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Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: irresponsiblekid on August 22, 2003, 11:37:00 AM

windows isn't supposed to see it, only HDD Unlocker ... i had to do the pause/break thing for mine to work

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: Kioken on August 22, 2003, 11:52:00 AM

hmm, i thought HDD_Driver was supposed to see it, and that you didn't need any other programs.  I'll try it though, thanks for the help

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: Kioken on August 22, 2003, 11:56:00 AM

What is this hdd unlocker thing supposed to do?  Isn't it just for setting passwords for use with evoX? Or do I need to run the hddisabl.exe program on it?

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: irresponsiblekid on August 22, 2003, 01:08:00 PM

i booted into dashboard, let it sit til it dimmed, pulled the IDE. Turned on my computer, paused at RAM check, plugged in IDE, space bar to resume and let windows fire up normally.  HDD Unlocker either says "i looked everywhere and can;t find an xbox hd" or "i found one, here it is" and you can backup and then add the files

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: godfather 477 on August 22, 2003, 01:14:00 PM

I have a similar problem, the bios detects it and in device manager it says its working properly but i cant see it in My Computer so i cant get into the drive.

Any other ways?

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: godfather 477 on August 22, 2003, 01:25:00 PM

I will try the unlocker instead, when i run the hd driver it says theres some kind of file missing.. where would i get that too.

where can i get the hd unlocker pls

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: Crafton on August 23, 2003, 01:48:00 AM

Hi,

I also have trouble with HDD hot swap
I power up the box
I wait 10/5 minute before changing ide cable
I tryed to hot swap with both method (pc off and paused before ide detect) my bios find a seagate ST310014A , windows also see the drive in hardware panel but hdd driver give me this error   :
i could find no xbox HDD
I looked from \.Physicaldrive0 to \.Physicaldrive256

I tryed this into 2 pc running both XP+SP1,

I also tryed both ide channel.

What's wrong ?

PS : One of my pc detect the HDD as secondary SLAVE ? is this normal ?
I Saw that  the Hdd jumper is set as Cable Select ? do i need to put it as master ?

Thanx for ur help  

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: Kioken on August 23, 2003, 02:08:00 AM

QUOTE (Crafton @ Aug 23 2003, 10:48 AM)

Hi, I also have trouble with HDD hot swap I power up the box I wait 10/5 minute before changing ide cable I tryed to hot swap with both method (pc off and paused before ide detect) my bios find a seagate ST310014A , windows also see the drive in hardware panel but hdd driver give me this error   : i could find no xbox HDD I looked from .Physicaldrive0 to .Physicaldrive256 I tryed this into 2 pc running both XP+SP1,

This is the exact same problem I have, including trying it on 2 PC's.  Maybe the Xlinux method would be better, since it doesn't have to go though shitty stupid Windows.

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: Crafton on August 23, 2003, 02:49:00 AM

What is Xlinux ? a hdd-driver like tool under linux ?
If so where to download it , can't find it with google    !

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: Kioken on August 23, 2003, 03:01:00 AM

It boots your computer into a form of linux that can recognise the xbox HDD, and I've just got it from #xbins on Efnet.  It's not worth using unless you really know what you are doing with it...

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: Crafton on August 23, 2003, 03:13:00 AM

thx, i'm a noob with the box, but not so much in haX0ring

In fact the drive seems to be locked , i tryed to acces it with winhex and this also fail.

lauching Mirc ...

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: Kioken on August 23, 2003, 03:41:00 AM

So I'm guessing that my drive never unlocks.  I've left it for about twenty mins (the screen darkens after 4) and I still have the same problem.  I can hear the HDD accessing every ten or twenty seconds, so I dont think it ever has the chance to spin down.  I'll try deleting recent savegames, and see if that helps.

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: Sidewinder007z on August 23, 2003, 07:11:00 AM

Boy,

I am telling you do the XLINUX route.  It is soooooo much easier.

I'll bet you money if you do even get the HDD program to start up
and find your drive in XP, you will not get past the infinite errors
bug.

Just read the XLINUX tutorial message here.

I could not get through the infinite errrors problem under XP.

First time trying XLINUX and it worked perfectly.

I've put the exploit on three systems now.
All via XLINUX.  Everything you need to do is in the tutorial.

TRY IT....YOU'LL LIKE IT.

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: netscan on August 23, 2003, 08:42:00 AM

To unlock drive using the ol hotswap , start a game, pause then wait few secs and swap drive. U still need HDD Driver program to back up drive, you are going to back up aren't you? Then definately use xlinux to complete the hack.

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: irresponsiblekid on August 23, 2003, 10:20:00 AM

QUOTE (scooby_dooby @ Aug 23 2003, 10:49 AM)

I've hot swapped doxens of times and I just wait about 5 seconds after evoX loads, no need for any longer wait then that.

i agree with the rest of what you said, but these guys are trying to swap from msdash...

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: Crafton on August 23, 2003, 10:27:00 AM

I want to try xlinux but how do u make a backup with it ?
Is this possible to mount a ntfs drive to write the backup file and to get
all the phoenix files.

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: Crafton on August 24, 2003, 03:52:00 AM

Has anyone got an idea why this damn hdd seem not to unlock or relock ?
Note : my Xbox is a fresh one bought yesterday, does i need to play with it (i don't have bought any game for the moment), the only thing i have done is copying and audio track
on the hdd.

Thanks for you help

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: netscan on August 24, 2003, 08:33:00 AM

Try using a game cd, I fired up Splinter Cell, paused it, fired up my pc paused before ide detection, did the swap, worked like a charm

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: ChikLetZ on August 26, 2003, 03:38:00 AM

Ya I Tried The HDD Swap Trick Yesterday And It Detected My HDD First Shot But As I Was Backing Up My HDD It SAys Don't Minimize Well I Went Upstairs And My Bro Used The Pc To Play Games And SHit ANd Then My PC Blue Screened On me And It Didnt Get TO BAckup. And When I Try The HDD Swap Again It Won't Detect It Anymore And I Think I Fried My Cd-Burner Cuz It Doesnt Show Up ANymore In Device Manager Or In My COmputer!

Title: Windows Doesnt Detect My Drive!
Post by: lcf2003 on August 26, 2003, 12:28:00 PM

do this, unplug the DVD drive and wait for the service error 12 to appears. hotswap the hdd, (just IDE cable, never take power off). that should unlock the hdd.

btw, check how the bios recognize the hdd Its ST310014A?? or its QT110014A??

bye