QUOTE(jkklim @ Oct 6 2007, 05:06 PM)

so that means the original firmware on my xbox drive is still ok and intact?
Yes, if the drive is functioning fine in the 360, then your original firmware is fine.
It sounds like MTKFlash is not completing. Are you sure you didnt get an mtkflash error when trying to dump (not the samtool file size error)?
Caster.