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Heimdall

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« on: September 29, 2010, 11:33:00 AM »
Depends which softmod you used. Good gamesave softmod installers take a copy of the eeprom automatically. If yours did, you need a copy of Xplorer360 beta 6, and use it on your PC to read eeprom.bin from the Xbox hard drive.

If not then you have to build an eeprom reader, or fit a chip.
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Heimdall

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« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2010, 01:20:00 PM »
Nonsense.

His disk is already unlocked, so he needs the eeprom to lock it. The tutorial you linked to only works if the disk is already locked.
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Heimdall

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« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2010, 02:58:00 PM »
The disk is unlocked, so you don't need to hotswap.

Make sure you use Xplorer360 beta 6.

A Duox2 will work, and they are still available and cheap (have a look in BST), but fitting it is about the same level of difficulty as building an eeprom reader.
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« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2010, 03:16:00 PM »
Depends which options you selected, but you are right, it's increasingly unlikely that the eeprom will be on there. You'll just have to search around - it should only take 5-10 minutes.
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« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2010, 04:11:00 PM »
Well i cant get the xplorer360 to read the drive so I am just leaving this be for today.

I may just be better off buying a used xbox and softmodding that one.

I really screwed up by not backing up the eeprom file.  If I had done that, it would have been pretty easy.

Any other ideas welcome.

I tried Liveinfo and that didnt detect the drive either.

Mike
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