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Title: Xbox Hdd For Pc, Help.
Post by: Arius on April 29, 2005, 07:03:00 AM
you cant do it (easily) without the xbox hdd key, and if your xbox is dead, and you dont have a backup of the eeprom, you cant do it.
Title: Xbox Hdd For Pc, Help.
Post by: ferrari_rulz_02 on April 30, 2005, 01:41:00 AM
QUOTE(Capn trip @ Apr 30 2005, 05:27 PM)
so there isn't a way i can find this key with out the HDD being in a Xbox?
Title: Xbox Hdd For Pc, Help.
Post by: thedustycelt on April 30, 2005, 02:12:00 AM
We are looking at the wrong problem...

How dead is your xbox?
They can typicaly be repaired. If it was a mod gone wrong, I do motherboard repairs for realy reasonable rates...
Title: Xbox Hdd For Pc, Help.
Post by: Capn trip on April 30, 2005, 10:05:00 PM
I want my old Xbox HDD for an Extra HDD, meaning i would format it and not bother keeping any data saved on it...I have a heap on it, but meh i don't care, just means i have to play the games again  tongue.gif

I don't know whats wrong with it. It just stoped working, no power light, nothing. Yes the power was turned on, and yes the powerplug was pluged in, no it wasn't the powerplugs fault.  I don't want or need it fixed, i got a new one.

So there is no way what so ever that i can install the Xbox HDD in my computer and Format it? i just want to format it, nothing more, no back up, i don't want the saved files or anything.
Title: Xbox Hdd For Pc, Help.
Post by: xman954 on April 30, 2005, 10:26:00 PM
well it sounds like you have no backups
the only way is to remove the eeprom from the dead xbox
and read it, save it to a bin file then load it into liveinfo and get the HDD key
Title: Xbox Hdd For Pc, Help.
Post by: SpookieStylez on May 01, 2005, 12:21:00 AM
QUOTE(ferrari_rulz_02 @ Apr 30 2005, 01:47 AM)
i have done this, and the drive is shit, it really is. the drive is designed to be used in an xbox, and with thoss partitions. when i did it, i was getting errors all the time
Title: Xbox Hdd For Pc, Help.
Post by: Capn trip on May 02, 2005, 01:54:00 AM
QUOTE(cpt_pancakes @ May 1 2005, 05:37 AM)
Can't you just plugin the XB HDD, boot to dos, reformat the sucker and then use it like normal.  windows won't see the lock, it's just see it as an error. i could be wrong but it's worth a try if the xbox is already toast.
Title: Xbox Hdd For Pc, Help.
Post by: SpookieStylez on May 02, 2005, 02:00:00 AM
cant be formatted untill its unlocked dry.gif


sS
Title: Xbox Hdd For Pc, Help.
Post by: catdog2 on May 02, 2005, 03:03:00 AM
QUOTE(toxickiwi @ May 2 2005, 08:43 AM)
Here's some HDD info that is absolutely correct. 

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Title: Xbox Hdd For Pc, Help.
Post by: Capn trip on May 02, 2005, 10:55:00 PM
ok, so If i get my Xbox Motherboard working, How do i get the Lock Key?

and about my Xbox mother board, here's the story about it;
We had a black out, xbox was pluged in, but not turned on. After that it didn't work.
All other things pluged in to the same power Board still work, including TV, VCR, PS2, GC, and DC.

There seem to be no visable marks on the mother board apon self inspection after a guy looked at it.

Any idea?
Title: Xbox Hdd For Pc, Help.
Post by: ferrari_rulz_02 on May 03, 2005, 02:15:00 AM
QUOTE(Sizemore @ May 3 2005, 12:09 AM)
So,taking a ride in the topic,my Xbox Hd its working,later,i will make a Exchange,Xbox hd goes to the Pc,and the PC HD goes to Xbox.
Title: Xbox Hdd For Pc, Help.
Post by: ferrari_rulz_02 on May 06, 2005, 02:09:00 AM
QUOTE(Crazyneil @ May 4 2005, 09:24 AM)
OK i have a question and please reply soon.. i want to buy a new hdd for my xbox to replace the stock 10gb hdd in my xbox now..i found that PC hdd's are much cheaper than xbox hdd's. is there anyway i can use a PC hdd for my xbox? also i have a softmod..so are there any special steps i need to make sure that the softmod works fine with the replacement hdd? would i ahve to softmodd again? or will it just work fine after i put the new one in? and ive been readin that u need the hdd key and to unlock ur hdd..can someoen explain if id need to do that ? thanks for any help..