a tv?