Post by: Xbox-Scene on October 23, 2009, 08:02:00 PM
| Team MODFREAKz released a new version of HDDHackr(info), a tool that allows you to use some Western Digital laptop HDDs as Xbox 360 HDD. What's new/fixed (since v1.00 Build 20090523): * Added support for the Western Digital Scorpio Series manufactured 2009 (v1.22) * Fixed issue with Intel ICH9, ICH10 and VIA chipsets (v1.20) * Implemented progress bar (v1.20) * Added support for 80GB and 250GB HDDs (HDDSS.BIN required) (v1.20) * Fixed issue, that sometimes caused flashing of Model Name to incorrect offset. (v1.11) * Added option to create Partitions 0/2/3 (no more manual hex editing) (v1.10) * Bug fixed, that caused errors like "LBA size does not match" (v1.10) * Improved compatibility (v1.10) * Minor changes (v1.10) Official Site: n/a, by Team MODFREAKz on xboxhacker.net (thx to hitman43 for the news) Download: here |
Post by: GamerBR on October 23, 2009, 08:14:00 PM
* Added support for 60GB and 250GB HDDs (HDDSS.BIN required) (v1.20)
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Post by: K1LLERHORNET on October 23, 2009, 08:19:00 PM
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Post by: Ranger72 on October 23, 2009, 08:23:00 PM
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Post by: Mr.RedRing on October 23, 2009, 10:04:00 PM
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Post by: dak_x1 on October 23, 2009, 10:39:00 PM
This program doesn't work on Windows 7 64-bit. I get an error that it isn't compatible. Most likely this program is compiled as a 16-bit program. Can we get the program compiled so that it is 32-bit code?
Learn to read the article... It can only be run from a bootable usb thumb drive in dos...
Post by: FoxRacR17 on October 23, 2009, 11:14:00 PM
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Post by: T3chWarrior on October 24, 2009, 01:17:00 AM
Post by: gbest05 on October 24, 2009, 01:19:00 AM
Post by: Nexer on October 24, 2009, 01:32:00 AM
Partiton 0 is cache, partition 2 is emulator but HDDHackr just creates the partition. You still need to inject the emulator yourself.
You can't modify a hddss.bin. Each bin will give you 20GB, 60GB, 80GB, 120GB or 250GB and you need the corresponding file for that.
Post by: zyo on October 24, 2009, 02:10:00 AM
Post by: ToBbErT on October 24, 2009, 02:27:00 AM
Btw the forza 3 pack is allready on the market since yesterday.
This post has been edited by ToBbErT: Oct 24 2009, 09:30 AM
Post by: Martinchris23 on October 24, 2009, 02:44:00 AM
QUOTE(zyo @ Oct 24 2009, 09:10 AM) 
how can they know 250gb is going to be compatible when it is not even out yet...
It was released last week...
Post by: zyo on October 24, 2009, 03:29:00 AM
QUOTE(Martinchris23 @ Oct 24 2009, 09:44 AM) 
It was released last week...
the hddss is dumped?
Post by: noodles2k on October 24, 2009, 04:01:00 AM
QUOTE(Martinchris23 @ Oct 24 2009, 09:44 AM)
It was released last week...
well, yesterday.
QUOTE(zyo @ Oct 24 2009, 10:29 AM)
the hddss is dumped?
yes it has been, and it does work according to this. But the guy's being a dick and isn't sharing, despite making 250gb drives to sell on his website/ebay.
Post by: barzi on October 24, 2009, 04:07:00 AM
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVS
or
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT
Also, someone banned already with a home-made Xbox 360 harddisk?
Thank you.
Post by: DizzyC64 on October 24, 2009, 04:38:00 AM
This program is very pointless as the new last.fm/facebook dash update next month will stop all non microsoft storage devices, enjoy your $$$ harddrive for another few weeks guys
Post by: Triptothane on October 24, 2009, 04:44:00 AM
The hddss.bin holds the microsoft signature needed for the drive to be recognized by the xbox. So how is this new update going to render our drives useless?
Post by: noodles2k on October 24, 2009, 04:45:00 AM
QUOTE(DizzyC64 @ Oct 24 2009, 11:38 AM)
This program is very pointless as the new last.fm/facebook dash update next month will stop all non microsoft storage devices, enjoy your $$$ harddrive for another few weeks guys er nope, I have the update here as I'm part of the preview. It only stops Datel Max Memory from working. Hacked hard drives still work fine.
Post by: K1LLERHORNET on October 24, 2009, 05:05:00 AM
QUOTE(gbest05 @ Oct 24 2009, 08:19 AM)
Can you modify an existing hddss.bin to recognize 250gb? Changing the values from 120gb to 250gb
No.
QUOTE(DizzyC64 @ Oct 24 2009, 11:38 AM)
This program is very pointless as the new last.fm/facebook dash update next month will stop all non microsoft storage devices, enjoy your $$$ harddrive for another few weeks guys 
QUOTE(noodles2k @ Oct 24 2009, 11:01 AM)
well, yesterday.
yes it has been, and it does work according to this. But the guy's being a dick and isn't sharing, despite making 250gb drives to sell on his website/ebay.
Damn, what an a***hole
Hopefully someone else can dump the ss.bin & share.
Post by: damonnomad on October 24, 2009, 05:13:00 AM
QUOTE(DizzyC64 @ Oct 24 2009, 06:38 PM)
This program is very pointless as the new last.fm/facebook dash update next month will stop all non microsoft storage devices, enjoy your $$$ harddrive for another few weeks guys Big letters make you look even more retarded.
This has been proven wrong!
Post by: j3ll3 on October 24, 2009, 05:29:00 AM
QUOTE
Damn, what an a***hole
exactly. his name is devils360. he blatantly advertised his website on XBH and caused a stir, by calling people who requested the hddss freeloaders, when he's selling it on website redboxmods for 85GBP... he argumented he did not want to share the hddss with the public due to the -private- info getting public .. heh funny guy right
anyway let's hope someone else will share, i too am running a WD2500BEVT with 120gb hddss
this app is the best!, we should all be very appreciative with the support HDDhackr has been giving us! even tho some use it for own beneficial, selling it online! ashamed!
Post by: brwcrw on October 24, 2009, 06:49:00 AM
QUOTE(damonnomad @ Oct 24 2009, 12:13 PM)
Big letters make you look even more retarded.
This has been proven wrong!
lol
Post by: Martinchris23 on October 24, 2009, 07:16:00 AM
QUOTE(DizzyC64 @ Oct 24 2009, 11:38 AM)
This program is very pointless as the new last.fm/facebook dash update next month will stop all non microsoft storage devices, enjoy your $$$ harddrive for another few weeks guys I'm running the new dash right now as part of the pilot programme with a home-made HDD. You're forgetting that the HDDSS.bin file MAKES it a Microsoft storage device. It's the MaxMemory devices which will be locked out.
Post by: d4m4n on October 24, 2009, 08:03:00 AM
Post by: Reaper527 on October 24, 2009, 08:22:00 AM
QUOTE(d4m4n @ Oct 24 2009, 10:03 AM)
Is there any unique serial number or something in the hddss.bin that M$ could use to identify cloned drives?
i believe so, but i'm not 100% positive. regardless, the make your own harddrive method has been used for years, and nothing bad has happened to anyone. if you are really paranoid, dump the hddss.bin from a 250 gig drive yourself instead of using the one that will end up on the internet, and used by everyone else.
Post by: d4m4n on October 24, 2009, 08:28:00 AM
QUOTE(Reaper527 @ Oct 24 2009, 05:22 PM)
i believe so, but i'm not 100% positive. regardless, the make your own harddrive method has been used for years, and nothing bad has happened to anyone. if you are really paranoid, dump the hddss.bin from a 250 gig drive yourself instead of using the one that will end up on the internet, and used by everyone else.
Dumping the hddss.bin is my plan (I have access to original 250GB hdds').
A new WD 250GB hdd only costs 45€ and an empty hdd case 8€ (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
I can easily get 60€ of my old and original 120GB hdd.
This post has been edited by d4m4n: Oct 24 2009, 03:29 PM
Post by: damonnomad on October 24, 2009, 10:28:00 AM
QUOTE(d4m4n @ Oct 24 2009, 10:03 PM)
Is there any unique serial number or something in the hddss.bin that M$ could use to identify cloned drives?
Yes, the drives serial is stored in hdss.bin.
Yes, it is trivial for ms to detect this.
No, they haven't done any thing about it yet.
Post by: iwanttheagrocrag on October 24, 2009, 10:33:00 AM
Post by: ToBbErT on October 24, 2009, 10:46:00 AM
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Post by: noodles2k on October 24, 2009, 01:21:00 PM
QUOTE(ToBbErT @ Oct 24 2009, 05:46 PM)
That guy from the xboxhacker forum is just a liar.
liars don't sell hacked 250gb hard drives on ebay. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
Post by: K1LLERHORNET on October 24, 2009, 01:30:00 PM
£100 for a 250GB HDD
Stupid Microsoft pricing.
If we can make a 250GB drive for under £50 - who knows how much they're making them for.
Post by: jkline on October 24, 2009, 01:40:00 PM
Post by: K1LLERHORNET on October 24, 2009, 04:27:00 PM
QUOTE(jkline @ Oct 24 2009, 08:40 PM)
ill be to accuire one of these homemade hdd's. I have heard that the 250Gb will only b on the new MW2 consoles. I give em 6 months and they'll be available at walmart for $1,000,000
The 250GB HDD also comes with the Forza 3 Super Elite: Amazon UK
Post by: Mr.RedRing on October 24, 2009, 04:52:00 PM
QUOTE(Nexer @ Oct 24 2009, 03:32 AM)
The 80GB refers to a developer hard drive and not the fact that you can use a 80GB drive for a 60GB hddss.bin. That's always been possible.
Partiton 0 is cache, partition 2 is emulator but HDDHackr just creates the partition. You still need to inject the emulator yourself.
You can't modify a hddss.bin. Each bin will give you 20GB, 60GB, 80GB, 120GB or 250GB and you need the corresponding file for that.
No it hasn't been impposible. You can use 160GB harddrives for the 120GB hddss.bin, but you only get 120GB, you lose 40GB. So in this case the 80GB drive will lose 20GBs and only show up as a 60GB.
Post by: effbee05 on October 24, 2009, 05:29:00 PM
So maybe MS uses the same info on every drive they manufacture.
Post by: noodles2k on October 24, 2009, 05:29:00 PM
QUOTE(Mr.RedRing @ Oct 24 2009, 11:52 PM)
No it hasn't been impposible. You can use 160GB harddrives for the 120GB hddss.bin, but you only get 120GB, you lose 40GB. So in this case the 80GB drive will lose 20GBs and only show up as a 60GB.
Post by: K1LLERHORNET on October 24, 2009, 06:15:00 PM
QUOTE(noodles2k @ Oct 25 2009, 12:29 AM)
did you even read what he said?
lol
Post by: Geen Rommel on October 24, 2009, 06:27:00 PM
QUOTE(effbee05 @ Oct 25 2009, 01:29 AM)
I just checked, out of curiosity, by dumping my 120gb HDD from an Elite360 and comparing it to a 120gb ss.bin I found on the web and they match exactly.
So maybe MS uses the same info on every drive they manufacture.
Then you did something wrong there, the first 0x160 bytes are different.
You can clearly see the unique serial number any drive has in the first few bytes, the rest is a unique M$ signature.
This post has been edited by Geen Rommel: Oct 25 2009, 01:34 AM
Post by: njmbb8 on October 24, 2009, 08:20:00 PM
Post by: FoxRacR17 on October 25, 2009, 01:24:00 AM
Post by: d4m4n on October 25, 2009, 03:08:00 AM
QUOTE(FoxRacR17 @ Oct 25 2009, 09:24 AM)
Would there be any benefit of putting in a 7200rpm drive vs a 5400rpm drive?
It's faster (shorter loading times) but cost more, heats up more and is noisier.
What's the rpm of original hdds'?
Post by: Nexer on October 25, 2009, 03:35:00 AM
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Post by: barzi on October 25, 2009, 05:21:00 AM
Post by: badboy1234 on October 25, 2009, 05:36:00 AM
Thanks
Post by: noobcube on October 25, 2009, 06:59:00 AM
QUOTE(badboy1234)
I have a wd3200bevt in my laptop and was wondering, can I flash this drive with the 120gb bin (or 250gb, when its out)?
Thanks
Thanks
Same here, I just ordered a WD3200BEVT from newegg so I could use it as a 120 or 250 GB hard drive for my 360. It should work, shouldn't it? It says it should in the Hddhackr readme:
QUOTE
* Confirmed HddHacker supports
- WD Scorpio Series BEVS/BEAS
- WD Scorpio Blue Series BEVS/BEVT
- WD Scorpio Black Series BEKT/BJKT
- WD VelociRaptor Series
Post by: barzi on October 25, 2009, 07:35:00 AM
QUOTE(noobcube @ Oct 25 2009, 02:59 PM)
Same here, I just ordered a WD3200BEVT from newegg so I could use it as a 120 or 250 GB hard drive for my 360. It should work, shouldn't it? It says it should in the Hddhackr readme:
Can I ask why you orderd the 320GB version, and not the 250GB version?
Post by: noobcube on October 25, 2009, 08:45:00 AM
QUOTE
Can I ask why you orderd the 320GB version, and not the 250GB version?
The 320GB version was priced down so it cost just as much, or less, than the 250GB & 120GB versions (at the time I bought it), plus it came with free shipping.
Post by: FoxRacR17 on October 25, 2009, 08:53:00 AM
QUOTE(d4m4n @ Oct 25 2009, 02:08 AM)
It's faster (shorter loading times) but cost more, heats up more and is noisier.
What's the rpm of original hdds'?
I'm pretty sure that its 5400rpm, and i was just wondering if the 360 is anything like the ps3, where it is coded to only take advantage of the speed of a 5400rpm drive. From what i read it is worthless putting in a 7200rpm drive in a ps3 because there would be no increase in performance and I was wondering if its the same for the 360.
If I get faster load times then i will drop the extra cash for a 7200rpm drive.
Post by: noodles2k on October 25, 2009, 09:14:00 AM
Got the WD3200BEKT cause it was on Amazon for £41
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Post by: K1LLERHORNET on October 25, 2009, 09:46:00 AM
QUOTE(noobcube @ Oct 25 2009, 01:59 PM)
Same here, I just ordered a WD3200BEVT from newegg so I could use it as a 120 or 250 GB hard drive for my 360. It should work, shouldn't it? It says it should in the Hddhackr readme:
I have that exact same drive in my PS3 - gonna use it as a 250GB drive
QUOTE(barzi @ Oct 25 2009, 02:35 PM)
Can I ask why you orderd the 320GB version, and not the 250GB version?
Probably because the 320GB costs less than the 250GB.
Plus you have an extra 70GB that can be used if a 320GB ss.bin comes out.
Post by: wooby on October 25, 2009, 12:07:00 PM
I'm having an issue here. I have two (2) WD1200BEVT drives I'm trying to format to replace the two 20GB Microsoft OEM POS drives that went belly-up. I downloaded hddhackr 1.22, made the bootable USB stick with Bootable USB Drive Creator Tool v1.0. I checked the tick box for Create Bootable Drive in that program, went to the browse button, selected the MS-DOS files that were downloaded with the program and formatted. Then I copied the hddhackr.exe and the hddss.bin file I got from xbins onto the stick. Iam running Windows 7 Ultimate.
Once I boot up into MS-DOS mode with the stick, everything goes good until I get to the flashing point. I get the infamous Fujitsu/WD warning sector 16 warning, select to flash anyway, and get greeted with an indefinite, blinking underscore cursor (i.e. "_").
What the hell am I doing wrong? I've spent 4 hours searching, and I'm tired. So I apologize if this is something simple. If that's the case, copy a link and I'll disappear.
Thanks in advance. This site and you guys always come through.
Post by: wooby on October 25, 2009, 10:14:00 PM
Post by: DodgeM4s on October 25, 2009, 11:05:00 PM
QUOTE(wooby @ Oct 25 2009, 07:07 PM)
Hey guys..
I'm having an issue here. I have two (2) WD1200BEVT drives I'm trying to format to replace the two 20GB Microsoft OEM POS drives that went belly-up. I downloaded hddhackr 1.22, made the bootable USB stick with Bootable USB Drive Creator Tool v1.0. I checked the tick box for Create Bootable Drive in that program, went to the browse button, selected the MS-DOS files that were downloaded with the program and formatted. Then I copied the hddhackr.exe and the hddss.bin file I got from xbins onto the stick. Iam running Windows 7 Ultimate.
Once I boot up into MS-DOS mode with the stick, everything goes good until I get to the flashing point. I get the infamous Fujitsu/WD warning sector 16 warning, select to flash anyway, and get greeted with an indefinite, blinking underscore cursor (i.e. "_").
What the hell am I doing wrong? I've spent 4 hours searching, and I'm tired. So I apologize if this is something simple. If that's the case, copy a link and I'll disappear.
Thanks in advance. This site and you guys always come through.
Try using another SATA port.
Also, my 20gb hdd crapped out on me but I managed to get the ss.bin from it and flashed it on a 160gb hdd. Havent been banned.
Post by: K1LLERHORNET on October 26, 2009, 04:11:00 AM
QUOTE(DodgeM4s @ Oct 26 2009, 06:05 AM)
Try using another SATA port.
Also, my 20gb hdd crapped out on me but I managed to get the ss.bin from it and flashed it on a 160gb hdd. Havent been banned.
I'm guessing you mean 120GB.
Post by: wanny1 on October 26, 2009, 04:37:00 AM
QUOTE(K1LLERHORNET @ Oct 26 2009, 11:11 AM)
I'm guessing you mean 120GB.
No, he means 160gb. With 120gb of useable space (Well, almost
)
Post by: K1LLERHORNET on October 26, 2009, 05:08:00 AM
QUOTE(wanny1 @ Oct 26 2009, 11:37 AM) 
No, he means 160gb. With 120gb of useable space (Well, almost
)"Also, my 20gb hdd crapped out on me but I managed to get the ss.bin from it and flashed it on a 160gb hdd."
ss.bin from 20GB flashed to a 160GB would mean he has a 20GB drive.
I thought it was a typo & he meant ss.bin from 120GB flashed to a 160GB.
That would make sense.
Anyway, hopefully someone will dump the 250GB soon - having a 120GBHDD with 13GB of usable space is killing me
Post by: wanny1 on October 26, 2009, 06:09:00 AM
QUOTE(K1LLERHORNET @ Oct 26 2009, 11:08 AM)
"Also, my 20gb hdd crapped out on me but I managed to get the ss.bin from it and flashed it on a 160gb hdd."
ss.bin from 20GB flashed to a 160GB would mean he has a 20GB drive.
I thought it was a typo & he meant ss.bin from 120GB flashed to a 160GB.
That would make sense.
Anyway, hopefully someone will dump the 250GB soon - having a 120GBHDD with 13GB of usable space is killing me
My bad k1ller.
I'm seriously tempted to buy a 250gb hdd off fleabay, but I know as soon as I do, the .bin will surface on the net.
Post by: InsaneNutter on October 26, 2009, 06:26:00 AM
QUOTE(K1LLERHORNET @ Oct 26 2009, 12:08 PM)
hopefully someone will dump the 250GB soon - having a 120GBHDD with 13GB of usable space is killing me
You should try having an original 20gig that has around 13gigs of usable space with nothing on it
Ive been holding off hacking a drive for a year now, I think now is the time to hack a 250gig though as I dont think Microsoft are going to released a bigger drive for a long while now.
Post by: wooby on October 26, 2009, 07:03:00 AM
QUOTE(DodgeM4s @ Oct 26 2009, 06:05 AM)
Try using another SATA port.
Also, my 20gb hdd crapped out on me but I managed to get the ss.bin from it and flashed it on a 160gb hdd. Havent been banned.
Tried both onboard SATA and my VIA VT6421A SATA RAID PCI Controller Card. Same issue. Will try 0.91 and see if I get any luck.
Post by: Jeneral on October 26, 2009, 09:31:00 AM
QUOTE(noodles2k @ Oct 25 2009, 03:14 PM)
If there is a difference, it probably won't be hugely noticable. The 360 only has a SATA 150 interface, and you'd need SATA 300 to take advantage of 7200 drives. But it is useful for backing up to a pc, as it's a fair bit quicker.
What are you smoking? Aside from multi-drive RAID 0 setups and some SSD's, no standard HDD can sustain high enough transfers to saturate SATA 1. SATA 1 can hit ~150 MB/s sustained transfer!
Post by: blueray on October 26, 2009, 10:04:00 AM
looking in this fred
There is a 250gb hddss.bin linked!!http://board.gulli.c...supports-250gb/
Post by: clouduz on October 26, 2009, 10:19:00 AM
Post by: x-dream on October 26, 2009, 10:20:00 AM
Post by: clouduz on October 26, 2009, 10:22:00 AM
QUOTE(x-dream @ Oct 26 2009, 11:20 AM)
Your my new hero!! Thankyou very much
Post by: da80m8 on October 26, 2009, 10:33:00 AM
Post by: Antman1 on October 26, 2009, 10:52:00 AM
Post by: Hoescout on October 26, 2009, 11:13:00 AM
http://rapidshare.com/files/298209063/250.zip
contains following
250GB
120GB
60GB
20GB
HDDSS.Bin
HDDHackr (250GB Version)
XPlorer360
bye kid
Post by: b1azin on October 26, 2009, 12:13:00 PM
Post by: FoxRacR17 on October 26, 2009, 12:50:00 PM
) is xplorer360 able to connect to the 250gb hdds? I'm backing up my 120gb right now, and wondering how I will put all the stuff back on if xplorer360 extreme 2 is unable to access 250gb hdds
Post by: noodles2k on October 26, 2009, 12:58:00 PM
QUOTE(Jeneral @ Oct 26 2009, 03:31 PM)
What are you smoking? Aside from multi-drive RAID 0 setups and some SSD's, no standard HDD can sustain high enough transfers to saturate SATA 1. SATA 1 can hit ~150 MB/s sustained transfer!
Only the finest skunk. good point though (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
QUOTE(FoxRacR17 @ Oct 26 2009, 06:50 PM)
Just ordered my western digital 320gb hdd (hoping that in the future they will come out with a 320gb maybe (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) ) is xplorer360 able to connect to the 250gb hdds? I'm backing up my 120gb right now, and wondering how I will put all the stuff back on if xplorer360 extreme 2 is unable to access 250gb hdds
MS transfer kit might work? or might need updating (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif). Otherwise Xport 360 should do the trick?
This post has been edited by noodles2k: Oct 26 2009, 07:59 PM
Post by: b1azin on October 26, 2009, 01:11:00 PM
QUOTE(noodles2k @ Oct 26 2009, 02:58 PM)
Only the finest skunk. good point though
MS transfer kit might work? or might need updating
. Otherwise Xport 360 should do the trick?ive tried xplorer360 extreme, xport 2.1 , reg xplorer and it wont reconize partition3 it just shows up as blank
Post by: noodles2k on October 26, 2009, 01:50:00 PM
a mem card or even max memory (if you haven't got the preview!) will let you move partition 3 data.
This post has been edited by noodles2k: Oct 26 2009, 08:51 PM
Post by: Nexer on October 26, 2009, 01:54:00 PM
Post by: noodles2k on October 26, 2009, 02:07:00 PM
QUOTE(Nexer @ Oct 26 2009, 07:54 PM)
MS Transfer Kit won't work as it doesn't detect the 250GB drive.
are you sure? I thought the only drive that needs to be detected is the one connected via usb.
Post by: 69218 on October 26, 2009, 02:16:00 PM
Post by: noodles2k on October 26, 2009, 02:30:00 PM
Post by: Nexer on October 26, 2009, 02:34:00 PM
Post by: Ranger72 on October 26, 2009, 04:25:00 PM
Post by: Ranger72 on October 26, 2009, 04:48:00 PM
Post by: K1LLERHORNET on October 26, 2009, 05:39:00 PM
QUOTE(wanny1 @ Oct 26 2009, 01:09 PM)
My bad k1ller.
I'm seriously tempted to buy a 250gb hdd off fleabay, but I know as soon as I do, the .bin will surface on the net.
No probs - the bin has surfaced - yay (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
QUOTE(InsaneNutter @ Oct 26 2009, 01:26 PM)
You should try having an original 20gig that has around 13gigs of usable space with nothing on it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
Ive been holding off hacking a drive for a year now, I think now is the time to hack a 250gig though as I don’t think Microsoft are going to released a bigger drive for a long while now.
I've been in that situation & was thankfully able to get out of it asap
QUOTE(blueray @ Oct 26 2009, 05:04 PM)
Hi guys,
looking in this fred (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) There is a 250gb hddss.bin linked!!
http://board.gulli.com/thread/1456373-hddh...supports-250gb/
Nice
QUOTE(Ranger72 @ Oct 26 2009, 11:25 PM)
Direct download link for 250hdss [/url].
Dude. You Rule!
Thanks for the link (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
# Anyone know got a link to the best HDDHackr noob tutorial? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
This post has been edited by K1LLERHORNET: Oct 27 2009, 12:46 AM
Post by: Ranger72 on October 26, 2009, 05:57:00 PM
QUOTE(K1LLERHORNET @ Oct 26 2009, 07:39 PM)
# Anyone know got a link to the best HDDHackr noob tutorial?
Put the hddhackr program on a floppy or USB boot disk along with the 250gb hddss.bin. Boot into dos and type hddhackr. It will scan for your drive. Once it finds it choose the number corresponding to your drive (it may be a good idea to unplug all your other drives). Then type the name of the hddss.bin file then type the name of your undo file. You can select to have it go ahead and format the partitions as well.
Now sit back and wait a few seconds and you should be all good to go.
Post by: turfster on October 26, 2009, 05:57:00 PM
I just got home from work. Awesome, bin file is out. I'm about to order this 250 gb hd.
Sounds like it will work from the 1 customer review. Anybody else find one for less.
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136123
Post by: aristurtle on October 26, 2009, 06:02:00 PM
QUOTE(turfster @ Oct 26 2009, 07:57 PM)
I just got home from work. Awesome, bin file is out. I'm about to order this 250 gb hd.
Sounds like it will work from the 1 customer review. Anybody else find one for less.
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136123
This one is only five bucks more and is a 7200 RPM drive. I just ordered it, ver 1.22 claims to work with it. I'll post here if it does.
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136458
Hey, do I need to do anything special to transfer the Xbox 1 emulator over?
Post by: K1LLERHORNET on October 26, 2009, 06:05:00 PM
QUOTE(Ranger72 @ Oct 26 2009, 11:57 PM)
Put the hddhackr program on a floppy or USB boot disk along with the 250gb hddss.bin. Boot into dos and type hddhackr. It will scan for your drive. Once it finds it choose the number corresponding to your drive (it may be a good idea to unplug all your other drives). Then type the name of the hddss.bin file then type the name of your undo file. You can select to have it go ahead and format the partitions as well.
Now sit back and wait a few seconds and you should be all good to go.
Cheers m8.
Can anyone confirm if this drive works:
Western Digital Scorpio Blue
Model:WD3200BEVT
Link: WD3200BEVT
Thanks.
Post by: aristurtle on October 26, 2009, 06:08:00 PM
QUOTE(K1LLERHORNET @ Oct 26 2009, 08:05 PM)
Cheers m8.
Can anyone confirm if this drive works:
Western Digital Scorpio Blue
Model:WD3200BEVT
Link: WD3200BEVT
Thanks.
It should, according to the readme, but you know you'll only be able to use 250GB of that, right?
Post by: K1LLERHORNET on October 26, 2009, 06:11:00 PM
QUOTE(aristurtle @ Oct 27 2009, 12:08 AM)
It should, according to the readme, but you know you'll only be able to use 250GB of that, right?
Yes i know - thanks.
I have it in my PS3, but it doesn't get much use so was gonna make better use of it
Hopefully it will work - seems to tick all the boxes.
Will post back with results
Post by: Ranger72 on October 26, 2009, 06:27:00 PM
Post by: vike105 on October 26, 2009, 07:10:00 PM
Post by: K1LLERHORNET on October 26, 2009, 07:56:00 PM
250GB HDD + Recon Armour in one day, simply Epic!
btw: usable capacity is 228GB
QUOTE(vike105 @ Oct 27 2009, 01:10 AM)
has anyone been able to transfer data from their 20gb hd to their 250gb with any pc software?
I'm gonna try it out within the hour - will post back with results
Post by: veekay on October 27, 2009, 01:11:00 AM
Post by: x-s on October 27, 2009, 01:39:00 AM
Post by: K1LLERHORNET on October 27, 2009, 05:17:00 AM
QUOTE(veekay @ Oct 27 2009, 07:11 AM)
Might have to try this with the spare 320GB I have. Doing the first copy from the 20gb to the 120gb was a big pain with all the save files that didn't want to make the jump. Would really be nice to hurry and hit the 500gb mark with the HD loading option.
Copying saves takes around 1min via Xplorer360 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)
Post by: barzi on October 27, 2009, 11:40:00 AM
QUOTE(K1LLERHORNET @ Oct 27 2009, 01:17 PM)
Copying saves takes around 1min via Xplorer360
How can i do this? On which partition are the save games located?
Post by: unkdunk on October 27, 2009, 11:55:00 AM
QUOTE(vike105 @ Oct 26 2009, 08:10 PM)
has anyone been able to transfer data from their 20gb hd to their 250gb with any pc software?
Check your PM Inbox... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
Post by: barzi on October 27, 2009, 01:32:00 PM
QUOTE(unkdunk @ Oct 27 2009, 06:55 PM)
Check your PM Inbox...
Could you send me the same files/info?
Post by: xamphear on October 27, 2009, 01:45:00 PM
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=694571
Post by: Mike1250 on October 27, 2009, 01:53:00 PM
QUOTE(Nexer @ Oct 26 2009, 02:54 PM)
MS Transfer Kit won't work as it doesn't detect the 250GB drive.
yes it does. Xplorer360 wouldn't recognize the 250, so I plugged the 20GB into the top of my 360, plugged the 250GB into the back port of the 360 with a SATA to USB adapter I had laying around. I had deleted everything except my savegames off the 20GB. at first it didn't recognize it, it said to plug it in, so I unplugged the 250GB and plugged it back in. it took 44 minutes to copy. it said some data was corrupt and wasn't copied, but all my stuff is on the 250GB now. gotta love it.
Post by: unkdunk on October 27, 2009, 03:08:00 PM
http://beta.ivancover.com/wiki/index.php/X...d_Drive_Upgrade
This post has been edited by unkdunk: Oct 27 2009, 10:09 PM
Post by: CzarMike on October 27, 2009, 07:28:00 PM
QUOTE
Got the WD3200BEKT cause it was on Amazon for £41
I just picked up a cheap WD3200BEKT on ebay, I'm curious to know if anyone has it up and running? It's HDDHackr-friendly, but I haven't read of anyone using it yet.
Post by: FoxRacR17 on October 27, 2009, 07:46:00 PM
QUOTE(CzarMike @ Oct 27 2009, 06:28 PM)
I just picked up a cheap WD3200BEKT on ebay, I'm curious to know if anyone has it up and running? It's HDDHackr-friendly, but I haven't read of anyone using it yet.
Got that exact drive from newegg today in the mail. It was very easy to use hddhacker with this drive, just make sure you dont have AHCI enabled in bios. Copied everything from my 120gb using the ms transfer cable and dvd, and now i'm ripping some games back to the drive.
Post by: CzarMike on October 27, 2009, 08:01:00 PM
QUOTE
Got that exact drive from newegg today in the mail. It was very easy to use hddhacker with this drive, just make sure you dont have AHCI enabled in bios.
Very good to hear of your success, and thanks for the tip. I have AHCI enabled, and that would have driven me crazy.
Post by: Cryte on October 27, 2009, 09:28:00 PM
QUOTE(FoxRacR17 @ Oct 28 2009, 02:46 AM)
Got that exact drive from newegg today in the mail. It was very easy to use hddhacker with this drive, just make sure you dont have AHCI enabled in bios. Copied everything from my 120gb using the ms transfer cable and dvd, and now i'm ripping some games back to the drive.
I received the same drive from newegg today as well, but unfortunately it won't work for me.
It gave me a message saying it was successful but when I put it into my 360 it just says that no hard drive is connected. Ran the undo.bin to restore the drive and then ran the 250gb bin file but same thing my 360 doesn't detect the hdd at all.
I'm probably overlooking something so some input would be nice.
Post by: FoxRacR17 on October 27, 2009, 10:06:00 PM
QUOTE(Cryte @ Oct 27 2009, 08:28 PM)
I received the same drive from newegg today as well, but unfortunately it won't work for me.
It gave me a message saying it was successful but when I put it into my 360 it just says that no hard drive is connected. Ran the undo.bin to restore the drive and then ran the 250gb bin file but same thing my 360 doesn't detect the hdd at all.
I'm probably overlooking something so some input would be nice.
Dont really have any advice, other then maybe try a different sata port or different computer all together. I flashed mine on a gigabyte ma790x-ud4p that has the AMD 790x chipset controlling the sata ports. I unplugged everything connected to sata, hooked up the western digital hard drive, went into bios and disabled AHCI on all ports, booted into dos, ran hddhacker and let it scan all my the ports, selected the port with the drive connected, typed "f" and put in the name of the hddss.bin file, then typed in undo.bin, then it went on its way. Then it told me to wait 10 seconds, i waited a little long, then shut down my computer, unplugged the hdd and put it into the hdd case and plugged it into my 360 and it recognized it right away.
On a side note i'm glad I got a 7200rpm drive. Ripping games to it takes a considerable less amount of time.
Post by: Cryte on October 28, 2009, 12:18:00 AM
QUOTE(FoxRacR17 @ Oct 28 2009, 05:06 AM)
Dont really have any advice, other then maybe try a different sata port or different computer all together. I flashed mine on a gigabyte ma790x-ud4p that has the AMD 790x chipset controlling the sata ports. I unplugged everything connected to sata, hooked up the western digital hard drive, went into bios and disabled AHCI on all ports, booted into dos, ran hddhacker and let it scan all my the ports, selected the port with the drive connected, typed "f" and put in the name of the hddss.bin file, then typed in undo.bin, then it went on its way. Then it told me to wait 10 seconds, i waited a little long, then shut down my computer, unplugged the hdd and put it into the hdd case and plugged it into my 360 and it recognized it right away.
On a side note i'm glad I got a 7200rpm drive. Ripping games to it takes a considerable less amount of time.
Forgot to come back to type up an update, but I got it working about 20 mins after that post had to use my computer with an MSI board my Gigabyte EP45 was just giving me a bit of trouble.
Post by: Nexer on October 28, 2009, 02:40:00 AM
QUOTE(Mike1250 @ Oct 27 2009, 08:53 PM)
yes it does. Xplorer360 wouldn't recognize the 250, so I plugged the 20GB into the top of my 360, plugged the 250GB into the back port of the 360 with a SATA to USB adapter I had laying around. I had deleted everything except my savegames off the 20GB. at first it didn't recognize it, it said to plug it in, so I unplugged the 250GB and plugged it back in. it took 44 minutes to copy. it said some data was corrupt and wasn't copied, but all my stuff is on the 250GB now. gotta love it.
Well mine didn't. Tried plugging it in on the back and front and tried unplugging a million times. It still stalled at the "plug-in screen". Tried installing 120GB image on the disk and the installation proceeded the first time. Did the 250GB image again and no luck.
Either my transfer kit only recognises up to 120GB drives or the software on the green disc is older than what you get now.
Had to transfer using the modified Xplorer360 250GB version
This post has been edited by Nexer: Oct 28 2009, 09:42 AM
Post by: noodles2k on October 28, 2009, 01:17:00 PM
QUOTE(Nexer @ Oct 28 2009, 08:40 AM)
Either my transfer kit only recognises up to 120GB drives or the software on the green disc is older than what you get now.
I'm guessing you've got the older v1 kit, they replaced it with v2 because it didn't work with 60gb drives
Post by: Albany on October 28, 2009, 03:16:00 PM
Also, I saw that newegg has the 7200rpm and 5200rpm versions. If I were to buy the 7200rpm could the xbox power the drive like the 5200rpm?
Thanks!
Post by: Nexer on October 28, 2009, 03:31:00 PM
QUOTE(noodles2k @ Oct 28 2009, 08:17 PM)
I'm guessing you've got the older v1 kit, they replaced it with v2 because it didn't work with 60gb drives
That sounds plausible. Any way to distinguish the two?
Post by: Albany on October 28, 2009, 03:56:00 PM
Post by: j3ll3 on October 29, 2009, 12:30:00 PM
QUOTE(FoxRacR17 @ Oct 28 2009, 05:06 AM)
On a side note i'm glad I got a 7200rpm drive. Ripping games to it takes a considerable less amount of time.
must be your imagination.. the 360 only has a sata controller that'll do 150mbps
upgrading to a better HDD
btw 59,99USD? expensive one.. i'm getting mine (WD2500BEVT), for 40 EUR
Post by: noodles2k on October 29, 2009, 12:49:00 PM
QUOTE(j3ll3 @ Oct 29 2009, 06:30 PM)
must be your imagination.. the 360 only has a sata controller that'll do 150mbps
QUOTE(Jeneral @ Oct 26 2009, 03:31 PM)
What are you smoking? Aside from multi-drive RAID 0 setups and some SSD's, no standard HDD can sustain high enough transfers to saturate SATA 1. SATA 1 can hit ~150 MB/s sustained transfer!
it's not his imagination
Post by: FoxRacR17 on October 29, 2009, 01:12:00 PM
QUOTE(j3ll3 @ Oct 29 2009, 11:30 AM)
must be your imagination.. the 360 only has a sata controller that'll do 150mbps
Why does everyone think that because its it sata 1.5 that these drives can actually FILL all that bandwidth? A single Sata 3.0 drive doesnt even fill 150mb/s which is what sata 1.5 is supposed to be. I have 2 samsung F1 1tb hdds hooked up in raid0 to my raid card that has 512mb of ram, and when i transfer stuff to or from that array it gets up to about 180mb/s but only until all the ram on that card gets filled up, then it drops down to a steady 80-90mb/s. I'll go run a quick benchmark since i still have my ms 120gb in another case so i can just swap them out, i'll install the same game to both hard drives and see how long it takes
Post by: cesaro on October 29, 2009, 10:19:00 PM
I typed in undo.bin when it asked for a backup filename, but it never wrote anything to the flash drive. Said it was successfully backed up, so I never checked. This was on an ICH9 Gigabyte motherboard. Don't know how or why the flashing itself failed because everything showed up just fine beforehand. Now the drive shows up in the program, but has nothing next to all the fields/name etc.
When I used the program to do my 120gb it went so well (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Oh well, user idiocy strikes again.
This post has been edited by cesaro: Oct 30 2009, 05:29 AM
Post by: yolarrydabomb on October 30, 2009, 01:22:00 AM
QUOTE(FoxRacR17 @ Oct 29 2009, 03:12 PM)
Why does everyone think that because its it sata 1.5 that these drives can actually FILL all that bandwidth? A single Sata 3.0 drive doesnt even fill 150mb/s which is what sata 1.5 is supposed to be. I have 2 samsung F1 1tb hdds hooked up in raid0 to my raid card that has 512mb of ram, and when i transfer stuff to or from that array it gets up to about 180mb/s but only until all the ram on that card gets filled up, then it drops down to a steady 80-90mb/s. I'll go run a quick benchmark since i still have my ms 120gb in another case so i can just swap them out, i'll install the same game to both hard drives and see how long it takes
Please let us know!
Because I thinking about getting the fastest one.
Post by: muhd86 on October 30, 2009, 08:39:00 AM
QUOTE(K1LLERHORNET @ Oct 27 2009, 02:56 AM)
W00T - Just done mine!
250GB HDD + Recon Armour in one day, simply Epic!
btw: usable capacity is 228GB
I'm gonna try it out within the hour - will post back with results
i am geting a 250gb wd bevt drive tommorow , can u pls guide me to a proper working 250gb bin file that works or are the links avaliable in the thread good enough .
all i have to is to run the program right , and then format the hdd from with in xbox 360 , question is how can u move my data from 20gb to the new hdd . i wana keep my saves / themes / etc.
Post by: delukard on October 30, 2009, 10:05:00 PM
250gb wd2500BEVT (wd scorpio blue)
and is there a nice tutorial to use this software?
Post by: ZprivateZ on October 30, 2009, 10:16:00 PM
I copied my partitions data from my 120GB drive using Xplorer360_09b6_120GB to the desktop of my PC, then used Xplorer360_250GB_Edition to copy my data from PC to newly created 250GB drive.
Haven't done a bunch with it yet but copy some games to HDD but 1 thing I came across so far was loading my saved game of Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010 failed. So I moved it from HDD to internal 256MB memory then back to HDD fixed it. Just a heads up because there is no telling how many games will require this same kind of fix.
This post has been edited by ZprivateZ: Oct 31 2009, 05:17 AM
Post by: delukard on October 30, 2009, 10:25:00 PM
doesn't the software automatically build the partitions?
i don't need anything that i have on my 60gb hd.
(i have my saves on a memory card)
i want to do a clean install do i need to backup my partitions?
Post by: reaven on November 02, 2009, 03:08:00 AM
Post by: totoz on November 02, 2009, 10:29:00 AM
but with a 360 without hard disk, can I install "in some way" a western digital hard disk? or is it always necessary an original hard disk?
This post has been edited by totoz: Nov 2 2009, 06:29 PM
Post by: F-Forward on November 02, 2009, 11:21:00 AM
QUOTE(totoz @ Nov 2 2009, 06:29 PM)
noob question
but with a 360 without hard disk, can I install "in some way" a western digital hard disk? or is it always necessary an original hard disk?
You need a casing or a cable. You can order the casing alone at for example http://www.dealextre...ls.dx/sku.25939
Post by: atikosh on November 02, 2009, 02:47:00 PM
I flash a 250gb wd2500BEVT (wd scorpio blue) with 250GB hdss.bin
It works on my falcon board but when i use my jasper board it gives me an 68 error code. Any idea will helpfull.
Thanks in advance
Post by: reaven on November 03, 2009, 12:42:00 AM
Post by: Reflame on November 15, 2009, 03:15:00 AM
Im pretty desperate since my xbox 360 doenst read my original 120gb drive anymore (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
I tried allmost everything i can think off. Tried reformatting on the xbox360 (impossible since the xbox wont read it anymore) Tried to flash it with hddhackr (impossible to since it is the official fujitsu hdd).
When i try to read the hard-drive with xplorer360 extreme, it says it cant find a FATX drive, so that means that my hard-drive doesnt have a fatx partition anymore.
//edit: for some reason my windows created a partition on the hard-drive itself, that's why i formatted the hard-drive in windows....
Is there any way to reformat my hdd and get it back to FATX?
or is there any way to "mod" hddhackr and flash my drive with the original hddss.bin from my fujitsu hdd?
Greetings,
ReFlamE
This post has been edited by Reflame: Nov 15 2009, 11:17 AM
Post by: shivadow on November 15, 2009, 07:12:00 AM
QUOTE(Reflame @ Nov 15 2009, 12:15 PM)
Hello all,
Im pretty desperate since my xbox 360 doenst read my original 120gb drive anymore
I tried allmost everything i can think off. Tried reformatting on the xbox360 (impossible since the xbox wont read it anymore) Tried to flash it with hddhackr (impossible to since it is the official fujitsu hdd).
When i try to read the hard-drive with xplorer360 extreme, it says it cant find a FATX drive, so that means that my hard-drive doesnt have a fatx partition anymore.
//edit: for some reason my windows created a partition on the hard-drive itself, that's why i formatted the hard-drive in windows....
Is there any way to reformat my hdd and get it back to FATX?
or is there any way to "mod" hddhackr and flash my drive with the original hddss.bin from my fujitsu hdd?
Greetings,
ReFlamE
Flashing a stock HDD and formatting it with windows has probably killed it. The only thing I can think of (providing it has the original FW flashed to it) is to delete the partition so that the drive is blank (unallocated, as it was when you took it out of the bag) and try hddhackr (don't forget to have the appropriate size hddss.bin in there too) from a usb boot disk. Type 'hddhackr' at the command prompt and hope it shows your drive in the list of devices.
The flashing process needs to be done TWICE. The first time flashes sector 16-22 and the drive will then disconnect. Reboot and flash again. Hddhackr will then partition the drive ready to be formatted by the 360 (for which you need the CONSOLE serial number (can be found in system info on the console settings).
As for having the Explorer360 error "cant find a FATX drive", unplug any/all USB pen/hdd drives and reboot, connecting the 360 HDD drive by SATA AFTER windows starts.
Post by: ssidewinder on November 15, 2009, 11:06:00 AM
QUOTE(shivadow @ Nov 15 2009, 09:12 AM)
Flashing a stock HDD and formatting it with windows has probably killed it. The only thing I can think of (providing it has the original FW flashed to it) is to delete the partition so that the drive is blank (unallocated, as it was when you took it out of the bag) and try hddhackr (don't forget to have the appropriate size hddss.bin in there too) from a usb boot disk. Type 'hddhackr' at the command prompt and hope it shows your drive in the list of devices.
The flashing process needs to be done TWICE. The first time flashes sector 16-22 and the drive will then disconnect. Reboot and flash again. Hddhackr will then partition the drive ready to be formatted by the 360 (for which you need the CONSOLE serial number (can be found in system info on the console settings).
As for having the Explorer360 error "cant find a FATX drive", unplug any/all USB pen/hdd drives and reboot, connecting the 360 HDD drive by SATA AFTER windows starts.
I did not have to flash the drive twice and works fine with the 250gb drive.
Post by: Reflame on November 15, 2009, 02:36:00 PM
i did some research myself and found this website. Im following step 1 till 43 now, and it seems pretty promising
hope it works! will keep you guys informed!
Greetings
reflame
Post by: Brahma on November 16, 2009, 08:50:00 AM
This post has been edited by Brahma: Nov 16 2009, 04:53 PM
Post by: Constellation on November 18, 2009, 11:48:00 AM
Post by: dcoloane on November 25, 2009, 02:15:00 AM
QUOTE(Constellation @ Nov 19 2009, 02:48 AM)
One question. I previously flashed a 250GB WD hard drive with the 120 GB hdss.bin. This was before the 250GB hdss.bin came out. Now, I want to upgrade to the full 250 gigs. Can I just re-flash with the 250GB hdss.bin using hddhackr? Or would I need to use undo.bin first, restore the original the Western Digital firmware, THEN reflash to the 250 GB hdss.bin?
yes, you need to undo back to normal HDD and reflash as 250GB
Post by: SecurityHacker on December 03, 2009, 06:09:00 PM
Post by: PhoneyVirus on December 04, 2009, 12:24:00 AM
QUOTE(SecurityHacker @ Dec 3 2009, 09:09 PM)
i just order off newegg Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT next do i place HDDHacker v1.22 in USB that boot to dos ? kind of lost here guys would be very helpful someone help me out with whole usb deal .
You should put it on a Floppy disc also check out the Links I put together on my Thread HOW TO CREATE WORKING 360 BACKUPS
Post by: 40_ounce on December 04, 2009, 05:03:00 AM
QUOTE(SecurityHacker @ Dec 3 2009, 05:09 PM)
i just order off newegg Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT next do i place HDDHacker v1.22 in USB that boot to dos ? kind of lost here guys would be very helpful someone help me out with whole usb deal .
Yes just place hddhackr and the hddss.bin file in the usb. when you download the hddss file it will be named like this HDDSS_250GB. Rename it to hddss.bin then put it in the usb. Here is a good tut to make a bootable usb just incase you need one. http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm
Post by: Brahma on December 04, 2009, 07:43:00 AM
QUOTE(Brahma @ Nov 16 2009, 04:50 PM)
Thnx for the application. I installed a WD Scorpio Black WD1600BJKT 160 GB this weekend as 120GB in my Xbox, everything works perfectly
Except Forza 3 save games don't work anymore, I did read that this was also the case with Forza 2. I'm looking to borrow a memory unit now from someone for the save game transfer.Quoting myself lol... Anyway upgraded the HD now to a WD2500BEKT 250 GB. Forza 3 also works now after transferring the save game (and all other Forza 3 files) with a memory unit. The 160GB HD will go into a friends 360. Does anyone know of a site with info about which games don't work after the upgrade, and which requires a MU?
The games I remember which don't work (and which he has) are Fable 2, Forza 2, Forza 3. He doesn't have any rockband game or such, or some game freefighter or summit.
How to install Forza 3 on new HD
To get Forza 3 to ask if you want to install everything from disk 2 is to make sure you don't have any save game from this game yet on your new HD. If it was copied over with the HD image, delete every Forza 3 save file from your new HD (like save game, ghosts, replays and so on).
Install Forza 3 to HD, say yes to also install disk 2.
When it's done the game will autostart (and you can let it download the update for the game or do this later). Quit the game, delete the save game it automatically made on the HD, insert your memory unit with the Forza 3 save game and all other Forza 3 files you made earlier from your original HD (like ghosts, replays and so on), now move them onto the new HD. Now when you start the game from the HD it'll work again with your old save.
Post by: rzwx on December 13, 2009, 07:57:00 AM
sorry for the english i'm from holland
Post by: pdawg17 on January 07, 2010, 10:14:00 AM
Is this going to make my 250gb drive detectable by Microsoft or as long as the bios shows the drive as Hitachi and the Xbox recognizes it as so then that means the flash went "normally"?
Post by: porniz89 on February 05, 2010, 07:42:00 AM
QUOTE(pdawg17 @ Jan 7 2010, 06:14 PM)
Question...my Xbox 360 recognizes my WD 250gb drive fine and I was able to transfer everything from my old 20gb to the new one...the only thing that didn't go as expected is when I ran hddhackr 1.22 and then restarted the computer and entered "hddhackr -f" again it did NOT say it was ready for the Xbox...it would have let me flash again...
Is this going to make my 250gb drive detectable by Microsoft or as long as the bios shows the drive as Hitachi and the Xbox recognizes it as so then that means the flash went "normally"?
I have the SAME problem! But if you try to install a game into disk it gave you an error after some percent point?