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skyzerr33

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« on: June 15, 2006, 08:43:00 PM »
Ok i've i have tried doing the hotswap with no success i just have a question
do you start the hot swap after you have selected option 1 and the follow page shows

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Or is it done on the main page?

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so what do recommend is the best method of unlocking the drive and doing the hotswap

TIA
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kingroach

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« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2006, 08:47:00 PM »
you should hotswap before your bios detects any drives.. Start you computer and hit [pause/break] key in your keyboard.. now your pc should stay in a blank page or simply stop doing anything.. now hotswap, change the cables and press enter or space bar or pause/break key to resume booting..
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skyzerr33

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« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2006, 09:22:00 PM »
QUOTE(kingroach @ Jun 16 2006, 12:48 PM) *

you should hotswap before your bios detects any drives.. Start you computer and hit [pause/break] key in your keyboard.. now your pc should stay in a blank page or simply stop doing anything.. now hotswap, change the cables and press enter or space bar or pause/break key to resume booting..

Arrhh Thanks kingroach.
I'll give it a go
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skyzerr33

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« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2006, 10:02:00 PM »
When i try to resume after hotswap i hit the pause/break key it just boots up with normal windows
i also tried spacebar and enter
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skyzerr33

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« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2006, 12:58:00 AM »
ok xboxhdm comes up with harddrive found and then partion table not found.
so em i on the right track? does this mean the drive is still locked
I have tried hotswapping about 15 times with no luck
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spookywillow

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« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2006, 01:12:00 AM »
hotswap this way.

disconnect ata cable and power cable from the xbox dvd player,   connect xbox HDD to a power molex from the pc.

boot pc into xboxhdm and turn on xbox,   by the time the pc has booted into xboxhdm the xbox should have booted and you should now see a "xbox needs service" screen.       now hotswap the ata cable and press option 1 or 2 on the pc (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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