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Xbox360 Forums => Xbox 360 Hacking Forums => Technical Harddrive / SATA Forum => Topic started by: crystalgeek on December 01, 2005, 05:23:00 AM

Title: Hot Swapping
Post by: crystalgeek on December 01, 2005, 05:23:00 AM
evrybody seems to be talking about the format HD option in the 360 has anybody tried navigatiing to this menu and tehn swapping in a new sata drive and trying to format it?
Title: Hot Swapping
Post by: StepsAscend on December 01, 2005, 09:18:00 AM
Yeah you can only use hotswap tricks for devices that are not meant for hotswapping.  Counterintuitive but its because if the system is ready for the hotswap, then it will know that you are making a change.
Title: Hot Swapping
Post by: lordvader129 on December 06, 2005, 03:24:00 PM
QUOTE(abr27440 @ Dec 6 2005, 04:02 PM) View Post

you can always try to trick it, so it doesent notice that it was swapped. wink.gif

that would basicly entail redesigning the entire SATA specification

or replacing the SATA on the 360 with an EIDE interface
Title: Hot Swapping
Post by: Zipp425 on December 07, 2005, 02:21:00 PM
well wouldnt that be the best choice.... haha making the 360 EIDE instead of SATA... haha... tongue.gif
Title: Hot Swapping
Post by: Mr. Tom on January 04, 2006, 02:24:00 AM
Also, remember that in MS speak, 'format' probably just means 'delete user added data'
Title: Hot Swapping
Post by: Jonolche on February 05, 2006, 05:43:00 PM
Just a thought but what about a split cable?

From Xbox.          To Hard Drives

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If you connect one hard drive to the cable. Plug it into the 360. Then when you want to hotswap you connect the  other harddrive and disconnect the hard drive you want to swap.

Would this work?