Post by: Thing2 on December 29, 2003, 09:50:00 PM
Worked perfectly for me...the only problem I had was with HDD_DRIVER...I needed to get a couple of .dlls before it would start, but after it started everything went smoothly.
Thank you very much! My 120GB is zooming
I tried the other tutorial (the one that only uses Winhex) and it didn't work at all...I even went so far as finding the full version of that freakin' program because the trial wont let you do ANYTHING! In the end, everything in this tutorial worked perfectly!
Bravo.
Post by: wiggles on December 31, 2003, 02:25:00 PM
i have teh seagate baracuda (sp?) 120gb 8mb cache
ok, when i go into the f drive it says
"226-free disk space under this directory : 126.295.715.944"
in the status box, but i am unable to transfer anything onto the drive, i get this message:
"226 Transfer finished successfully. Data connection closed.
List Complete: 56 bytes in 0.09 (0.05 KBps)
Transfer queue completed
1 File failed to transfer"
edit: got it, had to unlock the hard drive first with configmagic
Post by: Agent-}{ on January 01, 2004, 09:51:00 AM
Thanks in advance for your help.
Post by: alvette78 on January 04, 2004, 07:20:00 AM
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Post by: sony3d on January 06, 2004, 04:32:00 AM
Post by: ourreality on January 19, 2004, 09:21:00 AM
Post by: Rainchaser on April 29, 2004, 07:37:00 PM
| QUOTE (BaD_HeX @ Sep 18 2003, 02:10 PM) |
Welcome  I'm amazed to see somone found an unlockable drive! lol.. glad to see it all worked out for you. |
Add the 60 gig Maxtor 96147H6 to the list of drives that do NOT support locking. Grrr...
Post by: Rainchaser on April 30, 2004, 04:38:00 AM
| QUOTE (Agent-}{ @ Jan 1 2004, 07:51 PM) |
| I just tried to put a new western digital 120 gb hdd in my xobx.. I went through all the steps unlocking it and transfering one contents of the drive to another and that all worked perfectly. Now when I go to relock the drive, it says that the device is not ready. I checked in atapwd.exe and see that the drive has a + sign under the f column. This means that the drive is freeze locked. Is there any way to remove this so I can go ahead and lock the drive to put it back in my xbox. |
I don't see a response to the above post about the +F and I'm having the exact same problem. Does anyone have a solution for this? I'm using a Seagate ST3120026A 120g hdd and also can not lock it (but it does support locking). I get the device not ready response.
Here's more detail of my process:
1. Got the XHDD unlocked and backed up to my PC with HDD_Driver.
2. None of my drives have a jumper option for "Secondary Master". It's either Master, Slave or Cable Select. So both drives (XHDD and PCHDD) are set to master. XHDD on the IDE2 cable and PCHDD on the IDE1 cable. Windows boots that way. If the XHDD is the main primary, it won't boot as there's no OS on that drive (first drive in IDE chain). Anyway.. It's working this way ok from all I can tell. The new XHDD is a Seagate 120g ST310026A. I run the LIVEINFO program, load the eeprom.bin from my original XHDD backup and get the calculated password from the bottom section of information.
3. I run xhdprepa and zero out the 4096 bytes (that works quick). I then run Hex Workshop as indicated in the guide and edit in the BRFR. NOTE! I do get an error here about invalid partition size or something from Hex Workshop. It does allow me to continue on and edit the BRFR section. (This happens whether there's a partition on the new XHDD or not)
4. I then run HDD_Driver and it does detect an XHDD (the new one). It does not however give me the invalid filesize error like it did with the original XHDD. I tried a few different things to make it do so, like having a partition before doing #3 above, not having a partition, having one and having it formatted.. nadda. No filesize error. Just the one from Hex Workship in #3 above.
5. Continuing on, I restore my backup with HDD_Driver to the new XHDD. It restores fine (no errors).
6. I boot to my floppy and run ATAPWD. It shows the drives and for the XHDD the flags are as such:
S E L F X V
+ - - + -
7. I run the HDLOCK program and select my new XHDD and then enter the calculated password from LIVEINFO. I get a response saying "Device not ready."
I can't get past this point (Step 8) as the drive won't lock..
HELP!
Post by: ldots on April 30, 2004, 05:17:00 AM
BTW. Check links in my sig. for an easier/automatic way of upgrading you HDD using softmods.
Post by: Rainchaser on April 30, 2004, 01:44:00 PM
Turns out that it was my PC's BIOS that was turning on the Freeze Lock flag of the HDD's. I took the HDD to another PC and it was not freeze locked. I was able to do HDLOCK without a problem.
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| QUOTE (ldots @ Apr 30 2004, 02:17 PM) |
| Try setting the jumber on your new hdd as "cable select". Then put it on primary slave and run hdlock or unlockx with this setup. Works for me - dont know why? BTW. Check links in my sig. for an easier/automatic way of upgrading you HDD using softmods. |
Ok, I tried that as well. Nada. I grabbed your XBOXHD thing, burned it, booted it, did it, and all it does is get me back to the same point that I was at before.
I can't get the drive to lock.
I just tried relocking my XBOX original drive as well, and I've got the same problem. Both of them in atadrv show F+ for freeze lock, so I'm guessing that's the problem.
HOW DO YOU TURN OFF FREEZE LOCK?
Unless I can do that so that I can lock the drive, my XBOX is now a paper weight.
Post by: Mesmoque on May 18, 2004, 04:48:00 PM
Post by: tbone97cobra on June 16, 2004, 08:41:00 AM
How would I do the swap? Seems like I could skip some steps or would have to do something differently. What do you think? Thanks.
Post by: ldots on June 17, 2004, 02:32:00 AM
| QUOTE (Mesmoque @ May 19 2004, 01:48 AM) |
| Anyone know a answer to this? Mine is also freeze locked. |
As Rainchaser says I think the "Freeze Lock" command is issued by some bioses. I dont think there is any way to turn it off. In my case the drive is not frozen when connected to the primary slave channel, but always when connected to the primary master. Other than that, try another PC...
Post by: SrLANGuy on July 05, 2004, 08:43:00 AM
| QUOTE (SpikeMage @ Sep 23 2003, 03:47 AM) |
| I am at the part where you use HDD_Driver to make a copy of the xbox drive but I can't get the damn thing to run because I am missing tons of DLL files it would seem. So far it has asked me for stuff like: MFC42D.dll MSVCRTD.dll MFCO42d.dll and so on...I have found some but the list seems endless and I am unable to find some of them. Is there some kind of DLL pack or something I need? |
If your missing the DLL files needed to run HDD_DRIVER, try this:
[1] Download "MS Service Pack 6 for Visual Studio 6.0" from MS (Vs6sp6.exe). NOTE: The following URL is incorrect because this forum automatically converts "The name of Bill Gates company" to "ms". Please copy the URL and then replace "ms" with the full company name.
http://www.MS.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A8494EDB-2E89-4676-A16A-5C5477CB9713&displaylang=en
[2] Instead of launching "Vs6sp6.exe", open it with WinZip.
[3] Extract "VS6sp61.cab" and "VS6sp64.cab" to a temporary location.
[4] Open "VS6sp61.cab" with WinZip and extract the following DLL files:
msvcrtd.dll
msvcirtd.dll
[5] Open "VS6sp64.cab" with WinZip and extract the following DLL files:
mfc42d.dll
mfco42d.dll
[6] Place all four of these files in the same directory as the HDD_DRIVER.
This worked on my WinXP system!
Post by: b.i.g on July 05, 2004, 09:18:00 AM
Post by: SrLANGuy on July 06, 2004, 02:36:00 PM
| QUOTE (b.i.g @ Jul 5 2004, 06:18 PM) |
| This method is bullshit just use Idiots Xbox Hardrive Maker<: |
This is not B.S. The only thing I had to do different was connect my "OS Drive" as "Primary Master" and my "Xbox Drive" as "Secondary Master" (instead of vice versa as the instructions tell you). Then, you have to choose option "3" instead of "1" to select the Xbox hard drive while using some of the utilities. Otherwise, it worked perfectly.
I've now modded 2 XBOXs using the "Game Save Exploit" (007 with EvoX). Once EvoX is running, I use it to copy "ltools" to the Xbox. Once "ltools" is running, it has an option to install the UDE (Ultimate Dashboard Exploit). At that point, I have a fully functioning hacked Xbox. Then, I use the instructions at the beginning of this thread to upgrade the hard drive.
Post by: poldoman on July 16, 2004, 04:28:00 AM
| QUOTE (b.i.g @ Jul 5 2004, 06:18 PM) |
| This method is bullshit just use Idiots Xbox Hardrive Maker<: |
where is that tutorial ?
Post by: BaD_HeX on August 11, 2004, 05:23:00 PM
Post by: pyro_2006 on September 22, 2004, 04:54:00 PM
and got the same problem so i unlocked the drive and tried you tutorial. Now i cannot even unlock the drive. Any ideas why i would get the error and better yet how i can unlock the drive?
Also just curious why the password to lock the original drive is different from the password to lock the replacement? It seems to me that they should be the same.
Post by: pyro_2006 on September 22, 2004, 04:57:00 PM
I guess i could have put in the password incorrectly but i doubt it.
Any ideas, otherwise im off to get a new one...
Post by: HowieFelderkunt on September 28, 2004, 02:51:00 PM
| QUOTE (BaD_HeX @ Sep 4 2003, 12:46 AM) |
Get the following programs from the usual places: atapwd Hdlock Hdunlock Hddisabl 007 gamesave exploit (or mech assault) liveinfo hdprepar HDD_Driver Windows 95/98/ME bootdisk maker |
so I have found atapwd, liveinfo, hdprepar, and the mechassault exploit. I was wondering where the usual places are for the rest of them? I know its a noob question but I have searched them all and cannot find them.
I need:
Hdlock
Hdunlock
Hddisabl
HDD_Driver
Windows 95/98/ME bootdisk maker
Post by: HowieFelderkunt on September 29, 2004, 12:11:00 PM
Post by: triggernum5 on September 29, 2004, 02:47:00 PM
Post by: krukaze on October 20, 2004, 09:01:00 PM
i successfully unlocked backed-up and relocked my original HDD.
but my problem is finding a key for my new HDD samsung sv80004h
on my primary cpu AMD 64 3400 + live info doesn't recognize my new HDD and when i try to load my eeprom it says it's not a valid one.
i tried it on my other CPU Pentium 4 1.6ghz and liveinfo detects the hard drive but it still says my eeprom is invalid.
i thaught maybe i didn't need to load my eeprom file sinse it showed me a generated password for the new HDD.
i used it to lock it and i made sure it was locked before i put it in my xbox.
but i get an error screen after the X logo loads.
My questions are:
do i need to load the eeprom?
why doesn't liveinfo recognize my eeprom?
is there another program that can generate a key for my new HDD?
Thank you in advance for the help.
Post by: thanhuy on October 20, 2004, 09:35:00 PM
I'm assuming you have a v1.6 xbox. You'll need to get a hold of xboxhdm v1.9, this'll help you with all of your questions.
Post by: puppet-master on October 31, 2004, 11:26:00 PM
Will this drive work on it?? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=520067&CatId=523
I am not interested in a modchip until someone can convince me for one. I am not planning on soldering a modchip myself so good will this faq work to intall the harddisk here??
Post by: krukaze on November 01, 2004, 04:08:00 PM
thank you.
Post by: ejt on January 03, 2005, 07:18:00 PM
Post by: I am a Potato on January 09, 2005, 05:05:00 PM
in your next tutorial edition maybe you can address that if you have written BRFR at the 600h offset of your drive, even with a format and OS install the modification may still be there. If you launch hdd_driver and that drive is the first physical drive, then it will still detect it as an xbox hd and select that one to work from (since it starts from physical disk 0, and seq. goes though to 255). If the user is not careful they can overwrite their dirve. This is the case if they do not follow your instructions fully and left the os drive master.
,
i am a potato
Post by: xenophon001 on January 23, 2005, 02:52:00 PM
Bad_HexBut somehow I can't seem to lock my new harddisk. In liveInfo is says: locking: Not Locked and in UnlockX it says: Locable Not locked.
So I presume it can be locked. I got the sane code from LiveInfo and xboxhd, But when I try to lock it hdlock says: Device not ready and UnlockX says Not locked.
I don't have the +f in atapwd.
How can I lock this drive ?
And what code do i use to lock my old xbox hd with ? Is it the same code as I would use for my new hd ?
Post by: pander on February 09, 2005, 07:50:00 AM
Can anyone give me some help with the HDD_Driver part of this turorial... I have downloaded the app from the usual place but it's complaining about missing DLL's. I started downloading the missing DLL's from the Interweb but when I run now I am getting a "Ordinal Not Found" error.
Does anyone have a fully working version of this app with all the required DLL's that they could help me out with or perhaps there is even an alternative that I am not aware of??? Please!!!
Cheers
Paul.
Post by: bdon003 on February 09, 2005, 03:58:00 PM
Use that, I was in ur shoes a few days ago and I couldnt get all of the appz to use the tut ur using so I found this one and it works like a charm, very easy and quick too
Post by: digidog on February 24, 2009, 09:44:00 AM
Firstly, Many thanks for such a wonderful resource as this tutorial (and forum in general) has given me the tools I needed to completely trick out an old and now vital part of my home entertainment system
A word of advice, DO NOT PUT HDLOCK.EXE on a bootable CD !! I thought I could get away without having to install a floppy. It seems that hdlock.exe needs to write to the media that it is running from. When trying to lock my new HDD, hdlock.exe would return a 'runtime error' after typing the key and pressing enter.
I thought I had hosed my XBOX as I could not lock either my new HDD or the original.
2 days and much panic later i installed a floppy drive in desperation and put hdlock.exe on a floppy. I still booted from the CD, but then switched to B: and locked the drive from there. All was well and my 5yr old was no longer giving me dirty looks and idly thumbing a (then useless) XBOX controller.
I hope this prevents another modder from hours of grief.
Cheers !
Happy Modding
Post by: BaD_HeX on September 03, 2003, 04:43:00 PM
By: BaD_HeX
Get the following programs from the usual places:
atapwd
Hdlock
Hdunlock
Hddisabl
007 gamesave exploit (or mech assault)
liveinfo
hdprepar
HDD_Driver
Windows 95/98/ME bootdisk maker
Step 1: Making our tools disk
Use a Windows 95/98/ME bootdisk maker to format a blank floppy disk. This will be our dos bootdisk used for unlocking our xbox harddrive.
After that has completed copy the following files to the new bootdisk: atapwd.exe, hdlock.exe, hdunlock.exe, hddisabl.exe.
Take the disk out and label it xbox tools disk and set it aside.
Step 2: Getting our xbox drive key
Using another tutorial, load evox up using the 007 gamesave exploit on your xbox.
It is important to not use any bios loaders, font hacks, sound hacks, or anything like this as we need a pure key generated for your xbox harddrive.
Once you are in evox run the backup option in the settings menu. This will create a backup folder in your evox base directory (not your c drive). To find it, if you used the 007 hack, simply FTP into your xbox and go to the following folder: /E/UDATA/4541000d/000000000000/
There you should see the backup folder created by evox. Copy that folder somewhere to your computer where you can access it easily.
Once copied open up the folder and there should be the following files inside it: bios.bin, disk.bin, eeprom.bin, hddinfo.txt, hddkey.bin
Open up the file hddinfo.txt. In this file is three lines and by now you should notice it contains one called hdd key. This is the Key that will be used to unlock your xbox harddrive. Either print this file or write down the group of numbers. The key will be used without the :s or trailing 00s when entering it in the unlock programs. (ie. 157560ab not 15:75:60:ab)
Step 3: Unlocking the xbox harddrive
Shutdown your PC and remove all drives except for a drive that contains your OS and is bootable. This drive should be set as secondary master (use jumper).
Open up you xbox and remove the xbox hardrive. If you are not sure how to open your xbox and remove the harddrive, look for another tutorial on how to do it. Set up this drive on your computer as primary master (use jumper).
Insert your xbox tools disk and turn on your PC. You can skip any harddrive detection that your bios does, as it will not correctly detect the xbox drive. Once you are at a DOS prompt run the following tool from your bootdisk: atapwd.exe
The program should detect your two drives and you should notice that the xbox drive is flashing (if not refresh the list using the shortcut displayed). Also check out the SELFXV and notice that the xbox drive has a few more + signs then the normal PC drive. In the next steps we will unlock the drive (the L column) and then disable drive locking (the E column) on the drive which in turn will make those two columns display signs. Press ESC to exit the program.
Next run the following program from the xbox tools disk: hdunlock.exe
Here is will display a list of drives where you can choose which one you wish to unlock. Usually the xbox drive will be choice 1, but verify that that is correct. If so press one to select the xbox drive.
Now you will be asked to enter the key the program will use to unlock the drive. Enter in the key that we printed in step 2. Remember you should not enter in :s or any trailing 00s in the key. An example key will look will end up looking like: 112233445566778899aabbccddeeff
When you press enter it should pause for a moment and then say done. To verify that the unlock key worked correctly run the file: atapwd.exe. You should see under the L column of the drive there is now a - sign meaning the drive is unlocked. If for some reason it still has a + under it you did not successfully unlock the drive and you should start over from step 2. For those of us who did it correct the first time, we now need to disable the locking on the drive so when we restart it doesnt relock.
Run the following program from the xbox tools disk: hddisabl.exe
This should bring up a similar selection menu where you can pick the xbox drive. Just choose choice 1 (or the one that you believe is your xbox drive). Then you will have to enter the xbox drive key again. When finished it should say done again. Verify that you disabled locking by running: atapwd.exe. Under the E column you should now see a - sign meaning you disabled locking of the drive.
Step 4: Backup the xbox harddrive
Now that we have completely unlocked our drive we can reboot the computer without the bootdisk to get into windows. It may take a bit longer to start the OS as you have moved your drives around in the process of this tutorial. Be patient! Once in windows we will need to run HDD_Driver.
When you run HDD_Driver you should get a message box that says it detected an xbox harddrive (your primary master drive). Then when you hit OK it will give you an invalid filesize error. Dont press ok, but instead go to menu system of the program and select backup the hdd. Dont do this unless you get the invalid filesize error or you know for sure it detected your drive. Select a safe place to backup your drive, but remember you need aprox 8gb of space to hold the xbox drive image.
Go get something to eat, pee, whatever as it will take some time to backup the drive.
When finished you will need to shutdown your PC and remove the xbox drive. You can now set it aside for use as a paperweight or clock.
Step 5: Prepare the new hardrive
Connect the new drive as primary master (use jumper) and start up your machine. Once in windows you may need to refresh the system under device manager to detect the new drive.
Ive noticed in all other tutorials that you need a lockable drive; however, I have yet to encounter a harddrive that was not lockable. You should be safe with a newer drive.
First load up the liveinfo program and click load eeprom. Then select the file eeprom.bin from the backup folder you got from evox. The program will display some information regarding your xbox system.
Go to the second section of the program where it has a list of harddrives. Select you xbox replacement drive (make sure you know it is the replacement drive) and the program will generate a key that we will use to lock the drive with. Print this key or write it down EXACTLY on a piece of paper as we will need this while we are in dos.
Now we need to prepare the drive to look like an xbox drive. Use the program hdprepar to zero the first 4096 sectors. BE VERY CAREFUL to select the correct replacement drive to zero as you could destroy your OS partitions if you select the wrong drive. Once finished close the program as were done with that.
Step 6: Hex the Replacement Drive
Load up your favorite hex editor that can hex edit the clusters of a drive. I use hex workshop, but you are free to use anything else. What we need to do is hex edit the xbox replacement drive so that HDD_driver thinks its an xbox harddrive. Browse to the offset of 0x600 on the drive.
Here is how to do it using Hex workshop:
Go to the disk menu and select open drive. Select the drive you believe is the replacement drive. You will know it is the correct one by a screen full of 0000s or mostly 0000s. Now hex worksop lays everything out in sectors there are 200 offsets in a sector so you need to hit the -> button on the toolbar 3 times to get to the correct offset. At the beginning of this page you must type in the ASCII values BRFR. So to do this you simply go to the right of the line and at the beginning of the page type the letters. On the left side you should see the Hex values 4252 4652 in red. Thats it, save the changes and exit the program.
Step 7: Restore the backup of your original xbox drive
We now have a drive that HDD_driver will think is an xbox harddrive. Start up HDD_driver and you should get the successfully detected message followed by an invalid filesize error. Dont click ok when you get the invalid filesize error, but instead go to the menu and select the restore xbox hdd option. Select the image file we created in step 4 as the restore file. You will then be given the option to restore specific parts of the image file. For a complete restoration of the xbox harddrive select the last option in the right column to restore the whole drive. Wait awhile while the program does all the copying and when it is done you have an exact replica of the xbox harddrive. From here we need to lock the drive like the original one was.
Step 8: Lock the replacement drive
Place your boot disk back in the drive and restart your computer so it boots from the floppy.
Once in dos run the following program from the disk: atapwd.exe
You should see the replacement drive and your OS drive here. We can also see from the SELFXV that the replacement drive does not have locking enabled and is currently not locked. We need to change that so the xbox believes it has a legit drive installed. Press ESC to exit atapwd and go to the dos prompt.
Run the following program from the xbox tools disk: hdlock.exe
Now you should see a screen that looks much like the unlock tool. This time select the drive that you believe is the replacement drive. Most likely it will be choice 1 if your drives are configured the way they should be.
You will now have to enter in the key that was generated from liveinfo in step 5. Make sure you enter the key EXACT. Go over what you typed in 2 to 3 times to make sure that this is the correct key. After you hit enter you should see the done message. A file will be created on your xbox tools disk containing the key information if you should ever want to change the drive again. To be safe you can lock the drive again using the same key from step 5 again. To verify that the drive will lock run atapwd and there should be a + sign under the E column. There will be no + under the L column, but that is normal as it will lock itself the next time it is powered up.
Step 9: Final Setup
Now that our drive is setup set the jumper on the replacement drive to cable select and place hook it up to the xbox like the original harddrive was. Upon starting up the system you should get the MSdashboard , evox, or whatever else that loaded like the original. Congradulations!
There is 1 more thing that some of you may need to do though. My xbox required me to format my partition6 drive F to unlock the extra space on the 120gb drive I installed. You can do this rather easy through the evoxs FTP server. Connect with FlashFXP or another good FTP program and send the following raw commands:
Formatpath \Device\Harddisk0\Partition6
FormatDrive (number)
Make sure you type it in exactly as the wrong "\"'s can cause the wrong drive to be killed.
Replace (number) with the number you get from Fromatpath. This should then format the drive and give you your remaining disk space.
Step 10
Done and Done!
Post by: Mad_Gouki on September 03, 2003, 07:00:00 PM
Post by: SpikeMage on September 05, 2003, 03:48:00 AM
Anyway I just had one question.
In the very beging you said:
"It is important to not use any bios loaders, font hacks, sound hacks, or anything like this as we need a pure key generated for your xbox harddrive."
But I have already installed the phoenix bios loader using this tut here: http://freexevoxtut.freeservers.com/index2.htm
At the very end of the tut it says:
(or if you want you can instlal the bios loader into the c drive so it uses the bios loader as the default and not evox)
And I did....So when I boot up evox it uses the phoenix bios loader all by it's self.
Will it not work with a loader like this? (I'm gussing no sorry for the stupid question)
If not then what do I need to do to fix this? I am pretty sure I backed up my C: before I installed the phoenix bios loader. Can I just copy my whole C: over whats on the box and have it go back?
P.S.
Thank you for this great tutorial and any help you can offer.
Post by: yodanut on September 05, 2003, 07:35:00 AM
Post by: BaD_HeX on September 05, 2003, 09:14:00 PM
It's ok that you installed the loader already. The important part is you use the evox 007 gamesave exploit to generate the backup folder. The prob I was pointing out is that if you use the font hack (which modifies signing) or a bios loader (which uses a bios other then the installed) you will end up with a corrupt hdd key. Make sure you just use the default gamesave evox to backup the box. By simply having both of those on the drive will not cause any trouble if you boot off the 007 game CD and use the gamesave hack to get to a dashboard screen.
yodanut:
Yep, I sent it in to the main page to get it listed. It is already listed in the main sticky post in this forum section.
This post has been edited by BaD_HeX: Sep 6 2003, 04:16 AM
Post by: lechez on September 05, 2003, 10:17:00 PM
Post by: edmoncu on September 05, 2003, 10:54:00 PM
btw, i found a program called UnLockX... will this also be of help?
here's the feature of the program:
1) Now will Lock your hard drive or unlock and disable passwords all in one program !!
2) Will backup your password to a file and will not over-write it
3) Password backup file is time stamped.
4) No need to use atapwd.exe to view drive status.You can see at a glance if your drive is locked or unlocked.
5) Now you only have to enter your password one time.
This post has been edited by edmoncu: Sep 6 2003, 06:01 AM
Post by: BaD_HeX on September 05, 2003, 11:11:00 PM
Post by: edmoncu on September 05, 2003, 11:24:00 PM
Post by: Pestilence on September 06, 2003, 04:11:00 AM
That produces a 8 digit # that you then put into the FormatDrive (number). My only question is where should you be on your drive when you enter that Raw command? If you enter when you are in the root of the Xbox then you get an 8-digit # but if you switch to the F: drive 1st and then enter the Formatpath Device/Harddisk0/Partion6 command then it gives you an entirely different 8 digit code. Sorry to come off noobish but I spent a little time setting up and doing this Hdd switch and I do not want to screw it up. A little guidance in this one area would be super appreciated.
Hats off Bad Hex for a great Tut
Post by: Pestilence on September 06, 2003, 07:10:00 AM
Thx again,
Pestilence
Post by: SpikeMage on September 06, 2003, 08:06:00 AM
That's all I can offer....I to am an idiot newb
Post by: Pestilence on September 06, 2003, 07:43:00 AM
Post by: Pestilence on September 06, 2003, 08:04:00 AM
Thx for any and all effort and super thx to Bad Hex for fixiing this shit up
Off to play with my fun new xbox
Post by: BaD_HeX on September 06, 2003, 12:56:00 PM
Post by: darebel on September 07, 2003, 03:37:00 AM
... i locked my hd with the wrong password,i need to unlock it but i cant,it sez device is not ready,is there neway to retrieve my password? im really stuck
Post by: BaD_HeX on September 07, 2003, 07:48:00 AM
Post by: darebel on September 07, 2003, 11:21:00 PM
Post by: BaD_HeX on September 08, 2003, 07:28:00 AM
Post by: anjilslaire on September 09, 2003, 11:07:00 AM
I've gotten all the tools, except when I downloaded Liveinfo beta 2.rar from team-assembly (the zip here on xbox-scene is corrupt) it's a 111kb rar file containing only a 2kb readme!
Since it's supposedly legit freeware, can someone point me to a valid download?
Thanks!
Post by: SpikeMage on September 09, 2003, 12:06:00 PM
| QUOTE (anjilslaire @ Sep 9 2003, 07:31 PM) |
| Seems stupid, but... I've gotten all the tools, except when I downloaded Liveinfo beta 2.rar from team-assembly (the zip here on xbox-scene is corrupt) it's a 111kb rar file containing only a 2kb readme! Since it's supposedly legit freeware, can someone point me to a valid download? Thanks! |
Try the download here again. It works now if it didn't before.
Post by: anjilslaire on September 09, 2003, 04:13:00 PM
Any other suggestions?
I thought it my be my system, but all my other.zip/.ace/.rar files are behaving normally.
Post by: SpikeMage on September 09, 2003, 05:19:00 PM
In it you have:
Readme.txt
Blank EEPROM.cfg
Blank V1.0 EEPROM.bin
Blank V1.1 EEPROM.bin
LiveInfo.exe
And they are all sitting on my desktop. So, sorry buddy but you are mistaken.
Post by: anjilslaire on September 09, 2003, 05:15:00 PM
Post by: yodanut on September 09, 2003, 06:58:00 PM
Post by: anjilslaire on September 09, 2003, 07:51:00 PM
:edit:
Thanks for all the help guys (in this thread & others), I've got a working copy of liveinfo ( from one of the team-assembly guys, no less), so now that I've got all the tools, I'll be getting a 100-120 gig drive in the next couple weeks
btw, what's the prefered tool to rip to the hdd? I've got dvd2xbox on my 8gig, but haven't really tested it. No seagate = no extra 2 gigs. Tried formatting, no dice, so we'll see later.
Post by: BaD_HeX on September 09, 2003, 10:32:00 PM
Post by: SOLO-X on September 10, 2003, 04:44:00 AM
Post by: BaD_HeX on September 10, 2003, 12:41:00 PM
Post by: SOLO-X on September 10, 2003, 01:03:00 PM
Edit:
Ok, I tried liveinfo on Windows 98se and it gives me an error that it will only work with Windows 2000/XP/NT. Does anyone know what else will substitute for liveinfo on a Windows 98se machine?
Post by: SOLO-X on September 12, 2003, 05:34:00 AM
Post by: bios on September 12, 2003, 06:20:00 PM
Post by: bios on September 13, 2003, 07:38:00 AM
All but Liveinfo and i really need this so if someone could hint me on this
Post by: nagmine on September 14, 2003, 02:44:00 PM
Post by: ghost4real on September 14, 2003, 09:30:00 PM
Use winrar to open it instead of winzip and it should open up fine.
I hope i can do this tutorial right.
Only problem is Hex I already installed evox using 007 AUF hack and installed the font hacks as well as the signed phoniex bios loader. I noticed someone else mentioned this before, but how would I go about doing this exactly?
Thanks in advance
Post by: SpikeMage on September 15, 2003, 12:17:00 AM
| QUOTE (ghost4real @ Sep 15 2003, 06:30 AM) |
| I downloaded the liveinfo file over and over again thinking it was corrupted too. But its NOT!! lol Use winrar to open it instead of winzip and it should open up fine. I hope i can do this tutorial right. Only problem is Hex I already installed evox using 007 AUF hack and installed the font hacks as well as the signed phoniex bios loader. I noticed someone else mentioned this before, but how would I go about doing this exactly? Thanks in advance |
He told me to just use the game save hck to load evox. Then it will give a good key.
I haven't done it yet but I think he knows what he is talking about.
Post by: BaD_HeX on September 15, 2003, 04:35:00 AM
To make a long story short.. just use the gamesave hack to backup and then grab the backup folder from the gamesave hack's folder that I show you in the tutorial.
When I installed my new harddrive no tutorials warned me of this and I already had the font hack, bios loader, and evox installed. The key it generated did not work when trying to unlock the drive. I would only assume the key generated from liveinfo would have been wrong also. When I just loaded evox through the gamesave hack it generated a good key because it didn't run the font hack or the bios loader.
Post by: exiled350 on September 15, 2003, 01:57:00 PM
Post by: BaD_HeX on September 15, 2003, 02:33:00 PM
Post by: exiled350 on September 15, 2003, 05:35:00 PM
Post by: BaD_HeX on September 16, 2003, 02:21:00 AM
Post by: thai21 on September 16, 2003, 08:37:00 AM
Post by: anjilslaire on September 16, 2003, 10:20:00 AM
I followed your tut to the letter. But first, I wanted a way to test it. I dug out an old 5 gig maxtor I used as a test drive for linux, etc.
I yanked my xbox hdd, unlocked it, and backed up the image (about 3.9-4 gigs). I used liveinfo on the maxtor. I thought, 'it's small, but this will test everything for me before I hose simething important'.
Got the security code from liveinfo, and following everything step-by-step, I put the image on the 5gig maxtor. It went on fine, then I proceeded to lock it.
Happy with my progress, I put in the code. Nothing. Drive wouldn't take it. I thought, 'oh no' . Tried repeatedly. No go.
Ran liveinfo again. This time, I noticed in the bottom of liveinfo "drive locking not supported". Knowing the age of this maxtor, I was actually relieved. Simple solution. This drive is so old it doesn't support locking.
So, I re-read the tut again, and locked the xbox hdd again & reinstalled it. Xbox is just fine, with morden's hack on it.
So, having the image on my PC, I just finished ordering a 120gig WD from newegg ($94 with free shipping). When it arrives, I just run thru the 2nd 1/2 of the tut again the put the image on the new drive & I'll be set. This rules.
Thanks again, Hex!
Post by: BaD_HeX on September 18, 2003, 05:10:00 AM
I'm amazed to see somone found an unlockable drive! lol.. glad to see it all worked out for you.
Post by: anjilslaire on September 19, 2003, 06:03:00 AM
I must have mistyped the password when locking my new drive!! Error code 6! Now I can't unlock it, and no password I try works. Anyway to start fresh? Or unlock? It's a wd 1200bb.
Thanks.
Post by: exiled350 on September 19, 2003, 09:07:00 AM
one thing that i would change though, insted of telling ppl to pitch their old drive relock it and put it in a safe place. i took the font exploit off and set it aside so if i ever get stuck in a clock loop or something weird like that, pop out the new drive and pop in the old. boom instant fix.
Post by: ghost4real on September 19, 2003, 04:18:00 PM
This tutuorial is by far the best one out period! If you dont want to buy a modchip and solder your board... just use this exploit and you will still be able to load evox on it and also have a 120gb HD. Very easy to follow and straighforward. All the steps work... Its just if you run into other problems you should try to fix them on your own before posting questions. For example I had a whole bunch of .dll errors with trying to run HDD_Driver but I knew it wasnt the tutorial.. It was just a software issue compatibility... I was able to find all of them on google - simple fix - using vs 6.0.8168.0 library.
I used 120gb Seagate 7200rpm ST3120026A - Does not overheat and super quiet! I did my research... Locked!
Only problem I experienced was this afternoon when I got home and tried to turn my xbox on it would boot up and then on the xbox screen, the green eject lights would keep flashing in green and reboot and phoenix would not load evox. It took 3 reboots and I got worried something went wrong. So I was going to open it up but by the time I went to go get my tools EvoX loaded up. Wierd. So I rebooted it and it loads right away. Maybe the hard drive has to get warmed up a lil... I dunno. Let me know if anyone else experienced this problem.
Anyways back to having fun with my 120GB space now.
BaD_HeX you are a genius!! Thanks for the awesome tutorial and sharing this knowledge with us.
Post by: SpikeMage on September 21, 2003, 07:02:00 PM
I was just wondering...how much of it will I be able to use? I am using the MA hack and PBL bios. How much space will they be able to use?
Anyway i will post how it goes after I am done.
Post by: BaD_HeX on September 21, 2003, 09:18:00 PM
anyhow, I have the same reboot loop sometimes.. To tell you the truth I think it has to do with the font hack. The buffer overrun may not be the most stable thing in the world. Most times it has reboot is like 3 times before it loaded up into evox. It usually happens if I reset real quick. Could also have to do with the harddrive spinning up.
Post by: SpikeMage on September 21, 2003, 10:12:00 PM
Also..Hex what font hack are you using? reloaded..big font..what? (just wondering)
Post by: SOLO-X on September 22, 2003, 04:14:00 AM
Can't anyone help? Can it be done?
Post by: {later} on September 22, 2003, 09:44:00 AM
A better program is WinHex. Then select clone disc and it will make a perfect copy.
Anyway thnx alot for this tutorial!
I now have a Maxtor 120 gig running, thnx to you!
Post by: exiled350 on September 22, 2003, 11:05:00 AM
Post by: SpikeMage on September 22, 2003, 11:42:00 AM
| QUOTE (exiled350 @ Sep 22 2003, 08:05 PM) |
| has anyone tried with a hdd bigger than 137 using 4977 bfm patched with lba48? |
Well Im about to go get a 160 to put in mine.
And off I go. Weeeeee
Post by: SpikeMage on September 22, 2003, 06:47:00 PM
MFC42D.dll
MSVCRTD.dll
MFCO42d.dll
and so on...I have found some but the list seems endless and I am unable to find some of them. Is there some kind of DLL pack or something I need?
Post by: {later} on September 22, 2003, 09:29:00 PM
Post by: daviefresh1775 on September 23, 2003, 04:45:00 AM
Post by: doogie23 on September 23, 2003, 01:20:00 PM
Post by: SpikeMage on September 23, 2003, 01:46:00 PM
Anyway I think I fucked up when I was making my image. It didn't copy the 3 games I already had on there or any of my progs. Also all of the saves that were from games run off the HD turned into *unkown save* or something.
That's not so bad but I lost my Crono Triger save and I was almost done.
Anyway small price to pay I guess. Everything else works great and I almost have all my games on the drive.
Thanks Bad_Hex for this great tut.
Post by: jetfuel on September 28, 2003, 01:08:00 PM
Post by: {later} on September 28, 2003, 01:31:00 PM
| QUOTE (SpikeMage @ Sep 23 2003, 10:10 PM) |
| Well I found a better copy of it that had all the dll files. These DLL files can't be illegal can they? Why aren't they in the zip on this site? Anyway I think I fucked up when I was making my image. It didn't copy the 3 games I already had on there or any of my progs. Also all of the saves that were from games run off the HD turned into *unkown save* or something. That's not so bad but I lost my Crono Triger save and I was almost done. Anyway small price to pay I guess. Everything else works great and I almost have all my games on the drive. Thanks Bad_Hex for this great tut. |
Wait! I had this exact same problem.
Get the registered version of winhex and connect the original xbox harddisk AND the new harddisk for your xbox to the PC. Then start it up and load winhex.
Now just select clone drive and make sure you select the original xbox HD as the source and the new xbox harddisk as the destination.
It will take some time, but it will go OK
After that lock the drive with the appropiate key and put it in your xbox.
And voila! All saves working fine and all the games you had at the old drive are also there!
Hddriver sucks ass, winhex is the best!
Post by: SpikeMage on September 28, 2003, 03:17:00 PM
And I think losing my saves and stuff was user error. My image only came out to like 4gigs but at that point i was just like "fuck it I want my new HD"
Post by: jetfuel on September 28, 2003, 03:50:00 PM
Post by: SpikeMage on September 28, 2003, 04:40:00 PM
Post by: jetfuel on September 28, 2003, 04:34:00 PM
Post by: SpikeMage on September 28, 2003, 05:18:00 PM
| QUOTE (jetfuel @ Sep 29 2003, 01:34 AM) |
| but no vital info....thats good, i removed all my roms and such, i wish i could just get liveinfo to reconize my new drive, any tips? |
Make sure you do the hex edit part right.
Post by: jetfuel on September 28, 2003, 05:11:00 PM
Post by: SpikeMage on September 28, 2003, 08:14:00 PM
w00t
Post by: BaD_HeX on October 03, 2003, 04:47:00 AM
Post by: zuricksaves on October 03, 2003, 07:44:00 AM
first, i couldn't get to windows when i put my new hd as the primary master and my win hd as the 2ndary.
second, i couldn't lock my hd, when I used the key it says "Device is not ready" though it was lockable and i got the key correct, even tried my older key to be on the safe side. It is a lockable drive though, it reads Unlocked,Frozen, my unlockable drive literally says "Unable to lock"......SO, any advice is great
Post by: zuricksaves on October 03, 2003, 10:15:00 AM
how do i change offset to 0x600? mine starts at 0x80, and when i clock -> it goes to sector 1, 2, then 3 of 240121727
Post by: BaD_HeX on October 03, 2003, 11:34:00 AM
Post by: ajaxdude on October 11, 2003, 09:39:00 AM
What do I do?
The drive I am trying to use is WD800JB
thanks
Post by: flergle on November 28, 2003, 09:54:00 PM
Post by: rex_dogg on November 29, 2003, 01:07:00 PM
REX_DOGG
Post by: SpikeMage on November 29, 2003, 03:08:00 PM
Post by: philpw99 on November 29, 2003, 08:44:00 PM
Post by: ShadowOryan on November 30, 2003, 02:31:00 AM
i bacjupoed my h arddrive and hexed and prepared my replacment, no when i open hdd_driver is says, "good news" "detected a xbox harddrive..." but then after it it doesnt say "invalid file size"
what should i do?
Post by: ShadowOryan on November 30, 2003, 03:29:00 AM
EDIT: Spelling :-
Post by: ShadowOryan on November 30, 2003, 07:43:00 AM
just one more question, how do i open up my g parition since i have a 160gb maxtor, or how can i put the rest of the space into the f partition without makinga G:
Thanx,
Oryan
Post by: EricG on December 06, 2003, 06:28:00 AM
Post by: gunboat on December 16, 2003, 10:05:00 AM
Post by: Thing2 on December 16, 2003, 11:42:00 AM
Do you just clone the XBOX HDD right onto the new one? Then lock the new one? Is it really that simple?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Post by: Heteros on December 27, 2003, 09:29:00 PM
Post by: {later} on December 27, 2003, 11:50:00 PM
| QUOTE (Thing2 @ Dec 16 2003, 09:06 PM) |
| So...has anyone done this successfully with Winhex? ANyone else that is? Is it easier than the other way? If so...which steps do you skip? And which do you keep? Do you just clone the XBOX HDD right onto the new one? Then lock the new one? Is it really that simple? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks |
Yes, I used WinHex and it's much easier then HDD Driver. You can skip the hdprepar thing (not needed) als you can skip step 6 fully. Then just load WinHex and select Clone Drive andthen you need to lock your new drive with the password you got from liveinfo. And done
And Heteros:
The Maxtor 6Y120L0 IS lockable! I have it running in my xbox right now by following this tutorial! Try to connect it as primary master to your PC and your windows drive as primary slave.
Post by: Heteros on December 28, 2003, 08:15:00 AM
I have the Maxtor 6Y120L0 It is currently set up as the Primary Master, (bootable secondary master) atapaw.exe says: "it's Frozen", Live info says:, "Locking: Not Locked, Frozen" I've done the Hex Edit, Copied the XHDD, the Unlockx.exe says: "it's not a lockable drive", HDlock says: "Device not ready" HELP!! I know this drive will work! I also spent the last 9 hours (while I was at work) Doing a zero reset full drive wipe... Thank you again THIS DANG THING WILL WORK!
Post by: Heteros on December 28, 2003, 08:31:00 AM
Post by: Heteros on December 28, 2003, 09:54:00 AM
Post by: tmh on December 28, 2003, 09:48:00 AM