Post by: ldots on April 18, 2004, 02:52:00 PM
Useful tool both for softmodders and modchip users (who can ignore locking issues).
Initial version : xboxhdm_v1.0.zip
Current version : xboxhdm_v1.9.zip
As always - use the info and tools described here at your risk. Don't come whining if something goes wrong...
You should especially be careful when using the HDD locking tools. Write down and backup any passwords you use.
(Most tools in this package I'm not personaly responsible for, and can therefore not give any guaranties on their usage. Big thanks to all authors of code I have borrowed and modified. Special thanks to the xbox-linux project. I bow in admiration of what you guys have accomplished).
Let me start by...
Giving some advice to people new to softmodding. Softmodding is not without risk and some people do get into trouble. Most of these troubles can be prevented by always ensuring a way to revert the hacks people apply. Basically as soon as you gain access to you xbox you should backup your xbox HD key and eeprom. Most people initially gain access using a game-save hack packed with evox. This app has a backup option that will dump the eeprom to a file as well as the hdd key in a text file. Others gain access by hotswapping and installing a hack this way. In that case let evox or ConfigMagic be the very first app you run and get the backup files. Evox will store the backup files in the location the evox app was installed in (if used from a game save it will be somewhere in E:\UDATA). To my knowledge ConfigMagic stores the backup in the root of the E-drive. Having these files you can always access your xbox HD from the PC, and now in case of a broken drive you can build an xbox HD from scratch. So you can pretty much get out of all HD-related toubles. I feel more safe hacking my xbox knowing this
What this package does.
This package will let you create a bootable CD that can access and manipulate/rescue, clone and even rebuild working xbox HD's from scratch. I see this usefull for people who want to :
- Upgrade their xbox with a larger HD (either by cloning or building from scratch)
- rescue or rebuild a corrupt xbox HD.
- Calculate the HD passwd for locked and unlocked HD's
- Locks and unlocks HDD's with the password automatically calculated from the eeprom.
- Can also set a Master Password (XBOXSCENE) when locking to allow an unlock later even without the eeprom or the user password.
- Install the official softmod package including the audio and font hack, Evox and PBL 1.4.1.
You also have the option to make a patched copy of you MS dashboard to be run from
Evox when using the font hack. Do not use this package is you do not have a kernel
below 5530 and dashboard version 4920.
This is meant to provide users without memcards or any of the exploitable games (MA,SC,007) with an easy to use softmod package. - have a stable package to access and delete, move, change files on the xbox HD.
This is all done by letting you boot to a small live-linux with fatx support, like xlinux, but with so many more tools and options. Better hardware compatibility due to a updated kernel/syslinux and NTFS support are things to mention. Also from this CD you can boot to DOS and use HD lock/unlock tools.
The techical details of how this package works are described HERE
Making your bootable CD
This package comes as a zip-archive : xboxhdm_vx.x.zip (get it from the usual places). When unpacked you find some files and a folder called linux. Inside linux you find a C and a E folder. In here you can put pretty much what you want to go on your xbox. If you have a working hacked setup (audio or font exploit) you can pack that onto the CD, if you want to use this as a rescue disc it would be more usefull to just put the original xbox system-files (The files from the C-drive - get them from your own backup or from Slayers Evox) in the C-folder and optionally you can put the TDATA and UDATA folders with some game saves (could be some hacked saves) in the E-folder.
A minimal rescue CD would have something like the following in the C-folder of the linux directory :
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Audio fonts xboxdash.xbe xboxdashdata.1012a700 xodash |
The E-folder can be left empty.
In the root of this archive (xboxhdm-folder) you find a make-iso-win.bat script. Run this script to produce a bootable iso that you can burn to a CD.
Also included is a make-DOS-floppy.bat script. This will create a DOS floppy with the unlockx,hdlock,hdunlock tools. This is the best way to run locking/unlocking tools as log files will be written to floppy on succesful locking of a drive (see warning below). If you want to make use of the automatic locking you should make the DOS floppy using the xboxhd tool after booting the xboxhdm CD (see section on the locking/unlocking tools below).
The Xboxhdm Boot-prompt
When you boot with this CD in the drive you will be presented with three options :
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_ __ __ _ __ __ ______ __ ___ __ | |/ // /_ ____ | |/ / / / / / __ \ / |/ /___ _/ /_____ _____ | // __ \/ __ \| / / /_/ / / / / / /|_/ / __ `/ //_/ _ \/ ___/ / |/ /_/ / /_/ / | / __ / /_/ / / / / / /_/ / ,< / __/ / /_/|_/_.___/\____/_/|_| /_/ /_/_____/ /_/ /_/\__,_/_/|_|\___/_/ __ ____ _____ ____/ / / __ `/ __ \/ __ / / /_/ / / / / /_/ / \__,_/_/ /_/\__,_/ __ __ ________ _________ _ _____ _______ __ / /_____ ____ / / / ___/ _ \/ ___/ __ \ | / / _ \/ ___/ / / / / __/ __ \/ __ \/ / / / / __/ /__/ /_/ / |/ / __/ / / /_/ / / /_/ /_/ / /_/ / / /_/ \___/\___/\____/|___/\___/_/ \__, / \__/\____/\____/_/ /____/ 1) Boot VGA console with xbox-drive utilities (default) 2) Boot text-console with xbox-drive utilities 3) Boot linux with locking/unlocking utilities 4) Boot to DOS with HD unlock tools (use with caution. Passwd log-files are not saved after reboot) |
The first two options will bring you to the fatx-enabled linux (only difference is the layout). Option three will let you boot to linux with "automatic" locking/unlocking tools available. FreeDOS and let you use the unlockx, hdlock, hdunlock, hddisabl tools. Going from DOS to linux or vice versa you will need to reboot.
The locking/unlocking tools
WARNING! Using the locking utilities from CD the tools cannot store any log files with used passwords, as the CD is read-only. It will be stored to the virtual filesystem in RAM but is gone after rebooting. These logs are useful if you accidentially use an incorrect HD passwd. If using the DOS based locking tools (unlockx, hdlock) to lock a drive the passwd used will be written to screen and you will be prompted to write this down. If you run the locking tool from CDROM I furthermore advise you to insert a formatted floppy in your primary floppy-drive and run the command : 'savelog'. This will write the log-files from the locking tools to floppy.
Be warned that locking HDD's is serious buisness! Don't just fool around with the locking tools and always be sure you backup the passwords you use. Locking the HDD with an unknown password will make the HDD useless if you dont store the log or write down the password!
From version 1.7 you can lock and unlock a HDD from both the linux and DOS prompt.
Linux (option 3 from the xboxhdm boot menu) :
- unlockhd, will get the HDD password either from the commandline, a file or automatically generated from an eeprom. It will search the xboxhd CD for the eeprom.bin image. If not found you have the option to insert a floppy with the eeprom of define the path manually. If the eeprom is supplied the tool will unlock and disable locking using a password generated directly from the eeprom.
- lockhd, will get the HDD password either from the commandline, a file or automatically generated from an eeprom. It will search the xboxhd CD for the eeprom.bin image and likewise lets you tell the tool where to find the image if it wasn't included on the CD. When locking the password is also generated from the eeprom. Moreover the Master Password is also set to 'XBOXSCENE' (without the quotes). You can use this to unlock the HDD if you loose the eeprom password you your eeprom gets lost. Boot the xboxhdm to DOS (option 4) and run the atapwd tools to unlock using Master passwords.
(The first two tools require that you have bootet xboxhdm to linux (option 1 or 2) and made the DOS floppy from the xboxhd tool.
- lockhd, will prompt you to choose a drive and will lock the HDD with the password written to the floppy by xboxhd
- unlockhd, will both unlock the HDD and disable locking with the password written on the floppy
- hdlock, Only locks a HDD
- hdunlock, Only unlocks a HDD but doesn't disable locking. The drive will relock after reboot if you only run this tool.
- hdddisabl, Disables locking. To be used after hdunlock so that locking stays off after rebooting.
- unlockx, One option locks a drive, another option unlocks and disables locking in one go. Warning! This tools has been known to not work well with some drives. I recommend hdlock/hdunlock.
- atapwd. Good for checking the drive security status. Can also be used to unlock with the Master password. If you locked your HDD using the linux tools the Master Password is 'XBOXSCENE'. If you locked it with ConfigMagic the Master password is set to 'TEAMASSEMBLY'
Final tips - Freeze lock!
Most PC Bioses seems to enable the Freeze Lock command on unlocked drives on bootup. I guess this is a safety messeaure since you cannot accidently lock or erase prepare a unit when it's frozen. However when the freeze lock is set you cannot relock the drive either. This is rare though and can be disabled in most bioses by disabling automatic hardware detection on bootup on the Primary channel (where the HDD is). We dont need this for booting a CD anyway.
Remember to reenable automatic detection on primary master after using xboxhdm if your regular PC HDD is on primary master and is the boot device.
Remember to reenable automatic detection on primary master after using xboxhdm if your regular PC HDD is on primary master and is the boot device.
If your Bios doesn't support disabling of the auto detection your can try to pull out the IDE cable of the HDD before booting the PC (put with the power cable in the HDD) and put back the IDE cable when you reach the xboxhdm boot menu.
The xboxhd-tool
When you boot to linux you will be told that you can start the xboxhd tool by typing 'xboxhd' and pushing enter. This should give you this screen :
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__ ___ _ _______ ___ ___ _ \ \ / / | | | | | _ \ | \/ | | | \ V /| |__ _____ __ | |_| | | | | | . . | __ _| | _____ _ __ / \| |_ \ / _ \ \/ / | _ | | | | | |\/| |/ _' | |/ / _ \ '__| / /^\ \ |_) | (_) > < | | | | |/ / | | | | (_| | < __/ | \/ \/_.__/ \___/_/\_\ \_| |_/___/ \_| |_/\__,_|_|\_\___|_| You have the following options : 1) Build a new Xbox HD from scratch 2) Rebuild C-partition on existing Xbox-drive 3) Clone existing Xbox HD 4) Install F-drive 5) Wipe current fatx partition table 6) Generate HD Key (requires eeprom) 7) Make DOS floppy with HD lock/unlock tools 8) Quit Make your choice [1-8] : |
As of version 1.6.1 the drive detection mechanism was improved so that you can run the xboxhd tool even if the drive is locked. You will be told that the drive is locked and only the options 6) & 7) will be available to the user. This should let you get the HDD password and generate the DOS floppy boot disk with the nessecary unlocking tools.
Option 1
Use this option if you want to build an xbox HD from a blank drive. It is two-step procedure.
First step is where the partition table is written to disk.
Second step is where xboxhd will format all fatx partitions and afterwards build the C-partition with the files your put in the C-folder on the CDROM and build the E-partition with the TDATA and UDATA folders you put in the E-folder on the CDROM. If you left the C- and E-folders empty on the CDROM (by mistake or on purpose) you will be prompted to insert a CD with the xbox system-files. The tool will then search for the files.
You can also choose option 1) for rebuilding an existing xbox HD completely.
Option 2
Choose this option if you just want to rebuild the C-partition. This could be used if some system-files have been corrupted, if you are in a clock loop or as a way to downgrade your dash. It is equivalent to the second step described in option 1) above, but only formats and rebuilds the C-partition leaving all game-saves on E: untouched.
Option 3
lets you clone an existing xbox HD onto another drive. You will be prompted which device is the source device and which is the destination device.
Option 4
Install an F-drive if you HDD is large enough - this is checked!
Note that when building a HDD from scratch using option 1) the size of the HDD is automatically checked, and if found large enough the user will be given the option to build the F-drive at that stage.
Option 5
Use this if a current partition table is corrupted and you want to rebuild the drive from scratch using option 1)
Option 6
This will let you calculate the HD unlock key. It requires that you have the eeprom.bin from Evox or ConfigMagic on your CDROM in the eeprom-folder. Current drive status and HD passwd is printed on screen and to file (hdkey.txt).
In tests this gave the correct key for my HD put write down and (or) save they key anyway so that you can always unlock your drive.
Option 7
You will be prompted to insert a floppy and push enter. A DOS floppy with locking and unlocking tools will be created.
Option 8
Quit the tool and return to the linux prompt.
The xbrowser
Most people dont like typing commands. I included tools to make browsing and manipulating files on the xbox HD more user-friendly. At the command prompt type 'xbrowser' and hit enter. This will mount the CDROM with the linux distribution (and your xbox-files) and if an xbox drive is present on the primary IDE master channel the xbox C- and E-drives will be mounted. Then a semi-graphical filemanager (Midnight-Commander) will open with a tabbed (two-window) view of you CDROM on the left and the xbox C- and E-drive on your right.
You can also start the xbrowser with 'xbrowser -HD'. It will then search for fatx drives on Primary and Secondary master and run the two panel window with one HD on each side. This allow easy HD to HD copy.
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+<-/CD/----------------------------------------v>++<-/xbox-------------------------------------------v>+ | Name | Size | MTime || Name | Size | MTime | |/.. |UP--DIR| ||/.. |UP--DIR| | | ABOUT_THIS_CD.txt | 1392|Apr 14 17:48|| C | 4096|Apr 14 17:48| | C | 4096|Apr 14 17:30|| E | 4096|Apr 14 17:48| | E | 4096|Apr 14 17:30|| | | | | check | 0|Apr 14 17:30|| | | | | isolinux | 4096|Apr 19 02:13|| | | | | readme.txt | 6013|Apr 18 21:47|| | | | | xbox | 4096|Apr 14 17:30|| | | | | | | || | | | | | | || | | | | | | || | | | | | | || | | | | | | || | | | | | | || | | | +------------------------------------------------++----------------------------------------------------+ |/.. ||/.. | | | +------------------------------------------------++----------------------------------------------------+ GNU Midnight Commander 4.6.0 $ 1Help 2Menu 3View 4Edit 5Copy 6RenMov 7Mkdir 8Delete 9PullDn 10Quit |
Some hint on using this tool :
- Current dir is in the top of each windows.
- Switch the curser between left and right windows with TAB
- Move the curser with the arrow-keys.
- Placing the curser on the very top dir (../) and hitting enter will go on directory up.
- File/dir manipulation-commands are issue with the F-keys according to the list of commands in the bottom of the windows.
Example : To rename Xbox.xtf to Xbox.bak in the font-dir on the xbox-drive hit:
- TAB to switch to the right window.
- down-arrow + enter to go to C-directory.
- twice down-arrow and enter to go to fonts folder
- twice down-arrow to go to Xbox.xtf
- F6 to bring up Move/rename box.
- Write Xbox.bak and hit enter to perform rename.
Simple!
The Softpack
Available 'the usual places' is the official softmod package for xboxhdm. This includes the dashboard exploits and PBL and therefore require a kernel version below 5530 and the MS dashboard version 4920. When including this package on the xboxhdm CD the user can run the 'softmod' command and will be given the options to install :
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1) The NO-CD new stable audio hack. 2) The Mech-fonts The "Xbox Live" tab will be renamed to PBL and will load the Phoenix Bios Loader when pressed. 3) Phoenix Bios Loader v 1.4.1 with support for Focus chip. Only bios included is the 4981.67_ef bios. Include more bioses (E:\pbl\Bioses) if you need. 4) Evox v. 3935. Ip = 192.168.0.3 Subnetmask = 255.255.255.0 Defaultgateway = 192.168.0.1 5) Automatically make a patched copy of the MS dashboard (xtf -> bak) in C:\ called msdash.xbe to be run from Evox when using the font hack. It has been tested only on the 4920 dashboard from Slayers Evox, but should work on all 4920 dashboards. |
Read more about the softmod package here
The UDE package
A softmod package like the one above.
Installs the save Evox and PBL version as the softpack mentioned above, but uses the "Ultimate Dashboard Exploit". The advantages over the softpack is that this exploit has NO chance of clock-loops and it boots PBL directly when the xbox is turned on. The 'UDE' command provides install and uninstall options.
Since no M$ copyrighted code is included in this package the user has to supply the needed update.xbe (the exploitable M$ executable) themselves. The tool will check that it is the correct version, which should hopefully iliminate the chance of people getting a corrupted install.
Read more about this package here
Final comments and tips
Being a fatx enabled linux you can use this distro to manipulate xbox-drive content in any way you wish using linux commands :
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ls (to list files and dirs in current working directory) ls -l (for extended listing) cd dir (for navigating to directory dir) cp source dist (to copy file sorce to file dist) cp -r source dist (to recursively copy directory source to directory dist) mv source dist (to move source to dist) rm file (to remove file) rm -r dir (to recursively remove directory) mkdir dir (to create directory dir) mount -t filesys /dev/X dir (to mount device X with filesystem filesys (fatx,ntfs,iso9660) on dir) umount dir (to unmount device mounted on dir) |
TIP : Use this filemanager (xbrowser) to install softmods. Before you burn the bootable linux CD you could add a folder (hacks) to the linux directory with all the files needed for the hack (Bert, Ernie, ST.DB, PBL,....). Then use xbrowser to copy files to the xbox HD.
TIP : Hotswapping with this linux distro is easy. I recommend the following. Place your xbox so that the PC's primary master ide cable will reach the xbox HD. Pull the DVD IDE cable and boot the xbox. It will stop with error 12. At this point the xbox HD is unlocked and will stay this way. Put you xboxhdm bootable CD in the PC and boot. At the boot-prompt it will stop for 5 mins. The bios has done its hardware detection without the xbox HD attached yet - linux still hasn't. So at this boot prompt you pull the ide-cable on the xbox HD, and plug in the primary master ide cable of the PC. Then hit enter to boot to linux. After booting, execute 'xbrowser' to see if the drive was found.
For more info read the HOWTO's and ReadMe's include in the package.
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Thanx to all testers for usefull feedback and ideas.
Happy hacking - hope you dont have to use this tool too often
Post by: Blank on April 18, 2004, 03:05:00 PM
Post by: Teaser69 on April 18, 2004, 04:32:00 PM
QUOTE: 'Giving some advice to people new to softmodding. Softmodding is not without risk'
I never need to do this - it can be done without any risk
If you get the right packages - like audio exploit ones
There's no need to mess about like this
Since nothing can go wrong... well only with kernal 5713 and above and you should not attempt to exploit that anyway
EDIT
It is good for people who are upgrading hard drive though
Just watch out for those games that check the Hard drive you have installed and if it's non retail they don't load
Well they don't let you go onto 'Live' anyway
Post by: BluhDeBluh on April 18, 2004, 04:31:00 PM
| QUOTE (Teaser69 @ Apr 19 2004, 01:25 AM) |
| I never need to do this If you get the right packages - like audio exploit ones There's no need to mess about like this Since nothing can go wrong... well only with kernal 5713 and above and you should not attempt to exploit that anyway |
IMO this is the easiest way of upgrading a HDD. Much neater than hotswapping. Cheers Idots.
I think I've lost my crossover cable
Post by: ldots on April 18, 2004, 11:39:00 PM
| QUOTE (Teaser69 @ Apr 19 2004, 01:25 AM) |
| I never need to do this If you get the right packages - like audio exploit ones There's no need to mess about like this Since nothing can go wrong... well only with kernal 5713 and above and you should not attempt to exploit that anyway EDIT It is good for people who are upgrading hard drive though Just watch out for those games that check the Hard drive you have installed and if it's non retail they don't load Well they don't let you go onto 'Live' anyway |
Well in a perfect no tools at all are needed to recover xbox HD's
Think you misunderstand the purpose of this tool. I can be used as an easy way to upgrade, without even hooking up your stock HD to the PC. But also it provides a way to get your xbox running again even if you threw your xbox HD in the garbage can - as long as you have your eeprom. It has allready helped a couple of users getting back on track.
Games the check if your HD is retail??? Wouldn't resigning your games save for the new HD solve that problem...
Post by: Teaser69 on April 19, 2004, 12:19:00 AM
| QUOTE (ldots @ Apr 19 2004, 08:39 AM) |
| Games the check if your HD is retail??? Wouldn't resigning your games save for the new HD solve that problem... |
Sorry I was just meaning that software modding an xbox is not as scary as the above, you can do it 100% safely without opening up the xbox
As for the above that's just signing... you have to find the check and remove it from the xbe then resign it.
EDIT
Besides the above it's a retail game and your trying to play on xbox live with your non retail drive installed - unless you want to keep swapping drives that is
This post has been edited by Teaser69: Apr 19 2004, 07:21 AM
Post by: ldots on April 19, 2004, 12:57:00 AM
| QUOTE (Teaser69 @ Apr 19 2004, 09:19 AM) |
| Sorry I was just meaning that software modding an xbox is not as scary as the above, you can do it 100% safely without opening up the xbox |
Really, I dont see where you are going with this. My tutorial is not about softmodding as such, it is about building/rescuing xbox HD's.
Yes, using the audio exploit you are fairly safe and you can do it without opening the xbox (if you have an exploitable game that is!). But what would you do if your HD crapped out? On a PC you could format the drive and start all over. My tool lets you do this for the xbox. This hasn't previously been done with softmods. Also many softmodders a not satisfied with the limited storage of the stock HD
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| As for the above that's just signing... you have to find the check and remove it from the xbe then resign it. EDIT Besides the above it's a retail game and your trying to play on xbox live with your non retail drive installed - unless you want to keep swapping drives that is |
None if this is related to upgrading your HD??? The need to patch an xbe to run off HD's is also there for stock HD's. New games put a signature in the game save that depends on the unique hdd key, so resigning is needed. Also not specific to upgraded HD's. You will not be banned on xbl for using an upgraded HD. If you load a hacked bios or f.ex use hacked fonts you will be banned, but again - not related to the upgraded HD.
Post by: mkjones on April 19, 2004, 02:38:00 AM
Post by: Grospolina on April 19, 2004, 08:08:00 AM
Having the HD locking utilities on a bootable CD seems like a good idea, but it bothers me that the password logs will be deleted. Those logs have saved many people in the past, and most of these people didn't even know that they saved the logs automatically. I know you put warnings, but you know how often people heed warnings.
I think a utility on the CD to create a bootable floppy would be a better idea. You can use WinImage or a similar program to do this.
Post by: Sarvatt on April 19, 2004, 09:04:00 AM
Post by: ldots on April 19, 2004, 09:15:00 AM
Glad to hear it worked for you Sarvatt.
@Grospolina
You can definitely rebuild the C-drive by hotswapping. I didn't mention this in the tut, but I put in a 5 min break at the isolinux boot-screen (where you have the linux/DOS booting options). This is after your BIOS has detected the hardware but before linux does, so this should make it easy to hotswap. You dont have to pause the bios hardware detection with the pause-key like some tuts tell you too.
The fast that a CD based DOS does not store the hdlock/unlock logs after reboot, troubles me a bit aswell. I will have to come up with something. Could make a "Insert floppy to create DOS/unlockx disk and push enter" option to the script. Another option is to prompt the user to insert a floppy for storing logs after unlockx has run.
What do you think???
BTW : You can find the package at the usual places now
This post has been edited by ldots: Apr 19 2004, 04:20 PM
Post by: Grospolina on April 19, 2004, 09:59:00 AM
I think you should make the logging as fool-proof as possible. So yes, I think it should prompt you to insert a floppy and create a bootable disk. The disk should have both UnLockX and hdlock/hdunlock/hddisabl, because sometimes only one of them works.
It could be a problem for someone who doesn't have a floppy drive though.
If you prompted someone to insert a floppy for saving logs, I think some people would just skip it.
BTW, I guess you wouldn't be able to use WinImage because it's a Windows program.
However, maybe someone (like me?) could release a bootable FreeDOS floppy image to the usual places. I didn't know about FreeDOS before you mentioned it, so thanks.Post by: ldots on April 19, 2004, 10:32:00 AM
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| It could be a problem for someone who doesn't have a floppy drive though. |
This was actually why I came up the the solution to boot to DOS from a CDROM. A user (tester) had no floppy drive and asked if unlockx could be put on the CD.
Making DOS boot floppies from linux is a breeze too and since the DOS image is allready in my package (with unlockx,hdlock,hdunlock,hddisabl), there is no real need to release this as a seperate download. I will just include a 'make-DOS-hdlock.bat' script in my package and endorse people to run this script to create DOS floppy.
I will still keep the option to run DOS/unlockx from the CD though for people without a floppy drive. Upon exit from unlockx I will however write the used pass to screen after unlockx/hdlock/hdunlock finishes and ask them to run a savelog.bat script.
How does that sound?
If people want to mess up and ignore all warnings they will always find a way
Post by: ldots on April 20, 2004, 09:10:00 AM
Also if users choose to run the locking tools from CD - after exit from the tools the used passwd will be printed to screen and the user is advised to write down this passwd, and insert a floppy and run the 'savelog' command to store all logs on the floppy. It's not completely fool-proof but...
Also I added a nice feature to the package. Executing the command 'xbrowser' will mount the CDROM with the users C- and E-drive files as well as the C- and E-partitions on the xbox HD. Then a semi-graphical file-manager (Midnight-commander) will pop up to let the user move, copy, rename, delete files and folders.
I think most user will be able to use this tool, so now I find that this package is a worthy replacement of (less stable
) tools like HDDriver and fatxplorer even for user without linux-experience.(Re)-read the tutorial for more info.
Post by: Kolk1604 on April 20, 2004, 12:15:00 PM
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| Maximum File Length: 42 Characters The following characters are permitted: ! # $ % & ' ( ) - . @ [ ] ^ _ ` { } ~ Numerals 0 through 9 Upper and lower-case letters A through Z The following characters cannot be used: < > = ? : ; " * + , / | Characters values 0 through 31 and 128 through 255. Filenames are not case sensitive. XBOX, Xbox, and xbox are all the same. |
Post by: ldots on April 20, 2004, 01:11:00 PM
It looks like some the rules for the FATX filesystem yes! Some characters are not allowed. The part about the case sensitivity cannot only be on the filesystem though. Clearly FATX can differenciate between XBOX and xbox. Just browse your xbox HD. How the kernel and apps find files is another thing. They might not be case sensitive. We know that xboxdash doesn't even care about the name of the font files. Just the extension.
But what are you trying to do? The FATX filesystem is as it is. No fix to be made. It you wanted to use special characters you would have to load a kernel that supported other filesystems (ext2 or a hacked FATX). If you have an upgraded HD you could make another partition and format it for a new filesystem (using a special hacked bios).
Running linux on the xbox you can f.ex format partitions as ext2. They would not work with your mod switched off though.
This post has been edited by ldots: Apr 20 2004, 08:24 PM
Post by: ldots on April 20, 2004, 01:23:00 PM
Post by: Lynxs on April 20, 2004, 02:14:00 PM
Post by: ldots on April 20, 2004, 02:24:00 PM
Post by: Kolk1604 on April 20, 2004, 03:00:00 PM
Post by: ldots on April 20, 2004, 03:08:00 PM
If it's just the renaming that is an issue, have a look at : http://www.socautil.com/
Post by: WBAGAM on April 20, 2004, 03:41:00 PM
Post by: ldots on April 22, 2004, 12:39:00 PM
| QUOTE (From xbins.org) |
XboX HD Maker V1.2 I know, already version 1.2. Lots of things have been improved though. It's now an all-in-one package since ALL tools needed to lock/unlock, build, clone xbox HD's are included. Changes/addition : - Added floppy-drive support to kernel. - Warn users when running HD locking tools from CD. Passwd logs are gone after reboot. Users have the option to store the logs on floppy though. - New option in xboxhd. Choose 5) to generate HD key for current HD. Eeprom is needed. Put in eeprom folder before burning CD. Only sligt modifications of code from the xbox-linux project to fit this non-xbox setup (thanks authors). I believe the passwd's to be correct but save then anyway! - New option in xboxhd. Choose 5) to make a DOS floppy with locking/unlocking tools. - New command line command 'xbrowser' will mount source CDROM and xbox C- and E-partitions (if present) and run semi-graphical filemanager (Midnight Commander). Makes modifications to xbox HD content more user-friendly. |
Toturial edited to reflect changes.
As you see, I found these changes to be worthy of releasing. I hope you will find the filemanager usefull, and with the HD key generation it should no be nessecary to boot to windows to build a new drive. Save the HD key though. I only tested this tool on my own drive - where the hd key was in agreement with LiveInfo.
Spent some time trying to lock and unlock the drives from linux, but no succes yet. Will let this be for now. Taking too much of my time
Also, a planned addition is a version of xbedump with all known public keys.
So all in all. Build this CD with working C and E files, put your eeprom.bin in the eeprom folder, and feel safe hacking...
BTW. The hd key generation also works for a locked drive.
Post by: Grospolina on April 22, 2004, 03:20:00 PM
However, it seems to be in the wrong location at "the usual places", so it took me a while to find (and I didn't see v1.3 there). This Linux package runs on a PC, so it should go in the PC section (it's currently in the XBOX section). It's not a Linux distribution to be run on the Xbox itself (as I understand it).
Post by: WBAGAM on April 22, 2004, 03:28:00 PM
I finaly found it after about 3 hrs of looking!
Post by: modestrabbit on April 22, 2004, 05:57:00 PM
Post by: modestrabbit on April 22, 2004, 06:34:00 PM
If I don't have my eeprom, is this tool totally useless to me? Is there anything I can do if my xbox won't boot up?
Post by: katolo on April 22, 2004, 10:37:00 PM
| QUOTE (ldots @ Apr 18 2004, 11:52 PM) |
| TIP : Hotswapping with this linux distro is easy. I recommend the following. Place your xbox so that the PC's primary master ide cable will reach the xbox HD. Pull the DVD IDE cable and boot the xbox. It will stop with error 12. At this point the xbox HD is unlocked and will stay this way. Put you xboxhdm bootable CD in the PC and boot. At the boot-prompt it will stop for 5 mins. The bios has done its hardware detection without the xbox HD attached yet - linux still hasn't. So at this boot prompt you pull the ide-cable on the xbox HD, and plug in the primary master ide cable of the PC. Then hit enter to boot to linux. After booting, execute 'xbrowser' to see if the drive was found. |
I don't understand this part....
Do u mean that I should boot my PC with everything connected to its IDE cables, I have 2 HDD on my primary IDE and 2 DVD on my secondary.
When linux boot I should disconnect the PC primary IDE, meaning no PC HD connected in PC, and connect this IDE cable to the xbox hd?
Post by: katolo on April 22, 2004, 10:56:00 PM
1. Let the PC boot with linux with all the HDDs connected
2. when boot screen appears with the three choices I unplug the PC IDE CABLE and connect a NEW cable from xbox hd to PC motherboard primary IDE slot.
3. let linux boot with option 1. I get many error on the boot like something seek error for the harddrive... not sure what it said....
4. try to run xbrowser but it can't find my HD
then I did like this.....
1. Let the PC boot with xbox hd connecte to the primary IDE
2. let linux boot with option 1. I get many error on the boot like something seek error for the harddrive... not sure what it said....
3. try to run xbrowser but it can't find my HD
what am I doing wrong.. please help me...
Post by: ldots on April 22, 2004, 11:36:00 PM
It's all been corrected now - I hope.The choice to put it in the XBOX and not PC section was not mine. I agree it seems more natural to put it in PC. Maybe the staff can do something.
Post by: ldots on April 22, 2004, 11:43:00 PM
| QUOTE (modestrabbit @ Apr 23 2004, 03:34 AM) |
| Sorry, but one more question: If I don't have my eeprom, is this tool totally useless to me? Is there anything I can do if my xbox won't boot up? |
You can still use this tool to restore your C-partition by hotswapping. Do not choose option 4) to wipe your fatx partition though. This will loose you your drive as the program will reboot your PC after wiping the partition table. On reboot the HD will relock making further hostwapping impossible.
Post by: ldots on April 22, 2004, 11:47:00 PM
| QUOTE (katolo @ Apr 23 2004, 07:37 AM) |
| I don't understand this part.... Do u mean that I should boot my PC with everything connected to its IDE cables, I have 2 HDD on my primary IDE and 2 DVD on my secondary. When linux boot I should disconnect the PC primary IDE, meaning no PC HD connected in PC, and connect this IDE cable to the xbox hd? |
Sorry - was a bit unclear.
I would take both HDD's on your primary controller off before booting the PC with linux CD. A boot prompt it will stay for 5 mins. Then boot xbox with DVD cable unplugged. When error 12 pull IDE cable on xbox HD and connect the PC's primary master to xbox HD. Hit enter on PC to continue booting. Run xbrowser to see if drive is found.
Post by: katolo on April 23, 2004, 12:19:00 AM
Got it to work now.... but now I get an error 21 after modding the box...
I did like this:
1. the xbox had these files in root...
Xbox.rtf and Xbox Book.rtf and xboxdash.xbe
2. I rename these files to Xbox.rft and Xbox Book.rft
3. I copied the bert and ernie reloaded files to my root and also the evox default.xbe
And now I get an error 21.... why? how can I fix this
Post by: ldots on April 23, 2004, 12:37:00 AM
Other than that. Dont you have a fonts folder? If not it sounds like your dash version is too low. The font hacks need dash 4920 which has fonts both in the root of C (not used) and in a fonts-folder. Bert and Ernie goes in there....
Get Slayers Evox and extract the xiso with qwix or similar program. Then replace the files in your C-partition with the ones in /SYSTEM/ALL/c of Slayers disc.
Finally I would use Catfish fonts. They require you to rename the original *.xtf (in fonts-dir) to *.bak.
You also need to sign your default.xbe with 'xbedump -habibi default.xbe' and upload this and it's config-files to E:
Post by: katolo on April 23, 2004, 12:46:00 AM
Post by: ldots on April 23, 2004, 01:08:00 AM
Post by: katolo on April 23, 2004, 05:01:00 AM
Post by: ldots on April 23, 2004, 06:11:00 AM
Post by: katolo on April 23, 2004, 08:33:00 AM
One more thing.... What exactly is PBL... what I've understood it's a virtual bios running from harddrive.... but is there any reason to use PBL... what will be better with PBL....
For the moment I have bert and ernie... and evox loads fine... should I ude PBL?
This post has been edited by katolo: Apr 23 2004, 03:46 PM
Post by: Paulitix on April 23, 2004, 09:31:00 AM
What if i have a retail HD from another (unmodded) Xbox.
Also, what if I have a retail HD from a modded xbox with dash changes and stuff.
Can i use either of these?
I also have a modded box.
Post by: Grospolina on April 23, 2004, 09:58:00 AM
If you have no HD and an unmodded box, then you can't do anything but put in a mod chip (well, you could replace the EEPROM chip, but that's even harder). This will let you boot from an unlocked HD. So, you can then unlock your modded HD (if it's locked) and boot it, or you can get a new HD and partition/format it.
A locked HD from another Xbox won't work, because it uses a different HDD key and password. If you don't have its associated eeprom.bin or password and can't unlock it, then it's basically a doorstop.
Post by: ldots on April 23, 2004, 10:06:00 AM
| QUOTE (katolo @ Apr 23 2004, 05:33 PM) |
| which one do get me to Evox? Is it only bert and ernie.... One more thing.... What exactly is PBL... what I've understood it's a virtual bios running from harddrive.... but is there any reason to use PBL... what will be better with PBL.... For the moment I have bert and ernie... and evox loads fine... should I ude PBL? |
The font hack allows you to boot homebrew software. What you boot to is up to you. So yes - all font hacks can boot Evox.
PBL loads a bios from HD and replaces the retail bios. It allows you to run unsigned code. So if all you want to do is run Evox - dont bother with PBL. If you want to run other apps/backup then go for PBL, since otherwise you would have to sign each app with the key your font hack uses.
Post by: rabid-platypus on April 23, 2004, 08:23:00 PM
Now I can tinker as much as I want without sweating a thing ... thanks again !!!
p.s. took a bit longer than 15 minutes. I was originally trying to use a slightly larger hard drive that turned out to not support locking .. doh!
Post by: katolo on April 23, 2004, 11:05:00 PM
1. but is PBL safe or can a newb fuck up his box real good with it..... and can I use the latest M7 evox, which size needs the bios files to be in....
2. btw I still would need Bert and ernie with PBL and there would still be the clock loop bug, right?
3. Which is the most recent PBL, according to xbox-scene it's 1.4.1 but on the original homepage of the PBL there is only a 1.3.
4. And if there is a 1.4.1, the one at xbox-scene, with what is it signed, font or audio exploit, is there a tool to check that.
5. What is the best soloution if I won't to avoid any button pressing, like the audio exploit, and I want evox to start first, and would like to avoid signing every xbe.
Sorry for these many questions, but these are proably the last ones.....
thx once more.
This post has been edited by katolo: Apr 24 2004, 06:42 AM
Post by: ldots on April 24, 2004, 02:18:00 AM
2: You still need the font or audio hack. With fonts you still have the loop issue.
3: 1.4.1. It's not an official release I belive. Yoshihiro made some additions to add Focus support.
4: If you are unsure, sign it yourself with xbedump.
5: Bigfonts and reloaded fonts dont require any button action, but are not as effective with respect to the clock loop as Mech fonts. With Mech fonts you just press the "live tab". An affordable effort for better clock loop recovery chances IMHO.
Post by: CanBert on April 24, 2004, 08:45:00 AM
So had to do it manually which is tricky on a softmod....had to use config .. unloc k..get to evox .. format and back to config to lock again..other then that worked good.
Post by: X_n00b on April 24, 2004, 09:30:00 AM
Well after several attempts finally mananged to get the SC exploit working with the help of this package.
Hopefully tomorrow, I can copy the backups I made and put in a slightly bigger harddisk.
Great work on this package!
Post by: ldots on April 24, 2004, 11:51:00 AM
| QUOTE (CanBert @ Apr 24 2004, 05:45 PM) |
| Worked good, only thing it didn't do was format the F drive...was it supposed to??? So had to do it manually which is tricky on a softmod....had to use config .. unloc k..get to evox .. format and back to config to lock again..other then that worked good. |
Nope - It wasn't supposed to format F. This could be an option of the future.
I figured that most people here would be softmodders so they would install an exploit anyway since F is only suported if you run a hacked BIOS from PBL. Formatting F from Evox is no work. Dont see why you found that tricky. Just put this option in evox.ini - click the format button and you are done. No need to use ConfigMagic or unlock...
Post by: devz3ro on April 24, 2004, 10:20:00 PM
-devz3ro
http://sh0x.tk/
Post by: mkjones on April 25, 2004, 02:17:00 AM
This really is a great tool for softmodders and mochipers alike
Post by: zorxd on April 25, 2004, 04:14:00 AM
Post by: zedhead on April 25, 2004, 09:29:00 AM
I am running into some problems though. I created the ISO for the cd. I had the 007 gamesave on the xbox so I used it to load Evox from the save just to backup the xbox to my pc. I then placed the eeprom bin file in the eeprom folder for your package and copyed the c drive and f drive to the folder of your package.
I disconnected all the drives from my win2k machine and connected a new 60gb WD. and the cd drive. I was able to boot into xboxhd and followed all the directions for "option 1" after it was done I put the new hard drive into the xbox and received the xbox needs service message.
So I disconnected the 60gb and pout back the original HD, botted up the xbox and everything worked again.
I decided maybe I should try "option 3" then and I connected the 60 gb to my PC again as Primary 1, and connected the xbox hd as secondary2. I booted into xboxhd again and selected "option 3" to clone the drive. I selected the correct drives for source and destination and it seemed to go well. I took your advice and left to get a beer while I wited for the cloning to finish. when I returned a few minutes later the pc was back to the options choices menu. so I shutdown and put the 60gb into the xbox and again it popped up the needs servicing message. Just in case I did mixed up the drives on the clone I put the original back in and it booted fine again.
Sorry for the long explanation but I want to make sure I cover everything I did. DO you have any suggestions? Did I need to change/softmod/etc. on the original drive first? Does the xbox accept a larger hard drive without changing anything on the original before the clone? Any tips or suggestions would be great.
Anyway thanx for an awsome contribution and I hope my problem sparks some ideas on how to fix it.
cheers,
Zed
Post by: rabid-platypus on April 25, 2004, 01:40:00 PM
i had a drive i was trying to use that turned out not to support locking (figured it out with live info).
Post by: zedhead on April 25, 2004, 02:47:00 PM
Also after my last post I decided to really mess things up (insert stupid idea here) and loaded the dos tools from the "all in one" to see if the drive was locked. I launched hdlock, picked the 60gb, and tried locking it with the hddkey that was in my eprom.bin file it said "done" so then I figured I would try it in the xbox again. And again it loaded the needs service message.
Then I hooked it to the PC again and tried unlockx to unlock the drive, it showed the drive as locked, it asked for the password, I typed it in......and low and behold it can't unlock it. I must have screwed up the hddkey when I typed it in. Even though I checked it like 3 frickin times.
So now I can't even access the drive on the pc to wipe the fatx partition to try everything again.
So thats where things sit now. I can't figure out how to unlock the drive, or wipe it to start over. As Homer Simpson says "Help me bejeebus!!!" I think I'm screwed now and I just wrecked a perfectly good 7200 rpm 60 gb hard drive.
If anyone has any suggestions, or comments or just want to laugh and point please feel free.
cheers,
Zed
Post by: GeToChKn on April 25, 2004, 03:36:00 PM
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on April 25, 2004, 05:42:00 PM
Post by: ldots on April 26, 2004, 12:06:00 AM
| QUOTE (devz3ro @ Apr 25 2004, 07:20 AM) |
| Great job, keep up the good work, temp pin. -devz3ro http://sh0x.tk/ |
Thanx a lot for pinning this devz3ro. And thanks everybody for the positive feedback.
Post by: ldots on April 26, 2004, 12:33:00 AM
| QUOTE (zorxd @ Apr 25 2004, 01:14 PM) |
| If you want to add it into your next readme, it seems to requiere at least 64Mb of RAM for the linux part of xboxhdm to boot properly |
Really? I had no idea. The ramdisk image was set to 24Mb, it uses a bit more than that but when I boot it only takes up 28Mb.
But I will add this info. Still shouldn't prevent that many users from running it.
Post by: ldots on April 26, 2004, 12:46:00 AM
I agree with the other posters. I sounds like on your first try you didn't lock the HDD. That's why it wouldn't boot.
And it's a HDD unique key - not the same key as for your origianl xbox HDD.
I hope you have the latest version of xboxhdm. This would have warned you to write down the key used for locking and advised you to insert a floppy and type savelog to - yes : save the log-files. Sound like you didn't run hdlock from floppy - otherwise you would also have the used key. Should I put in even more warnings on using locking tools from CD???
Anyway - it could be that you did use the key you had from your evox backup, but that unlockx just doesn't work for your drive. This can happen. Try using the hdunlock tool instead with the same key.
@ GeToChKn
With latest version of xboxhdm you dont need to reboot to windows and use liveinfto if you included the eeprom.bin on the xboxhdm-CD. The xboxhd tool has a 'Generate HDD key' option.
Post by: GeToChKn on April 26, 2004, 03:33:00 AM
Post by: ldots on April 26, 2004, 04:39:00 AM
Post by: zedhead on April 26, 2004, 08:28:00 AM
no, I don't think you can make it much easier. I don't know how I misunderstood the HDDKEY generator. I had read all the documentation + this thread.
I think the problem was I was doing some serious multitasking. I was setting up my network domain win2k advanced server machine (which is housed inside my MAME machine), setting up another 60 gb hard drive for my HTPC (running win 98 se), and updating my son's softmod xbox from XBMP to XMC. (I work crazy hours and I finally had free time to take care of all these things). I made the mistake of running live info for the hddkey im my laptop using the eeprom.bin instead of generating it through your "all in one" on the PC with the new Hard drive (I know stupid mistake).
I thought I was paying attention to the number I entered in HDlock. You would think that I would be able to unlock the drive though by entering the password I typed in HDLOCK so that I could start all over again. But even though I read/checked it 3 times before I hit enter, I seemed to have messed it up typing it in.
Oh well I'm going to see if I can get some free time tonite to try and unlock this thing. If not I guess it was a lesson to remember.
cheers,
Zed
And thanks again!
Post by: zedhead on April 26, 2004, 02:19:00 PM
So there I sit....my question is so now I need to lock the hard drive right? Do I run the dos tools and use unlockx to lock it or hdlock? Also when it asks for the password I type the "calculated password" right? not the HDDKEY? Sorry if this seems noobie but I just want to ensure I dont clusterF*ck myself again.
cheers,
Zed
Post by: ldots on April 26, 2004, 02:30:00 PM
In either case if you should happen to use the wrong key you would have the log file.
Finally, it's the calculated passwd you use.
Post by: zedhead on April 26, 2004, 10:03:00 PM
So i pulled the drive and ran unlockx, it said the drive was locked so I unlocked it with the calculated password, and then used xbrowser to make sure the necassary files were on the HD. (they were). Now the calculated passord ended with 12 pairs of zeros, I tried locking with the entire calculated password (including the zeros) and also with the calculated password (but with out the last 12 pairs of zeros). And the service message came up both times.
My next attempt will be to reformat the drive to a clean FATX partition then attempt option 3 (the clone).
Now before I attempt this I am assuming I will need to unlock the original drive for the distribution to be able to see it. So should I run the distribution with the original connected to the primary controller, run hd generator, then unlock the drive. Change it to secondary and put the new 60 gb. on primary, then run option 3. When the clone is finished relock both drives again.
If any of this sounds messed or there are other suggestions or steps I am missing please feel free to "school me". I am far from a noob when it comes to my win32 systems, but I definetly am a noob when it comes to my xbox modding. (I have read through most of the tutorials in this forum and I have played with quite a few of the apps, but none of these things compare to "real world" situations.
Thanks again for any help or suggestions anyone can make.
cheers,
Zed
Post by: ldots on April 27, 2004, 01:58:00 AM
Only thing I can think of is that some files on C are missing or corrupt. Did you get the C-drive files from you own backup? Are these files the original/unhacked ones? If you have Slayers Evox (or if you are willing to get it) you could try to include the C-drive included on this iso in the C-folder of xboxhdm to rule out any of these possibilities. I have succesfully build working drives with these files.
Another possibility is that your hdd passwd is incorrect. The drive would succesfully lock even if you use a wrong passwd. Do you have more than one eeprom, and are you sure you use the correct one? You could also try an boot to windows and use liveinfo on the drive to be sure the calculated passwd is the same as the one xboxhd calculates. (would be nice if you would try this actually as I have only tested the HDD key generator on my own drive - for which it worked!)
| QUOTE (zedhead @ Apr 27 2004, 07:03 AM) |
| Now before I attempt this I am assuming I will need to unlock the original drive for the distribution to be able to see it. So should I run the distribution with the original connected to the primary controller, run hd generator, then unlock the drive. Change it to secondary and put the new 60 gb. on primary, then run option 3. When the clone is finished relock both drives again. |
That should work yes. You dont have to rearrange the drives after unlocking though. For cloning the new drive doesn't have to be primary master as you will be asked to choose source and distination drive. Maybe you could get a better speed by putting source and destination drive on seperate IDE channels, but this shouldn't affect the result.
Post by: Grospolina on April 27, 2004, 05:53:00 AM
As rabid-platypus asked above, it would help if you tell us the error number that you're getting. The error number is in the top-left corner of the "Your Xbox needs servicing" screen.
Post by: rabid-platypus on April 27, 2004, 05:10:00 PM
definitely grab slayer's evox if you can as the files included are 100% vanilla
Post by: zedhead on April 27, 2004, 05:55:00 PM
Rabid-Platypus - I think I will try slayer's evox next I will keep updating as I go along.
ldots - I tried live info and it calculated the same password as your generator so its not you (its something I'm missing) I don't know if it matters but the xbox I'm trying this one is a first generation xbox (bought the first month they came out in North America) with no dashboard updates, other then the 007-evox save on the hd its pretty much virgin.
I am going to attempt slyer's evox build next and see where that takes me.
Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to suggest things and help out.
Cheers to all,
Zed
Post by: uberx on April 27, 2004, 08:03:00 PM
Post by: holydude on April 27, 2004, 10:50:00 PM
Problem now is, is that I can't seem to unlock my drive.
I created my own winxp bootdisk and put unlock x on it. And i used the key I got from evox. Power is being supplied to the hard disk and its set as primary master. Now Unlock X detects it successfully, when I typed the password, which is absolutely correct, it tells me programme aborting. Then I try again. Programme aborting again. I assume the drive should be unlocked and locking disabled now, so I restart and Linux says it can't find the drive.
Ok so then I had already placed my eeprom.bin in ur linux.iso folder. and then i get an all new hdd key. I take the calculated key and its totally different from the one evox gave me. What do I do now to unlock the drive ? Please guide me to the correct method. Thx.
Post by: ldots on April 28, 2004, 12:49:00 AM
Good to hear the HDD passwords were the same. So your HDD should be locked correctly. Most be missing or corrupt system-files on C: then - I think
| QUOTE (zedhead @ Apr 28 2004, 02:55 AM) |
| I am going to attempt slyer's evox build next and see where that takes me. |
What I meant was to try and pack xboxhmd with C-drive you can extract from this CD.
Post by: ldots on April 28, 2004, 12:57:00 AM
So you got your xbox HDD running with a new C-drive by hotswapping. Why do you need to unlock the drive now then?
Anyway - could be two things. The HDD passwd you got from Evox could be wrong. I have seen this happen. ConfigMagic on the other hand has always provided me with the correct password. So did your try to use the HDD password you got from xboxhdm? I does hurt trying to unlock the drive - it's when you lock the drive you should be carefull you have the right password.
So I would try this. Since you apparently allready managed to get evox running on your xbox you could also try to get ConfigMagic on there and get the HDD password from this. I'm 99,99% sure this password will be the same as the one you get from xboxhmd - plaease confirm.
Then try unlock your HDD with this password. If unlockx still fails, then try hddunlock and hddisabl (you need to run both) instead. This is also included on the xboxhdm CD. Sometimes hddunlock works where unlockx fails, and vice versa.
Post by: holydude on April 28, 2004, 02:23:00 AM
So bottom line is, now im convinced is a hard drive error and IM hell bent on fixing it lol.
Thanks for the quick reply thouhgh(man you're tool is excellent dude
) . I'll let you know once i try it out. Gonna grab some sleep.
Post by: bengu on April 28, 2004, 05:46:00 AM
Post by: ldots on April 28, 2004, 05:52:00 AM
Should in theory be possible to get the password using (an expensive) logical analyzer (according to xbox-linux), but it's not worth the effort for these small HDD's.
Post by: zedhead on April 28, 2004, 06:01:00 AM
If any of this is wrong I apologize.
Ldots -
| QUOTE |
| Good to hear the HDD passwords were the same. So your HDD should be locked correctly. Most be missing or corrupt system-files on C: then - I think (zedhead @ Apr 28 2004, 02:55 AM) I am going to attempt slyer's evox build next and see where that takes me. What I meant was to try and pack xboxhmd with C-drive you can extract from this CD. |
thats what I was going to try, but thanx for confirming. I will try tonite when I get home and see what happens. I double checked everything on the ISO I made with the backup of my C and E drive and the eeprom from my original drive. And everything matches as far as size/filenames/etc. I wish I could figure out what I'm missing. (I know it's going to be one of those little things) Anyway thanks again.
will update tonite on what happens.
cheers,
Zed
Post by: Sarvatt on April 28, 2004, 09:45:00 AM
Post by: rabid-platypus on April 28, 2004, 12:49:00 PM
if exploiting, did you sign the xbe files?
a guy at work semi-hosed his box trying to use the unleashX dash (didn't backup his eeprom like i told him either !!!) and forgot to sign.
i really dig unleashX, but had to spend a few minutes changing some text from french to english
Post by: ldots on April 28, 2004, 02:36:00 PM
| QUOTE (Sarvatt @ Apr 28 2004, 06:45 PM) |
| ldots, I noticed that it only copies over the UDATA and TDATA folders on the E drive no matter what you put in that directory, is there any chance you could have it copy over everything you put in the E directory to the new E drive for those people that use the audio exploit or packages? |
Yes - will do in next release.
The reason it doesn't do this now is that I made the UDATA and TDATA folders no matter what was on the CD (since these are needed), and therefore only copied files from these folders on the CD.
Until this is updated, just use xbrowser to copy over files and directories manually.
Post by: sarahc on April 28, 2004, 08:10:00 PM
I also have hard drive password and stuff, output from xbox_tool -a.
My question is can I use this tool to restore my harddrive? If so how?
Thanks.
Post by: ldots on April 28, 2004, 11:20:00 PM
Then use the 'Restore C-drive' option xboxhd.
If you have an exploitable game like MechAssault it would be even easier to use a game save hack with Evox to get ftp access to your xbox - then just delete the files on C: and ftp over your backup. This way you wouldn't have to remove your HDD from the xbox.
Edit : just read your post a second time. If you need to downgrade, then get Slayers Evox Autoinstaller which contains the C-drive with dash 4920 which would be what you need to run linux (or other audio/font hacks).
Post by: Wolfblade12 on April 29, 2004, 12:43:00 PM
it says that the eeprom hash (orsomething) doesnt match with the calculated ............(something was here)
i do get an epkey, a hddkey, and a calculated pass.
would this mean my calculated pass is correct??
(or should i use the hddkey to lock the drive??)
Post by: ldots on April 29, 2004, 03:49:00 PM
The decrypted data from your eeprom was not as "expected". I think if you ran liveinfto with this eeprom file you would get similar result. Most likely something is wrong with your eeprom dump.
I would try to make the backup of your eeprom with ConfigMagic. I have experienced faulty eeprom dumps by evox personally. Then try redo the HDD passwd calculation with xboxhd, and if you feel like providing test information also try using liveinfo with the same eeprom.
Post by: jason987 on April 29, 2004, 04:37:00 PM
My friend wants me to softmod his box
To do this I want to use your application but I am thinking is it possible for him to just take out the hd, give it to me, and plug into my pc in order to add the required files. I cant have/get the EEP ROM since he hasnt got access to evox yet
thx
Post by: jason987 on April 29, 2004, 04:38:00 PM
My friend wants me to softmod his box
To do this I want to use your application but I am thinking is it possible for him to just take out the hd, give it to me, and plug into my pc in order to add the required files. I cant have/get the EEP ROM since he hasnt got access to evox yet
thx
Post by: zedhead on April 29, 2004, 06:30:00 PM
I have found success!!!! Oh yea whos your daddy!!!!
SO the problem was with the unlockx tool. Even though unlockx was saying the drive was succesfully locking and unlocking, it actually wasn't. I was going to use HDlock yesterdau but when unlockx successfully unlocked and relocked my retail drive (and it booted when out back in the xbox) I figured it was something else. But today I tried locking the 60 gb. with HDlock just in case, put it back in the xbox and success! SO it looks like unlockx doesn't like the 60gb hd the model id WD600BB in case anyone else has problems. I noticed that under the HD compatibilty list a couple people have had no luck locking their WD600BB drives with config magic as well. I wil post the exact model of the drive later for reference.
Thanks again for an awsome tool...and for some serious support! If I had any suggestions to improve anything on the distribution, it would be to change the "go have a beer...it could take awhile" to "go have 3 or 4 beers"
Anyway thanks again
cheers,
Zed
Post by: ldots on April 29, 2004, 09:57:00 PM
| QUOTE (jason987 @ Apr 30 2004, 01:38 AM) |
| To do this I want to use your application but I am thinking is it possible for him to just take out the hd, give it to me, and plug into my pc in order to add the required files. I cant have/get the EEP ROM since he hasnt got access to evox yet |
Not possible! If you havent got the hdd passwd or eeprom you have to hotswap to get the access to the HDD. For hotswapping you need his xbox, since only his eeprom will unlock the drive on boot.
Post by: ldots on April 29, 2004, 10:09:00 PM
| QUOTE (zedhead @ Apr 30 2004, 03:30 AM) |
SO the problem was with the unlockx tool. |
Yep - do believe a have stated severel times that unlockx sometimes fails where hdlock/hdunlock succeeds and vice versa. That's why I included both tools on the CD.
| QUOTE (zedhead @ Apr 30 2004, 03:30 AM) |
it would be to change the "go have a beer...it could take awhile" to "go have 3 or 4 beers" |
Well, some people drink their beers faster than others. Maybe your suggestion is better, but with a proper warning : "go have 3 or 4 beers, but dont re-assembel your xbox until tomorrow"
Post by: Wolfblade12 on April 29, 2004, 10:14:00 PM
i used evox to dump my eeprom, could it be that my eeprom is wrong???
i cant acces my xbox hd anymore, so my xbox is useless now?
(i do have my xbox hd, but with the fonts and in clock loop)
Post by: ldots on April 29, 2004, 10:32:00 PM
| QUOTE (Wolfblade12 @ Apr 30 2004, 07:14 AM) |
| i already did compared with liveinfo, and the pass didnt match i used evox to dump my eeprom, could it be that my eeprom is wrong??? i cant acces my xbox hd anymore, so my xbox is useless now? (i do have my xbox hd, but with the fonts and in clock loop) |
I meant compare the passwords once you get your eeprom dumped from ConfigMagic. I suspect that your eeprom dump (not the eeprom itself) from evox is no good. I had this happen for me on a 5101 xbox using evox 3921. Using ConfigMagic the eeprom dump was fine. You would also get the hdd pass from ConfigMagic automatically.
To get your xbox running again you can just hotswap, boot the xboxhdm CD, and then use xbrowser to restore the original fonts and temporarily rename the hacked ones.
Post by: jason987 on April 29, 2004, 10:45:00 PM
My friend wants me to softmod his box
To do this I want to use your application but I am thinking is it possible for him to just take out the hd, give it to me, and plug into my pc in order to add the required files. I cant have/get the EEP ROM since he hasnt got access to evox yet
thx
Post by: ldots on April 29, 2004, 11:09:00 PM
Go one page back. I allready answered your question.
Post by: Wolfblade12 on April 30, 2004, 12:13:00 AM
my stock hd is broken so i cant use configmagic
Post by: ldots on April 30, 2004, 12:52:00 AM
| QUOTE (Wolfblade12 @ Apr 30 2004, 09:13 AM) |
| i already have a working hd key, but now i want a new hd, my stock hd is broken so i cant use configmagic |
Do you mean your HD is actually broken, or just in the clock loop? Cause that could be fixed, so you could redo you eeprom dump.
You could also just try and see if you calculated pass is OK (either from liveinfo or xboxhd). The hdd will of course lock - question is if you xbox will boot. Just be very sure you keep a log-file of the used passwd so that you can unlock the hdd again if the passwd was indeed wrong.
Post by: jason987 on April 30, 2004, 01:26:00 AM
so this means i need his whole xbx for a hotswap
how likely is this to 'break' my ide channel or hd
Post by: ldots on April 30, 2004, 01:35:00 AM
| QUOTE (jason987 @ Apr 30 2004, 10:26 AM) |
| how likely is this to 'break' my ide channel or hd |
If you do it right (see tip on the tutorial) it's unlikely that neither hdd or ide channel will break. If you dont like the idea of hotswapping, then buy/rent/borrow an exploitable game like MechAssault or SplinterCell and use this to run Evox or ConfigMagic to get the hdd password and eeprom.
Post by: jason987 on April 30, 2004, 03:20:00 AM
before it was mech assault and 007
i used game xploit on my box but i sold my action replay and lostthe save game
so, what version of splinter cel lis it that does this exploit
Post by: bbright27 on April 30, 2004, 04:01:00 AM
I want to use this program/package to format/build a hard drive from scratch. The hard drive had stuff already on it when I used this program. First, it worked fine. I was able to format it using the "build hard drive from scratch" method, but here's where I run into problems/confusion... On my original Hard drive (10GB), I have MKJONES softmod installed on it...with the ability to switch between audio and font hacks. Anyway, I used my EVOX to run backup and get my hdkey. Now, here's where I get a little confused. According to the instructions for XBOXHDM, you are supposed to use this key to unlock/lock your new drive??? (is this right?). But I don't understand how you could use that key on a NEW drive, if each key is drive specific. For example, when using the hdkey command from the bootdisk, I get something COMPLETELY different as the HDKEY then what I got off EVOX. I've tried unlocking/locking with both keys and am able to do so successfully.
Now, when I boot into the CD, my comp recognizes that there's the new XBOX HD (already formatted) connected, and also my CDROM. BUT, when I try and run xboxhd or boxexplorer (i typed in the correct commands at prompt even though these may not be it) it says I have nothing hooked up to the primary channel...but I do, and the bios recognizes it as the correct hard drive. When I boot into DOS and use UNLOCKX, I get that my drive is "locked"...I unlock it using 1 pw (new from hdkey from bootdisk), fine. Says "lockable" reboot to set...or something like that. But, when I reboot, I keep getting the same "no drive on Primary" error....
ANY HELP?????
I'd be fine with starting from scratch....If I could get the damned BOOT CD to read the drive!!!!
Post by: ldots on April 30, 2004, 04:46:00 AM
| QUOTE (bbright27 @ Apr 30 2004, 01:01 PM) |
| According to the instructions for XBOXHDM, you are supposed to use this key to unlock/lock your new drive??? (is this right?). |
I dont hope that's what the instructions say. As you say the hdd key is hardware specific, so the key you should use to lock the new drive with is the Calculated Password you get from hdkey.
But what's you problem then? You say that you have build the drive and locked it with this new key. Doesn't it work in your xbox then?
However the problems you have with the boot cd not recognizing the primary master is because the drive is not unlocked. Your bios (and the linux kernel) will see the drive but xboxhd cannot access it if its locked. Why unlockx doesn't unlock it, I dont know. Try to unlock it, then reboot to DOS again and enter unlockx to check it's unlocked.
If unlockx doesn't work for you (happens on some drives) you can use the hdunlock and hddisabl (both are needed) commands from the DOS boot option also.
You did include your eeprom.bin on the CD right? If not the program was supposed to notify you on this if you tried to generate the hdd password.
Post by: zedhead on April 30, 2004, 06:14:00 AM
also to add to ldots reply, I had something similar happen on my HD with unlockx, I booted to dos, ran unlockx it showed the drive and said it was locked, so I used the PW and the drive said "lockable reboot to set" when I ran unlockx again. I rebooted using the 3 finger salute (ctrl, alt, del) and the linux distro couldn't find the drive.
So I booted back into dos, and ran unlockx again and it still said lockable...reboot to set. So I did a hard boot (shutdown completely and restarted the machine). And this time the linux distro saw the drive. Everything worked fine from there on.
It looks like for the unlockx to take the drive needs to spin down completely and start up again. Anyway hope this helps.
cheers,
Zed
Post by: bbright27 on April 30, 2004, 06:32:00 AM
I'll try and let the hd completely spin down.
Idot - Yes, I did put the eeprom on the CD along with a working C and E drive from my original hard drive. I even put everything back in the Xbox and started EVOX again...this time from my hacks....ran the backup...got the eeprom/etc. info...
Then, I started an evox from a gamesave MA exploit. Again, backup...got the eeprom/etc. info...I noticed that both of these gave the same information, except the one from the exploited EVOX showed 2 more lines of text:
HDDLockDisablePassword (with information identical to the ":" format but without the ":"
and then XboxHDKey (this number is the exact same number I get when I used Live Info.
I tried this method also (http://xbox-scene.co...ip-hdd-swap.php) but found I didn't need to zero out the partition due to your program doing that already. So, I restored my backup image from HDD_Driver to this newly unlocked drive...ran hdlock, put in xbox. Now I'm getting Error code 6.
Any suggestions? If I can manage to get this drive to be read by the boot disk, is it possible to just start from scratch and overwrite what I've done so far without doing anything but using your disc?
By the way, even though I'm having problems getting this to work with my machine, I give you mad props for making everything so simple and easy to use. Obviously, there's a few sour apples in the bunch that this program won't work smoothly for (looks like I may be one of them), but all in all it's a really kick ass package.
Thanks for your help guys!
Post by: ldots on April 30, 2004, 06:46:00 AM
If you want to, yes. You can just rebuild the drive from scratch using the xboxhdm cd. Since the fatx partition table should be there, it would only need to format the partitions and rebuild. You could also choose to only rebuild the C-drive. Finally if you want to start all over you can start by 'wiping current fatx partition table'.
Post by: Wolfblade12 on May 01, 2004, 01:33:00 AM
idots but now i want to use configmagic to dump my eeprom as you said,
but how do i do this? i didnt softmod my xbox (yet) because it keeps getting me errors
can i put it on a memory card? if so, how would evox know its there?
Post by: tullm on May 02, 2004, 09:58:00 PM
@idiots / all:
Got a problem with your package. Made the CD correct. Put the hole contents of c on my box to c in the linux directory and the tdata and udata to e and a folder with everythings else on my box.
So I shut down my pc to disconnect my harddrive and leave the cd burner and the dvd burner in to boot from one. Also connected the harddrive which should be use later in the xbox.
So I bootet from the cd an there was a first error message within all the infolines of the kernel. "EXT2-fs: maximum limit of mounts reached" or such.
At the prompt i typed xboxhd and then the next error line. It stated that hda could not be mountet because bad superblock, bad sectors or maximum limit of mounting is reached. And then it goes to an info screen which showed me the correct drive specs and on master and I can continue with (y)es or (n)o. In both cases I´m back at the prompt.
I´ve burned the cd in 2 times in 2 different burners to exclude that there is a problem with the cd or the burner itself.
Can someone tell me what that means and why it´s not working for me here?
regards
tullm
Post by: ldots on May 03, 2004, 01:46:00 AM
| QUOTE (Wolfblade12 @ May 1 2004, 10:33 AM) |
| idots |
Blush!
You can pack a game save hack with both evox and ConfigMagic. You would have to edit the evox.ini so that the "apps" section point to where your game save hack is :
| CODE |
Section "Apps" { AutoAddItem "e:\UDATA\......" SortAll } |
Or you can just use evox to ftp ConfigMagic to your E-drive and set up your evox to look for apps there.
Post by: ldots on May 03, 2004, 01:59:00 AM
Ok, so you only have the drive you are going to build for you xbox connected (on prim. master) right? From you description it sound like this is not a new drive, but one you have used for linux before - or? Because if this used to be a ext2 formatted drive, linux counts the number of times the drive has been mounted and does a filesystem check after a specified number of mounts. If this limit has been exceeded it could be that the kernel on my package sees this and doesn't want to accept the manipulation xboxhd tries to do. I would try to zero out the headed of the drive and then try again. You shouldn't have to burn more CD's! That's not the problem...
So try to do this after you have boot with the xboxhdm CD (make sure the primary master is the correct drive) :
| CODE |
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=500 bs=512k |
Then reboot and run xboxhd again. If this doesn't work your drive is just strange
BTW. In the current version of xboxhdm, only the UDATA and TDATA folders will be copied from the E-folder on the CD. I know - stupid! This will be changed in next version. But after your drive has been build, run xbrowser and copy the rest over yourself.
Post by: tullm on May 03, 2004, 02:12:00 AM
thanks for the answer. this was my question. ;-)
yes, it is a used drive, but used with windows and no linux at all.
will try to zero the head of the drive with this command.
Is this like a low level format?
are i´m still able to use this drive with windows or something if this does not work?
thanks
regards
tullm
Post by: ldots on May 03, 2004, 02:53:00 AM
The command I suggested isn't really a format. It literally writes zeros to the drive - thereby cleaning partition table / filesystem.
You can always pop the HD in your PC and format it for windows again, should you want to. As long as it is in an unlocked state.
Post by: tullm on May 03, 2004, 03:48:00 AM
will try that command and then report what happens back here.
regards
tullm
Post by: tullm on May 05, 2004, 10:24:00 AM
Tried a second brand new hd and the same thing happens:
on boot there is an error message:
"EXT2-fs maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is reccomended"
and then when I type xboxhd there is another message:
"bad command, bad superblock or maximum file systems mounted"
Any Idea what goes on here?
Loaded it from the usual places. version 1.2
fresh hd on pri master nothing on pri slave and dvd burner on sec master and cd burner on sec slave.
Do I have a bad version of your package?
It´s a normal pc with an elitegroupe k7s6a board in it.
thanks
tullm
Post by: ldots on May 05, 2004, 10:41:00 AM
Assuming you have the xboxhdm CD in your CD-burner on secondary slave (hdd) try the following :
| CODE |
mkdir CD mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd CD |
If I'm right you get that error : "bad command, bad superblock or maximum file systems mounted"
If you get no error try listing the content of the CD : ls -l CD
Did you generate the iso from the make-iso-win.bat script and burn it as a raw image (not as a new data CD) ?
Post by: tullm on May 05, 2004, 10:50:00 AM
booted from dvd-burner. can list the content of it!
your error is the right one!
but when i type mount the hdc is listed there.
what should i do?
Post by: ldots on May 05, 2004, 11:14:00 AM
From a freshly bootet system (no commands typed) try do the following and tell me the exact output :
1) find-cd check
If no error, try to do : df | grep xbox | cut -c 1-8
2) fdisk -l | grep Disk | grep hda
The "|" characters are important. Also don't you reach the xboxhd main menu at all ?
Post by: tullm on May 05, 2004, 11:44:00 AM
first of all, thanks for your great help!
Here the results:
find-cd check:
looking for CD-ROM in /dev/hda...
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda,
or too many file systems
looking for CD-ROM in /dev/hdb...
mount: /dev/hdb is not a valid block device
looking for CD-ROM in /dev/hdc...
df | grep xbox | cut -c 1-8
/dev/hdc
fdisk -l | grep Disk | grep hda
Disk /dev/hda doesn´t contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 14596 cylinders
hope that helps.
thanks
tullm
Post by: tullm on May 05, 2004, 11:49:00 AM
and no, I don´t reach the main menu at all.
when I type in xboxhd I get an infoscreen which tells me that the drive on pri mster has been found ... and asks me if i want to continue Y/N then it goes back to promt with any input.
Post by: ldots on May 05, 2004, 11:56:00 AM
| CODE |
The following disk was found on your primary master : Disk /dev/hda doesn´t contain a valid partition table Be sure that this is the drive you want to use as an xbox drive or that is the drive you wish to rescue! If you write an xbox partition table to this drive all data will be lost... Be aware of the following linux device names : Primare Master : /dev/hda Primare Slave : /dev/hdb Secondary Master : /dev/hdc Secondary Slave : /dev/hdd Do you wish to continue ? [yes/no] : |
Edit : Just saw your answer after submitting this post
So when it says : Do you wish to continue ? [yes/no]
Be sure you type "yes" and hit enter! not Yes, YES, Y or anything else.
Post by: tullm on May 05, 2004, 11:58:00 AM
Post by: tullm on May 05, 2004, 12:01:00 PM
Will try it now!
thanks for the help answer!!!!! You´re the man!!!
that was too simple to think of for me! ;-)
thanks
TUllm
Post by: ldots on May 05, 2004, 12:02:00 PM
It's rather restrictive that it must be exactly "yes". But this is the last chance to save your drive if somebody boots this CD with their windows-drive with important data on it, so I'm gonna keep it that way...
Post by: tullm on May 05, 2004, 01:53:00 PM
OK, thanks for youre great help! It was this "little" misanderstanding from me!
No, it is absolutely good to type yes for security. was my fault!
but now i´ve got the next prob. got it to make the hd and locked it with the calculated pw and unlockx said locked after reboot.
back in the box with error 06.
so I read this thread once more and recognized that i also got the error which stated that calculating mismatched.
but i locked the drive with the calculated pw, which must be wrong due tothe faulty eeprom backup from evox.
the question ist how can i unlock the drive again to relock it with the new eeprom backup and hopefully the right pw?
Unlockx states now that the drive is locked. If I enter the given pw (doublechecked it, also with the logfile from unlockx) it says will not unlock.
any hint?
I hope not to go too much on your nerves. Sorry for the trouble.
thanks
tullm
Post by: ldots on May 05, 2004, 02:03:00 PM
You say you have the unlockx log-file, so the password written in here must be the password you locked it with. If unlock doesn't unlock it for you try hdunlock and hddisabl (also included on the CD).
Evox giving wrong eeprom dumps is still very unlikely I think - but it can happen! How did you calculate the password? With xboxhd or with liveinfo? Try using both and confirm you get the same passwd using your new HDD and your eeprom.bin backup.
Post by: tullm on May 06, 2004, 06:47:00 AM
thanks again!
Now I have the hd unlocked again by using hdunlock and pwdisable.
got e fresh eeprom.bin from configmagic.
will try it tonight and report back here how it was going.
thanks again for the absolutely great support herer!!!
regards
tullm
Post by: tullm on May 06, 2004, 06:48:00 AM
thanks again!
Now I have the hd unlocked again by using hdunlock and pwdisable.
got e fresh eeprom.bin from configmagic.
will try it tonight and report back here how it was going.
thanks again for the absolutely great support herer!!!
regards
tullm
Post by: jason987 on May 06, 2004, 11:58:00 AM
hey,
could I use a 4.7 gig in my Xbox
I know you are asking why so I will tell you
Sommetimes I get the clock loop...netowrk 2 pc - it loads and is fine...
So, when I havnt got access to the internet which i dont sometimes...I am thinking stick a 4.7 gig hd in when I get clock loop to go into a dash and reset the time before putting my normal hd back in
I woul use a 10 gig one but the 4.7 gig one and 800 meg ones are the only I have spare form old computers
Post by: tullm on May 06, 2004, 01:58:00 PM
@idiots:
OK, used LiveInfo´s password for locking and that was the right one were HDKey still gave me the one from yesterday with evox eeprom.bin and the same message.
So now I can boot my xbox with the new drive. great!
But I booted the box normal without any probs. made the audio exploit running, but pbl didn´t found his boot.cfg.
Loaded teh mordens Savegame for 007 and got into mxm and ftp´ed in. The file for pbl was there.
Then after a wile I found out that something on the hole E partition must be corruptet! files were there, but pbl or something else didn´t found them. Found out that all directories I copied through xbrowser were corruptet, because I can´t delete them through ftp or through boxplorer on the box itself. But I can rename them. so I renamed all of them and ftp´ed in my backup of e from the directory of xboxhdm with one i made the iso and these were working.
Also mxm shows a wrong freespace for e I think.
Any Ideas what that could be?
thanks
TUllm
Post by: tullm on May 06, 2004, 02:09:00 PM
now i´ve managed to delete teh folders through unleashX´s filemanager.
mxm shows about 200MB more on all partitions then unleashX. Seems odd, but I think that´s another forum here.
regards
tullm
@idiots:
Thanks for your great work and support!!!!!! Much respect!!!!
Got It working now! Great! The "little" misunderstanding took me some hours and then unlockx and hdkey again, but It´s working great! Thanks!!!
Post by: ldots on May 06, 2004, 02:23:00 PM
Now, just to be absolutely sure. The hdd password you got from liveinfo. Was that with the new eeprom dump made by ConfigMagic? Did you try running my hddkey generator from xboxhdm with the exact same eeprom. I would be very surprised if they did not give the same password...
Think I know what went wrong with the directories copied with xbrowser. When you put files on the xboxhdm CD under windows the permissions on the files and directories when handled under windows are not "compatible" with the permissions when used with xboxhdm and your xbox HDD. I make sure the correct permissions are set when running xboxhd for building C and E, but did not consider this for xbrowser.
Will have to think of a good way to do this. There are easy ways but,....
You are very welcome for the support. I get valuable information out of this myself
Post by: tullm on May 06, 2004, 02:46:00 PM
Yes, the new pw from liveinfo was made with the new eeprom made by configmagic.
Burned that one to the cd in the eeprom folder. Run it through xboxhd option 5, but was given the same error (has mismatch) and the same pw as yesterday.
So I used the one from LiveInfo wit hdlock.
Ah, I see, sound logical with the permissions. I have 2 more hd for 2 more boxes waiting here. Is there a way for me to set the permissions right manually so I can use them with xbrowser? Want to do this because it´s way faster then FTP.
will go to bed now.
regards
tullm
Post by: ldots on May 06, 2004, 02:53:00 PM
| CODE |
mkdir xboxE mount -t fatx /dev/hda50 xboxE chmod -R 755 xboxE/* umount xboxE |
Please check your PM.
Post by: jason987 on May 06, 2004, 03:00:00 PM
I thought both audio and font exploit booted of c:\default.xbe
if audio boots from e:\ ... default.xbe then try putting the pbl in c n e way
@idots
what u think bout oputtin a 4 gig rescue hd in box...can one be made or will it not be possible
Post by: ldots on May 06, 2004, 03:11:00 PM
I know that something is checked on E as the xbox boots. For example it will not boot if the TDATA and UDATA folders are missing. However just for booting and setting the clock we dont really needed the filesystem on E for anything so I will not discard the possibility that the 4.7 Gb drive will work. I guess you could try! Dont see how that could hurt neither the drive nor your xbox...
Post by: tullm on May 06, 2004, 03:11:00 PM
thanks for that.
so with this command I mount the e partition of my fresh e drive to chmod right?
regards
tullm
but now I will really go to bed.
Post by: tullm on May 06, 2004, 03:14:00 PM
no, my audio nad font exploits will look under e:\pbl\for P.
but as already sayd, got it working. problem was the permissions. solved that now.
regards
tullm
Post by: katolo on May 06, 2004, 03:35:00 PM
Post by: ldots on May 06, 2004, 10:50:00 PM
Post by: katolo on May 06, 2004, 11:26:00 PM
Post by: jason987 on May 06, 2004, 11:39:00 PM
that wat i think
Post by: katolo on May 06, 2004, 11:41:00 PM
Post by: katolo on May 06, 2004, 11:58:00 PM
I can't even accese the drive with partion magic, nor samsungs low level partion software....... I also tried your guide for the xbox hd make form scratch.... when I do the grep command on hd I get many error messages......
I hope I can fix the drive..... cause those fucking tools fucked up the drive.....
Post by: Wolfblade12 on May 07, 2004, 10:57:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| calculated hash doesnt match data hash (or something like this) |
is this bad??
could i still use your programm or should i use live info ??
ps. if you are wondering why i want to know this.... my xbox is broken again
i went on vacation, when i returned the mechhack didnt work anymore.... i
thought maybe xboxlive updated my dashboard or something, so it wouldnt
work anymore...i rebuilded the xbox C partition and now i have
| QUOTE |
| error 06 |
Post by: ldots on May 07, 2004, 11:43:00 AM
Do you know if your drive even supports the ATA security options? Some drives dont, maybe that messed up your drive.
However, just for diagnostics. Try running :
| CODE |
| fdisk -l | grep Disk |
and post the output.
Post by: ldots on May 07, 2004, 11:45:00 AM
Yes, I found a bug in the hdd key generation code. I works for most eeproms, but not for a few. Same problem that tullm had previously on this thread. I will make a new fixed release tomorrow.
Untill then you have to unlock your hdd again (with the "wrong" password). Then use liveinfo to get the correct password, and relock.
Post by: katolo on May 07, 2004, 12:58:00 PM
I ran the fdisk command... I get no output.... nothing happens....
when I run fdisk /dev/hda... I get an error saying can't read from disk or whatever...
btw.... I found the link, http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointVSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointVSeries_SV1204H.htm, to the harddrive...
does this mean that this type of disk can't be used with the softmod exploit....
Post by: ldots on May 07, 2004, 01:54:00 PM
So it should work for the xbox, but if neither linux or windows can see or access the drive, you did something nasty to it ?
You best bet to fix the drive is the "Disk Manager" program in the utility section of the link you posted above.
Post by: Wolfblade12 on May 07, 2004, 11:50:00 PM
i now my previous problem! i locked the drive with a incorrect pass, so its useless now
for a new drive i just use liveinfo to get the pass?
ps. is it idots or Ldots???
Post by: ldots on May 08, 2004, 12:19:00 AM
| QUOTE (Wolfblade12 @ May 8 2004, 08:50 AM) |
| i locked the drive with a incorrect pass, so its useless now for a new drive i just use liveinfo to get the pass? ps. is it idots or Ldots??? |
Upps! Well did you use the locking tools from floppy, or follow directions on using the save-log command. Then you should see some log files on the floppy. These will contain the passwd you locked your drive with.
You could use liveinfo for getting the right password, or wait a few minutes until I update xboxhdm with a working hdd password generator.
ps. It's ldots, but I respond both to 'i' and 'l'
Post by: ldots on May 08, 2004, 01:41:00 AM
| QUOTE (From xbins.org) |
XboX HD Maker V1.3 No new functionalities added, but a few bugfixes, important enough to deserve an update. Changes/addition : - Previously used code for generating HDD passwords had a bug in the code decrypting the eeprom data. I replaced it with a slightly modified/adapted version of the xbox_tool code from xbox-linux (Again, thanks guys for making this tool). For "problematic" eeproms that presented troubles for xboxhdm V1.2, I now get matching passwords with LiveInfo. - When building xbox drives, all files and directories in the E-folder on the CDROM are now copied to the HDD. This is useful if people want more on E than the TDATA and UDATA folders :blink:blink: - When using xbrowser the file-permissions are now set correctly for the xbox to handle files added this way. Thanks to all users for reporting bugs and providing valuable information. |
I believe this fixes bugs/request posted by users up till now.
Post by: Wolfblade12 on May 08, 2004, 02:04:00 AM
Post by: ldots on May 08, 2004, 06:15:00 AM
Post by: jeks on May 08, 2004, 12:24:00 PM
Post by: ldots on May 08, 2004, 01:24:00 PM
What was my intension was making a HDD tool primarely for softmodders. How can softmodders even access the F-drive? They need PBL with a bios that supports it. How do they need to run PBL? From C: or E: Cannot be run from F: with retail bios. So putting PBL on the HDD with this tool is easy, but it can only be put on C: or E: anyway. Then when running a hacked bios 99.9% procent of the users run a replacement dash aswell. This finally brings me to my point
- formatting F from a replacement dash is easy.
Post by: Sarvatt on May 08, 2004, 11:56:00 PM
Post by: Artificial on May 10, 2004, 12:35:00 AM
Post by: tullm on May 10, 2004, 12:57:00 AM
OK, done 2 more boxes with your new version.
Works like a charm now!
Thanks for the great package and support!
Regards
tullm
Post by: ldots on May 10, 2004, 01:17:00 AM
| QUOTE (Artificial @ May 10 2004, 09:35 AM) |
| Argh where can i find it :*( |
@Artificial
Welcome to the scene
You will see people referring to the 'usual places' quite often. This this article to get you started.
@tullm
You are welcome. Your 'case' has been a big help in pinpointing the HDD password problem.
Post by: breachless on May 10, 2004, 07:30:00 AM
I noticed with the newer version of this tool of yours, you get more info for using option 5 (generate password or whatever) and that seems to display a lot of info about my drive, and one of the things I noticed is that it says it's lockable, BUT security options are not enabled... or something to that extent (sorry: I am going by memory here...) but yeah. That's where I sit, and for the record, I have scoured this thread from beginning to end multiple times and tried everything mentioned thus far. Is there something I have to do to the drive before I do all of this to make it so I can lock it? I suppose I should mention that it is brand new, straight out of the box and plugged right in to be used with your tool.
Any help is greatly appreciated, and I must commend you for sticking with this thread for days now helping everyone out that has a problem: that's very cool of you.
Post by: ldots on May 10, 2004, 08:02:00 AM
Just as consistently it seems to work when I put the drive on primary slave (jumber on cable select) and leave thte primary master empty. Then run unlockx the drive locks?
Remember to use the locking tools from floppy or use the savelog command if run from CD...
Post by: breachless on May 10, 2004, 01:26:00 PM
Post by: Rick_James_Bitch! on May 10, 2004, 04:09:00 PM
Post by: ldots on May 10, 2004, 11:10:00 PM
| QUOTE (Rick_James_Bitch! @ May 11 2004, 01:09 AM) |
| how do i get those programs? |
The 'usual places'
Read this
Post by: deadboxowner on May 11, 2004, 01:44:00 AM
I had completed a backup of the complete drive with hdd driver and i still hav the 3 gig bin file but i tried to restore with hdd driver and it says the file is too small or is in use???
I did not get a chance to get the hd key from the eeprom and the drive still unlocks for a hotswap fortunetly
I made the cd iso using c drive extracted from slayers iso and left e drive empty.
When i boot my pc from the cd with xboxhdm it stalls at:
Uncompressing linux... ok, booting the kernel .
any help on how to get it past here would be good...
I am not very verse in linux however i am not exactly a newbie to computers.Thanks in advance.
Post by: ldots on May 11, 2004, 05:09:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| Uncompressing linux... ok, booting the kernel |
Sounds like something is wrong with your CD. This is where it is suppose to start hardware detection etc. Could also be you have a very strange hardware configuration that the kernel cannot figure out?
- Could you try the CD on another PC
- Try making a new CD on a god media.
Post by: deadboxowner on May 11, 2004, 09:50:00 PM
I have not read the eeprom
I can Hotswap The drive
The c: system partition is not viewable using Hdd driver after it crashed.
The CD is on TDK media. I have tried verbatim.
I am running a bare system and will try the cd on another system.
Thanks for your ideas thus far.
Post by: RIOT88 on May 12, 2004, 07:52:00 AM
Post by: Blick Domain on May 13, 2004, 04:14:00 PM
Great work this has got to be the best HD tool yet. Wonderful package. Thanks!!!
I had a Bad experience with HD_Driver tried to restore three times (at least) with .bin backup seemed to work, got nothing but (Needs Service Screen) (no error code)
I put your package together using Slayers system files, E&B Reloaded, SPBL, and Evox. And away I went.
I used OP. 5 All the keys matched with the ones I got from Evox and LiveInfo. Using eeprom.bin
Then OP. 4 (I figured my file system was messed up from HD_Driver)
Then OP. 1 Restore C:
I did get some errors during C: restore (something about TMP directories not being right, and Slayer. There where several instances.
Sorry not to be too specific it was late I was tired and it was last weekend.
But I locked the HD and it boots up just great.
One Up for Linux!!! Just Exellant!!!
I'm going to make a Linux boot CD for the XBox.
I run a Linux file/FTP Server using SMB shares for XBMP, and to load and store backups using XBoxTool.
Linux is Kool!!!
Hi Praise
Post by: ldots on May 13, 2004, 10:10:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| Linux is Kool!!! |
Couldn't agree more
Post by: breachless on May 14, 2004, 03:32:00 PM
Now if only I could figure out how in the blue blazes to format F...
Post by: Blick Domain on May 15, 2004, 12:17:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| Wonder what those errors when restoring C: was though |
About those error's I to remember they had the word "Slayer" in them. I'm pretty sure it said "Slayer.txt".
Just one other thing I wanted to mention.
As I stated in my last post, I had tried HD_Driver like three times before using your XBoxHDM. So I thought I would need to repartition my F: on the Xbox. (Did full restore three times)
But to my surprise everything was still there, all my files where fine. The only partitions over-written where C: & E:.
XBoxHDM only writes to C: & E: of coarse.
So much for HD_Driver. I'll never use that buggy thing again!!!
Thanks again for the superb effort !!
Post by: ldots on May 15, 2004, 01:06:00 AM
| QUOTE (breachless @ May 15 2004, 12:32 AM) |
| Well, I am in! YES! So the problem was that I guess unlockx just didn't like the PC I was originally trying to do this on: tried it on a diff PC and it worked just fine: took only a few minutes to do. This is a most excellent tool and I gotta say you ROCK idots. Thank you so much. Now if only I could figure out how in the blue blazes to format F... |
Most "hacked" dash replacements will let you format F, or you can do it with raw ftp-commands. If you use Evox do the following :
Set up your evox.ini to enable F and add the format action. Add an action to the "System Utils Menu" of evox :
| CODE |
| Item "Install F drive",@210 |
and define this action further down :
| CODE |
[Action_10] Info "Install F Drive" Warning "This will format F drive" Warning "Make sure you have a backup of C & E" Progress "Formatting drives" Format f: |
In the near future I will add a "format F" option to xboxhdm
Post by: ldots on May 15, 2004, 01:08:00 AM
| QUOTE (Blick Domain @ May 15 2004, 09:17 AM) |
| ...So I thought I would need to repartition my F: on the Xbox. (Did full restore three times) But to my surprise everything was still there, all my files where fine. The only partitions over-written where C: & E:. |
That's the "beauty" of this simply partition scheme the xbox uses. As the partition table is hardcoded in the kernel an not written to the HDD as usual, a previous F-partition will be intact after using xboxhdm since we do simply not touch the sectors that host the F-partition
Post by: ldots on May 16, 2004, 10:49:00 AM
Besides the support for the F-drive also take notice of the 'softmod' command that is now available. This provides an easy to use softmod package for people without memcards or any of the exploitable games. Read more about this add-on http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=211978.
The tutorial for xboxhdm (first post on this thread) has been updated to reflect the changes.
| QUOTE (from xbins) |
XboX HD Maker V1.4 Following up on requests from users this release support F-drive and adds an automatic softmod package installer to provide an easy to use package for people without a memcard or any of the exploitable games. Changes/addition : - The xboxhd tool now supports the extended F-drive in two ways : 1) When building an xbox HDD from scratch the tool will examine if the drive is larger than 8Gb and offer the option to build the F-drive in the first step of this two-step procedure. In the second stop the user has the option to format the F-partition. 2) A seperate option/menu has been added 4) This will build the F-drive on an existing xbox HDD if the drive is large enough. - The user now has a 'softmod' command available. This tool requires that the user has downloaded the official softpack from 'the usual places' and extracted this to the xboxhdm/linux directory before making and burning the xboxhdm iso. See the readme from the softpack for more info. This softmod package requires the 4920 dashboard so do not try to install it other dashboard versions (though no damage will be done if attempted). Do however not use this softmod package if you kernel is NOT BELOW 5530. The softmod command will let you install : 1) The NO-CD new stable audio hack. 2) The Mech-fonts The "Xbox Live" tab will be renamed to PBL and will load the Phoenix Bios Loader when pressed. 3) Phoenix Bios Loader v 1.4.1 with support for Focus chip. Only bios included is the 4981.67_ef bios. Include more bioses (E:\pbl\Bioses) if you need. 4) Evox v. 3935. Ip = 192.168.0.3 Subnetmask = 255.255.255.0 Defaultgateway = 192.168.0.1 5) Install a font patched copy of your MS dashboard (xtf -> bak) in C:\ called msdash.xbe to be run from Evox when using the font hack. It has been tested only on the 4920 dashboard from Slayers Evox, but should work on all 4920 dashboards. |
Post by: breachless on May 18, 2004, 05:13:00 PM
Anyway, the MAIN reason I wanted to add to this thread was to say THANK YOU SO MUCH to idots. You have put together a truly awesome tool here and have helped everyone out with problems without losing your cool. You rock my friend. The scene needs more good peeps like yourself. Adios.
Post by: ldots on May 18, 2004, 11:37:00 PM
Anyone tried formatting F with a big drive? I only tested this on a 10Gb drive. It should work for larger drives though...
Post by: Studerboy on May 19, 2004, 05:38:00 AM
| QUOTE (ldots @ Apr 18 2004, 11:52 PM) | ||||||||||
| Build, rebuild, clone xbox harddrives. Useful tool both for softmodders and modchip users (who can ignore locking issues). Initial version : xboxhdm_v1.0.zip Current version : xboxhdm_v1.4.zip As always - use the info and tools described here at your risk. Don't come whining if something goes wrong... (Most tools in this package I'm not personaly responsible for, and can therefore not give any guaranties on their usage. Big thanks to all authors of code I have borrowed and modified. Special thanks to the xbox-linux project. I bow in admiration of what you guys have accomplished). Let me start by... Giving some advice to people new to softmodding. Softmodding is not without risk and some people do get into trouble. Most of these troubles can be prevented by always ensuring a way to revert the hacks people apply. Basically as soon as you gain access to you xbox you should backup your xbox HD key and eeprom. Most people initially gain access using a game-save hack packed with evox. This app has a backup option that will dump the eeprom to a file as well as the hdd key in a text file. Others gain access by hotswapping and installing a hack this way. In that case let evox or ConfigMagic be the very first app you run and get the backup files. Evox will store the backup files in the location the evox app was installed in (if used from a game save it will be somewhere in E:\UDATA). To my knowledge ConfigMagic stores the backup in the root of the E-drive. Having these files you can always access your xbox HD from the PC, and now in case of a broken drive you can build an xbox HD from scratch. So you can pretty much get out of all HD-related toubles. I feel more safe hacking my xbox knowing this What this package does. This package will let you create a bootable CD that can access and manipulate/rescue, clone and even rebuild working xbox HD's from scratch. I see this usefull for people who want to :
This is all done by letting you boot to a small live-linux with fatx support, like xlinux, but with so many more tools and options. Better hardware compatibility due to a updated kernel/syslinux and NTFS support are things to mention. Also from this CD you can boot to DOS and use HD lock/unlock tools. The techical details of how this package works are described http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=196583 Making your bootable CD This package comes as a zip-archive : xboxhdm_vx.x.zip (get it from the usual places). When unpacked you find some files and a folder called linux. Inside linux you find a C and a E folder. In here you can put pretty much what you want to go on your xbox. If you have a working hacked setup (audio or font exploit) you can pack that onto the CD, if you want to use this as a rescue disc it would be more usefull to just put the original xbox system-files (The files from the C-drive - get them from your own backup or from Slayers Evox) in the C-folder and optionally you can put the TDATA and UDATA folders with some game saves (could be some hacked saves) in the E-folder. A minimal rescue CD would have something like the following in the C-folder of the linux directory :
The E-folder can be left empty. In the root of this archive (xboxhdm-folder) you find a make-iso-win.bat script. Run this script to produce a bootable iso that you can burn to a CD. Also included is a make-DOS-floppy.bat script. This will create a DOS floppy with the unlockx,hdlock,hdunlock tools. This is the best way to run locking/unlocking tools as log files will be written to floppy on succesful locking of a drive (see warning below). The Xboxhdm Boot-prompt When you boot with this CD in the drive you will be presented with three options : 1) Boot VGA console (default) 2) Boot text-console 3) Boot to DOS with HD unlock tools The first two options will bring you to the fatx-enabled linux (only difference is the layout). Option three will let you boot to FreeDOS and let you use the unlockx, hdlock, hdunlock, hddisabl tools to unlock an existing xbox drive or to lock a newly created HD. Going from DOS to linux or vice versa you will need to reboot. WARNING! Using the locking utilities from CD the tools cannot store any log files with used passwords, as the CD is read-only. It will be stored to the virtual filesystem in RAM but is gone after rebooting. These logs are needed if you accidentially use an incorrect HD passwd. Using either unlockx or hdlock to lock a drive the passwd used will be written to screen and you will be prompted to write this down. If you run the locking tool from CDROM it is furthermore advisable that you insert a formatted floppy in your primary floppy-drive and run the command : 'savelog'. This will write the log-files from the locking tools to floppy. The xboxhd-tool When you boot to linux you will be told that you can start the xboxhd tool by typing 'xboxhd' and pushing enter. This should give you this screen :
WARNING! Dont choose option 4) if you unlocked your xbox drive by hotswapping. After the fatx partition table is wiped using this option the machine is rebooted to continue rebuilding the drive. Upon reboot the drive will relock (if it was just hotswapped), and since at this point the drive is empty and will not work in the xbox you cannot hotswap again. Having the hdd key or eeprom you are safe. Option 1 Use this option if you want to build an xbox HD from a blank drive. It is two-step procedure. First step is where the partition table is written to disk. The tool will then reboot the machine to activate this partition table. After rebooting you re-enter the tool (by typing xboxhd) and choose option 1) once more to continue the building of the drive. Second step is where xboxhd will format all fatx partitions and afterwards build the C-partition with the files your put in the C-folder on the CDROM and build the E-partition with the TDATA and UDATA folders you put in the E-folder on the CDROM. If you left the C- and E-folders empty on the CDROM (by mistake or on purpose) you will be prompted to insert a CD with the xbox system-files. The tool will then search for the files. You can also choose option 1) for rebuilding an existing xbox HD completely. If the current fatx partition table is valid this will then not be a two-step procedure. Option 2 Choose this option if you just want to rebuild the C-partition. This could be used if some system-files have been corrupted, if you are in a clock loop or as a way to downgrade your dash. It is equivalent to the second step described in option 1) above, but only formats and rebuilds the C-partition leaving all game-saves on E: untouched. Option 3 lets you clone an existing xbox HD onto another drive. You will be prompted which device is the source device and which is the destination device. Option 4 Install an F-drive if you HDD is large enough - this is checked! Note that when building a HDD from scratch using option 1) the size of the HDD is automatically checked, and if found large enough the user will be given the option to build the F-drive at that stage. Option 5 Use this if a current partition table is corrupted and you want to rebuild the drive from scratch using option 1) Option 6 This will let you calculate the HD unlock key. It requires that you have the eeprom.bin from Evox or ConfigMagic on your CDROM in the eeprom-folder. Current drive status and HD passwd is printed on screen and to file (hdkey.txt). In tests this gave the correct key for my HD put write down and (or) save they key anyway so that you can always unlock your drive. Option 7 You will be prompted to insert a floppy and push enter. A DOS floppy with locking and unlocking tools will be created. Option 8 Quit the tool and return to the linux prompt. The xbrowser Most people dont like typing commands. I included tools to make browsing and manipulating files on the xbox HD more user-friendly. At the command prompt type 'xbrowser' and hit enter. This will mount the CDROM with the linux distribution (and your xbox-files) and if an xbox drive is present on the primary IDE master channel the xbox C- and E-drives will be mounted. Then a semi-graphical filemanager (Midnight-Commander) will open with a tabbed (two-window) view of you CDROM on the left and the xbox C- and E-drive on your right.
Some hint on using this tool : - Current dir is in the top of each windows. - Switch the curser between left and right windows with TAB - Move the curser with the arrow-keys. - Placing the curser on the very top dir (../) and hitting enter will go on directory up. - File/dir manipulation-commands are issue with the F-keys according to the list of commands in the bottom of the windows. Example : To rename Xbox.xtf to Xbox.bak in the font-dir on the xbox-drive hit: - TAB to switch to the right window. - down-arrow + enter to go to C-directory. - twice down-arrow and enter to go to fonts folder - twice down-arrow to go to Xbox.xtf - F6 to bring up Move/rename box. - Write Xbox.bak and hit enter to perform rename. Simple! The Softpack Available 'the usual places' is the official softmod package for xboxhdm. This includes the dashboard exploits and PBL and therefore require a kernel version below 5530 and the MS dashboard version 4920. When including this package on the xboxhdm CD the user can run the 'softmod' command and will be given the options to install :
Read more about the softmod package http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=211978 Final comments and tips Being a fatx enabled linux you can use this distro to manipulate xbox-drive content in any way you wish using linux commands :
TIP : Use this filemanager (xbrowser) to install softmods. Before you burn the bootable linux CD you could add a folder (hacks) to the linux directory with all the files needed for the hack (Bert, Ernie, ST.DB, PBL,....). Then use xbrowser to copy files to the xbox HD. TIP : Hotswapping with this linux distro is easy. I recommend the following. Place your xbox so that the PC's primary master ide cable will reach the xbox HD. Pull the DVD IDE cable and boot the xbox. It will stop with error 12. At this point the xbox HD is unlocked and will stay this way. Put you xboxhdm bootable CD in the PC and boot. At the boot-prompt it will stop for 5 mins. The bios has done its hardware detection without the xbox HD attached yet - linux still hasn't. So at this boot prompt you pull the ide-cable on the xbox HD, and plug in the primary master ide cable of the PC. Then hit enter to boot to linux. After booting, execute 'xbrowser' to see if the drive was found. For more info read the HOWTO's and ReadMe's include in the package. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanx to all testers for usefull feedback and ideas. Happy hacking - hope you dont have to use this tool too often |
I need some help I applied the audio hack and it worked but now I accidently applied the DVD Free region patch I got from slayer X. I didn't mean to I was about to exit back to the softmod tools and I accidently applied the patch. Ok Here is where I need help. I can't access the dashboard anymore and when I tried to put the slayer x cd in nothing happens so now I can't access anydashboard to boot up backups or my snes games and gba.I connected my hard drive to the pc but it won't read it.. I read that it has to be unlock but how do I unlock it if I can't access any dashbords to leave there so it can be after about 5-10 minutes. I used the cd just to see will backups work and it did. But I need to replace the files I have on pc to the xbox so I can use the dash again. Now I used the linux save game hack with splinter again to try to access the xbox from there but nothing as soon as I start it up it goes tries to start the game back up and I get that error message again. I need help accessing my xbox hard drive from the pc. PLEASE VERY DESPERATE!!
Post by: breachless on May 20, 2004, 03:14:00 PM
| QUOTE (ldots @ May 19 2004, 08:37 AM) |
| Thanks man! I should have added F-support earlier - it wasn't much work. Only trouble I had was getting the offset for the magic "FATX" word right, but letting evox formatting a drive solved that. Anyone tried formatting F with a big drive? I only tested this on a 10Gb drive. It should work for larger drives though... |
Yep. I did my 120 GB Seagate with this tool.
Post by: ipodder2003 on May 20, 2004, 03:52:00 PM
I'm pretty new to this whole scene, it's really amazing! I've got a BOBW modded box... with the font and audio hacks already on it... I know how to load programs on it and run them with boXplorer and stuff like that. I backed up a game onto the hard drive (stock drive) and it had NO LOADING TIME! I love it! But now, I want more.
I've got a 120 gig new hard drive laying around, and I think I'm ready to put it to use. Where do I start? Sorry if this has already been asked...
Anyways, I have access to "the usual places" and I've gotten ahold of the hd maker (couldn't find it in "THE usual place," is it still on there?) and I'm ready to go. Where do I start? Thank you guys so much!
Post by: ipodder2003 on May 20, 2004, 04:38:00 PM
I've already got the eeprom backed up on my PC...
1. Disconnect Xbox HD.
2. Pop in my Xbox HD Maker CD (with apps and eeprom on it) and then attach the xbox HD and the new HD.
3. Go into the xboxhd program, and say "Clone Existing Xbox HD"
4. Make the appropriate selections, and let it go.
5. Lock the new HD with the generated password from the eeprom key.
6. Turn off the PC and disconnect both drives.
7. Plug in the new HD to the xbox
8. Boot it.
Does this work? I'm curious as to whether or not I need to unlock the Xbox hard drive before step three...
Thanks in advance guys, and thanks to Idot for this GREAT idea and package!
Post by: breachless on May 20, 2004, 04:41:00 PM
Post by: ipodder2003 on May 20, 2004, 04:50:00 PM
Post by: breachless on May 20, 2004, 05:21:00 PM
Post by: ipodder2003 on May 20, 2004, 05:41:00 PM
I've got the C drive backed up already from before I did my hack, then I'll just get the original files off E and load them onto the cd.
Thanks!
Post by: GeToChKn on May 22, 2004, 08:45:00 AM
Post by: kl34i2 on May 24, 2004, 03:56:00 PM
Post by: fuubar on May 24, 2004, 11:07:00 PM
Post by: modestrabbit on May 25, 2004, 03:59:00 PM
1. Turn xbox on with DVD drive unplugged.
2. Boot up PC with hard drive unplugged (so that there is nothing on my primary IDE, and 2 CD drives on my secondary IDE).
3. PC tells me it doesn't detect a hard drive and I tell it to continue anyway, after which the tool boots up.
4. At this point (the screen with the three options - VGA, text, and DOS), I unplug the xbox IDE cable from the xbox hard drive and plug in the IDE cable from my computer.
5. I hit enter to boot, and then once everything is done loading I type in xboxhd or xbrowser, but it then tells me that it can't detect an xbox hard drive.
Am I doing anything wrong? Is there any way to fix my xbox?
Post by: ldots on May 26, 2004, 07:37:00 AM
| QUOTE (fuubar @ May 25 2004, 08:07 AM) |
| I'm having a strange peoblem witht he new version. It works beautifully when creating c and e partitions. But when i partition and format the F partition it says it finished and when i lock and boot up the drive evox still reports the f drive at 0 bytes. and for some reason both the x and y partitions become 700 mb. Still this program is awesome for salvaging a potentially bad situation. i'm putting this cd inside the xbox case so i'll have it if the hdd craps out. |
Are you running a hacked BIOS? The retail bios does not support more than 8GB. If you are using softmods look into PBL (Phoenix Bios Loader).
Since evox does show F: I think you have enabled F-drive in your evox.ini, but also check this to be sure.
Post by: ldots on May 26, 2004, 07:41:00 AM
| QUOTE (modestrabbit @ May 26 2004, 12:59 AM) |
| Am I doing anything wrong? Is there any way to fix my xbox? |
It does sound like the HDD is not unlocked for some reason? Your procedure sounds right though
Does the xbox boot to an error with the DVD ide cable unplugged? Which ?
You did connect the xbox HDD to the primary master channel right? (the last connector on the primary ide cable).
Also when bootet to xboxhdm, try running :
dmesg | grep '^hda'
and report the result.
Post by: gameboy747 on May 26, 2004, 12:50:00 PM
EDIT: I got it working, all I had to do was format the F: drive. Thanks for the great app, ldots.
Post by: ldots on May 26, 2004, 10:31:00 PM
Post by: gameboy747 on May 27, 2004, 12:03:00 PM
Post by: modestrabbit on May 27, 2004, 07:00:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| Does the xbox boot to an error with the DVD ide cable unplugged? Which ? |
Yes - Error 12
| QUOTE |
| You did connect the xbox HDD to the primary master channel right? (the last connector on the primary ide cable). |
Yes, I did.
| QUOTE |
| Also when bootet to xboxhdm, try running : dmesg | grep '^hda' and report the result." |
When I type in
dmesg | grep '^hda'
it does nothing and goes on to the next command line. If I type it in at "root@xbox-HDM:/1" it just goes on to "root@xbox-HDM:/2"
Any suggestions?
Post by: ldots on May 27, 2004, 11:48:00 PM
- To determine wether the PC can at all see the drive just try to boot xboxhdm with the xbox HDD allready on the primary master. You will get a lot of error-messages since the HDD is locked, but it would be nice to see if the drive can be detected at all. Try running : dmesg | grep '^hda'
when bootet to see if the drive is detected now.
- If the above is a succes then try to hotswap a bit differently. Again pull DVD ide cable and boot xbox. When booting the PC hit the 'pause' key before the BIOS starts detecting hardware. Then hotswap and hit pause again to continue booting. It could be that the PC BIOS needs to detect the xbox HDD for xboxhdm to also detect it.
- As a last option you could try a different PC.
Post by: Gentoo on May 28, 2004, 04:40:00 AM
Post by: ldots on May 28, 2004, 04:50:00 AM
| QUOTE (Gentoo @ May 28 2004, 01:40 PM) |
| i got a quick question... of i got the clock loop(looping to find time won't boot), and my xbox is software modded can this fix my xbox? |
Yes!
Either unlock the HDD or hotswap and then booting the xboxhdm CD will let you use the xbrowser to rename the hacked fonts and restore the original fonts, or if you have a working C-drive in the C-folder on the xboxhdm CD you can just use the "Rebuild C-drive" option of xboxhd.
Post by: LordHomer on May 28, 2004, 05:15:00 AM
I have a strange brew here:
I had my box working with the Best of Both worlds MkJones package. It worked great. But of course I wanted to add a bigger HDD to it. This tool (v1.4) worked great.
I had backed-up my original Dash and so I installed that on the drive. Great.
- Installed drive in Xbox. Booted. Looked like M$ designed it....
* Now * here's the odd part (to me).
This Xbox with the new 120gig WD, properly locked, works fine. I can play my 007:AUF, rip CDs, etc.... BUT when I tried to add the Best of Both Worlds exploits again...boom....
start the Xbox - M$ doesn't get to the dash it resets. then resets, then resets, then resets....etc
Not a Clock-loop problem. Removed the exploits and it booted fine again... what giveS?
Is there something that I am missing ??? Would it make a difference if I cloned the HD rather than FTP the backup and place the data on the ISO that way?
I am somewhat n00bish the box scene but have a reasonable grasp on the pc....
Thanks
-=LH=-
Xbox K:5101 D: 4920
Post by: ldots on May 28, 2004, 08:07:00 AM
Things to check :
- Is your dash version 4920. You said it was a backup. Could be you downgraded the stock HDD before installing the hack.
- Is the xbe that the hack boots in place? (E:\default.xbe, or whatever it is for your hack).
- Is this xbe signed?
- If you run PBL does that show before rebooting?
Post by: LordHomer on May 28, 2004, 09:28:00 AM
It is Mk-Jones's BOBW hack. I must give props where do, this package was easy to understand and install....
The MXM and PBL folders in E are in place. That is what the Bert_ate_ernie font is suppsoedly pointing too, if I understand properly.
Whether or not the xbe is signed I could not say. If so, it would have to have been signed before I got it. I suspect though that since it is the same file (and package) that I used successfully on the hold HDD then it should still be signed however it was supposed to be.
This BOBW puts the PBL in the Live tab. I get the green framework and then the reboot. Seems like a font issue. These should be the catfish fonts, ps....
I don't really care what Dash exploit I ultimately use, so long as PBL loads, ideally wouldn't want to have to do much "finger dancing" everytime...
If you would recommend a better (not necessarily easier, I'm not adverse to reading/learning) exploit (ideally with a tutorial or at least as a package with a readme) please by all means do so.... :-)
Post by: tullm on May 28, 2004, 09:48:00 AM
You say you´re using BOBW hack, which is great, but you also mentioned that you have the bert_ate_ernie font, which is a totaly different hack!
when you use the bert_ate_ernie hack the pbl default.xbe must be in the root of the e drive and must be signed with the habibi key!!!
I think you mixed somethin up!
info on bert_ate_ernie: http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=217686&st=0
info on BOBW: http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=197290&st=120
regards
tullm
Post by: LordHomer on May 28, 2004, 10:12:00 AM
Good catch. Sorry about the mistake. I'm just overloaded with xthoughts and xploits.
In any case. I went over the BOBW and the package is indeed bert and ernie xtf's as well as E:\ mxm , pbl and the audio ploit.. Like I said it worked for me before installing the new WD HDD.
The Bert_ate_ernie confusion is because I have been looking over the UDE wondering/hoping it might be better that the dbl-dash?
-=LH=-
Post by: tullm on May 28, 2004, 10:21:00 AM
I recently switched from BOBW to the bert_ate_ernie one and I love it! Just check it out!! Great one! No fingerdancing! It goes straight from boot to mxm very fast!!!
No clock loop will ever appear!!!!
Check out the thread and give it a try if you don´t use XBLive!
Regards
TUllm
Post by: Gentoo on May 28, 2004, 02:36:00 PM
| QUOTE (ldots @ May 28 2004, 01:50 PM) |
| Yes! Either unlock the HDD or hotswap and then booting the xboxhdm CD will let you use the xbrowser to rename the hacked fonts and restore the original fonts, or if you have a working C-drive in the C-folder on the xboxhdm CD you can just use the "Rebuild C-drive" option of xboxhd. |
you are a god!!!! now another question... how do i boot this lol...... i got my sisters BF's xbox but i cannot burn the image to DVD +R so it can be read, i tried a CD-RW and his xbox wouldn't boot it
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on May 28, 2004, 05:11:00 PM
Post by: tarabas75 on May 31, 2004, 02:09:00 PM
I made successfully a new xbox hdd (SEAGATE 40GB) following the instructions in the xboxhdm_v1.4.zip: I made the partitions, formatted the drives C:,E:,F:, uploaded my old C:\ and E:\ in the new hdd, locked/unlocked the hdd with my hdkey and so on.
Then I changed the original xbox hdd (8gb) with the new one (SEAGATE 40gb) and all was working well (Evox started, XBMC, XBMP, DVD ok, GAME ok....) but when I launch the MS DASHBOARD it returns to EVOX and I don't know why?!
Before the hdd replace I had an xbox modded with font exploit (Ernie e Bert) and I had no problems to lauch the original msdashboard (I have a copy of XBox Book.*, Xbox.* both in /FONTS and in the root of C:).
My XBOX is 1.3 version.
Can u help me please? Thank u!!
Post by: ipodder2003 on May 31, 2004, 09:30:00 PM
I took a crack at my HD upgrade but I just get an error screen on the xbox, and these are the steps I took.
1. Burned the ISO using Slayer's C: drive from the package I got off his channel on IRC.
2. Plugged in the HD, set on cable select <--(does this matter)?
3.Booted the cd, ran option 1 and then option 1 again, partition table built.
4. Same as 3, partitions formatted, C E and F.
5. Got the calculated password, multichecked to make sure it was right, and then made a bootable floppy with the HD lock tools.
6. Booted the floppy, ran unlockx, selected the correct drive.
7. Put in the password and locked the drive.
6. Disconnected the drive, popped it in the xbox.
Error screen...
Does anyone know where I've gone wrong? I tried the whole process 3 times but to no avail! Thanks in advance for your help!
Post by: ldots on June 01, 2004, 12:11:00 AM
Are you still using the font hack? If so, are you sure the msdash you are trying to load is hexed to look for the original fonts? Could also be that some setting-files are missing.
@ ipodder2003
What error do you get?
If you get error 6, it means the HDD was not locked "correct". Did you check afterwards in unlockx that the drive was indeed locked? Could also be you did use the correct hdd password, but sometimes unlockx doesn't work that well with some drives. Try unlocking it again, and use hdlock instead. I just did a HDD this weekend where this was the case...
Post by: tarabas75 on June 01, 2004, 02:37:00 AM
I have both msxboxdash.xbe (the hexed one) and xboxdash.xbe (original dash) files in C:
I just copied the old C: and E: in the new hdd and nothing else. Before using the new hdd (40GB SEAGATE) I had no problem to run the original msxboxdash.
This is the list of my files in C:
<dir>Audio
<dir>BACKUP
<dir>xboxdashdata.[XXXXXX]
<dir>Bios
<dir>Trainers
<dir>Skin
<dir>eject_and_load_tray
<dir>phoenixboot
<dir>xodash
<dir>fonts
font.jpg
introflag.lock
items.txt
lista.txt
evoxdash.xbe
notes.txt
phoenix.raw
phoenix2d_logo1.jpg
evox.ini
default.xbe
boot.cfg
XBox Book.xft
XBox Book.xtf
Xbox.xft
Xbox.xtf
xboxdash.xbe <--- original dash
bg.jpg
xboxrom.bin
xftdash.xbe___
msxboxdash.xbe <--- hexed dash
and this is the content of /FONTS
bert.xtf
ernie.xtf
listaf.txt
XBox Book.xft
XBox Book.xtf
Xbox.xft
Xbox.xtf
Maybe I need to update the phoenix loader? But why now doesn't work if before all was working well??
It's always return me to evox screen. How can I do to load the original dashboard? I still got zipped the original configuration of my xbox.
Thank for your help!!!
Post by: ipodder2003 on June 01, 2004, 02:59:00 AM
Edit: I thought I'd also mention, the EEPROM I put on the CD is the one generated from my original Xbox hd, but I'm using slayer's C drive. Is that the right thing to do?
Post by: ldots on June 01, 2004, 03:49:00 AM
Why do you have both font files dublicated both in the root of C: and in C:\fonts?
I could image that could confuse the fontloader of the xboxdash.
Another thing to check is that you evox.ini points to the desired hexed dash.
@ ipodder2003
When you hit the error screen a small number is shown in the top left corner.
The eeprom as such is not related to the HDD. It's read from a chip on the Mobo. So you should include in eeprom of the xbox you intend to use the new HDD with.
Post by: modestrabbit on June 01, 2004, 05:18:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| - To determine wether the PC can at all see the drive just try to boot xboxhdm with the xbox HDD allready on the primary master. You will get a lot of error-messages since the HDD is locked, but it would be nice to see if the drive can be detected at all. Try running : dmesg | grep '^hda' when bootet to see if the drive is detected now. |
By this, do you mean that I boot my PC with the xbox already connected and on? Anyways, when I do this, I get the same result as before when typing "dmesg | grep '^hda'" (nothing happens).
| QUOTE |
| - If the above is a succes then try to hotswap a bit differently. Again pull DVD ide cable and boot xbox. When booting the PC hit the 'pause' key before the BIOS starts detecting hardware. Then hotswap and hit pause again to continue booting. It could be that the PC BIOS needs to detect the xbox HDD for xboxhdm to also detect it. |
This is the method I had to use to unlock the hard drive to use with the HDD Driver tool for Windows. Anyways, I boot up my PC with everything on the primary unplugged, I hit the "Pause/Break" key on my keyboard when the Gateway image loads up, as I did before, and swap out the xbox cable and plug in my PC cable. I then hit enter, and the tool loads up, but it just seems to freeze up on me. No matter how many times I hit enter it won't boot.
Any suggestions as to where I should go from here? Is my xbox flat-out broken?
Post by: tarabas75 on June 01, 2004, 05:27:00 AM
I have the file duplicated becouse I don't know what is the starting sequence: I don't know if works the fonts inside the FONTS dir or those inside the C:
My evox is correctely poiting to msxboxdash ..
Any other good advice? The mistery continue...and thank u again!!!
@ tarabas75
Why do you have both font files dublicated both in the root of C: and in C:\fonts?
I could image that could confuse the fontloader of the xboxdash.
Another thing to check is that you evox.ini points to the desired hexed dash.
Post by: ldots on June 01, 2004, 07:30:00 AM
| QUOTE (tarabas75 @ Jun 1 2004, 02:27 PM) |
| Hi ldots, I have the file duplicated becouse I don't know what is the starting sequence: I don't know if works the fonts inside the FONTS dir or those inside the C: My evox is correctely poiting to msxboxdash .. Any other good advice? The mistery continue...and thank u again!!! @ tarabas75 Why do you have both font files dublicated both in the root of C: and in C:\fonts? I could image that could confuse the fontloader of the xboxdash. Another thing to check is that you evox.ini points to the desired hexed dash. |
OK - just reread your post. The xtf/xft extension got me confused (as always). Why dont people use something like *.bak instead
Anyways, I'm actually a bit surprised that you font hack works at all? Do you know the version of your dash? If it's version 4920, then the font-loading sequence is C:\fonts and then C:
But you have both bert&ernie and the original fonts in the C:\fonts directory with the original *.xtf extension. If your hack works it seems bert&ernie are loaded first, but it could have been the original fonts loading first from C:\fonts, in which case the hack wouldn't tricker.
I dont see how this should keep you hexed dash from loading, but still I would clean this up
To get everything working I would start from a working copy of the C-drive. One you know for sure works unmodded! If you dont have one get Slayers. Then install the font hack (renaming the original fonts in C:\fonts) and making a fresh hexed copy of xboxdash.
If you are unsure about doing this then get the softpack for xboxhdm (see link in my sig.) and let xboxhdm do it for you. (this package uses the Mech fonts though - which are better). You could also consider the UDE.
Post by: ldots on June 01, 2004, 07:40:00 AM
| QUOTE (modestrabbit @ Jun 1 2004, 02:18 PM) |
By this, do you mean that I boot my PC with the xbox already connected and on? Anyways, when I do this, I get the same result as before when typing "dmesg | grep '^hda'" (nothing happens). |
Hmm - if the PC doesn't even recognize the drive then I'm beginning to think the drive is broken. Even if it is locked it should show up in linux when running the dmesg command
| QUOTE |
Any suggestions as to where I should go from here? Is my xbox flat-out broken? |
Dont remember if I allready suggested this. But try booting windows (only tried this on XP) then hotswap your xbox HDD and use the "hardware manager" to refresh the hardware list. Or just boot windows with the xbox HDD already attached and wait a LONG time. If windows doesn't find the HDD either it most be broke...
If you have the eeprom you can build yourselft another HDD for the xbox using xboxhdm. If not then it could be time to get a modchip
Post by: Flame2k on June 01, 2004, 09:02:00 AM
some of these disks are dodgy, especally if they are older. if this was my xbox, id buy a new hdd.
The pc bios should see the hdd even if it is locked shouldnt it??? could depend on ur pc mobo tho....
Post by: ipodder2003 on June 01, 2004, 10:38:00 AM
| QUOTE (ldots @ Jun 1 2004, 05:49 AM) |
| @ tarabas75 Why do you have both font files dublicated both in the root of C: and in C:\fonts? I could image that could confuse the fontloader of the xboxdash. Another thing to check is that you evox.ini points to the desired hexed dash. @ ipodder2003 When you hit the error screen a small number is shown in the top left corner. The eeprom as such is not related to the HDD. It's read from a chip on the Mobo. So you should include in eeprom of the xbox you intend to use the new HDD with. |
Well, I tried to check for the error code, but nothing showed in any corner! I messed with the screen and everything... but nothing was there! Hmm...
Also, my eeprom generated by xboxhdm was different than the one generated by ConfigMagic, is this ok?
I'm going to give this another go tonight or the next when I get home again. I'll try hdlock and see what happens.
Post by: ldots on June 01, 2004, 12:18:00 PM
| QUOTE (ipodder2003 @ Jun 1 2004, 07:38 PM) |
| Also, my eeprom generated by xboxhdm was different than the one generated by ConfigMagic, is this ok? I'm going to give this another go tonight or the next when I get home again. I'll try hdlock and see what happens. |
Umm - the eeprom is not generated by xboxhdm. Xboxhdm uses the eeprom to generate the HDD password.
If you mean that the password you get from xboxhdm is different from ConfigMagic, then this is OK if xboxhdm uses the new HDD and the ConfigMagic used the old HDD. The password depends on HDD model and serial number aswell as the eeprom.
Using the same HDD in ConfigMagic, Liveinfo, xboxhdm you should get the same password, unlesss you use xboxhdm v1.3 which had a bug in the password generation code. You can check the password you get from xboxhdm against that from LiveInfo to be sure they are the same.
What exactly does your error screen say then?
Post by: tarabas75 on June 02, 2004, 11:32:00 AM
finally I solved my problem of starting MS dashboard. It just insert an AUDIO CD and then I saw the original dash. My problem was better known like CLOCK loop.
Now I'm happy!!!
Thank u anyway, I offer u a beer an I congratulate for your great job!
Bye!!
Post by: ipodder2003 on June 02, 2004, 03:07:00 PM
| QUOTE (ldots @ Jun 1 2004, 02:18 PM) |
| Umm - the eeprom is not generated by xboxhdm. Xboxhdm uses the eeprom to generate the HDD password. If you mean that the password you get from xboxhdm is different from ConfigMagic, then this is OK if xboxhdm uses the new HDD and the ConfigMagic used the old HDD. The password depends on HDD model and serial number aswell as the eeprom. Using the same HDD in ConfigMagic, Liveinfo, xboxhdm you should get the same password, unlesss you use xboxhdm v1.3 which had a bug in the password generation code. You can check the password you get from xboxhdm against that from LiveInfo to be sure they are the same. What exactly does your error screen say then? |
Sorry ldots... I think I'm just getting really confused
I get it now... sorry for the trouble.My error screen says something like : "Your xbox is in need of service, call customer support" and it's in about 4 other languages as well.
Do I HAVE to have hacks on the new hard drive for this to work? I was just going to add them later, but I'm going to give this whole thing a try again with the softmod pack you have.
I'm going to try that right now, I'll post back with more details.
Edit: I tried the above, and it was still a no-go. I still didn't get an error number... just a flashing red LED and the above mentioned on the screen. ARGH!
I thought maybe it was the hard drive... so I grabbed another hard drive, this time a Maxtor, and gave it a shot... I generated a new password with xboxhdm, and locked it, then powered off and yanked the drive out... popped it in the xbox, and got the exact same error message...
This is getting really irritating... I don't know what to do!
Post by: YoshiKool on June 03, 2004, 02:09:00 AM
So I can use this to put my stock HDD's files onto a new upgraded HDD and lock it using my eeprom to generate hdd key? (and i can copy vital saves onto a memory card to avoid the resigning problem right?)
This program 0wnz.
Post by: ldots on June 03, 2004, 03:12:00 AM
| QUOTE (YoshiKool @ Jun 3 2004, 11:09 AM) |
| Hmm... this xbox hd maker sounds great - i'm not sure my BIOS supports botting from cdrom but i can try hehe... So I can use this to put my stock HDD's files onto a new upgraded HDD and lock it using my eeprom to generate hdd key? (and i can copy vital saves onto a memory card to avoid the resigning problem right?) This program 0wnz. |
That's some of the things it does yes
If by using the memcard you mean :
- get the vital saves from old HDD onto memcard using xboxdash
- then upload them from memcard to new HDD once installed
then yes, you can do it that way. Havent tried if that circumvents the resigning problem, but I guess it should!
Post by: YoshiKool on June 03, 2004, 04:34:00 AM
Post by: ldots on June 04, 2004, 12:25:00 AM
| CODE |
XboX HD Maker V1.5 Just a small release - no major changes. A few usefull tools have been added, some from the excellent xbox-linux project, some homemade. A tool to install the "Ultimate Dashboard Exploit" from an official UDE package has been added to provide an easy to use package for people without a memcard or any of the exploitable games. Changes/addition : - xbedump : Sign an xbe. Currently only with the habibi key. font and audio key will be added. - dashversion : determine version of dashboard xbe-file - pathcer : Patch dashboard xbe to use *.bak fonts or fonts from C:\f0nts - UDE : Install or uninstall the UDE package. The UDE command will install : 1) The update.xbe font hack (Bert-ate-Ernie). update.xbe most be supplied by the user. The tools checks that it is the correct version for the fonts included, and aborts the install if the check fails. 2) Phoenix Bios Loader v 1.4.1 with support for Focus chip. Only bios included is the 4981.67_ef bios. Include more bioses (E:\pbl\Bioses) if you need. 3) Evox v. 3935. Ip = 192.168.0.3 Subnetmask = 255.255.255.0 Defaultgateway = 192.168.0.1 4) Install a font patched copy of the MS dashboard in C:\ called msdash.xbe to be run from Evox when using the font hack. The tool assumes that the user has a working C-drive before the UDE is installed. The UDE can and will be installed in any case (since it will run without any other files than the ones included), but of course the uninstall function will not make much sence. The uninstall is aborted if it seems the unmodded C-drive will be non-functional (missing xboxdash, missing original fonts,...) |
Post by: Owen Yu on June 06, 2004, 01:51:00 AM
I browsed through the directories, and I also used "SITE SEARCH xboxhdm", but still turned-up nothing.
Is it still hosted at the usual place?
edit
I thought I had to get this package from...
It's actually downloadable http://xbox-scene.com/software/software.php?page=linux#newsitemEplkFAkkAyphdSfGCP.
Post by: ldots on June 06, 2004, 02:01:00 AM
You didn't include the "SITE" in the command did you? You send a SITE command, in this case "SEARCH xboxhdm"
Alternatively look http://xbox-scene.com/software/software.php?page=linux
Post by: ipodder2003 on June 06, 2004, 09:36:00 AM
I've never heard of such a thing... but the Evox one was correct! I'm now enjoying my 120 gigs of stuff! Thanks to all for your help!
Post by: ldots on June 06, 2004, 10:41:00 AM
Thanks for sharing your experiences ipodder.
Post by: breachless on June 08, 2004, 12:27:00 PM
| QUOTE (ipodder2003 @ Jun 6 2004, 06:36 PM) |
| Just thought I'd let you guys know, my problem has been solved. Turns out the eeprom given to me by ConfigMagic was bad I've never heard of such a thing... but the Evox one was correct! I'm now enjoying my 120 gigs of stuff! Thanks to all for your help! |
I knew you'd get it sooner or later.
Congrats!
Post by: Thing2 on June 09, 2004, 10:08:00 PM
THIS IS THE GREATEST PROGRAM SINCE SLICED BREAD!!!
THANKS TO WHOMEVER MADE THIS PROGRAM IT JUST GOT ME OUT OF A HUGE BIND. ONE THAT I DIDN'T WANT (ok...I'll calm down) to have to edit the heck out of my HDD for in order to get HDD_Driver working. Truly a life saver....modding will never be a "task" EVER AGAIN!!!
BRAVO!!!
Post by: ldots on June 09, 2004, 10:28:00 PM
Post by: broadbander on June 13, 2004, 08:07:00 AM
Is there any way that I can automatically backup my virgin xbox v1.0 using a command included in xboxhdm? If not, how can this be done using this program?
BTW no problem at all finding the xbox HD!! :-)
Post by: ipodder2003 on June 13, 2004, 10:05:00 AM
| QUOTE (breachless @ Jun 8 2004, 02:27 PM) |
| I knew you'd get it sooner or later. Congrats! |
Thanks! I'm still lovin' this new space! It's just crazy... now all I need is some games to put on it!
Post by: ldots on June 13, 2004, 10:33:00 AM
| QUOTE (broadbander @ Jun 13 2004, 05:07 PM) |
| To: Idots Is there any way that I can automatically backup my virgin xbox v1.0 using a command included in xboxhdm? If not, how can this be done using this program? BTW no problem at all finding the xbox HD!! :-) |
Not completely sure what you are looking for. But here goes :
You would need somewhere to put the backup, so you would need another HDD attached. Not on the primary master channel though. That's reserved for the xbox HDD. Lets say you have your windows (NTFS) HDD on the primary slave. You would need to mount it in xboxhdm :
| CODE |
| mkdir PCHDD mount -t NTFS /dev/hdb PCHDD |
Then you could start up the xbrowser. You would have the CDROM on the left panel and your xbox C, E partitions on the right panel. On the left panel use the arrows to navigate to PCHDD, and start copying files from the xbox HDD to the PC HDD.
If you wanted to make an image of your xbox C instead, you could do that by:
| CODE |
mkdir PCHDD/xbox-c dd if=/dev/hda51 of=PCHDD/xbox-c/image.fatx |
This would produce a 500 MB image of C
Post by: ember on June 13, 2004, 11:22:00 PM
I have a soft modded XBOX using UDE and the HDD is still 8GB and I want to upgrade its HDD to 120GB.
Can I first unlock the 8GB with CONFIG MAGIC and relock it with CONFIG MAGIC, so when i lock the 120GB (after generate has done) i dont have to worry about mistype the HDD password, since CONFIG MAGIC will lock it with password TEAMASSEMBLY?
Post by: ldots on June 14, 2004, 03:38:00 AM
It's true that when you lock a HDD with ConfigMagic both the correct User password is set, aswell as a Master password (TEAMASSEMBLY). So on your PC you should be able to unlock the HDD using the Master password, if you have a tool that can use the Master password. I dont think neither Unlockx or hdunlock can do this. ATAPWD can handle both Master and User passwords but seem to not be able to handle 20 bit password, which we need.
The source code for hdunlock/hdlock is available so this could easily be modified for using Master paswords. You would need a Turbo Pascal compiler for DOS though...
Post by: broadbander on June 14, 2004, 07:18:00 PM
| QUOTE (ldots @ Jun 13 2004, 07:33 PM) | ||||
| Not completely sure what you are looking for. But here goes : You would need somewhere to put the backup, so you would need another HDD attached. Not on the primary master channel though. That's reserved for the xbox HDD. Lets say you have your windows (NTFS) HDD on the primary slave. You would need to mount it in xboxhdm :
Then you could start up the xbrowser. You would have the CDROM on the left panel and your xbox C, E partitions on the right panel. On the left panel use the arrows to navigate to PCHDD, and start copying files from the xbox HDD to the PC HDD. If you wanted to make an image of your xbox C instead, you could do that by:
This would produce a 500 MB image of C |
To: Idots
This is what I got:
root@xbox-hdm:/1 mkdir PCHDD mount -t NTFS /dev/hdc PCHDD
mkdir: invalid option --t
BusyBox v0.60.4 (2002.09.29-00:03+0000) multi-call binary
Usage : mkdir {OPTION} Directory
Create the directory(ies) if they do not already exist
Options:
-m set permission mode (as in chmod), not rwxrwxrwx - unmask
-p no error if existing, make parent directories as needed.
Please rephrase the command line as needed or tell me what I did wrong.
Now, refering to the explication you made to me in the second part of your reply where I can make an image of my xbox's HD i'm assuming that I have to do the the mount part first, right? BTW i'm using the extra HDD (PC) in secondary master which I believe it is hdc, right? Thanks in advance!
Post by: ldots on June 14, 2004, 09:59:00 PM
| QUOTE (broadbander @ Jun 15 2004, 04:18 AM) |
| root@xbox-hdm:/1 mkdir PCHDD mount -t NTFS /dev/hdc PCHDD mkdir: invalid option --t |
The 'mkdir PCHDD' is one command. Type this and hit enter. Then do the mount command afterwards and hit enter. When you write it all in one line everything after mkdir is interpreted as arguments to mkdir, which gives you the error.
So in my previous repply - each line is a new command. That is, hit enter after each line.
| QUOTE (broadbander @ Jun 15 2004, 04:18 AM) |
Now, refering to the explication you made to me in the second part of your reply where I can make an image of my xbox's HD i'm assuming that I have to do the the mount part first, right? BTW i'm using the extra HDD (PC) in secondary master which I believe it is hdc, right? Thanks in advance! |
Yes, do the mount part first. And yes, secondary master will be hdc.
Post by: broadbander on June 15, 2004, 05:26:00 AM
The mkdir went fine. The mounting went bad.
root@xbox-hdm:/3 mount -t ntfs /dev/hdc PCHDD
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on dev/hdc,
or too many mounted file systems.
What's wrong? BTW only Win2k Professional installed on that drive in its only partition.
Post by: ldots on June 15, 2004, 05:50:00 AM
| QUOTE (broadbander @ Jun 15 2004, 02:26 PM) |
| To: Idots The mkdir went fine. The mounting went bad. root@xbox-hdm:/3 mount -t ntfs /dev/hdc PCHDD mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on dev/hdc, or too many mounted file systems. What's wrong? BTW only Win2k Professional installed on that drive in its only partition. |
Could it be that your drive is not using the NTFS filesystem but fat32? You should be able to tell in windows.
If this is the case then try : mount -t vfat /dev/hdc PCHDD
If you want to find out what your filesystem is when allready in xboxhdm, try :
dd if=/dev/hdc bs=1k count=1 | strings
In the beginning of the output from this command you should see either NTFS or FAT32
Post by: broadbander on June 15, 2004, 08:32:00 AM
I have ntfs in my disk! What could it be?
BTW it is a Western Digital 20 Gigs and according to Device Manager no errors with it.
Post by: ldots on June 15, 2004, 08:37:00 AM
| QUOTE (broadbander @ Jun 15 2004, 05:32 PM) |
| To: Idots I have ntfs in my disk! What could it be? |
Are you sure it's on secondary master?
Do you have more than one partition on the drive? If so the first parition will be /dev/hdc1. Try that when mounting the disk.
Post by: broadbander on June 15, 2004, 12:33:00 PM
Please correct me when i'm wrong. This is what I did.
root@xbox-hdm:/1 mkdir PCHDD (enter)
root@xbox-hdm:/2 mount -t nfts /dev/hdc1 PCHDD (enter)
*Until this part everything went good for the directory creation and the mounting. I checked with xbrowser and it was there*
root@xbox-hdm:/3 mkdir PCHDD/xbox-c dd if=/dev/hda51 of=PCHDD/xbox-c/image.fatx (enter) (this is when I wanted to do the image of xbox's C:)
*now, the error that appeared*
mkdir: Cannot create directory 'PCHDD/xbox-c': Read-only files system
mkdir: Cannot create directory 'if=dev/hda51': No such file or directory
mkdir: Cannot create directory 'of=PCHDD/xbox-c/image.fatx': No such file or directory
Please explain what went wrong!
Post by: ldots on June 15, 2004, 10:24:00 PM
Just remembered that the NTFS support in the linux kernel experimental, and read-only
Thank M$ form making a closed filesystem...I will look into getting NTFS write support in the next release of xboxhdm - until then the only option for have for writing to your PC HDD is to make a FAT32 partititon. If you have a 'fairly' unused partition you could format this to FAT32, or you could create a new partition and format it as FAT32.
Then go through this procedure again, replacing ntfs with vfat.
Post by: broadbander on June 16, 2004, 02:54:00 PM
With the vfat file system the backup went trouble free! YEAH!
Now, two questions appeared:
1) How to restore that image file of xbox's C:? (image.fatx)
2) How to rename xbox's files in xboxhdm?
BTW Still amazed by this useful program grate work!
Post by: ldots on June 16, 2004, 09:59:00 PM
But if you want to restore the C-drive from you image, I assume that the HDD has the fatx partition table, so that the hda50, hda51,... partition are available. If not, make them with the xboxhd tool.
Then restore by mounting your PCHDD as before and "reverse the dd command" :
| CODE |
| dd if=PCHDD/xbox-c/image.fatx of=/dev/hda51 |
If you just wanted to clone your stock xbox HDD on a new HDD you do realize that the xboxhd tool also has an option that does this???
For moving/renaming files I would recommand that you use the xbrowser. Have a look at the initial post in this thread for basic usage.
Post by: dente98 on June 17, 2004, 09:06:00 AM
Keep up the good work.
Post by: xxwillisxx on June 20, 2004, 11:04:00 PM
what can i do to format the 60
Post by: xxwillisxx on June 21, 2004, 10:59:00 AM
Post by: ldots on June 21, 2004, 01:05:00 PM
If Win XP's built formatting tool does not work, maybe try Partition Magic.
Post by: xxwillisxx on June 21, 2004, 09:28:00 PM
Post by: deepblue05 on June 24, 2004, 06:18:00 AM
The problem being that I am not able to take advantage of all that harddrive space. I started with a brand new HD and ran xboxhd option 1. In retrospect I believe I should have formatted drive F: at this time, too (forget what option number). Unleashx shows something like 3-4 GB free on drive E: and only 3 GB free on drive F:. It says the capacity of drive F: is 120 GB but there is only 1.9% free space. I ftp to the drive and it is empty. In attempt to fix this I ran a 007 with evox hack and used FlashFXP to send raw ftp commands of "Formatpath \device\harddisk\partition6" and then "formatdrive 'the number'". It accepted all the commands, but on rebooting the xbox to unleashx it still only showed 3 GB on drive F:.
I have also taken the 160 GB drive out of the xbox and connect it to my pc, so I could unlock the drive and run xboxhd again (this time choosing to format drive F:). However neither unlockx or hdunlock or hddisab recognize that there is a harddive attached to the computer. Therefore I can't unlock the drive! In a last ditch effort, I put the 160 GB drive in the xbox and disconnected the dvd drive to perform the hotswapping tip at the end of the original post. Xboxhd replied that the drive was still locked, though.
Any thoughts on what more I could do?
Worse case scenerio I am stuck with xbox that is still able to play retail games with an expensive harddrive that is not being utilized (which is better than having nothing).
Post by: ldots on June 24, 2004, 06:48:00 AM
- In your evox.ini you have "Enable F" set to yes right?
- Try putting this item and action in your evox.ini :
| CODE |
| Item "Format F-drive",@210 |
and then further down put
| CODE |
| [Action_10] Info "This will format F" Warning"If you continue all data on F will be lost" Format f: |
Then reboot and run this format option from Evox.
Just to be sure. You are running a hacked Bios through PBL right? In any case you need to run a bios that has LBA48 support to enable more than 137 Gb of your HDD. Maybe the lack of this could also interfere with the fact that the HDD might have been formatted to let F: take up all the remaining space in xboxhdm.
Use xbtool to edit your bios to support LBA48. You can choose to either let a G-partition take the 137+ Gb space or let F take it all. But you should reformat F & G after enabling all of the HDD.
Post by: OliG on June 24, 2004, 06:54:00 AM
)in responce to deepblue05,
But in the first instance it might be worth trying to use evox or UnleashX to format the drive F. Help on this can be found on one of the forums.
if you've tried this and still no luck then you could unlock the drive while it's in the xbox (make sure you have a backup of your EEPROM.BIN file) and then put the drive in your pc and use xboxhdm again. To unlock the drive you could try using configmagic or something.
I would try these before attempting a hotswap, hotswapping does work but can take a little time to get it right.
Hope this helps, anyone else have any idea's?? Only used the util once or twice but I've locked/unlocked plenty of drives for upgrades.
OliG
Post by: deepblue05 on June 24, 2004, 10:01:00 AM
THANK YOU!!
Adding those lines in the evox.ini file did the trick. The F: drive now shows 120 GB free space. Still missing the ~40 GB, but at this point I am doing cartwheels in the room, so that may a task to tackle in the future.
I was using PBL 1.4.1 and the bios is EvoxM7.bin
Now, do I dare mess with xbtool to tweak it for that extra ~40 GB? Hmmm... my logical brain says NO!, but the rest of me says go for it!
Thanks Olig for the input as well. If I ever have to unlock my drive in the xbox (knock on wood), I will give that a try.
Post by: mcjules on June 24, 2004, 09:44:00 PM
Just used your tool to upgrade my drive to a 120gig and it worked great. I was wondering if the tool could be tweaked so as to prompt you for the name and location of the eeprom.bin file? I have a few friends that want me to upgrade their hdds and it would be a bit more of a hassle if i keep having to reburn the image with their eeprom file.
thanks,
mcjules
Post by: ldots on June 24, 2004, 10:30:00 PM
Will add this in the next release.
Post by: Voodoo Child on June 24, 2004, 11:46:00 PM
Post by: ldots on June 25, 2004, 12:10:00 AM
If you get the files from your xbox as I explained on the UDE thread then you just need to prepare the xboxhdm CD as described in the tutorial and put the new (upgrade) HDD on the primary master channel.
Post by: chimpanzee on June 25, 2004, 12:28:00 AM
| QUOTE (ldots @ Jun 25 2004, 09:10 AM) |
| If you want to buid a new upgrade HDD (which is what you would like right?), then you dont have to hook up the xbox HDD to the PC. If you get the files from your xbox as I explained on the UDE thread then you just need to prepare the xboxhdm CD as described in the tutorial and put the new (upgrade) HDD on the primary master channel. |
But still needs to plug the new HD to the PC right ?
Is it possible to :
1. install the UDE on Xbox(assuming it is not 5713+)
2. replace the DVD on Xbox with the new HD temperarily
3. run the cloning/preparation scripts in linux
4. lock the new one.
5. reboot and replace the old HD with the new one and replug the stock DVD
That would be an ideal package for me :-)
Post by: ldots on June 25, 2004, 01:13:00 AM
Could be a fun project. I believe it would be possible. Having a softmodded xbox you would of course have to boot with the DVD drive attached and with the retail HDD. Then hotswap DVD for new upgrade HDD. Maybe I would put in a timeout in the linux bootloader to allow this hotswap, since I dont know how the MS kernel would respond to the DVD being hotswapped.
You would need to modify the linux kernel though since now it only detects fatx partitions/filesystems on master channels.
And you would need to lock the new HDD in linux. If I had time for this I could be fun to try.
P.S Yes, for xboxhdm the new upgrade HDD should be attached to the PC (as the final line in my post says). The HDD preparation can not be done wireless
Post by: chimpanzee on June 25, 2004, 01:22:00 AM
| QUOTE (ldots @ Jun 25 2004, 10:13 AM) |
| Could be a fun project. I believe it would be possible. Having a softmodded xbox you would of course have to boot with the DVD drive attached and with the retail HDD. Then hotswap DVD for new upgrade HDD. Maybe I would put in a timeout in the linux bootloader to allow this hotswap, since I dont know how the MS kernel would respond to the DVD being hotswapped. You would need to modify the linux kernel though since now it only detects fatx partitions/filesystems on master channels. And you would need to lock the new HDD in linux. If I had time for this I could be fun to try. P.S Yes, for xboxhdm the new upgrade HDD should be attached to the PC (as the final line in my post says). The HDD preparation can not be done wireless |
How about this :
1. A special version of xromwell with a long enough user delay that gives us enough time to hotswap the DVD with the new HD.
2. the HDD copy of linux would then be loaded by xromwell so linux should be able to see the swapped configure on the IDE channels.
Of course as you said, the kernel may needs to be patched(needs to ask over in xbox-linux) and to find the HDD lock/unlock tools under linux(I don't think there is such a thing).
Post by: ldots on June 25, 2004, 01:29:00 AM
I think putting a usleep() in the boot loader would be simpler. It's a much smaller piece of code, and by definition it's loaded before the linux kernel, which seems cleaner to me. Do the swapping before the kernel is loaded.
ad 2)
Exactly! If the DVD is swapped before the kernel detects the hardware there should be no problem. In the xbox-linux CVS there is hdtool. I havent tried it on the xbox, so I dont know if it's work in development or if it works. I tried it from the xboxhdm CD with no succes, but it could be working on the xbox.
Post by: chimpanzee on June 25, 2004, 01:48:00 AM
| QUOTE (ldots @ Jun 25 2004, 10:29 AM) |
| ad 1) I think putting a usleep() in the boot loader would be simpler. It's a much smaller piece of code, and by definition it's loaded before the linux kernel, which seems cleaner to me. Do the swapping before the kernel is loaded. ad 2) Exactly! If the DVD is swapped before the kernel detects the hardware there should be no problem. In the xbox-linux CVS there is hdtool. I havent tried it on the xbox, so I dont know if it's work in development or if it works. I tried it from the xboxhdm CD with no succes, but it could be working on the xbox. |
I mentioned xromwell because I know it better(how to extend the delay) :-)
BTW, I am wondering if it is possible to just do a :
dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb
under linux to clone the HD as there is no partition table and the geometry shouldn't matter (I remember reading something like that), so the extra space(below 137) would all goes to F:
If that is the case, all one need is just a linux hd lock/unlock utility.
Post by: ldots on June 25, 2004, 01:55:00 AM
Actually that is also what my xboxhd tool on xboxhdm does if you choose the cloning option.
However if you do this cloning from a stock HDD (with no or a small F) to a new (larger) HDD, you would still need to format F. The extra space would not automatically go to F since the fatx filesystem on F still needs to know the size of the F-partition.
Post by: chimpanzee on June 25, 2004, 02:03:00 AM
| QUOTE (ldots @ Jun 25 2004, 10:55 AM) |
| That sure is possible. Done it a number of times to clone a HDD. Even windows/NTFS HDD's Actually that is also what my xboxhd tool on xboxhdm does if you choose the cloning option. However if you do this cloning from a stock HDD (with no or a small F) to a new (larger) HDD, you would still need to format F. The extra space would not automatically go to F since the fatx filesystem on F still needs to know the size of the F-partition. |
thanks for the info. That would be easy as after I have replaced the HDD, I can format F: under linux(it would become the master by then and no patch of the kernel is needed). But how can I do it under linux ?
Or may be simpler to just run Evox on the next boot and do it through Evox.
So all I need now would be :
1. a new HDD
2. a new initrd that contains hdtools
3. a Y power cable for the new HD
plus some spare time :-)
Post by: ldots on June 25, 2004, 02:15:00 AM
So unless you have a chip or flashed your TSOP you have to boot with the retail HDD on master. Then you could :
- hotswap DVD for a new HDD.
- Boot linux
- Clone retail HDD (no worries about FATX being recognized on slave since it's a cloning)
- Use hdtool to lock /dev/hdb (if the tool works!)
- poweroff and replace HDD's
- Reboot with new HDD (F not yet enabled).
- Boot linux
- Run mkfs.fatx on /dev/hda55 (get it from xbox-linux CVS).
If you the hotswap works and the hdtool will lock the HDD this should work.
Post by: Booker T on June 25, 2004, 02:41:00 AM
Post by: chimpanzee on June 25, 2004, 02:42:00 AM
BTW, yet another idea. Since linux doesn't need HD at all(at least the mini one), we can modulized the ide driver and put it in the initrd and load as needed(after the hotswap). This would mean the current boot loader will also work.
Post by: chimpanzee on June 25, 2004, 02:43:00 AM
| QUOTE (Booker T @ Jun 25 2004, 11:41 AM) |
| What is the easiest why too add a hardrive? |
If what ldots and I are discussing works, that would be the easiest. No CD burning, no PC, no DOS.
Post by: ldots on June 25, 2004, 03:12:00 AM
| QUOTE (Booker T @ Jun 25 2004, 11:41 AM) |
| What is the easiest why too add a hardrive? |
For now it's definitely the xboxhdm CD as described in the root post. Use that.
Doing it directly on the xbox is a nice alternative but completely untested. Also :
- It will only work if you have a working retail HDD. It wouldn't function as a rescue/rebuilder as xboxhdm does.
- It would require to have a softmod with a small linux installed on the reatail HDD beforehand.
- It would still require a PC since you would have to execute the tools from a telnet connection (unless you have a usb-keyboard and a xbox-usb adaptor)
- It would require to either power the new HDD from a second xbox or PC or split the current DVD power cord.
- We should make absolutely sure the hdtool can lock HDD's
Post by: chimpanzee on June 25, 2004, 03:48:00 AM
| QUOTE (ldots @ Jun 25 2004, 12:12 PM) |
| For now it's definitely the xboxhdm CD as described in the root post. Use that. Doing it directly on the xbox is a nice alternative but completely untested. Also :
|
xboxhdm is a more versatile and general purpose tools but in place cloning has its advantage too if the linux hdtools does work.
*It is possible to just use the game save linux instead of a dashboard exploit and one way or another some form of hack must still be run once to obtain the HD key/eeprom.
*It is also possible to write some form of menu system using dialog and control it from the controller, so no PC is needed.
*as the linux can access the retail HD full time, the key used to lock the new HD can be logged there and since it is possible to scripted to get the old one directly from the eeprom, the chance of getting it wrong(because of human error) is less likely(once it has been properly debugged).
The only additional thing needed is the Y power splitter that seems to be easy to find.
Post by: Booker T on June 25, 2004, 04:42:00 AM
Post by: ldots on June 25, 2004, 05:00:00 AM
If you want to use it for building a new HDD you need to add the C-drive files to the CD and then burn it afterwards.
Post by: mutha trucka on June 25, 2004, 05:19:00 AM
Post by: bobeck72 on June 25, 2004, 05:04:00 PM
Post by: RiceCake on June 25, 2004, 08:15:00 PM
| QUOTE (Teaser69 @ Apr 18 2004, 06:25 PM) |
| EDIT: QUOTE: 'Giving some advice to people new to softmodding. Softmodding is not without risk' I never need to do this - it can be done without any risk |
Sure, until someone fucks up the EEPROM.
Then you need a flash programmer that isn't quite readily avaliable to avoid modchipping...
Post by: Booker T on June 27, 2004, 06:10:00 PM
Post by: juanman on June 27, 2004, 07:06:00 PM
Post by: ardmore8 on June 27, 2004, 07:43:00 PM
bobeck72 - just type "dir" and make sure hddisabl is in there.
Post by: Booker T on June 27, 2004, 07:46:00 PM
Post by: Booker T on June 27, 2004, 07:54:00 PM
Post by: Booker T on June 27, 2004, 08:01:00 PM
Post by: ipodder2003 on June 27, 2004, 08:13:00 PM
| QUOTE (Booker T @ Jun 27 2004, 10:01 PM) |
| ae my files messed up or something it isnt letting me make a iso file? |
Did you put your files in the right place? Like the C and E into the specific folders? And the eeprom.bin into the eeprom folder? If you did, you might try Slayer's C drive, that's what I used and it worked great. You obviously gotta have your own eeprom, though.
Post by: Booker T on June 27, 2004, 08:59:00 PM
Post by: ipodder2003 on June 27, 2004, 09:06:00 PM
Post by: ardmore8 on June 27, 2004, 10:51:00 PM
First off make sure you have xboxhdm v1.5 (9megs)
Unrar and follow instructions, you can either add your backed up c & e or from slayers cd or you can keep all your backups on a separate cd (what I did)
Pull out your hd in xbox (disconnect power & ide), disconnect IDE1 & power in your pc hd and connect to xbox. Keep IED2 hooked up to cdrom.
Boot cd with xboxhdm and follow instructions
I chose option 3, which takes you to dos where you can use hdunlock along with your key to unlock hd and hddisabl to keep it unlocked when you reboot.
After you've unlocked reboot, and choose option 1 or 2.
I chose option and manually entered commands as I only had a few files in E: of xbox to fix. Copy down the commands for linux on the first page if you choose this option.
Once you've restored your xbox hd, reboot and choose option 3 again (which loads dos) and use hdlock command. You have to re-lock the xbox before you can use it. HDLock will generate a new key when it locks it, so make sure you write it down and or use logfile command to keep record.
Once this is down you hd's ready to go back in your xbox.
Note: I had to use a friends pc to do this as my computer would not recognize the xbox HD (Fussy dell bios)
I'm still learning so this might just confuse you more than it will help so your best bet is to detail what you've got, and what your trying to achieve and wait for one of the experts to reply
Post by: ldots on June 27, 2004, 11:02:00 PM
Yes, you can use this to restore your MS Dash. Either by replacing the nessecary files from the linux prompt. Or you can have it do this automatically if you pack the CD with a backup of your C-drive in the xboxhdm/linux/C folder of this package. When booting the xboxhdm CD you type 'xboxhd' to enter the tool. It has a "Rebuild C-drive" option that will rebuild C from the files you inluced on the CD.
@ Booker T
What exactly do you want to use the tool for? Building a new upgrade HDD or restoring your current HDD?
If the make-iso-win.bat does not work, try to open a DOS prompt and navigate to the xboxhdm folder. Then run make-iso-win.bat from the DOS prompt and post the output if that doesn't work.
Post by: Booker T on June 28, 2004, 03:56:00 AM
Post by: Booker T on June 28, 2004, 04:06:00 AM
Put my current c/ and e/files in the linux c/ and e? folders and then i click the make iso file and it will make a iso to burn and then i put my new hdd in my pc's primary master nd then i boot the xboxhdm CD i just made and when it reboots i type xboxhd and push enter and choose Build new HDD from scratch and reboot again and choose that option again and after that i choose Generate HDD password and i write that password down , ok that part is finished!
and finally i make a dos floppy with the locking tools and i reboot using this floppy and run hdlock and enter the password i generated earlier.
thats all it then i put that new hdd in my xbox!
Post by: ldots on June 28, 2004, 05:06:00 AM
But to generate the HDD password you also need to include the eeprom.bin in the xboxhdm/linux/eeprom folder before making the iso.
Post by: juanman on June 28, 2004, 08:52:00 AM
Post by: ldots on June 28, 2004, 09:11:00 AM
Post by: juanman on June 28, 2004, 10:01:00 AM
Post by: ldots on June 28, 2004, 02:22:00 PM
Other than that follow the tutorial in the root post. The "Rebuild C-drive" of xboxhd should do it for you.
Post by: Voodoo Child on June 29, 2004, 08:50:00 PM
Post by: ldots on June 29, 2004, 10:13:00 PM
Post by: big_pimping25 on June 30, 2004, 07:06:00 AM
Post by: ldots on June 30, 2004, 08:05:00 AM
Post by: big_pimping25 on June 30, 2004, 08:22:00 AM
Post by: ldots on June 30, 2004, 08:28:00 AM
Running the locking tools from floppy is just the 'fool-proof' way since the logs will automatically be stored on the floppy. That's why I recommend that and only included the CD option for people without floppy drives.
Post by: big_pimping25 on June 30, 2004, 08:33:00 AM
Post by: ldots on July 01, 2004, 01:28:00 PM
2. After including the files you need on the CD (like the C-drive files) in the proper folders in the xboxhdm/linux directory, you run the 'make-iso-win.bat' script. This produces an iso that your can burn with cd creator
3. Things to check. You bios might be too old to support drives that have the jumber set to 'cable select'. Try setting it to Master or slave depending on which ide controller you hook it up to. Also you bios could be too old to support 160 Gb. If you cannot upgrade the bios try a different computer.
Post by: xbx action on July 01, 2004, 01:48:00 PM
Post by: poldoman on July 03, 2004, 03:16:00 AM
Post by: ldots on July 03, 2004, 04:15:00 AM
The softmod package addons you need to get at 'the usual places'
Post by: big_pimping25 on July 03, 2004, 04:45:00 AM
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Post by: warlock110 on July 03, 2004, 09:50:00 PM
i've just checked the 120GB with live info, came out with "locking: not lock" so i can use it rite?
another question, i don't see the locking and unlocking part in the tutor? does it means that it's not require, the package will do it automaticly?
here's wut i'm trying to do, i'm trying to clone my Xbox hardrive to a blank harddrive, and format the extra space as "F" on the the new harddrive, so is this basicly wut i'm gonna have to do?
get the boot disc using the package
unplug all IDE device from my computer
hook the Xbox original drive as Primary master
hook the blank HD as primary slave
hook the CDRW as secondary master
boot up the disc and select the "clone drive" option
after i clone it, create an "F" patition
this is wut i've got from the tutorial, where does the unlocking and locking comes in? and do i have to do anything to the blank drive before poping it in?
Post by: ldots on July 04, 2004, 06:15:00 AM
You are sure you used the correct eeprom with liveinfo? Try getting the eeprom using ConfigMagic to be sure you get the same password.
Sometimes unlockx has problems locking drives. Try unlocking it again and use hdlock instead.
@ jcupp114
Do you use Evox to get the backup? I think Evox will store the backup from where it's located itself. So if you run it from a game save hack the backup will be in the game save dir.
@ xbx action
You need to enable lba48. Look here
@ warlock110
Your procedure sounds correct. The locking/unlocking is mentioned in it's own paragraph in the root post???
You need to unlock or hotswap you original drive to make it accessable before booting xboxhdm. When the new drive is ready you need to lock this with a new password generated from your eeprom. Hook the new drive on primary master and boot xboxhdm. Then choose the 'Generate HDD password' option. Or boot to windows and use LiveInfo. Then make a DOS floppy with the locking tools from the xboxhdm CD. Boot this and lock the new drive. Be careful with the password and use the hdlock command.
Edit : To anyone considering using the UDE package for xboxhdm - expect a new release soon, having almost the same functionality as the memcard UDE installer. xboxhdm will also be upgraded added things like 'unzip'.
Post by: warlock110 on July 04, 2004, 07:04:00 AM
Post by: big_pimping25 on July 04, 2004, 07:17:00 AM
Post by: warlock110 on July 04, 2004, 07:34:00 AM
the "unique HDD key" from liveinfo is F4A5163045EE64435C3D59E1E546C5EF
and the HDD key from the "HDD" text generated by evox in the backed up folder is e1:54:e6:64:ba:4d:2d:19
7d:d7:00:b1:10:57:78:18
45:58:22:f8:00:00:00:00
00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00
which one do i use to unlock the xbox's HDD? some tutorial uses the HDD key generated by evox, while this one will use the one from liveinfo
here's wut's on my HDD text file generated by evox
HDD Key : e1:54:e6:64:ba:4d:2d:19
7d:d7:00:b1:10:57:78:18
45:58:22:f8:00:00:00:00
00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00
HDDLockDisablePassword e1 54 e6 64 ba 4d 2d 19 7d d7 00 b1 10 57 78 18 45 58 22 f8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
XboxHDKey f4 a5 16 30 45 ee 64 43 5c 3d 59 e1 e5 46 c5 ef
which one is the right one.
Post by: big_pimping25 on July 04, 2004, 07:39:00 AM
Post by: big_pimping25 on July 04, 2004, 12:37:00 PM
Post by: ldots on July 04, 2004, 12:49:00 PM
People have succesfully locked this HDD, at least with ConfigMagic. Should lock with hdlock aswell.
Post by: big_pimping25 on July 04, 2004, 12:53:00 PM
Post by: big_pimping25 on July 04, 2004, 01:54:00 PM
Post by: jcupp114 on July 04, 2004, 02:18:00 PM
Im using the MXM dash. So would Evox place a copy in the save folder regardless of me using MXM? Thank you for your time.
And is the eeprom listed as a bin file?
Jcupp114
Post by: tutok on July 04, 2004, 03:49:00 PM
Post by: xilicio86 on July 04, 2004, 06:21:00 PM
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on August 18, 2004, 06:09:00 PM
Post by: Trevante on August 18, 2004, 06:20:00 PM
| QUOTE (Jace_100 @ Aug 15 2004, 11:45 AM) |
| I am getting the same problem as Jack Cheese. At the boot prompt I choose item 1 and then it loads up linux and goes to the xbox maker menu. I chose option 1 "build a HD from scratch" it asks if I am sure [yes/no] I type Y then I get a spam of Ys any ideas? |
Hehe. That happened to me too. Just type yes instead of Y and it should work.
Post by: DaddyJ on August 18, 2004, 07:33:00 PM
| QUOTE (MoleX @ Aug 18 2004, 09:21 PM) |
| me Three <3 |
yes we all do
Post by: DaddyJ on August 18, 2004, 07:35:00 PM
If you use xboxhdm to part & format then drive, everything works great, but it can cause some games not to play, but if I backup my E Drive, and format it again in EvoX and then replace the contents, everything works fine.
Do you know what would cause this. Its not a big deal, just wondering.
Post by: wildman on August 19, 2004, 10:11:00 AM
Post by: Shawn_ on August 19, 2004, 07:11:00 PM
anyways,
i was trying to install debian, and i selected the use free space option.
so i thought it was deleting stuff, so about 10-15 seconds in i powered it off.
i turned it back on, Unleashed booted up...
but my f: is 0.00 free, and my g: is missing.
with slayers install i formated g:
but it is still missing.
does anyone here know how i can restore or get back my f: to normal ?
Post by: DaddyJ on August 19, 2004, 07:13:00 PM
| QUOTE (Shawn_ @ Aug 19 2004, 09:14 PM) |
| Hi, I was wondering if this program could help me. i ran the bat file and it made the iso, but it does not boot.... anyways, i was trying to install debian, and i selected the use free space option. so i thought it was deleting stuff, so about 10-15 seconds in i powered it off. i turned it back on, Unleashed booted up... but my f: is 0.00 free, and my g: is missing. with slayers install i formated g: but it is still missing. does anyone here know how i can restore or get back my f: to normal ? |
did you burn it in raw mode, and is your bios set to boot from cd.
F is showing 0.00 after you formatted it?
Post by: Shawn_ on August 19, 2004, 07:49:00 PM
this is the worst thing but oh well, I can live with it.
I will wait a bit though, don't want to find out tomorrow that i could have fixed it.
Post by: Shawn_ on August 20, 2004, 12:12:00 PM
Post by: DaddyJ on August 22, 2004, 08:26:00 PM
try formating it evox.
Post by: kramus on August 22, 2004, 11:56:00 PM
| QUOTE (soulglo83 @ Aug 10 2004, 11:06 PM) |
| just used the hdd copy utility provided w/ xboxhdm, it sure as hell beats rigging 2 xbox's together via crossover cable and ftp'ing the contents of one hdd to another. the hdd copy utility is priceless for time saving and simplicity when backing up a large hdd. my WD160GB was copied onto a Samsung 160GB in roughly 5 minutes! |
You're kidding right?It takes 21 hours for me to clone my 120 onto another 120 using the clone option in xboxhdm.
I'm doing another Xbox tonight, I may try just copying the files.
Post by: Assassin187 on October 03, 2004, 12:21:00 PM
Post by: daz_ni on October 05, 2004, 12:02:00 PM
Post by: tpolacek21 on October 05, 2004, 06:29:00 PM
Folks, follow the intructions to the letter...then do it twice. I had nothing but success with this.
Thanks again.
Post by: FINITE on October 05, 2004, 10:10:00 PM
Post by: [TONE] on October 07, 2004, 10:24:00 AM
Post by: ezo on October 16, 2004, 04:28:00 AM
ldots, thanks a lot for your HDM package. I followed instruction and started "mini"-linux.
Call "detectpm" delivers
Security supported : Yes
Security enabled : Yes
Security locked : No
Security frozen : No
Security count expired : No
And now either I called direct option 1 or firstly option 5 then option 1 I got this screen.
===========================================
Building an xbox HD from scratch is a two step procedure. First the partition tables are built. Then partitions are formatted.
We will now search /dev/hda for a xbox partition table.
No xbox-partition table found on /dev/hda.
Drive is not locked but locking is enabled dont reboot until you have build a working xbox HDD since rebooting will relock
press any key to abort operation...@
==============================================
with a blinking cursor on the place of @.
If I only hit enter, it goes back to the options. I let it go over nicht and nothing happened. How long does it take to start??? What should really happen?
Post by: Netosa on October 23, 2004, 03:20:00 PM
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Post by: xmod on October 24, 2004, 02:57:00 AM
also im curious if i do get past that screen if i will lose everything i already have on my xbox. i also use it to to store files from my pc and id hate to lose that stuff. i can always reinstall games.
Post by: Kick In Da Door on October 24, 2004, 08:25:00 PM
I wanted to make Xbox Media Center The default dashboard by follwoing a tutorial in this forum shich did not work. When getting to the part when u have to copy the default.xbe to the c: drive then renaming it to evoxdash.xbe is where i made the mistake. since that part of the tutorial didnt work i thought renaming the file to the xboxdas.xbe would boot up up the dashboard but when i did this and resetted the xbox i got the Your Xbox needs service error, and didnt give me the eroor number either .
tried to do a hotswap to revive drive but i had no success in that, what else can i do.
i forgot to mention that i believe made some bad choices when running th eboot disk as well. i tried to rebuild create xbox hardisk from scratch but didnt find any files so it aborted.
if your able to make it to the xbrowser does that mean the xbox is unlocked?and im able to fixed what i messed up?
Post by: firepyro_13 on October 28, 2004, 08:18:00 PM
Post by: ShornYeti on October 29, 2004, 04:46:00 PM
) so I can't borrow an internal drive either Thanks in advance for any help...
ShornYeti
Post by: ShornYeti on October 29, 2004, 04:47:00 PM
Post by: dashiki on October 29, 2004, 08:27:00 PM
Kernel 5838
trying to hot swap the drive. followed your directions unplugged ide from dvd got error 12 but when I boot the pc it says drive is not unlocked!! what am i doind wrong?
tried hotswapping from the MS @the X and it worked
Post by: nprice on December 13, 2004, 11:57:00 AM
Anyone?
Post by: DaddyJ on December 13, 2004, 12:14:00 PM
Post by: steve9999 on December 14, 2004, 05:03:00 AM
iso linux disk error 20 AX=4218 , drive 9f
Any ideas what i am doing wrong?
Thanks!
Post by: stryfe on December 21, 2004, 12:29:00 PM
So I originally modded my Xbox w/ the softmod package (UDE2) for xboxhdm (great tools Idots, easy to use, Thnx a lot!). The modding itself went easy. I used my box for about a month, upgraded my HDD, again using xboxhdm (seriously, best tool out there).
Unfortunetly, I was unhappy with Evox, and tried to install XBMC as my default dashboard... I used the <home> method (xml in c drive directing the xboxdash to Xbmc's home directory), renamed XBMC's default.xbe xboxdash.xbe, then tried to reboot my box.
Instant error 13.
So I restored my C driive with Xboxhdm, locked it back up, and found myself with the M$ dash, with no access to my other dashes, nor access to BoXplorer, or anything to run the progs I have on my upgraded drive.
So cool, np, run the UDE package again, exploit it, and go back to evox... No luck. throwing in MechAssuallt, I can run Itools, but installation of the UDE package tells me that I'm missing needed files in the gamesave directory. (in particular, ude1_patches.tgz)
So I'm going to completely delete the gamesave directory, try re-installing from the CD, and see if it works.
Btw, I've also tried replacing the xboxdash.xbe with previous snapshots of my c drive (that's how I returned to my M$ dash), though I have gotten error 13 for any but the M$ xbe.
While I'm not completely out of ideas, I would appreciate some info on what the best method would be, how to sign files, and exactly how the M8 evox bios loads, so that when I exploit my box again....), I can successfully run XBMC as my default dash....
Thanx in advance.... hopefully.... And Idots, keep up the incredible work!
(I posted this in the UDE2 thread 2... sorry)
Post by: B-shizzle on December 21, 2004, 09:44:00 PM
Post by: Tipster on December 22, 2004, 07:59:00 AM
BTW, if it makes any difference, I can use option 3
Post by: nprice on December 22, 2004, 11:30:00 AM
Post by: dudeman456 on December 22, 2004, 12:14:00 PM
QUOTE(B-shizzle @ Dec 22 2004, 06:40 AM)
The disc didn't boot, still keeps trying to load the ms dash, any ideas?
Are you trying to put the disc in your Xbox?
Post by: B-shizzle on December 22, 2004, 02:32:00 PM
QUOTE(dudeman456 @ Dec 22 2004, 09:10 PM)
Are you trying to put the disc in your Xbox?
Yeah I was, So now I'm gonna guess that I plug it into my PC and then boot but off the CD, but do I hook the Xbox drive up to the master or the slave ? I'm guessin the master.
Thanks.
Post by: bot_killer2002 on December 22, 2004, 03:21:00 PM
1) why cant i just plug the HDD into the computer instead of keeping the xbox on, like plug the power supply into the comp as well
2)if i have a save game exploit on the CD can i just copy and paste that on the xbox with out unlocking (also wat is the paste key i can see copy is F5 but i cant see a paste key)
3) wat drive do save game files go in, C: or E:
This post has been edited by bot_killer2002: Dec 22 2004, 11:23 PM
Post by: DaddyJ on December 22, 2004, 06:40:00 PM
2. No, you cannot access a locked drive.
3. Save games go into E:\UDATA\{TitleID}
Post by: bot_killer2002 on December 22, 2004, 10:12:00 PM
- take the xbox DVD drive IDE cable out, boot xbox, boot computer with no harddrive and cd in drive, get 2 main booting screen, attach the computers IDE cable 2 the xbox harddrive, press enter, wait for boot, type in xbrowser and it keeps not detecting the HDD
-keep everything plugged in and boot xbox, computer with no harddrive and cd in drive, get 2 main booting screen, attach the computers IDE cable 2 the xbox harddrive real fast, press enter, wait for boot, type in xbrowser and it keeps not detecting the HDD
i have tried goin into option 3 and did the unlockhd and it said xbox HDD unlocked, but i do no how 2 get back 2 the screen where i enter xbrowser or UDE from option 3's screen, the only way i no is reboot and that would lock the HDD, so im stumped any ideas?
Post by: bot_killer2002 on December 22, 2004, 10:51:00 PM
Post by: DaddyJ on December 22, 2004, 10:55:00 PM
Post by: bot_killer2002 on December 22, 2004, 11:00:00 PM
Post by: DaddyJ on December 22, 2004, 11:11:00 PM
The xbox hd is set to CS, so I'm guessing your computer is not setting it to master.
Post by: bot_killer2002 on December 22, 2004, 11:23:00 PM
Post by: bot_killer2002 on December 23, 2004, 03:09:00 AM
Post by: bot_killer2002 on December 23, 2004, 04:16:00 PM
K: 5101
D: 5960
Philips DVD drive
Seagate HDD
could any of these thing be confilicting with trying to hotswap the xbox hd
Post by: BlackWar on December 23, 2004, 04:34:00 PM
hook up the power cable from the PC to the xbox (yes, the one that has the 4 wires that power the HD), then turn on your pc, and before the bios detects your HD's, hit the pause/break key, this will "pause" your PC.
Now, boot up the xbox. right about a split second before the MS logo appears under the xbox logo, rip the ide cable out and then you can move the HD closer to the PC and then plug in the primary master IDE cable (the connecter at the very end of the cable....and yes, it does make a difference on some PC bioses.).
Once the IDE is hooked up, press enter (or spacebar) on the keyboard. your PC should now "unpause" and it should find your xbox HD.
Post by: bot_killer2002 on December 23, 2004, 06:35:00 PM
Post by: cyberplague on December 23, 2004, 07:20:00 PM
all the sudden go to use it today and get the following error:
CODE
D:\Software\Xbox\UDE\xboxhdm_v1.9\xboxhdm>mkisofs -o linux.iso -b isolinux/isoli
nux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -l -R -r linux
mkisofs: Invalid argument. Panic cannot set back efective uid.
Any ideas?
I searched the forums and the web and came up empty on why this could be happening. I am on win2k pro sp4.
HELP! :-)
CP
Post by: cyberplague on December 23, 2004, 07:53:00 PM
disregard
CP
Post by: bot_killer2002 on December 23, 2004, 11:26:00 PM
so do i have 2 make these folders in there or create a folder somewere else
This post has been edited by bot_killer2002: Dec 24 2004, 07:27 AM
Post by: Keo-Keo on December 24, 2004, 01:19:00 AM
QUOTE(bot_killer2002 @ Dec 24 2004, 07:50 AM)
ok i have evoX working but were do i put all the apps, emulators and trainers i want by FTP'ing, i went into E:/dashboard and that has evoX in it, but the only folders in ther is skins, but no apps or emu folder.
so do i have 2 make these folders in there or create a folder somewere else
so do i have 2 make these folders in there or create a folder somewere else
evox scans F:\apps and E:\apps if there is no folder named apps then make one. Default.xbe's can only be 1 folder deep past apps EX
e:\apps\programfolder\default.xbe <--- Right way this will show up in evox
e:\apps\unzip\programfolder\default.xbe <--- Wrong way this will not show up
you can also edit your evox.ini in E:\dashboard\evox.ini just use a text editor and go towards the bottem.. Very easy to edit with notepad or a commandline based editor like joe (unix users).
Post by: bot_killer2002 on December 24, 2004, 01:34:00 AM
Post by: bot_killer2002 on December 24, 2004, 09:59:00 PM
Post by: Tipster on December 27, 2004, 02:58:00 PM
Post by: DaddyJ on December 27, 2004, 03:48:00 PM
QUOTE(Tipster @ Dec 27 2004, 05:22 PM)
Is there any way I could run the xboxhd command from option 3? Because i'm trying to fix an xbox that has an error 16 and options 1 and 2 won't work.
no , 2 different linux kernals.
Post by: Keo-Keo on December 27, 2004, 04:04:00 PM
QUOTE(Tipster @ Dec 27 2004, 11:22 PM)
Is there any way I could run the xboxhd command from option 3? Because i'm trying to fix an xbox that has an error 16 and options 1 and 2 won't work.
Well the best you could do is load my UXE package on your cd then run option 3 choose unlockhd -a
this will mount the CD dir for us..
Type "cd CD"
then type ./UXE.sh that will launch the UXE autoinstaller Menu.. If you hard drive is unlocked and done you will in stall the UXE package and should be able to boot your box..
If you don't have your eeprom them hotswap i have a good tutorial on that on my sig.
Post by: Obveron on January 13, 2005, 09:52:00 PM
Post by: cmiz on January 13, 2005, 10:07:00 PM
xbox\os\linux\distributions
Post by: ishada on January 14, 2005, 10:49:00 AM
Is there a way i can make this manually using qwix or something?
Post by: electronut on January 16, 2005, 08:13:00 PM
I have xboxhdm_v1.9.zip. I unzipped the file and in the linux folder I added a C and E directory of my Xbox HDD.
I created the linux.iso no problem. I tried burning using both Recordnow and Nero and I can't get the PC to boot the disc. BIOS in PC is set to boot off the CDROM.
My guess is that there is something wrong with how I burned it but I can't figure it out. I even tried on different PC's.
Can someone help out?
Post by: Bulan on January 19, 2005, 03:38:00 AM
And it seems this tool will help me do this just fine, even though I havn't tried it yet.
Now there was another little problem, which I then came to think that XboxHDM also could help me with..
I want to Clone my 120Gb drive to a New 200Gb, but to my understanding, I cannot use the "Clone" option of this tool with HDD:s with different size?
If this is correct, then maybe I could do this instead:
Put my 120Gb Xbox disk AND my new blank 200Gb in PC ,and by using
1. "Build a new Xbox HD from scratch"
And when that's finished, to get the F:
4. "Install F-Drive"
If I get this correct, I should now have a Xbox formatted 200Gb disk with all the usual drives.
F should be taking up the part the other std-partitions don't use.
The C folder on HD should have files from the CD's "C"-folder (even though I don't need them)
Now I want to have ALL the files from ALL the partitions on the 120Gb copied to the new disk.
Now if I get this part right too.. I should be able to somehow do this using the XBrowser also included on the CD.
Or if I knew a bit more Linux stuff I could type the commands like "cp something something"
With all of this finished, I hope I will end up with something like my intention:
A new 200Gb Xbox HDD With the only difference from the old 120Gb that I have some more space free on the F-Partition?
Now since this is "almost" the same as "Cloning" a drive,
might I suggest that someone makes a script or something that automates the whole procedure?
And then add it to this tool?
But of course, since I havn't had the time to read this whole ~50 pages thread (only half of it :) ) it could already have been asked and answered.. If so.. please point me int the direction of such a script/instruction..
:beer:
This post has been edited by Bulan: Jan 19 2005, 11:42 AM
Post by: hasteone on January 24, 2005, 01:44:00 AM
Post by: Repz on January 24, 2005, 05:37:00 AM
QUOTE
Example : To rename Xbox.xtf to Xbox.bak in the font-dir on the xbox-drive hit:
- TAB to switch to the right window.
- down-arrow + enter to go to C-directory.
- twice down-arrow and enter to go to fonts folder
- twice down-arrow to go to Xbox.xtf
- F6 to bring up Move/rename box.
- Write Xbox.bak and hit enter to perform rename.
Simple!
- TAB to switch to the right window.
- down-arrow + enter to go to C-directory.
- twice down-arrow and enter to go to fonts folder
- twice down-arrow to go to Xbox.xtf
- F6 to bring up Move/rename box.
- Write Xbox.bak and hit enter to perform rename.
Simple!
Well i tried this, but when pushing F6 in xbrowser, a "create a new directory" box pops up. So i don't know how to rename my files, i've tried every F button but no one brought me a "rename file" box or something like that.
I'm using a xboxhdm V1.9 boot disk with the bert and ernie fonts on it and several other packages, i can copy the files into the xbox.xtf and xbox book.xtf folder but i can rename the xbox.xtf and xbox book.xtf files, so my xbox boots the normal ms dash.
I already tried the savegame exploits and audio exploits but either way it won't work.
Please help me out?
Post by: copoke2005 on January 29, 2005, 11:16:00 PM
Just want to thank Ldots and other geniuses on this site for making softmodding and upgrading HDD so possible and simple. Granted, I spent quite a few hours/days reading to make sure I understand things and is well prepared. Being well prepared paid off, I was able to do the followings the first try without any problems: :beer:
1) Use Ldot's UDE1/UDE2 memcard hack to install softmod
2) Use Ldot's XBOXHDM V1.9 to upgrade my modded box to a WD 160GB HD.
Biggest lesson learn from this experience: Don't play backups from DVD...put it on the HD is the way to go...much faster and you don't have to worry about whether certain DVD-Rs will work or not because it might not be readable by the picky xbox DVD player (I have a phillip).
Thanks again. Keep up the good work guys.
Post by: Osapian on January 31, 2005, 07:46:00 AM
FTP to my softmodded xbox with computer. Downloaded the C:\ en E:\ folder for the xbox to my computers HD.
Copied the C:\ en E:\ that i downloaded from the xbox to the XBOXHDM\linux folder.
Copied eeprom.bin in the XBOXHDM\linux\eeprom.
Make-iso file,. burned it ok!!!
Mounted my new 120 GB hd WD on primary IDE (PC)
Booted op the burned XBOXHDM iso cd.
And then entered the following options.
Option 1.
typed xboxhdm
YES
YES
Aks me to make install F YES (Here's the weird thing when its writing partition table and formatting u don't see any progress so i hit enter and then it asks me to install F partition)
Aks me to copy the C:\ and E:\ YES.
Ok i reboot the system to lock my new formated HD. locked OK
Installed it in my xbox whalla.
But then when i turn on my xbox i only see the XBOX logo screen thats it....nothing else happens. led = green constant
WHAT DID I DO WRONG TELL ME!!!!!!?
Post by: DaddyJ on January 31, 2005, 07:50:00 AM
Post by: Cio on January 31, 2005, 11:22:00 AM
Post by: xtwclx on February 04, 2005, 03:18:00 AM
Firefuckers x-disk ( for dash version 5659.03 or live 2.0, needed for kernel over 53xx).
so basiclly i dont need to download those 2 files right, as long i copy the C: E: file from my original xbox hard drive right?
Post by: iain_benson on February 05, 2005, 07:11:00 AM
1. Upgrade x-box dash with live enabled game
2. Set up x-box with relevant network options
3. Upgrade x-box to latest dash (5960) via live menu option
4. Install 007 AUF savegame hack & load evox
5. FTP to xbox from PC and backup C, E & eeprom
6. Create xboxhd v1.9 CD contining all the above files
7. Attach xbox hard disk to PC, boot off CD
8. Unlock hard disk, boot of CD again
9. Rebuild xbox hd from CD, boot off CD again
10. Lock xbox hd and reconnect to xbox
11. Boot xbox to dashboard ... no apparant problems
okay so far ...
12. Select live menu option, green spinner appears, stops and nothing more :(
13. Reboot xbox and select network config ... same result :angry:
14. Boot into evox via 007 AUF
15. FTP to xbox from PC and backup C, E & eeprom again
16. Compare backups from steps 5 & 15 .... no differences :huh:
17. Wipe xbox C drive via FTP, and copy backup from step 5 back onto it
18. Boot xbox to dashbord, select live & everything now works :uhh: :uhh: :uhh:
If anyone can shed any light onto this it would be appreciated, as I am well and truly puzzled!
Post by: mananimalterl on March 04, 2005, 05:14:00 AM
Post by: god_of_bacon on March 07, 2005, 12:10:00 PM
QUOTE(ldots @ Apr 18 2004, 11:58 AM)
The xboxhd-tool
When you boot to linux you will be told that you can start the xboxhd tool by typing 'xboxhd' and pushing enter. This should give you this screen :
[code]
__ ___ _ _______ ___ ___ _
\ \ / / | | | | | _ \ | \/ | | |
\ V /| |__ _____ __ | |_| | | | | | . . | __ _| | _____ _ __
/ \| |_ \ / _ \ \/ / | _ | | | | | |\/| |/ _' | |/ / _ \ '__|
/ /^\ \ |_) | (_) > < | | | | |/ / | | | | (_| | < __/ |
\/ \/_.__/ \___/_/\_\ \_| |_/___/ \_| |_/\__,_|_|\_\___|_|
You have the following options :
1) Build a new Xbox HD from scratch
2) Rebuild C-partition on existing Xbox-drive
3) Clone existing Xbox HD
4) Install F-drive
5) Wipe current fatx partition table
6) Generate HD Key (requires eeprom)
7) Make DOS floppy with HD lock/unlock tools
8) Quit
Make your choice [1-8] :
When you boot to linux you will be told that you can start the xboxhd tool by typing 'xboxhd' and pushing enter. This should give you this screen :
[code]
__ ___ _ _______ ___ ___ _
\ \ / / | | | | | _ \ | \/ | | |
\ V /| |__ _____ __ | |_| | | | | | . . | __ _| | _____ _ __
/ \| |_ \ / _ \ \/ / | _ | | | | | |\/| |/ _' | |/ / _ \ '__|
/ /^\ \ |_) | (_) > < | | | | |/ / | | | | (_| | < __/ |
\/ \/_.__/ \___/_/\_\ \_| |_/___/ \_| |_/\__,_|_|\_\___|_|
You have the following options :
1) Build a new Xbox HD from scratch
2) Rebuild C-partition on existing Xbox-drive
3) Clone existing Xbox HD
4) Install F-drive
5) Wipe current fatx partition table
6) Generate HD Key (requires eeprom)
7) Make DOS floppy with HD lock/unlock tools
8) Quit
Make your choice [1-8] :
yeah i can quite seem to get to this screen, i get apst everything else, but when i click on option 1 or 2 from the main boot screen, it takes me ato a screen that says [drive[drive name] is master hda, or something, are you sure you want to procede] so i type y for yes, then it tells me i can use xboxhd, xbrowser, to type them in and stuff, so i type in xboxhd, to start the tool, but nothing happens, it just says xbox[something]root, and just stays there, i can't even get to the screen above. can someone help and try to figure out what's going on. i'm using v1.9 of xboxhdm
Post by: DaddyJ on March 07, 2005, 12:14:00 PM
QUOTE(god_of_bacon @ Mar 7 2005, 02:09 PM)
yeah i can quite seem to get to this screen, i get apst everything else, but when i click on option 1 or 2 from the main boot screen, it takes me ato a screen that says [drive[drive name] is master hda, or something, are you sure you want to procede] so i type y for yes, then it tells me i can use xboxhd, xbrowser, to type them in and stuff, so i type in xboxhd, to start the tool, but nothing happens, it just says xbox[something]root, and just stays there, i can't even get to the screen above. can someone help and try to figure out what's going on. i'm using v1.9 of xboxhdm
just a thought
when it asks you to type yes , why dont you try typing yes
damn, how hard is that to uderstand????? yes = yes
Post by: SeaWolf69 on March 18, 2005, 08:07:00 AM
I've read every damn page of this thread, followed the tutorials & suggestions and I still have trouble upgrading my hd? I have successfully softmodded a version 1.6 with Softmod Installer Deluxe v2.0 using MechAssault save:
played Halo 2
used mechassault memory hack
Backed up the M$ C drive
softmodded & installed evox
used evox back up feature
flashfxp'd c & e to my pc
downloaded & unzipped Xboxhdm v1.9
put c & e + eeprom in linux folder
ran the make-iso-win.bat
burnt raw image using nero
changed my pc to boot from cd -> floppy -> hd
unplugged my pc's hd's
hooked up brand new maxtor 250gb model 6Y250P0 hd to primary master w/ jumper set to master
booted pc & was able to everything in the tut, Generate HD Key, made DOS floppy with HD lock/unlock tools, made a hd from scratch, doubled checked pass & locked hd with key generated from eeprom by booting to dos. Could not get the xboxhdm tool to lock drive by using "lockhd -a", had to use hdlock & enter password & did indeed lock it.
Now,
I take out my stock hd & put in the new one & I get the green multi language service error screen with 06 in the upper left hand corner? I tried repeating all of these steps thinking I made a mistake, corrupted data, etc.. Still the same? Now my hd is locked, I can't unlock it? I run atapwd & it states that it is locked & security is enabled & set to high.
unlockx states that it is unlockable!??
checked the xbox compatibility chart & it states that out of 6 entries, all are lockable except one?
I also have a chipped box & I tried putting the new hd in there & it worked great?!! In fact, it is the only way I can unlock the hd now by turning on the xbox to the dash, from there I boot up pc with xboxhdm cd iso & hot swap to pc. Tried all the options, still same result? The only thing I haven't tried is the clone option.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks....
Post by: evolart on March 20, 2005, 10:22:00 PM
I have a hard modded box with a 80gb unlocked drive and want to upgrade it to my spare 120gb drive......I would like to clone it
I plugged in my old xbox drives as primary master and my new 120gb drive as primary slave, I then booted my pc from the CD and select option 1. This is the error I received:
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Loading initrd.gz..............................isolinux: disk error 10, AX=4280, drive 9F
Boot failed: press a ket to retry
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Any idea what is wrong??
Post by: DaddyJ on March 21, 2005, 10:47:00 AM
QUOTE(evolart @ Mar 21 2005, 12:21 AM)
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but I cannot boot linux from this CD...
I have a hard modded box with a 80gb unlocked drive and want to upgrade it to my spare 120gb drive......I would like to clone it
I plugged in my old xbox drives as primary master and my new 120gb drive as primary slave, I then booted my pc from the CD and select option 1. This is the error I received:
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Loading initrd.gz..............................isolinux: disk error 10, AX=4280, drive 9F
Boot failed: press a ket to retry
---------------------------
Any idea what is wrong??
I have a hard modded box with a 80gb unlocked drive and want to upgrade it to my spare 120gb drive......I would like to clone it
I plugged in my old xbox drives as primary master and my new 120gb drive as primary slave, I then booted my pc from the CD and select option 1. This is the error I received:
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Loading initrd.gz..............................isolinux: disk error 10, AX=4280, drive 9F
Boot failed: press a ket to retry
---------------------------
Any idea what is wrong??
reburn the cd, at a slower speed.
Post by: cmiz on March 21, 2005, 11:16:00 AM
QUOTE(SeaWolf69 @ Mar 18 2005, 03:06 PM)
I take out my stock hd & put in the new one & I get the green multi language service error screen with 06 in the upper left hand corner?
this means that you used the wrong password. unlock the drive using the password that you put in. once the drive is unlocked:
make sure you're using the eeprom from the xbox you want to use the new drive in. (i assume you did this but i'm just making sure). boot from xboxhdm with the correct eeprom in it and the hard drive on the primary master IDE. go to option 3 (linux unlock/lock utilities). type in 'lockhd -a' this will automatically generate a key and lock the drive with the correct key. (no room for human error). if you still get an error 6, then you're using the wrong eeprom or something more serious is wrong.
all maxtors are lockable (AFAIK) so that shouldn't be the problem....and if it WERE the problem, it would be kicking out an error 05
Post by: Flame2k on March 21, 2005, 11:18:00 AM
QUOTE(DaddyJ @ Mar 7 2005, 07:13 PM)
just a thought
when it asks you to type yes , why dont you try typing yes
damn, how hard is that to uderstand????? yes = yes
when it asks you to type yes , why dont you try typing yes
damn, how hard is that to uderstand????? yes = yes
lol,
its cos linux is far far too complicated remember!!!!
Post by: evolart on March 22, 2005, 03:32:00 PM
I'm kind of worried, I figured that cloning my 80gb drive to me new 120gb drive would take 3-4 hours tops. It has been about 10 hours and my hard drive activity lights are still going on my comp. I'm hoping by the time I get home it is done and that my drives are not fried from chugging away for the last 14-15 hours....
Has anyone cloned a similar sized drive b4 and if so how long did it take you?
Post by: DaddyJ on March 22, 2005, 03:42:00 PM
I usually prepare the new drive, then just mount both drives and use xbroswer to copy the drive from the old to the new. Seems quicker.
Post by: evolart on March 23, 2005, 08:19:00 PM
I then found out all the data copied to F: (the majority of the data) was not usable....so I used xbrowser to transfer all of F: to F: on my new drive.....took awhile and I ended up just restarting to find all the data had been transferred??
Maybe it was locked up or something? HD activity lights were still buzzing but everything works on my new drive so I'm not sure what was going on....
Post by: urse on March 29, 2005, 08:35:00 AM
I softmoded the orginal drive with krayzies UXE installer.
I then copied the epromm.bin over and C and E to the linux directory. After making the cd, I booted xboxhdm and followed the instructions to make a new xbox drive on my new 120GB seagate. Everything seemed to run fine. I then rebooted the cd and locked the drive.
I then swapped drives on the xbox and it booted to the orginal ms dashboard. I then popped in MA and reran krayzies UXE installer. Everything seemed to work fine.
So the issue is that when i check out the drive in EVOX it reports the E partition as 4GB and the F partition as 0GBs. So in effect it reads it as the same size as my orginal drive. I'm assuming i skipped a step here somewhere I'm just not sure where. I though it would have maxed the E partion at 8GB and then dump the rest into the F?
Post by: urse on March 29, 2005, 03:31:00 PM
Using xboxhdm I unlocked the harddrive and formated the f partition and then relocked the harddrive. Then when i ran krayzies uxe installer it saw the whole f partition.
What a great tool!!!
Post by: frostad on April 03, 2005, 03:27:00 AM
I have an old xbox that was never modded. But every time I start it up there is a 21 error screen that comes up. Obviously since it was never modded I don't have any backups or the eeprom. Is there anyway to make this xbox functional again in anyway? I dont' care if it will ever connect to live again I would just like to be able to get unleashx on it or something to run emulators and such.
Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
Post by: gibsonlpsd on April 03, 2005, 09:43:00 PM
When I first used XBOXHDM to set up my new HDD it worked great. Something happened and the files got corrupt so now I want to go back a format it with xboxhdm and start over. When I go and chose option 1 (the that says boot vga menu) it brings me to the pormt to where you type "xbohd" and it will bring up a menu. When I type that in it runs all these error messages saying it cannot detect the cd then at the bottom it says something like "Linux tool not found on cd" or something like that. If this program worked before what could be causing it to do this and how can I fix it?
Post by: SeaWolf69 on April 14, 2005, 04:44:00 AM
I finally did it! I started over from scratch, made my xboxhdm cd & I couldn't use the rebuild hd from scratch option because the hd was locked? I ran generate the locking/unlocking floppy option. Unlocked & disabled the new hd with atapwd, rebooted to the xboxhd, rebuilt the hd from scratch, relocked the hd & it worked like a charm. Wonderful applications you have here :). The xbox was a 1.6b version.
Post by: skippymcc on April 14, 2005, 07:12:00 PM
I know you are already rolling your eyes, but if someone would help me, I would really appreciate it. I have spent a few hours searching the forum for an answer and have found none.
I have spent about 8 hours on this, and feel very capable, especially now that i broke everything - this would be a simple task if my Xbox was still virgin - unfortunately I kind of raped it.
I have a 1.1 Xbox, and burnt an Xboxhdm boot disk and successfully hotswapped. Not knowing what I was doing, I formatted the hard disk (yes, without backing up).
I'm leaving out a lot of details that would make me sound less like a jackass, but for time sake - I then wiped the partition.
When I try to build the HD from scratch (option 1 in xboxhd) it tells me that my xbox is unlocked, but it will re-lock on a reboot - and then it tells me to hit any key to abort (I originally thought if I sat there it might do something - I was wrong)
So basically, I can't rebuild from scratch because it isn't permanently unlocked, and I can't permanently unlock until I get the gamesave exploit working - AND I can't get the exploit working until....I Rebuild from scratch! A circular problem - It's driving me nuts.....
My question would then be...How else can I repartition my Xbox HD, or how can hack Xboxhdm to allow me to repartition even if it will be locked? (I can still continue to hotswap)
I really am at a loss, and would greatly appreciate help. You would think with a Computer Science degree I should be able to handle this....Thanks in advance.
Post by: SeaWolf69 on May 17, 2005, 01:28:00 PM
Did you burn the iso as a "image" file? What type of computer (OS, cpu, memory, etc...) are you using for xboxhdm? What version xboxhdm are you using? I had problems using it on a low powered computer, didn't work until I tried it on a windows xp pro, 1.0 ghz amd athlon cpu, 512mb memory.
Post by: rartemass on May 17, 2005, 11:36:00 PM
QUOTE
No xboxhdm is not at the usual places. I found a link to it through the signature of someone who posted on this topic with a green picture as a signature. Look for it and click on some of his links.
Could you be more specific here? I've had a look for the past 25 minutes and can't find the post from the person you mentioned.
Post by: Soullar on May 18, 2005, 12:09:00 AM
http://dwl.xbox-scene.com/~xbox/xbox-scene...boxhdm_v1.9.zip
Post by: brocklee on May 28, 2005, 09:26:00 PM
I have a stock Hd that had been running funny (loud noise and random freezing)
so i figured I might as well try to rebuild it. It was softmodded and loaded the dashboard and games on the HD.
I copied all the contends of the Xbox C to xboxhdm\linux\C
I copied all the contends of the Xbox E to xboxhdm\linux\E
and included the eeprom into the eeprom folder
I made the bootable CD, loaded it up
Unlock HD
Wipe Partition
Then I chose option 1 to rebuild from scratch, so far so good
Then it ask my if I want to copy over files to the C: and E:
I type yes to both.
All done, I lock Hd (stock) and try playing, no luck it flashes red+green
So i connect it to my pc again, unlock and use xbrowser to check the contents of the xbox. It shows the C+E drives, but does not list the X,Y,Z drives.
Is that why the box doesnt boot? and should the xyz drivers be created automaticly with xboxhdm_v1.9, or is my HD the problem.
Thanks
Post by: SeaWolf69 on May 29, 2005, 08:18:00 AM
Sounds like your hd is going out. As for xboxhdm, you just need to put the C&E folders and the eeprom in the appropriate places, run "make-iso-win" and burn it to cdr as a image file. I think that the xbox generates the other folders automatically? I could be wrong, but I have used this program for several xbox's and they all came out fine.
Post by: brocklee on May 29, 2005, 05:51:00 PM
QUOTE(SeaWolf69 @ May 29 2005, 04:22 PM)
Well,
Sounds like your hd is going out. As for xboxhdm, you just need to put the C&E folders and the eeprom in the appropriate places, run "make-iso-win" and burn it to cdr as a image file. I think that the xbox generates the other folders automatically? I could be wrong, but I have used this program for several xbox's and they all came out fine.
Sounds like your hd is going out. As for xboxhdm, you just need to put the C&E folders and the eeprom in the appropriate places, run "make-iso-win" and burn it to cdr as a image file. I think that the xbox generates the other folders automatically? I could be wrong, but I have used this program for several xbox's and they all came out fine.
yes I did copy all of it to the correct folders. the contents of the c and e drive show up on the xbox stock HD.
i think my xbox drive is the problem.
Post by: SeaWolf69 on May 29, 2005, 06:34:00 PM
Post by: rartemass on May 29, 2005, 09:19:00 PM
Post by: FrankSixer on June 01, 2005, 03:50:00 PM
Post by: DaddyJ on June 01, 2005, 04:31:00 PM
QUOTE(Soullar @ May 18 2005, 03:13 AM)
What about the software download section of www.xbox-scene.com?
http://dwl.xbox-scene.com/~xbox/xbox-scene...boxhdm_v1.9.zip
http://dwl.xbox-scene.com/~xbox/xbox-scene...boxhdm_v1.9.zip
Post by: x757x on June 27, 2005, 02:59:00 PM
was softmodding a box, using uxe package for xboxhdm
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=366428
basically it failed in the process, so i never made it to get the eeprom, etc..
it boots to error 21
i can still unlock the drive
am trying to rebuild.
i have succesfully wiped current fatx partition table (option 5)
then option 1 build a new xbox hd from scratch gives this:
CODE
building an xbox hd from scratch is a two step procedure. First the partition table is built. we will now search /dev/hda for an xbox partition table...
no xbox-partition table found on /dev/hda
--insert rant/ no shit, i just wiped it ---
drive is not locked but locking is enabled
dont reboot until you have build a working xbox hdd since rebooting will relock the drive.
press any key to abort the operation...
no xbox-partition table found on /dev/hda
--insert rant/ no shit, i just wiped it ---
drive is not locked but locking is enabled
dont reboot until you have build a working xbox hdd since rebooting will relock the drive.
press any key to abort the operation...
let it sit forever... nothing
tried wiping again, success
rebuilding ... same error
so my two cents is:
1. its unlocked (hotswap)
2. partition table is wiped.
3. wtf is the damn problem then. why wont it write a new table?
remember... no eeprom. softmod failed during installation.
thanks in advance if anyone seen this .
ive seen a post or two with this same error, but no solutions.
Post by: DaddyJ on June 27, 2005, 03:49:00 PM
make sure the only devices hooked up are the cdrom and the xbox hard drive.
if all that fails, try reading up on how to make a failsafe xboxhdm , search the forums for that.
Post by: x757x on June 27, 2005, 06:24:00 PM
QUOTE(DaddyJ @ Jun 27 2005, 11:53 PM)
try burning the xboxhdm cd a little slower, 1x or 2x, also make sure you are using xboxhdm v1.9 as it is the latest.
make sure the only devices hooked up are the cdrom and the xbox hard drive.
if all that fails, try reading up on how to make a failsafe xboxhdm , search the forums for that.
make sure the only devices hooked up are the cdrom and the xbox hard drive.
if all that fails, try reading up on how to make a failsafe xboxhdm , search the forums for that.
burned slow, check
1.9, check
only devices, check
failsafe, check, although i dont see any relevance. from reading, that just looks like solving some driver issues with unneeded devices, for people that cant even get close to performing actual read/writes on the drive. looks to be just to get the kernel to boot. but i tried it anyways. cant figure out why i could erase a partition table but not write to one.
still same "error"
Post by: Apprentice modder on June 29, 2005, 09:04:00 AM
QUOTE(x757x @ Jun 28 2005, 02:28 AM)
burned slow, check
1.9, check
only devices, check
failsafe, check, although i dont see any relevance. from reading, that just looks like solving some driver issues with unneeded devices, for people that cant even get close to performing actual read/writes on the drive. looks to be just to get the kernel to boot. but i tried it anyways. cant figure out why i could erase a partition table but not write to one.
still same "error"
1.9, check
only devices, check
failsafe, check, although i dont see any relevance. from reading, that just looks like solving some driver issues with unneeded devices, for people that cant even get close to performing actual read/writes on the drive. looks to be just to get the kernel to boot. but i tried it anyways. cant figure out why i could erase a partition table but not write to one.
still same "error"
hey, I had the same problem..lol now I have a new one. What I think is that the drive is still locked.. doenst seem to but I think it was that for me. So I manage to get the hdd unlock key, properly unlock the drive and now option 1 rebuild from scratch works half hehe... rebuild partitions [OK] Activate faxt ... [ERROR] damn I hate that word..
So to get the hdd unlock key: You need a modded xbox with configmagic FINAL
go in that program, unplug modded ide cable, plug it in your drive, plug unmodded alimentation cable in the same drive, boot unmoded xbox, I wait when the leds flash in configmagic, create backup files and voila, your new hdd will refresh with unlock key. Thats what I did, use at your own risks :P
Post by: x757x on June 29, 2005, 11:19:00 AM
i think you missed something though. its obviously unlocked, as i did successfully wipe the partition. if it was still locked, you wouldnt even get near that far. that "error" is coded into the package or whatever tool/source is used to provide that function, i just wish i knew what it meant.
Post by: Phuctup on July 04, 2005, 12:10:00 PM
I've upgraded my xbox with a new HD and want to pass my old HD with all the contents to a new xbox. I suspect all I need to do is just change the eeprom over. I just don't know how to do that. I have xboxhdm but was wondering if there were any other programs / tutorials out there that could tell me how to do it.
Thanks for any help.
Post by: Trumpetrhapsody on July 07, 2005, 12:42:00 AM
With a minimum of flaming, what have I done to this drive.
Can it be fixed?
How can I prevent it on my next drive?
Why didn't the eeprom password calculator work?
Post by: Affini on July 10, 2005, 11:17:00 PM
I'm using WinXP Pro and my PC has no CD burner.
thanks!
This post has been edited by Affini: Jul 11 2005, 06:21 AM
Post by: Trumpetrhapsody on July 11, 2005, 04:22:00 PM
Post by: gehx on July 18, 2005, 04:20:00 PM
Post by: DaddyJ on July 18, 2005, 06:31:00 PM
but it atro spec, avoid cloning, and just man ualy it.
Post by: bigbadblyons on August 02, 2005, 06:00:00 PM
Post by: SeaWolf69 on August 02, 2005, 07:02:00 PM
It sounds like it is already locked? Have you tried option 3 on xboxhdm and punch in XBOXSCENE to unlock & disable the hd? More info, where you able to build a hd from scratch? Tell us exactly what you did? ;)
Post by: bigbadblyons on August 02, 2005, 07:13:00 PM
Post by: rartemass on August 21, 2005, 07:23:00 PM
Would it be possible to add in USB support into this tool from DOS? I'm guessing you will need the drivers but if it's possible users could have an external HDD caddy to plug into and then you wouldn't have to open your PC for those with warrantee issues.
Post by: Danny Mosquito on August 23, 2005, 05:10:00 PM
Thanks...
Post by: Danny Mosquito on August 24, 2005, 01:10:00 AM
QUOTE(Danny Mosquito @ Aug 24 2005, 01:14 AM)
I have always used xboxhdmaker with heaps of success. Thanks for a great tool. I was hoping someone here maybe able to help me out. I have used the tool on a 250gb hd and locked in the usual way and placed in softmod xbox. It all worked fine, until networking some files across..it stopped. Now when I use xboxhdmaker and try to unlock using the eeprom file I get a "drive seek" "drive not ready" error. Anyone have any idea whats going on here. BTW this is the second time this has happened... sent the first drive back to manufacturer thinking faulty.
Thanks...
Thanks...
Just making a correction of the error message it says {Drive Ready Seek Error}
{Drive Status Error}
Post by: rartemass on August 29, 2005, 11:45:00 PM
This may be too simple but have you checked the IDE cable, it may have a loose pin that is causing the problem.
Post by: rartemass on August 29, 2005, 11:47:00 PM
I just don't want to get a HDD that isn't compatible or can't lock/unlock.
Post by: Danny Mosquito on August 29, 2005, 11:54:00 PM
QUOTE(rartemass @ Aug 30 2005, 07:51 AM)
Are there any particular HDD's that should not be used with xboxhdm?
I just don't want to get a HDD that isn't compatible or can't lock/unlock.
I just don't want to get a HDD that isn't compatible or can't lock/unlock.
I am not sure exactly which harddrives you can use to lock. I have used a lot of seagates (300gb) and western digitals (120gb, 160gb, 200gb 250gb) all with success. There is definitely posts though warning of some harddrives not being able to be locked... I think there is a list somewhere on the forumns do a search under General Hardware Technical Chat. I am sure thats where I found the link to the list...
Hope that helps...
Post by: rartemass on August 30, 2005, 12:18:00 AM
If they can unlock the drive you should then be able to boot into dos prompt on the computer and fdisk /mbr the drive.
Post by: rartemass on August 30, 2005, 09:32:00 PM
QUOTE
Are there any particular HDD's that should not be used with xboxhdm?
I just don't want to get a HDD that isn't compatible or can't lock/unlock.
I am not sure exactly which harddrives you can use to lock. I have used a lot of seagates (300gb) and western digitals (120gb, 160gb, 200gb 250gb) all with success. There is definitely posts though warning of some harddrives not being able to be locked... I think there is a list somewhere on the forumns do a search under General Hardware Technical Chat. I am sure thats where I found the link to the list...
Hope that helps...
I found the link. For those of you that want it here it is.
http://xboxdrives.x-pec.com/?p=list
Post by: rartemass on August 30, 2005, 09:42:00 PM
QUOTE
I haven't tried using a boot disk.. Do you mean dos UNLOCK... I will give this a try tonight and see how it goes... If all else fails I am getting to a stage where I may try to use a hotswapping technique. But i have never done this before so I will have to read up on what I am doing first...
Yeah I mean the unlock tools provided with xboxhdm that you can put onto a floopy, just make sure the disk bootable and try that way.
The link you need for details on hotswapping is: http://forums.xbox-s...&hl=hotswapping
Post by: Haruno on August 31, 2005, 08:34:00 PM
Here's my story.
I have a hd that works perfectly fine on a chipped box but now that my chip is dead I was thinking of installing exploit files and locking the drive. i load up this and install UDE and then try to lock the hd
I type in lockhd and it tells me to use a command
i use -a to find the key
and -p then the key to lock it
It then tells me a bunch of info about my hdd and it says that it's not locked?!?
i pry around some other stuff and load UDE again and it says no xbox partition?
My floppy drive doesn't work and will never work, switching the ox cables and drives, screwing around in the bios do nothing. Probably just my motherboard.
I get worried that the failure to lock my drive screwed it up so I pop it back in my xbox and it says error 5 which just means unlocked drive but i don't know where a screwed up drive or an unlocked drive error has more priority.
Long story short, IS THERE ANY EASY WAY I CAN JUST LOCK MY HARD DRIVE?
Post by: Haruno on August 31, 2005, 09:04:00 PM
damn it!
alright looks like i'll just buy a new hdd and make a hd from scratch using this little proggie
thanks for the help
Post by: Danny Mosquito on September 01, 2005, 11:26:00 PM
QUOTE(rartemass @ Aug 31 2005, 05:53 AM)
Yeah I mean the unlock tools provided with xboxhdm that you can put onto a floopy, just make sure the disk bootable and try that way.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Billkwando on September 02, 2005, 10:26:00 PM
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I tired to boot from the CD (with my files and eprom on it) and boot with xboxhdm, but I get the message "System FailureBoot Halted" ( or System Failure Boot Halted ) I made sure I unplugged all my USB devices and I have the HDD pluged into the main IDE and the CD-ROM into the 2nd
(and another CD-ROM on the 2nd IDE).
I'm tryng to install on a fresh Seagate 120giggety lockable HD with the jumper on Master. My cd-rom drive is an FX120? (prolly means nothing)
I have it set to boot from CD first in the BIOs. I think I mentioned everything.
Does XBOXHDM have a cd-rom driver in it (in the linux kernel if I'm guessing right?....I googled "linux cd-rom driver") . Maybe I just misread something along the way but I did read all the instructions and all the posts here....
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Billkwando on September 03, 2005, 08:55:00 AM
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Comments/suggestions/informative flames......all welcome
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: kingroach on September 03, 2005, 09:32:00 AM
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all computers have a boot from cd.. otherwise how could teh OS get installed in the first place?..IN some computers pressing "ESC" button brings up boot device menu.. try that..
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Cio on September 03, 2005, 10:29:00 AM
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@Billkwando
Seems ur PC prefers to boot master devices, disconnect the second cd rom drive (secundairy master) so cd-rom boot wil boot the primairy slave.
And stop nagging about drivers! Even your windows 95 install cd can boot from a cd-rom (the 50 pages are there cause ppl can use the rpogram, not cause there still looking for a way to get it to boot)
"boot from CD" option in the BIOS. I have it set with the ATAPI CD-ROM as the first device in the boot priority"
Yeah, thats the same. Oh, and sorry, please, excuse me a thousand times (and ignore this is you cant speak english very well)
"I'm a relatively smart guy...perhaps I overlooked something, but all signs point to this being the problem"
In this context, it indeed becomes obvious what the problem is. US ppl, the translation from UK to US english for this:
"I'm not a very smart guy...perhaps I overlooked something, but all signs point to this being the problem"
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Billkwando on September 03, 2005, 04:43:00 PM
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@Cio
What I'm referring to is apparently called the El Torito Standard:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Torito_(CD-ROM_standard)
and I was saying that I wasn't sure if my motherboard supports it, because everything I've read explains it as if enabling the ability to boot from a cd rom is a separate function from simply setting the CD to be the primary boot device. I will try disconnecting the other CD Rom drive... but at this point (knowing my luck) it won't work.
So you're sure a P3 would conform to the El Torito standard? I wasn't sure because I read motherboard makes were slow to adopt it. It's an Intel motherboard that's using the newest bios flash thingy.....
Also, perhaps I burned my XBHDM CD wrong? There appears to be nothing in the root directory (besides folders and a readme). I've tried reburning the CD at a slower speed and that didn't fix it either.
Hopefully your suggestion works. :)
Thanks!
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: kingroach on September 03, 2005, 05:53:00 PM
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opne teh created iso with isobuster and see if its bootable..
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Billkwando on September 04, 2005, 03:03:00 AM
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@ kingroach
I did open it in ISOBuster (I tinks of teh everyting) ;)
It does say Bootable at the bottom of the drop-down, with a pic of a little floppy next to it.
@ Cio
I tried idisconnecting the other CD Rom drive and it still won't boot from CD. I tried enabling hard disc delay too...just in case. No matter what I get "Boot FailureSystem Halted". I checked the event log and it said something about a floppy failure. When I saw this I completwly disabled the floppy drive just to see what happened and it still failed.
I remade the ISO...burned to CDRW instead of CDR......still nothing.
Any more suggestions?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Billkwando on September 04, 2005, 10:01:00 AM
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It was my crappy PC.
I tried it on my VAIO P4 and hit F8 on startup, and the first option it gave me was "boot from CD".
Anyways, thanks for the tips guys. :)
If anybody else is using an Intel D815EEA motherboard, then good luck to you, cos it definitely didn't work for me...........
I am up and running again, and XBOXHDM worked great....except I couldn't get it to do the "savelog" command so I could save the logs to floppy. Luckily my HDD locked and works just fine so all's well that ends well.....
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: brouski on September 04, 2005, 07:32:00 PM
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I hate to sound like a n00b, but it's been a while since I mucked in my xbox to install my Xecuter, and I'm trying to upgrade the 80GB drive from my original mod to a larger 200B drive.
I was thinking I could use xboxhdm to clone the old drive to the new one, but I had a couple questions.
1. I've never consciously tried to lock my hard drive, so do I need to bother with the locking/unlocking portions of the tutorials?
2. Earlier posts seemed to suggest that cloning a smaller hd to a larger one wasn't smart because the size of the F drive would be incorrect, and you'd have to edit the partition tables somehow. Is this still the case, and should I stop wasting time and just start backing up files to my PC?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Danny Mosquito on September 04, 2005, 07:57:00 PM
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1. I've never consciously tried to lock my hard drive, so do I need to bother with the locking/unlocking portions of the tutorials?
2. Earlier posts seemed to suggest that cloning a smaller hd to a larger one wasn't smart because the size of the F drive would be incorrect, and you'd have to edit the partition tables somehow. Is this still the case, and should I stop wasting time and just start backing up files to my PC?
No do not worry about locking or unlocking. Your Executor chip should not require the harddrive to be locked. Locking and unlocking is more for soft mods and other style of mods.
I personally think just backup the contents to your PC and back to your xbox later. 80 GB should only take a couple of hours or so each way... I tried cloning before and it seemed to take an age... and there is no real progress indicator or anything to tell you it's still going...
Other people may have had better luck cloning harddrives (especially of different sizes) and may correct me on this... Interested to see other peoples experiences with cloning...
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: brouski on September 04, 2005, 08:36:00 PM
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My main concern was that I have several games backed up, and might not have the space on my PC to back them up again! :P
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: SeaWolf69 on September 04, 2005, 08:34:00 PM
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Well,
It would be much easier if you have a friend with the same games and just upgrade to the larger hd and transfer all the games that you want xbox to xbox transfer. Unleash X's FTP works the best.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Danny Mosquito on September 04, 2005, 08:48:00 PM
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Yeah thats the way I have done it in the past... Except I use Avalaunch to FTP. And even if your mate doesn't have the same games you can always just whack your 80 gb harddrive in his and transfer to your 200 gb in yours.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: brouski on September 04, 2005, 08:45:00 PM
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Could someone recommend a prog that would tell me how much space certain files and folders are taking on my xbox? My dashboard tells me how much space is free, but that's not helpful to me in this case.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: gehx on September 04, 2005, 09:02:00 PM
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XBMC
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Billkwando on September 07, 2005, 08:56:00 AM
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UnleashX has that option. Just click on the file or folder and hit start, then click "Calc. used space". It'll tell you how many megs a file/folder is using.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Cio on September 07, 2005, 01:01:00 PM
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Cio on September 07, 2005, 01:05:00 PM
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@Billkwando
Strane.. all the PC's ive had to set to boot from CD/DVD all just have a boot order menu that can select cd drive(s) or hard drive(s) connected, or sometimes just CD-ROM and all the HD's. Even HP P3's etc (my old 500Mhz Intel also has a boot order menu..)
Just blame the BIOS i suppose, glad you got things working!
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: loumicky2002 on September 13, 2005, 12:03:00 PM
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Hi im having trouble with option 1 of xboxhdm I have no chip have hotswapped and unlocked my drive had some problems with freezing but then read this thread and sorted that. but now xbox has no files on HD and claims error 13 and option 1 says no fatx drive is found and when it tries to create 1 it makes the partitions fine but gives me an error on the second thing i think it was fatx file allocation or something any help on sorting this or finding some way of formatting my hd would be appreciated.
Ps also cant zero the drive in hdprepare and the delete fatx does work on xboxhdm but still cant use option 1 on my drive.
cant use slayers as no mod chip and no way of booting without hotswapping although drive is in an unlocked and unfrozen state. i hope i have given enough info for someone to help as ive been trying to sort this since friday and tuesday night now.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: loumicky2002 on September 13, 2005, 12:35:00 PM
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or is it possible to format it fat32 or ntfs then once errors are fixed can i then take it back into xboxhdm and prepare the drive again from there
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: dre_vill on September 14, 2005, 10:30:00 PM
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i am in love
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Cio on September 15, 2005, 03:29:00 AM
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@loumicky2002
The HD was formatted, but it contains no files. You still need to put those on! (put em in the C/E/F folders of the CD or copy them over manually via xbrowser)
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: beecho on September 25, 2005, 10:38:00 PM
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hi.. can this solve my problem @ http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?sho...0&#entry2946540
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i cant find the link on the first post to download this, so where do i go to dl it?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Danny Mosquito on September 25, 2005, 11:13:00 PM
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It's not the easiest program to find is it, I've had a problem trying to find a version of it before... Sorry I cannot find a link at this time. One thing I would try as your xbox is chipped is the Slayers boot disk I think the latest version is V1.6. It's an xbox boot disk and also has options to format and resetup your c and e drive...
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: beecho on September 25, 2005, 11:37:00 PM
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im having trouble finding both this program, and slayers boot disk, can i have the links to them please? another thing is, if my xbox bios is screwed/hdd is screwed from the TV changes i made in my setting, can the boot disc still work for me?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: slicer67 on September 26, 2005, 07:10:00 PM
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I had a (I thought at the time) knowledgable friend install a new HD and softmod it for me. Well the new hard drive would only boot with error 06. So he did the Splintercell softmod on the original hd and it worked. Since then I have been researching and reading all the how to and guides and desided to run xboxhdm on the hd with the error 06. I kept the system epprom and was able to generate the hd Key using option 6 but when I boot to the floopy and try to unlock it, it take the password and says it "done" but when I look at it in unlockx it says it cant be unlocked. Is there something wrong with the hard drive. I looked it up on the compatible list and it says it is. I also tried using atapwd and the master password did not work. Any Ideas?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: SeaWolf69 on October 01, 2005, 03:36:00 PM
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Well,
It sounds like the new hd is locked to a different xbox? Did he do the upgrade using his xbox with or without a modchip? Tell us exactly what your friend did?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: KickerX on October 09, 2005, 08:31:00 PM
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I'm having similar problem but with my 40 gig Samsung drive. I don't know what
I did wrong but since I can't use fdisk on it or anything. I used a program from
the samsung site that gives info about it and it says that it's ok all but the write
test wich I gather is because it's locked. But it won't unlock for nothing, if anyone
has had a similar problem with the password not working please post your
solution for those of us that don't know. The only thing I know I did wrong was
that I went to dos used the lockhd tool and put the password as XBOXSCENE before hooking it back to my xbox. Then I got error 06 which made no sense, but now it just won't unlock it won't do anything the choices 1 - 6 are inacessible because it's locked. So again if anyone at all has a solution or knows of a free program that can find and unlock the drive so I can try again please let me and anyone else that needs to know uh know.
Thanks in advance
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Cio on October 10, 2005, 01:21:00 PM
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you can try and unlock with atapwd it the drive was locked using xboxhdm or onfig magic. Try both XBOXSCENE and TEAMASSEMBLY. If one works, also DISABLE locking afterwards. If not.. ur fucked (no password/matching eeprom = pointless HD). All you can try then is sending/taking it back with a decent but confusing scenario on how it ended up like that (and that you had done NOTHING wrong ofcourse).
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: sondrex on October 24, 2005, 01:27:00 PM
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Do i need to hotswap? i am afraid to destroy my xbox if i hotswap :blink:
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Cio on October 24, 2005, 01:53:00 PM
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No, you can also put some melted metal on ur mobo (about 600 degrees centigrade or sumthing) and buy a chip, get a solderless adapter + chip, or even better, use a savegame exploit to gain entrance. (that last one is free but can be a lot of hassle)
Oh, READ UP then you wont fry a thing. Assuming ur scared about it, you also know thats its a risk and thus will be extra carefull. You should be fine.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: sondrex on October 24, 2005, 02:14:00 PM
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ok but i have this Big problem with that u deleted the BIOS (mistake!) and now i cannot start a dash just games how can i take back my UnleashX dash without take the xbox apart?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: SeaWolf69 on October 25, 2005, 02:52:00 AM
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Ok,
In a case like this, I would use modchip with ftp capabilities. You can put it in and ftp back the files you erased. I've had to do it several times for others. It is doable, but it is very tedious. It can be fixed though. Good luck!
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Cio on October 25, 2005, 05:54:00 AM
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Ehm no...
@sondrex
You cant delete the BIOS.. there is no BIOS you can touch. Can you boot retail games only or also backups? If you can boot backups, simply load a evox disk, FTP in and replace unleashx.
Oh, and read the readme. Hope you have that eeprom backup on ur PC!
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: sondrex on October 25, 2005, 12:18:00 PM
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ok :) but luckily can still play games and the gamesaves is intact so i just have to run splinter cell :luv: and use the exploit save but... i dont have splinter cell one :blink: is it another way (it was not me that softmoded the xbox)
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: trashbort on November 15, 2005, 11:11:00 PM
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I have a bit of a problem, has anybody ran into this before?
When I run xboxhdm, the linux boots fine, but when I get to this screen:
I enter 'Y" to proceed, and it kicks out to the command prompt! Nothing happens to the drive, but there is obviously some sort of error being generated that I cannot document. Does anyone know what this might be?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Danny Mosquito on November 15, 2005, 11:25:00 PM
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Mate make sure you type "yes" in full. Just typing "y" wont work....
I think that will fix your problem...
Doesn't hurt to give it a burl anyway..
Dan
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: trashbort on November 16, 2005, 03:05:00 AM
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looks good.
Thanks!
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: sondrex on November 16, 2005, 07:32:00 AM
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: kent-ru on November 19, 2005, 06:36:00 AM
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Totally awesome tutorial! Never modded before and I did it in a couple hours!!
Thanks!!!
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Tashi on December 09, 2005, 01:52:00 AM
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*noob alert*
i have no software on my xbox right now. but it seems to use this i have to be able to unlock/lock the HD. is there anyway to lock/unlock the drive without the eeprom? i was reading another thread and it looked like you could make your xbox unlock it for you by unplugging the dvd drive. did i read that correctly?
i dont have the money for a memory card and the game. so im hoping i can use this program.
and well, im not really a gamer, so i mostly use my xbox as a paperweight right now. *hopes to turn it into a media center with the Xbox Media Center*
thanks,
Tashi
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Danny Mosquito on December 11, 2005, 04:29:00 PM
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Can someone maybe shed some light on my following problem... It happens whenever I try to unlock a locked harddrive using linux lock/unlock tools...
Basically after I lock a harddrive using the auto option in lock/unlock tools then whenever I use the lock/unlock tools to unlock the harddrive again (automatically using the same eeprom key) it always comes up with "harddrive error" "drive not ready" then complains that there is no Primary Master connected (I have the correct jumpers set)... Has anyone ever unlocked a harddrive using the linux lock/unlock tools on xboxhdm. Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong...
Thanks Dan....
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: jsd on December 11, 2005, 04:56:00 PM
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*noob alert*
i have no software on my xbox right now. but it seems to use this i have to be able to unlock/lock the HD. is there anyway to lock/unlock the drive without the eeprom? i was reading another thread and it looked like you could make your xbox unlock it for you by unplugging the dvd drive. did i read that correctly?
i dont have the money for a memory card and the game. so im hoping i can use this program.
and well, im not really a gamer, so i mostly use my xbox as a paperweight right now. *hopes to turn it into a media center with the Xbox Media Center*
thanks,
Tashi
tashi - you need to unlock the HD somehow before you can do anything with it. if ou stick a locked HD in your PC, it will not work at all. you can either unlock it using the hotswap method (basically you boot the xbox and yank the IDE cable out at a certain point in the boot sequence - search these forums for more details) or by running a savegame exploit. i personally would recommend the latter path. you will need an action replay and a copy of an exploitable game. i picked up a used copy of splinter cell at a gamestop this weekend for $5. using krayzie's ndure i was able to get my eeprom in 5 minutes. this lets you build a xboxhdm cd that will lock drives for your xbox.
basically you are after the eeprom data which is unique to your xbox.
even if you are able to hotswap the drive, i'm not sure what good that would be, since you still don't have the eeprom which is needed to relock.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: ilmickeyli on December 13, 2005, 01:04:00 PM
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well it looks like i'm screwed... i have my girlfriends xbox.. softmodded with retail hd.. was unplugged and now gets error 16.. does not boot games..
i think the softmod package i used might have backed up the eeprom and hddkey on the c:\ drive but im not sure.. either way its locked and i have no way in
*sigh*
time to buy her a new box i suppose
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: kricker on December 28, 2005, 01:55:00 PM
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I am having trouble rebuilding a retail xboxHD v1.1. I have xboxhdm v1.9 and SlaYers_EvoX_Auto-Installer_v2.6FINAL. I placed the proper files from the slayers disc into c and e and I also placed the eeprom.bin file from configmagic into the eeprom folder. I changed the "isolinux.boot" file to "boot.cat" to match the "make-iso-win.bat" file. I attached the drive to the pc primary master using the cable swap method. I ran xboxhd and 1st did option 6 then 7 to get the floppy made. Then I ran option 5 to wipe the partitions and start from scratch. All these steps seemed to work just fine. When I run option 1 to rebuild the drive, nothing seems to happen. The screen says
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: gtrman00 on January 14, 2006, 12:11:00 AM
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Tried using this tool and couldn't seem to get it to restart without freezing. I partitioned the drive and it then counted down to restart, sent the kill all command and then beeped a few times and froze. Restarted with ctrl+alt+del and went to move on to the next step and found it didn't save the partition... Not sure what is going on, any ideas?
P.S. - Xbox is a softmodded v1.0, trying to format a new WD 160G drive
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: mrp04 on January 14, 2006, 11:25:00 AM
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What ever happened to ldots? He has not been active since april 2005, did he say anything before becoming inactive?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: nat on January 14, 2006, 07:25:00 PM
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Ok, i will say i am a bit of a n00b as of right now because i havent had to mess with the guts of an xbox in a while, but my stepbrother bought a modded xbox from a guy at his work and asked me if i would put in a bigger hdd so that he can do the same things as i can do (mine is modded with an xecuter 2 mod and i used slayers to upgrade the hdd, everything was cake). Then as soon as i opened up his box i realized that it was a softmod and i hadnt had to deal with that before. Fast forward to about a week later and the past few days i have been trying everything i know how to do to get this larger hdd to work in the soft modded xbox and i just cant quite seem to get it. This program looked promising but in using the first option to build an HD from scratch it started about an hour ago and is just streaking "y"'s down the screen i assumed it was just doing its thing at first but now im not sure.
So basically my first question is how long should it take to build a hd from scratch if i had about a full cd-r (702mb) when i made the boot disk.
and secondly, am i wasting my time with this because there is a much easier way considering i have a modded box that is upgraded and a softmodded box that needs upgrading. If so a link would be wonderful.
Thanks in advance
Natey
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Exorph on January 14, 2006, 10:40:00 PM
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Newbie here..
I'm going to softmod my Xbox as soon as I get my current one with a malfunctioning disk drive replaced.
I don't think I'll be using this cd until I run into problems and I'm not planning on upgrading my HD just yet, but I was just wondering if building a HD from scratch means making a HD instantly compatible with the Xbox, meaning I just have to get a hard drive, run the builder, and then plug it into my Xbox?
Just making sure for future reference..
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Exorph on January 18, 2006, 03:35:00 PM
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I believe you get an Error 7 when the IDE cable isn't properly plugged into the HD (Or maybe simply when the Xbox can't detect the HD). I'm not 100% sure, but that was the reason I got it the first time I tried hotswapping.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: computerguy69 on January 18, 2006, 05:40:00 PM
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I read on this site that it is and HDD time out error. Is there a way to salvage or access the eeprom.bin file with the utilities on this disk? I checked that the cable is plugged in correctly.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: litspliff on February 08, 2006, 09:13:00 AM
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hey!
my friend gave me a newer xbox (june, 2005), i think it is a 1.6.
i did a hotswap, then got into the hda in linux using xbrowser.
instead of the error 11, i got error 12...this i thought seemed wierd, but it worked anyhow.
i made a backup copy of every file on the system on the E: drive as i was about to patch using UXE softmod.
E:\old\C\*.*
E:\old\E\*.*
i always do this at the start of a softmod in case the patcher fails.
i shut it down as i normally do (exit xbrowser, shut down PC, then shut down HD with xbox power).
however i didn't use the poweroff command, because after forgetting to use it once a long time ago, i discovered the HD locks fine and no wierd results have ever occurred before.
i turned the xbox back on with everything put back together (except the cover) to make sure everything still functioned normal. everything worked fine. loaded game disc from M$ dash and boot.
now i can not access the HD with XBOXHDM.
the HD always gets assigned as hdb instead of hda now. the jumper has not moved from cable select, but when i saw another XBOXHD do this, moving the jumper to master would force it to hda. the end result however, is the same. what this 1.6 HD does that this other (past experience) one didn't, is that linux also detects something on hde and says "assuming 33MHZ bus" or something like that on hde initialization where it normally lists the model number of the drive!?
for both HD's--->
when the actual XHD, hdb (or hda, if forced to master with jumper) initializes it reads something back like:
resetting HD....
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
resetting HD....
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
reset....
you get the point.
it does this for about 10 seconds on hdb, and about 5 seconds on hda, and it practically fills the screen horizontally, then vertically as it scrolls on and on. after, it continues to boot linux as normal, and it can't find an xbox partition table on the HD. i've tried all kinds of things on this, and the other one like it, and i can't get into the hd. nothing seems to affect it....
swap from error code, swap from M$, swap from halo: same thing.
the older box i had that did this with the stock HD came off of ebay as a broken one with a bad DVD. i swapped the DVD with a known good one, and it got the same disc read error! after chipping it, i put a slayer installer disc in it with the original DVD drive it came with. works great now!
in the end, this 1.6 xbox still appears to be completely functional as an xbox, but seems unhackable without rebuilding the LPC. i may trade for an older one that i can hack easier if i can't figure it out. i already gave the guy another softmod box i had laying around, so that's not an issue. it's my box now, but i can't figure it out still.
the meat of the post (questions):
# should i have ran the softmod before shutting down?
# is it possible that M$ detected changes to the filesystem and will no longer unlock the HD on boot?
# how many other people have had this problem?
# is there anyone out there who will try to take this on yet?
# is this too long of a post? i try to be descriptive
this is mostly from a day ago's memory (returned errors and stuff), so i may be a bit inaccurate.
it would be a major hassle to rebuild an LPC, as my soldering skills have weakened over the years.
i guess i'm a little to shaky or something, because i killed a couple xboxes in a row a couple months ago and proceeded to freaked out.
blamed everything but myself.
what an idiot anger can make you.
thanks to anyone, i mean anyone who can help or just make an intelligent comment.
sorry if this post takes up a whole page on the topic.
also,
now accepting: criticism.
just make it good!
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: litspliff on February 08, 2006, 11:09:00 AM
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from you sig it looks like you have done a lot's of xbox's and you in the US
why not use a gamesave to install your softmods (using FTP from a standardized image of C:\ and E:\)
and your chiped xbox to create new HDD for others
using xboxHDM just seems like the hard way (or for someone that can't find one of the needed games)
well, i go with what works i guess....
i've done alot of mods to fix broken systems.
it is sometimes not possible to get into a game.
if you can get the box to turn on, it unlocks your HD at multiple error codes, games, M$ dash, etc.
most cases, if you get power, you can unlock the HD and swap it.
as you can see, i've done many softmods.
every one of them completed has not failed.
also, it's convenient for me.
step 1
i just create the XBOXHDM iso with either a copy of the new xbox file system to put on the HD, or whatever softmod or linux tools i may need, then burn the boot disc iso to a DVD (4 GIGS OF GOOD STUFF TO PLAY WITH!).
step 2
boot the xbox and PC(with boot disc i just created), then do the hotswap at the right time(it's easy!), then i'm in a powerfull OS with complete control of the XBOXHD.
step 3
however you want to do it....HACK!
many great options at this point.
when i started modding boxes a couple months ago (i learn quickly with computers) i would just move all the old shtuff to an "old" folder on C: or E:, then replace with files i got off eMule(my personal "usual places"). then one day i found out this didn't always work, so i decided to quit being lazy and spent a whole day reading threads about the installers/patchers/exploits available for XBOXHDM.
there are alot of them.
as far as savegames, it is my understanding that you can just create your ISO with the savegame on it, then copy it to the appropriate place (maybe replace savegame files?) with xbrowser. i'm not sure..i've never tried it.
i have seen softmod modules for XBOXHDM that use the savegame exploits. this is handy as it can be a bit more forgiving if you make a mistake. you can most likely just get back to xbrowser and fix your blunder (or your download's blunder), which brings up another reason to give props to ldots.
i have found this to be the number 1 tool in my mod arsenal for repairing softmods or just xboxes in general. it's often just a matter of putting the right file(s) in the right place with xbrowser. I should ad my repair stats to my sig...if only i had counted. if worst comes to worst, or you want to actually sell it or trade it in, you can find the correct M$ files for your system and recover your stock XBOX.
people say softmods are unreliable and incomplete and blah blah blah.
fck 'em. they are biased in their ways.
this is a pointless argument. every method has its +'s and -'s, and i've found the XBOXHDMethod to be huge in +'s.
as long as you are reasonably confident with your download (it helps to not be downloading 100 files at the same time, found this out the hard way), confident with your burn disc, and confident with the PC you use, it's the most versatile, reliable way that i've found. it hasn't failed me yet. it has been not helpful at times, but never failing me.
ldots is the $hit.
give it up for XBOXHDM and the softmod.
i forgot to mention the core of it all...(full set of locking/unlocking features, fatX tools, fresh drive creation,......)
all this on a disc that you can create once and use all you need.
fck, i could go on forever.
now, does anyone want to tackle my original post?
this is the third forum i've tried.
everyone said to try here.
i am here.
are y'all with me?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: litspliff on February 09, 2006, 12:17:00 PM
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if you can get error nubmer 11, then you just need to burn your xboxhdm cd with the original M$ files on it.
you can find those files from a nice person in a place that he is unlikely to be arrested. search the forums, i'm sure someone can help you. if you don't find them there, look around on eMule or torrent.
make sure you get the dash files that correspond with your hardware.
i won't help you with this, as it would be super illegal, and i am in the US, so that kind of stuff is enforced here. land of the free...all that good stuff.
the 13 means it can't find a dashboard.
i think 16 means the clock needs to be set -and- it can't find a dashboard.
(i could be wrong on this, someone correct me if i am)
http://www.xbox-scen.../errorcodes.php
above is an "official" x-scene list of error codes. seems to be comprehensive.
to get error 11, just take the top cover off the box, then unplug the ribbon cable from the DVD drive, but not from the HD. depending on your computer's boot speed (you will have to figure this timing out for yourself) you need to boot the xbox and the PC so that the xbox gets error 11 about the same time that xboxhdm reaches the linux boot menu with the 4 boot options.
when you get the timing right, this is where to hotswap your XHD into the hda(primary master) of the computer.
the cable select setting on the XHD should suffice, so there should be no need to mess with the jumpers.
GLMF
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Gamer50655 on February 23, 2006, 10:20:00 PM
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When I opened my xbox I only unplugged the DVD IDE cable. The when I start my computer i hit pause break before it looks for HDD's. But once i unplug the xbox IDE calbe from the HDD and hook it up with the computer Hdd IDE cable and I hit enter it goes to a page looking for DHCP w/e that is. I have the cd in the drive but the drive is a dvd one i don't know if it matters because thats the drive i burned it with. Why won't it go to the Xboxhdm program? am i not doing something right?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Black0ut on February 26, 2006, 07:55:00 AM
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I have tried everything to get this cd to work. I have a chipped box so not worried about locking or unlocking. I put a new HDD into my PC along with the cd, booted it and selected option 1. It starts to load, the screen goes black and my ps/2 keyboard dies. I removed all my PCI and AGP cards and there are no usb devices plugged in. The network cable is good to go. Anything else I can try to get option 1 to boot???
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: PhillipCraig on March 24, 2006, 07:40:00 PM
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Ok getting back to the xboxhdm.....
my question is If i want to do it the long way by just cloning the hard drive to a bigger one.
Will the hard drive clone actually format the new drive dor me and then do its copy of the original to it ]?? or will i need to format it ,add F: then do the clone process ?
My box is a 1.6 original Wd Hdd.
with the splintercell softmod in it.
Added 2.0 usb port.
Works great as is now but just need bigger hard drive in it. So i asked that just to make shure i do this right
on the hard drive clone
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: law65 on March 27, 2006, 09:27:00 AM
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Hi, i just joined x-scene a couple minutes ago, but i have searched on this site and ** Links to Xbox Warez and Torrents ** to find a answer to my problems. At ** Links to Xbox Warez and Torrents ** i found a similar tutorial of yours dealing with the xboxhdm. I read through your whole guide, but i am having problems. okay well, i have a corrupted hard drive with an error code 16, and i know what that means, i saw that really the only way an unmodded xbox can fix the problem is to hotswap, so i hotswap using the xboxhd disk, and i am running into some problems, that i was hoping you could help resolve. okay first of all i hotswap on and go to xboxhd and choose option 5. to wipe partition table.(that is what they told me to do on ** Links to Xbox Warez and Torrents **). Then i shut both the xbox and pc off and re-hotswaped and tried to choose option 1, but it searched for the partition table, and could not find anything and it said to press any button to abort. I then choose option 2 to rebuild the c-partition, but it said that there was no partition table, and asked if i was sure that this was an xbox hard drive. I was going to try to clone another hard drive, but i could not successfully hotswap both of them, so i just gave up.
Do you have any advice for me that would finally resolve my problems. I thank you ahead of time.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: folky on April 15, 2006, 03:51:00 AM
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Hi. Been doing alot of reading but am still unsure....
I softmodded a friends xbox which was great until somehow he messed it up.
When I boot it up I get Error code 5 Hdd not locked. Now I dont have the backup of the eeprom anymore (as he has managed to delete loads of files) so I cant lock it so is there anything I can do to save this box?
Thanks.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: gamingfreak76 on April 15, 2006, 11:02:00 AM
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thanx mate!!! i used this to create a 80gig HD instead of my orginal 10gigs i had, but i could only access 8gigs
i am happy that you created this... and that i was able to lock my HD using it!!! i onlt have a softmodded xbox, without any extra chips!!!
I thank you again... for making it possible for xbox modders not to have to buy a chip!!!
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: fiveskinoff on May 11, 2006, 04:34:00 AM
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wot happens if u dont ave eeprom or xbox key cause they naffed up b4 they ad chance to get it.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: SoLiD_7 on May 12, 2006, 12:20:00 AM
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First and foremost.........XboxHDM is da bomb!!!!
Thanks to all involved. Keep up the great work!!!!
Had a box brought in that was already showing error 16.(So no keys.....hotswap easy as pie!!) Tried using HDD Driver, fatxplorer, FAT-X-EXPLORER, HD fatXbox Explorer and WINHEX to no avail.
Made a xboxhdm disk using Slayers 2.6 FINAL for the C: files and get error 21. Use xplorer in xboxhdm to transfer files from CD to HD and get constant reboot loop with no error codes. Let it loop continually(8-10 hours) and get flashing red green LED and black screen with no error codes.
I have tried making from scratch, redo C:, copy files using xplorer with hacks and without
I have countless backup disks from previous softmods and a couple of boxes waiting in the wings.
Any advice on what else to try would be most appreciated. I just know I missing some little......aaaarrrggg!!(LOL)
Regards....
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: toastonrye on June 03, 2006, 12:03:00 AM
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May someone explain to me why i cant unlock my harddrive??
ive done all the steps..
its a seagate ST310014A
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: af_ on June 10, 2006, 01:17:00 AM
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I didnt put my C and E drive on this cd, i think, cuz they are empty if i look to the cd via the pc.. And my xbox is f*cked up, when i start the xbox, i get a error 21 by MS, and the slayers disc etc dont work!
Yesterday i got a 60 gb hd for the xbox, and wanna to do this, but the linux prog says that it cant put C and E drives because i didnt, what must i do now?/
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: la5942 on June 18, 2006, 01:50:00 PM
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hey there,
I have used XBOXHDM to create a backup of my current xbox to the linux ISO. I am running XBMC(xbox media center) as a dash but did the backups via evox beforehand(all softmod, no hardware mods in this one). After making the cd and running it on my compatible 40gig HDD, doing all the necesarry procedures that it still wouldnt work in my xbox. I kept getting the error screen with the dash error numbers, i then by accident managed to get a game to load!(could get this to work every time just by putting the game disk in at the right time) guess what,it was splinter cell which could read the original savegame backup off my newly made HDD. Got into the linux softmod and copied the backups for the evox dash over FTP and then restored the dash. And voila, working HDD!
Anyone know if i can use live with this HDD or will it get me banned from live?It has been locked using the eeprom from my old HDD. The dash i have at the moment allows me to run games on live without being banned as long as the game is in the drive before coldstart, i just wanted to know if this was still the case with the new hdd as i dont want to be banned (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
Cheers
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: psychoKNTX on July 12, 2006, 02:05:00 AM
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I LOVE YOU!!!!!
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: ryan_the_leach on July 29, 2006, 08:08:00 AM
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if this could load an eeprom from from a usb stick/action replay AND a exploit was created to save the eeprom to the usb stick this would be a PERFECT solution.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: xman954 on July 29, 2006, 11:02:00 AM
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if this could load an eeprom from from a usb stick/action replay AND a exploit was created to save the eeprom to the usb stick this would be a PERFECT solution.
you can do just that, use a gamesave with just evox, run it and do a backup, then copy the save back to mem stick
(mem stick will now have a backup folder with the eeprom.bin in it)
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: thanosx on July 30, 2006, 06:50:00 PM
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In the read me it says things you need linux distro is it still needed cause i couldnt find it in the usual places ?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: broadbander on August 09, 2006, 11:21:00 AM
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Hi Idots!!! I have used xboxhdm for a long time now without errors of any kind and without problems of any kind except with this hdd. This drive was softmodded succesfully. It is a 80GB Western Digital (WD80EB-28DFH2) that was in xbox with a dead motherboard. My BIOS recognize it but my problem is unlocking it. I know how to unlock the drive with your tool but this time it just wont do it. After using linux locking/unlocking utitlities.... unlockhd -a..... this is what happend
HDD Serial : WD-WCAblahblah
HDD Model : WDC WD80EB-blahblah
HDD Key : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
HSS password : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Detecting drive status...
HDD Serial number : Wd-WCADblahblah
HDD Firmware : xxxxxxxx
HDD Model : the same unlo
SECURITY SUPPORTED : YES
SECURITY ENABLED : YES
SECURITY LOCKED : YES
SECURITY FROZEN : NO
SECURITY COUNT EXPIRED : NO
I noticed during boot that the S.M.A.R.T. was disabled. Choosing the 4 option...DOS tools... using unlockhx
and after writing down the HD password (eprom) and/or the MASTER PASSWORD XBOXSCENE (i dont know which one to write)... it says Drive#1 will not unlock... using hdunlock, I assume it doesn't work because using both passwords or any word it will say DONE without giving error codes... Using ATAPWD I certainly can se the drive locked but no matter which option of i choose for unlocking or disabling it wont work... it says the following error. "ERROR: command rejected by drive [OK]" this is using thw XBOXSCENE password
PLEASE HELP!!! Do you know any other programs for unlocking?? or anyway that i could the the password used to lock it? Thanks in advance. BTW xboxhdm rocks hard!!!
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: dommy99 on September 18, 2006, 10:12:00 AM
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you can do just that, use a gamesave with just evox, run it and do a backup, then copy the save back to mem stick
(mem stick will now have a backup folder with the eeprom.bin in it)
Hmm this is exactly where im stuck at. i have an error 5 on my xbox (unlocked drive right?) and i tried doing the error 12 hotswap with my hd and uxe/ xbhdm. but then i realized that my drive is already stuck open. i have slayers disk and pretty much everything from xbins. How can i get my xbox going again?!?
The only thing i can think of is to get my eeprom.bin off of my ms memory card that i backed up onto (the xbox harddrive has been wiped of its original files) but i have no idea how i can do this.
The only way i can guess at is to softmod my friends xbox and hopefully a program can run to read the eeprom.bin off the memory card and ftp it onto my computer. any other suggestions?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: jmasterb on November 10, 2006, 04:36:00 AM
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encountered a major problem..my motherbooard (A8N) will not boot into the bios config page, or past that with a locked xbox hdd as primary master. has no problem when the hdd is set to primary slave. i used another pc (with an older asus mobo), and it worked fine. is there any fix to this?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: sberendt on November 10, 2006, 11:37:00 PM
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i was a beginner and i hate myself for screwin' with the xbox in the first place. at this point i just want to play it modded or not. I hooked my xbox hard drive to my computer. I figured it worked and that it was unlocked because xplorer360 brought it up. I was able to see my songs in partition 4 and even play them after extracting. So my dumbass got happy cause i thought i was in luck. I figured i could wipe the drive clean and then use a softmod ready iso or some shit. I don't even know if it was wiped clean though. I used a program called hdpreparer or some shit. it took like 5 hours to do it. Now xplorer360 says could not find FATX drive to open.i did shut it off eventually. but not til' i got this error. I found out it was still locked with the hddunlock program but can't pay to do it now. If i get it unlocked eventually...will i be able to wipe clear and start from scratch? Would xplorer360 been able to work alone if i just deleted files and put softmod files on it? I screwed up.I wish i could just clear it and start over. Please let me know if anyone has any clue on what the hell i did or what the hell i could do please?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: bnado03 on December 12, 2006, 08:46:00 PM
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Hey guys, i really need some help.
I dont have a modded xbox, but want to make a modded hdd and put it in my xbox. I took the c and e folders from my friends modded hdd and FTP'd them to my pc. then I ran the xboxhdm from the boot cd I made and it created the drives on my new hdd. Thats about as far as I have got. I never was able to get my eeprom.bin file from my xbox. Is there a way around this problem?
I have spent the past 3 days reading and reading forums. I have downloaded almost every piece of software or file that has to do with modding.
Please help. email me at [email protected]
AIM- bnado03
Brad
Houston TX
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Shadrak on December 13, 2006, 08:13:00 AM
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I'm having a similar problem. I was using xboxhd 1.6 and it wouldn't generate the hd key from eeprom, gave a bootdecrypt error or something. I tried writing the dos locking disk and it wouldn't lock, but after one of the reboots it locked and I can't unlock it. I've tried using xboxhd 1.9 and the linux locking tools but nothing seems to get it. I have all the passwords written down from the file evox created (hdinfo.txt I think), yet none of them will unlock the drive. I've tried the master password, but I get an error that the command was rejected by the drive. I've also tried hddisab using the disable locking password, with no success.
The drive is a Western Digital 250 gig that was on the compatibility chart as being lockable (which I would think the converse should hold true as well).
Anybody have any suggestions? I'm about to take the drive back if I can't figure this thing out.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: predator666 on December 14, 2006, 09:37:00 PM
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If you don't have the eeprom, nor know what key the drive was locked with, you guys I am pretty sure are up the creek.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: jdaamakmp on September 20, 2007, 12:21:00 PM
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ok ok. i am not a nub. I know hoe to work the usual places. but i can not find xboxhdm there. can anyone help me? please? this is the only tool i will use to make my hd. i seriously need to find this. I HAVE FOUND IT!!!!! YES!!!!
for those who have the same problem here is a hint:
/XBOX/Console Based Applications/Operating Systems/linux/distributions/xboxhdm/
u find out hoe to get there tho.
its the usual places
This post has been edited by jdaamakmp: Sep 20 2007, 07:27 PM
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: tonym1965 on January 07, 2008, 06:54:00 PM
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ok ok. i am not a nub. I know hoe to work the usual places. but i can not find xboxhdm there. can anyone help me? please? this is the only tool i will use to make my hd. i seriously need to find this. I HAVE FOUND IT!!!!! YES!!!!
for those who have the same problem here is a hint:
/XBOX/Console Based Applications/Operating Systems/linux/distributions/xboxhdm/
u find out hoe to get there tho.
its the usual places
Thanks for the tip!
I spent ages looking around the usual place and thought maybe it wasn't there - geez sure was well hidden
And thanks very much for the great tutorial Idot!
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: d00msday_jesus on January 17, 2008, 09:59:00 PM
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Im trying to unlock a hard drive and i ran into some issues. I booted to the DOS version and did the unlockhd command, typed my password in, and it said it did it. I forget what the message was exactly, along the lines of "done." or something, there wasnt any negative connotation to it. So then i typed in "hdddisabl" and it wouldn't let me, just gave me an error message. i think it may have been an "unknown command" message.
any idea why that happened?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: obcd on January 18, 2008, 01:25:00 PM
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Did you check if the hdddisabl.exe program was on your floppy? It is a separate executable. If it's not there or you misspelled it's name, it will give you a "bad command or file name"
regards.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: d00msday_jesus on January 19, 2008, 08:36:00 PM
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hm, that didnt even cross my mind. I downloaded v1.9 form the usual places and didn't touch any of the files. I just burned a bootable cd-rw with it. Did I miss a step where i was supposed to put it on, or should it have already been there? I erased a pre-existing disk though, if that might cause any issues.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: obcd on February 03, 2020, 03:26:00 AM
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Hi,
I assume it is in the package and copied automatically to the floppy disk. A "dir a:*.exe" should tell you what is on the disk. Maybe they altered the name of the program a little. You can eventually find the dos tools separate on the internet. hddunlock.zip and atapwd.zip is what you should be looking for.
regards.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: d00msday_jesus on January 20, 2008, 01:54:00 PM
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yeah, i dont have it on a floppy, its on a cd-rw. i looked through the disk and the iso itself and didn't find any .exe's at all.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: obcd on February 04, 2020, 03:47:00 AM
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You might try the dos tools. They are perfectly safe to unlock a disk and disable the security. You just have to watch out if you lock a disk with them. You need to enter the password manually. So, if you make a typo, you can end up with a disk that refuses to unlock. (Because you don't know the correct password anymore.)
I think the xboxhdm package has an option to create such a floppy. If your pc doesn't have a floppy drive anymore, you can create a bootable usb stick. With the bios properly setup, most modern pc's are able to boot from an usb stick.
regards.
regards.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: jmaggs on January 24, 2008, 06:19:00 AM
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You guys are lifesavers. Before I had a clue what I was doing, I attempted to load a softmod using the Splinter Cell exploit that had been pre-loaded on a memory card. I'm not sure what happened, but I was getting errors (something about the softmod finding modded files on the C:drive even though I had only copied over save games to E:??) Anyway, in frustration, I managed to delete my backups as well as delete linux and it left me with an XBOX that wouldn't boot to the dash, or play games.
I thought I was screwed, but after taking a few hours to read the tutorials on this site, (Hotswap and this one) as well as finally understanding what it was that I was trying to accomplish, I gathered all the stuff I needed and attempted a hotswap to get my XBOX back into working order. Lo and behold it WORKED and I have the NDURE softmod working, and all my backups work!
Feeling adventurous, I decided to see if while I had the XBOX open I could try to use a spare 120GB drive I had lying around, and again, following the tutorials I got everything to work. Amazing. I totally thought I had a brick and would have to spend another 100$+ to get this thing repaired.
Huge props to all the people who have posted tutorials and made all these wonderful homebrew apps.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: wiseguy109 on January 30, 2008, 11:32:00 PM
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I am trying to unlock my hard drive (I have the eeprom) but xboxhdm isn't seeing my hard drive. I'm pretty sure this is because my hard drive keeps going to channel 4 instead of 0 but I don't know how to move it to channel 0. Even when I unplug everything except for my hard drive and floppy drive it still stays in channel 4, any ideas?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: KRQKAN on January 31, 2008, 03:53:00 AM
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where do i dl it?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: eent on February 02, 2008, 07:50:00 AM
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I had a softmodded xbox with a full c partition, so i wanted to format my hard drive. I used AID 4.13 to reformat my hard drive and used the softmod option to reïnstall a softmod and xbmc. Unfortunatly that option was made for an xbox with an working dash so my xbox wasn't working anymore.
I have a backup of my eeprom.bin and my hdd key so I thought that this wasn't a big problem. I used xboxhdm and the MS dash files from slayer 2.7 and put them in the C folder of xboxhdm.
The unlocking, reformatting, reboulding and relocking went fine but my xbox is still giving me the error 14 dashboard error.
I have made a few different xboxhdm iso's with files from different sources. Everytime my xbox is giving me the error. What could be the mistake I made?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: eent on February 02, 2008, 09:19:00 AM
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I had a softmodded xbox with a full c partition, so i wanted to format my hard drive. I used AID 4.13 to reformat my hard drive and used the softmod option to reïnstall a softmod and xbmc. Unfortunatly that option was made for an xbox with an working dash so my xbox wasn't working anymore.
I have a backup of my eeprom.bin and my hdd key so I thought that this wasn't a big problem. I used xboxhdm and the MS dash files from slayer 2.7 and put them in the C folder of xboxhdm.
The unlocking, reformatting, reboulding and relocking went fine but my xbox is still giving me the error 14 dashboard error.
I have made a few different xboxhdm iso's with files from different sources. Everytime my xbox is giving me the error. What could be the mistake I made?
I discovered that I'm getting error 14 with an original disc and 13 without a disc. So I am also unable to boot from an original disc.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: obcd on February 03, 2008, 06:37:00 AM
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Hi,
this procedure should work.
you might reformat the E partition as well (if you haven't already done that.)
you could try things out unmodded, and mod the harddisk again afterwards. Kingroach 3.1 is a great package that works together with xboxhdm.
if you want to keep your gamesaves from your E partition, backup them before you reformat the E partition.
you can use the xbplorer360 driver to access a fatx partition from within windows.
Are you sure you copied all the right files from the slayers extraction C and E partition?
regards.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: eent on February 03, 2008, 08:37:00 AM
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(IMG:http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2277/xboxlt1.png)
These are the files I have on my hdd. The folders on partition 4 (E) are ampty.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: obcd on February 04, 2008, 02:55:00 AM
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Hi,
I have a settings_adoc.xip in the root of my c which seems to missing in yours.
It is 4.093KB in size.
regards.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: eent on February 04, 2008, 09:10:00 AM
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This is not a file what has to be in the root folder. I thought it was an easteregg file.
The xbox can read the hdd because it made the TDATA and UDATA itself when I deleted them. But it keeps giving error 13.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: eent on February 04, 2008, 10:27:00 AM
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Hi,
I have a settings_adoc.xip in the root of my c which seems to missing in yours.
It is 4.093KB in size.
regards.
I found that file in my xboxdashdata.185ead00 folder. I copied it to the root of my C drive but still error 13.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: obcd on February 04, 2008, 01:19:00 PM
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Hi,
maybe you should try over the whole procedure.
I really don't see what the problem could be. You can have such issues with an old dashboard and a new 1.6 or 1.6b bios. your xboxdashdata.185ead00 refers to the right 5960.01 dashboard.
If you could send me the complete contents of your C and E partition, I am willing to compare them with my files.
I don't think you should delete your TDATA or UDATA. They contain a lot of folders in my case. your TDATA and UDATA appear to empty. This could cause your issue.
regards.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: eent on February 04, 2008, 01:48:00 PM
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Hi,
maybe you should try over the whole procedure.
I really don't see what the problem could be. You can have such issues with an old dashboard and a new 1.6 or 1.6b bios. your xboxdashdata.185ead00 refers to the right 5960.01 dashboard.
If you could send me the complete contents of your C and E partition, I am willing to compare them with my files.
I don't think you should delete your TDATA or UDATA. They contain a lot of folders in my case. your TDATA and UDATA appear to empty. This could cause your issue.
regards.
I've send you a pm about that.
The TDATA and UDATA are the savegame folders. While I don't have savegames anymore these can be empty. I have tried the reformatting and reboulding many times with different versions of the microsoft dashboard and with a presoftmodded version. So I think it can't be a file problem.
The xbox won't even boot with my original XIII game. But it can read and write the hdd because it makes the Udata and TDATA folders when they are not present.
I even tried putting the files on manually with xboxhdm and with xplorer360.
All without succes.
It seems there is a bigger problem then only a wrong dashboard file.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: obcd on February 05, 2008, 02:49:00 AM
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Hi,
I know the UDATA and TDATA contains the gamesaves. I was just thinking that maybe the M$dash was saving some stuff there as well.
It is always possible that something else is wrong. Your xbox was working before you erased the C partition. Since that is the only thing you messed up, reinstalling a M$dash on the C should fix it.
That is why I am thinking it has something to do with the files.
How did you mod your xbox the first time? Did you use the same pc? Is the harddisk jumper restored correctly after it was connected to the pc?
These are just a bunch of wild guesses. I never had the error 13 or 14 myself, so I can only tell what I learn from the forums.
What version of xbox are you having?
regards.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: Ginfu on June 18, 2008, 05:29:00 PM
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Omg man all I wanna do is put a couple of songs on my Xbox and I gotta read all this stuff ??? Come on man...am I the only one who just wants to do THAT ???
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: jojo9898 on June 30, 2008, 06:46:00 PM
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what are they usual places???
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: BigBadOsker on August 28, 2008, 06:35:00 PM
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Hi, Don't mean to revive an old thread but I am having problems with locking my harddrive. I have a v1.2 or 1.3 that (not sure which one) that I had to use the Xboxhdm to rebuild the harddrive. I was getting the error 16 code and then after rebuilding the HD I am getting the error 5. I don't have a floppy drive so I don't know what my other options are. Can someone point me in the right direction. I will keep searching the site in the meantime. Thanks!!!!
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: obcd on August 29, 2008, 02:56:00 AM
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As you probably figured out yourself, error 5 means that the harddisk is unlocked.
How did you try to lock your harddisk, and what happens when you lock it. How is your setup? Is the harddisk connected to the master ide and the cdrom to the slave ide, or are both connected to the same cable?
You could try the dos locking tools, but you need to be carefull with them. You need to type in the password, and if you make a typo, you can brick your harddisk.
You can make an USB stick bootable into dos to run the tools.
regards.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: BigBadOsker on August 29, 2008, 01:49:00 PM
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As you probably figured out yourself, error 5 means that the harddisk is unlocked.
How did you try to lock your harddisk, and what happens when you lock it. How is your setup? Is the harddisk connected to the master ide and the cdrom to the slave ide, or are both connected to the same cable?
Hi and thanks for the response. I have not tried to lock it as I was under the impression that once the tool was done building the drive that was it. For the procedure I disconnected my hardrives and my dvd rom. I set the Xbox hardrive to the primary master and my other DVD writer to the secondary master. They are on seperate ide cables. I also used the "howswap" trick as I really don't know any other way of doing this stuff. Everything goes fine through the whole procedure I guess I just don't know how to lock the hard drive.
Well can you recommend any tutorials or guides on this? I have searched the site but I am still a bit confused on what I need exactly. Also, my xboxhdm disc did not have the eeprom file in the eeprom folder. Do I need to extract this file? Would it help to reburn the iso with this file in the folder?
Can you refer me to a guide on this? Thanks for your time and I really do appreciate any help you can give me.
Take Care.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: ldotsfan on August 29, 2008, 08:01:00 PM
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I also used the "howswap" trick as I really don't know any other way of doing this stuff. Everything goes fine through the whole procedure I guess I just don't know how to lock the hard drive.
Please describe what you did exactly. If you have used hotswapping, that shouldn't lead to an error 5 - which means hdd is unlocked. Are you doing hdd upgrade or rebuilding of hdd? is xbox chipped or softmod? How did you perform the hotswapping?
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: BigBadOsker on August 29, 2008, 08:53:00 PM
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Please describe what you did exactly. If you have used hotswapping, that shouldn't lead to an error 5 - which means hdd is unlocked.
Well, I received the Xbox for free and when I tried to boot it I got the "Error 16" code so I am trying to rebuild the original Hard drive.
Neither. I would like to do a Softmod once I can get the Xbox up and running.
I did the "hotswap" like this. Once I turned the console on and the Xbox Logo came up, I disconnected the Hard Drive from the Ide cable. It then immediatly sent me to the error code screen. I assume I did this correct because when I booted into Xboxhdmaker after connecting it to my computers primary master I had no problems navigating the program and rebuilding the hard drive. After the drive was rebuilt I hit 8 to shut the program down. I then removed the ide cable and reinserted the xbox ide cable. Then I restarted the xbox and got the error 5.
Am I doing something wrong once the hard drive is rebuilt? Are you supposed to shut off your comp first and then hook the hard drive back up to the xbox? I must be doing something wrong at the very end of the procedure as I have tried this a few times with the same result. I know this is basic stuff but I really cannot figure out why the damn thing wont lock. Once again thanks for your time and your response.
Regards,
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: ldotsfan on August 29, 2008, 09:25:00 PM
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1. I suspect the xbox hdd came already unlocked. I've read here in the forum that error 16 suppresses error 5.
2. After xboxhdm rebuild was completed, the error 16 dashboard error was replaced by the original error 5. Your method of hotswapping doesn't sound right, was the dvd IDE cable connected or not? You might want to read this: http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=332179. There are a few specific situations when the hdd is temporarily unlocked.
3. You may need to build this eeprom reader to get the eeprom.bin to lock the hdd.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: BigBadOsker on August 30, 2008, 04:48:00 PM
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Hi Idots, you have been a big help with this. Just wanted to say thanks. Also I think I bricked my original hard drive for the box as I cannot access it anymore with the hotswap trick or have it recognized in windows. I was going to create a new partition on it and try again. However I do have a 20 gb hd that I tried with xbox hd maker and I still get the error 5 after building the drive. Do I have any other options of getting the eeprom file as the tutorial you linked is a little bit out of my league? I might actually try it one day when I manage to own a soldering iron and have the balls to try it. Is there any other way to lock the hard drive or am I basically just screwed? I have been searching the site but some of this stuff is just too much for me without any help. Man I wish I had a friend around here who was familiar with this stuff. Anyway, thanks again for your time and effort. I do appreciate it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: ldotsfan on August 30, 2008, 06:12:00 PM
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However I do have a 20 gb hd that I tried with xbox hd maker and I still get the error 5 after building the drive. Do I have any other options of getting the eeprom file as the tutorial you linked is a little bit out of my league? I might actually try it one day when I manage to own a soldering iron and have the balls to try it. Is there any other way to lock the hard drive or am I basically just screwed?
I confess soldering is also out of my league so I tried this: http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=645714, see if that helps you.
Error 5 is expected for new hdd as softmods require xbox hdd to be locked with the right password generated from the right eeprom.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: BigBadOsker on August 30, 2008, 06:57:00 PM
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I might just be able to pull this off. So do you just connect the corresponding wires onto the motherboard and plug the other end into the serial port of your PC? Are you able to save the eeprom file at this point or are you just able to get the password? Thanks again!!!
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: ldotsfan on August 30, 2008, 09:20:00 PM
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I might just be able to pull this off. So do you just connect the corresponding wires onto the motherboard and plug the other end into the serial port of your PC? Are you able to save the eeprom file at this point or are you just able to get the password? Thanks again!!!
Yes, SCL, SDA and GND to xbox motherboard. Other end to PC serial port. PonyProg is the program to run. Purpose is to obtain eeprom.bin - which is a 256-bytes file. When used with xboxhdm, it will be able to generate the hdd password to lock.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: thaskins on January 20, 2009, 02:20:00 PM
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Anyway to rebuild a drive that is not primary master using your xboxhd utility? Never mind, I just fiqured out this is an xbox util not a 360 util. Any idea if anything is available to do this to 360 hard drives?
This post has been edited by thaskins: Jan 20 2009, 10:29 PM
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: dickalan on February 01, 2009, 11:46:00 PM
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I posted my question in another section. Ignore this.
This post has been edited by obcd: Feb 2 2009, 10:26 AM
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: dickalan on February 02, 2009, 12:57:00 PM
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admin please don't edit this since i'm asking more specific questions here (now) thanks
I need help I've unlocked my softmodded xbox hard drive and i just need to re lock it (it's still in the xbox, never taken it out or anything). This tutorial is a little over my head and i'm left a little confused.
All i want to do is re lock it. So how exactly do i make the cd?
I have slayers evox but i've never used it, I used AID.
I don't need to hook my xbox up to my computer via hard drives connections do I? - ( i don't mean ftp)
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND - I put some of the files from 'slayer' into the linux\C folder and use the make-dos-floppy (or do i used make-iso-win?) file and make a cd-r out of it. then put it in the xbox. And press option 3 i think and i should be done? Am i missing something or is that it?
I'm just apprehensive because as you can see i've already screwed up once
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: obcd on February 02, 2009, 03:12:00 PM
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You are missing a lot, and you are messing things together.
The only way to relock the harddisk without the need to connect it to a pc ide connector is with a modchip. To install a modchip in your xbox, you will also need to remove the harddisk.
To relock it with a pc, you will need the xbox eeprom contents. The eeprom is a small 256 byte memory chip with information unique for every xbox. Part of that information is the hddkey which is used together with the harddisk model and serial number to calculate the harddisk password used to unlock the harddisk.
You need to lock the harddisk with the correct password, so that the xbox is able to unlock it with that same pasword.
Most softmod tutorials advise to backup the xbox eeprom. If you have done that procedure, it is possible that you have a small 256 byte file on your xbox harddisk (usually called eeprom.bin) with the information needed to lock the harddisk again.
If you connect the harddisk to a computer, you should be able to read it's contents with the xplorer360 program.
make_iso_win is the command used to create the xboxhdm iso. You can burn that iso on a cd'r, and you will end up with a bootable disk ***for your pc***. You can't use that disk in your xbox. Xboxhdm is a boot from cd linux distribution with options to prepare a disk for use in the xbox. One of the options is locking the harddisk.
If you can't find the xbox eeprom.bin, you have 2 options.
1. Build an eeprom reader to get that file.
2. Temporary install a modchip in your xbox so that it boots with an unlocked harddisk.
regards.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: treasureden on February 05, 2009, 02:17:00 AM
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I'm trying to use this tool to make a HDD for my modded Xbox. When booting from the CD, I pick option 1 to build a xbox hdd. Then I type in xboxhd, however there's a problem. It seems like this tool detect HDD from IDE channel 0, which is the primary master. My motherboard have only one IDE and it's set to channel 4. So this tool won't detect my HDD, it say "No disk drive found on /dev/hda (primary master). Is there a way around this? Like telling the tool to use the HDD in IDE channel 4.
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: BloodWolf1134 on January 17, 2011, 07:20:00 PM
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Ok, I apparently did something Stupid. I was trying to send the contents of one Xbox HD to the new HD for my other 360, and it says the HD was formatted and no longer shows up as a Microsoft Xbox Storage device.
Any help for this?
~~BW
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Title: Xbox Hd Rescue/(re)builder Cd. All-in-one Package
Post by: 1hotjob on February 02, 2020, 10:18:00 PM
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Like bringing up a two year old topic in Xbox 1 forums when you have a problem with your 360?
Try going into the System settings and format the HD on the Xbox. That should get it back to where you can use it.
In the future, back up what you have before you start copying files over. That will save you a lot of headaches.
Also, check which forum you are in before posting a question.
Post by: Billkwando on September 02, 2005, 10:26:00 PM
(and another CD-ROM on the 2nd IDE).
I'm tryng to install on a fresh Seagate 120giggety lockable HD with the jumper on Master. My cd-rom drive is an FX120? (prolly means nothing)
I have it set to boot from CD first in the BIOs. I think I mentioned everything.
Does XBOXHDM have a cd-rom driver in it (in the linux kernel if I'm guessing right?....I googled "linux cd-rom driver") . Maybe I just misread something along the way but I did read all the instructions and all the posts here....
Post by: Billkwando on September 03, 2005, 08:55:00 AM
Comments/suggestions/informative flames......all welcome
Post by: kingroach on September 03, 2005, 09:32:00 AM
Post by: Cio on September 03, 2005, 10:29:00 AM
Seems ur PC prefers to boot master devices, disconnect the second cd rom drive (secundairy master) so cd-rom boot wil boot the primairy slave.
And stop nagging about drivers! Even your windows 95 install cd can boot from a cd-rom (the 50 pages are there cause ppl can use the rpogram, not cause there still looking for a way to get it to boot)
"boot from CD" option in the BIOS. I have it set with the ATAPI CD-ROM as the first device in the boot priority"
Yeah, thats the same. Oh, and sorry, please, excuse me a thousand times (and ignore this is you cant speak english very well)
"I'm a relatively smart guy...perhaps I overlooked something, but all signs point to this being the problem"
In this context, it indeed becomes obvious what the problem is. US ppl, the translation from UK to US english for this:
"I'm not a very smart guy...perhaps I overlooked something, but all signs point to this being the problem"
Post by: Billkwando on September 03, 2005, 04:43:00 PM
What I'm referring to is apparently called the El Torito Standard:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Torito_(CD-ROM_standard)
and I was saying that I wasn't sure if my motherboard supports it, because everything I've read explains it as if enabling the ability to boot from a cd rom is a separate function from simply setting the CD to be the primary boot device. I will try disconnecting the other CD Rom drive... but at this point (knowing my luck) it won't work.
So you're sure a P3 would conform to the El Torito standard? I wasn't sure because I read motherboard makes were slow to adopt it. It's an Intel motherboard that's using the newest bios flash thingy.....
Also, perhaps I burned my XBHDM CD wrong? There appears to be nothing in the root directory (besides folders and a readme). I've tried reburning the CD at a slower speed and that didn't fix it either.
Hopefully your suggestion works. :)
Thanks!
Post by: kingroach on September 03, 2005, 05:53:00 PM
Post by: Billkwando on September 04, 2005, 03:03:00 AM
I did open it in ISOBuster (I tinks of teh everyting) ;)
It does say Bootable at the bottom of the drop-down, with a pic of a little floppy next to it.
@ Cio
I tried idisconnecting the other CD Rom drive and it still won't boot from CD. I tried enabling hard disc delay too...just in case. No matter what I get "Boot FailureSystem Halted". I checked the event log and it said something about a floppy failure. When I saw this I completwly disabled the floppy drive just to see what happened and it still failed.
I remade the ISO...burned to CDRW instead of CDR......still nothing.
Any more suggestions?
Post by: Billkwando on September 04, 2005, 10:01:00 AM
I tried it on my VAIO P4 and hit F8 on startup, and the first option it gave me was "boot from CD".
Anyways, thanks for the tips guys. :)
If anybody else is using an Intel D815EEA motherboard, then good luck to you, cos it definitely didn't work for me...........
I am up and running again, and XBOXHDM worked great....except I couldn't get it to do the "savelog" command so I could save the logs to floppy. Luckily my HDD locked and works just fine so all's well that ends well.....
Post by: brouski on September 04, 2005, 07:32:00 PM
I was thinking I could use xboxhdm to clone the old drive to the new one, but I had a couple questions.
1. I've never consciously tried to lock my hard drive, so do I need to bother with the locking/unlocking portions of the tutorials?
2. Earlier posts seemed to suggest that cloning a smaller hd to a larger one wasn't smart because the size of the F drive would be incorrect, and you'd have to edit the partition tables somehow. Is this still the case, and should I stop wasting time and just start backing up files to my PC?
Post by: Danny Mosquito on September 04, 2005, 07:57:00 PM
QUOTE(brouski @ Sep 5 2005, 03:43 AM)
1. I've never consciously tried to lock my hard drive, so do I need to bother with the locking/unlocking portions of the tutorials?
2. Earlier posts seemed to suggest that cloning a smaller hd to a larger one wasn't smart because the size of the F drive would be incorrect, and you'd have to edit the partition tables somehow. Is this still the case, and should I stop wasting time and just start backing up files to my PC?
No do not worry about locking or unlocking. Your Executor chip should not require the harddrive to be locked. Locking and unlocking is more for soft mods and other style of mods.
I personally think just backup the contents to your PC and back to your xbox later. 80 GB should only take a couple of hours or so each way... I tried cloning before and it seemed to take an age... and there is no real progress indicator or anything to tell you it's still going...
Other people may have had better luck cloning harddrives (especially of different sizes) and may correct me on this... Interested to see other peoples experiences with cloning...
Post by: brouski on September 04, 2005, 08:36:00 PM
QUOTE(Danny Mosquito @ Sep 4 2005, 10:01 PM)
No do not worry about locking or unlocking. Your Executor chip should not require the harddrive to be locked. Locking and unlocking is more for soft mods and other style of mods.
I personally think just backup the contents to your PC and back to your xbox later. 80 GB should only take a couple of hours or so each way... I tried cloning before and it seemed to take an age... and there is no real progress indicator or anything to tell you it's still going...
Other people may have had better luck cloning harddrives (especially of different sizes) and may correct me on this... Interested to see other peoples experiences with cloning...
I personally think just backup the contents to your PC and back to your xbox later. 80 GB should only take a couple of hours or so each way... I tried cloning before and it seemed to take an age... and there is no real progress indicator or anything to tell you it's still going...
Other people may have had better luck cloning harddrives (especially of different sizes) and may correct me on this... Interested to see other peoples experiences with cloning...
My main concern was that I have several games backed up, and might not have the space on my PC to back them up again! :P
Post by: SeaWolf69 on September 04, 2005, 08:34:00 PM
It would be much easier if you have a friend with the same games and just upgrade to the larger hd and transfer all the games that you want xbox to xbox transfer. Unleash X's FTP works the best.
Post by: Danny Mosquito on September 04, 2005, 08:48:00 PM
QUOTE(SeaWolf69 @ Sep 5 2005, 04:45 AM)
Well,
It would be much easier if you have a friend with the same games and just upgrade to the larger hd and transfer all the games that you want xbox to xbox transfer. Unleash X's FTP works the best.
It would be much easier if you have a friend with the same games and just upgrade to the larger hd and transfer all the games that you want xbox to xbox transfer. Unleash X's FTP works the best.
Yeah thats the way I have done it in the past... Except I use Avalaunch to FTP. And even if your mate doesn't have the same games you can always just whack your 80 gb harddrive in his and transfer to your 200 gb in yours.
Post by: brouski on September 04, 2005, 08:45:00 PM
Post by: gehx on September 04, 2005, 09:02:00 PM
QUOTE(brouski @ Sep 4 2005, 11:56 PM)
Could someone recommend a prog that would tell me how much space certain files and folders are taking on my xbox? My dashboard tells me how much space is free, but that's not helpful to me in this case.
XBMC
Post by: Billkwando on September 07, 2005, 08:56:00 AM
QUOTE
Could someone recommend a prog that would tell me how much space certain files and folders are taking on my xbox? My dashboard tells me how much space is free, but that's not helpful to me in this case.
UnleashX has that option. Just click on the file or folder and hit start, then click "Calc. used space". It'll tell you how many megs a file/folder is using.
Post by: Cio on September 07, 2005, 01:01:00 PM
Post by: Cio on September 07, 2005, 01:05:00 PM
Strane.. all the PC's ive had to set to boot from CD/DVD all just have a boot order menu that can select cd drive(s) or hard drive(s) connected, or sometimes just CD-ROM and all the HD's. Even HP P3's etc (my old 500Mhz Intel also has a boot order menu..)
Just blame the BIOS i suppose, glad you got things working!
Post by: loumicky2002 on September 13, 2005, 12:03:00 PM
Ps also cant zero the drive in hdprepare and the delete fatx does work on xboxhdm but still cant use option 1 on my drive.
cant use slayers as no mod chip and no way of booting without hotswapping although drive is in an unlocked and unfrozen state. i hope i have given enough info for someone to help as ive been trying to sort this since friday and tuesday night now.
Post by: loumicky2002 on September 13, 2005, 12:35:00 PM
Post by: dre_vill on September 14, 2005, 10:30:00 PM
i am in love
Post by: Cio on September 15, 2005, 03:29:00 AM
The HD was formatted, but it contains no files. You still need to put those on! (put em in the C/E/F folders of the CD or copy them over manually via xbrowser)
Post by: beecho on September 25, 2005, 10:38:00 PM
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i cant find the link on the first post to download this, so where do i go to dl it?
Post by: Danny Mosquito on September 25, 2005, 11:13:00 PM
QUOTE(beecho @ Sep 26 2005, 06:42 AM)
hi.. can this solve my problem @ http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?sho...0&#entry2946540
?
i cant find the link on the first post to download this, so where do i go to dl it?
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i cant find the link on the first post to download this, so where do i go to dl it?
It's not the easiest program to find is it, I've had a problem trying to find a version of it before... Sorry I cannot find a link at this time. One thing I would try as your xbox is chipped is the Slayers boot disk I think the latest version is V1.6. It's an xbox boot disk and also has options to format and resetup your c and e drive...
Post by: beecho on September 25, 2005, 11:37:00 PM
QUOTE(Danny Mosquito @ Sep 26 2005, 07:17 AM)
It's not the easiest program to find is it, I've had a problem trying to find a version of it before... Sorry I cannot find a link at this time. One thing I would try as your xbox is chipped is the Slayers boot disk I think the latest version is V1.6. It's an xbox boot disk and also has options to format and resetup your c and e drive...
im having trouble finding both this program, and slayers boot disk, can i have the links to them please? another thing is, if my xbox bios is screwed/hdd is screwed from the TV changes i made in my setting, can the boot disc still work for me?
Post by: slicer67 on September 26, 2005, 07:10:00 PM
Post by: SeaWolf69 on October 01, 2005, 03:36:00 PM
It sounds like the new hd is locked to a different xbox? Did he do the upgrade using his xbox with or without a modchip? Tell us exactly what your friend did?
Post by: KickerX on October 09, 2005, 08:31:00 PM
I did wrong but since I can't use fdisk on it or anything. I used a program from
the samsung site that gives info about it and it says that it's ok all but the write
test wich I gather is because it's locked. But it won't unlock for nothing, if anyone
has had a similar problem with the password not working please post your
solution for those of us that don't know. The only thing I know I did wrong was
that I went to dos used the lockhd tool and put the password as XBOXSCENE before hooking it back to my xbox. Then I got error 06 which made no sense, but now it just won't unlock it won't do anything the choices 1 - 6 are inacessible because it's locked. So again if anyone at all has a solution or knows of a free program that can find and unlock the drive so I can try again please let me and anyone else that needs to know uh know.
Thanks in advance
Post by: Cio on October 10, 2005, 01:21:00 PM
Post by: sondrex on October 24, 2005, 01:27:00 PM
Post by: Cio on October 24, 2005, 01:53:00 PM
Oh, READ UP then you wont fry a thing. Assuming ur scared about it, you also know thats its a risk and thus will be extra carefull. You should be fine.
Post by: sondrex on October 24, 2005, 02:14:00 PM
Post by: SeaWolf69 on October 25, 2005, 02:52:00 AM
QUOTE
ok but i have this Big problem with that u deleted the BIOS (mistake!) and now i cannot start a dash just games how can i take back my UnleashX dash without take the xbox
Ok,
In a case like this, I would use modchip with ftp capabilities. You can put it in and ftp back the files you erased. I've had to do it several times for others. It is doable, but it is very tedious. It can be fixed though. Good luck!
Post by: Cio on October 25, 2005, 05:54:00 AM
QUOTE(SeaWolf69 @ Oct 25 2005, 10:56 AM)
In a case like this, I would use modchip with ftp capabilities. You can put it in and ftp back the files you erased. I've had to do it several times for others. It is doable, but it is very tedious. It can be fixed though. Good luck!
Ehm no...
@sondrex
You cant delete the BIOS.. there is no BIOS you can touch. Can you boot retail games only or also backups? If you can boot backups, simply load a evox disk, FTP in and replace unleashx.
Oh, and read the readme. Hope you have that eeprom backup on ur PC!
Post by: sondrex on October 25, 2005, 12:18:00 PM
Post by: trashbort on November 15, 2005, 11:11:00 PM
When I run xboxhdm, the linux boots fine, but when I get to this screen:
I enter 'Y" to proceed, and it kicks out to the command prompt! Nothing happens to the drive, but there is obviously some sort of error being generated that I cannot document. Does anyone know what this might be?
Post by: Danny Mosquito on November 15, 2005, 11:25:00 PM
QUOTE(trashbort @ Nov 16 2005, 07:18 AM)
I have a bit of a problem, has anybody ran into this before?
When I run xboxhdm, the linux boots fine, but when I get to this screen:
(IMG:http://img245.echo.cx/img245/6818/44xv.jpg)
I enter 'Y" to proceed, and it kicks out to the command prompt! Nothing happens to the drive, but there is obviously some sort of error being generated that I cannot document. Does anyone know what this might be?
When I run xboxhdm, the linux boots fine, but when I get to this screen:
(IMG:http://img245.echo.cx/img245/6818/44xv.jpg)
I enter 'Y" to proceed, and it kicks out to the command prompt! Nothing happens to the drive, but there is obviously some sort of error being generated that I cannot document. Does anyone know what this might be?
Mate make sure you type "yes" in full. Just typing "y" wont work....
I think that will fix your problem...
Doesn't hurt to give it a burl anyway..
Dan
Post by: trashbort on November 16, 2005, 03:05:00 AM
Thanks!
Post by: sondrex on November 16, 2005, 07:32:00 AM
Post by: kent-ru on November 19, 2005, 06:36:00 AM
Thanks!!!
Post by: Tashi on December 09, 2005, 01:52:00 AM
i have no software on my xbox right now. but it seems to use this i have to be able to unlock/lock the HD. is there anyway to lock/unlock the drive without the eeprom? i was reading another thread and it looked like you could make your xbox unlock it for you by unplugging the dvd drive. did i read that correctly?
i dont have the money for a memory card and the game. so im hoping i can use this program.
and well, im not really a gamer, so i mostly use my xbox as a paperweight right now. *hopes to turn it into a media center with the Xbox Media Center*
thanks,
Tashi
Post by: Danny Mosquito on December 11, 2005, 04:29:00 PM
Basically after I lock a harddrive using the auto option in lock/unlock tools then whenever I use the lock/unlock tools to unlock the harddrive again (automatically using the same eeprom key) it always comes up with "harddrive error" "drive not ready" then complains that there is no Primary Master connected (I have the correct jumpers set)... Has anyone ever unlocked a harddrive using the linux lock/unlock tools on xboxhdm. Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong...
Thanks Dan....
Post by: jsd on December 11, 2005, 04:56:00 PM
QUOTE(Tashi @ Dec 9 2005, 09:52 AM) 
*noob alert*
i have no software on my xbox right now. but it seems to use this i have to be able to unlock/lock the HD. is there anyway to lock/unlock the drive without the eeprom? i was reading another thread and it looked like you could make your xbox unlock it for you by unplugging the dvd drive. did i read that correctly?
i dont have the money for a memory card and the game. so im hoping i can use this program.
and well, im not really a gamer, so i mostly use my xbox as a paperweight right now. *hopes to turn it into a media center with the Xbox Media Center*
thanks,
Tashi
tashi - you need to unlock the HD somehow before you can do anything with it. if ou stick a locked HD in your PC, it will not work at all. you can either unlock it using the hotswap method (basically you boot the xbox and yank the IDE cable out at a certain point in the boot sequence - search these forums for more details) or by running a savegame exploit. i personally would recommend the latter path. you will need an action replay and a copy of an exploitable game. i picked up a used copy of splinter cell at a gamestop this weekend for $5. using krayzie's ndure i was able to get my eeprom in 5 minutes. this lets you build a xboxhdm cd that will lock drives for your xbox.
basically you are after the eeprom data which is unique to your xbox.
even if you are able to hotswap the drive, i'm not sure what good that would be, since you still don't have the eeprom which is needed to relock.
Post by: ilmickeyli on December 13, 2005, 01:04:00 PM
i think the softmod package i used might have backed up the eeprom and hddkey on the c:\ drive but im not sure.. either way its locked and i have no way in
*sigh*
time to buy her a new box i suppose
Post by: kricker on December 28, 2005, 01:55:00 PM
CODE
Building an Xbox HD from scratch is a two step
procedure. First the partition table is built.
Then the partitions are formated.
We will now search /dev/hda for an Xbox partition table...
no xbox-partition table found on /dev/hda
drive is not locked but locking is enabled
Don't reboot until you have built a working xbox HDD
since rebooting will relock the drive
Press any key to abort the operation...
with a blinking cursor. It just sits ther forever. Any ideas?
procedure. First the partition table is built.
Then the partitions are formated.
We will now search /dev/hda for an Xbox partition table...
no xbox-partition table found on /dev/hda
drive is not locked but locking is enabled
Don't reboot until you have built a working xbox HDD
since rebooting will relock the drive
Press any key to abort the operation...
Post by: gtrman00 on January 14, 2006, 12:11:00 AM
P.S. - Xbox is a softmodded v1.0, trying to format a new WD 160G drive
Post by: mrp04 on January 14, 2006, 11:25:00 AM
Post by: nat on January 14, 2006, 07:25:00 PM
So basically my first question is how long should it take to build a hd from scratch if i had about a full cd-r (702mb) when i made the boot disk.
and secondly, am i wasting my time with this because there is a much easier way considering i have a modded box that is upgraded and a softmodded box that needs upgrading. If so a link would be wonderful.
Thanks in advance
Natey
Post by: Exorph on January 14, 2006, 10:40:00 PM
I'm going to softmod my Xbox as soon as I get my current one with a malfunctioning disk drive replaced.
I don't think I'll be using this cd until I run into problems and I'm not planning on upgrading my HD just yet, but I was just wondering if building a HD from scratch means making a HD instantly compatible with the Xbox, meaning I just have to get a hard drive, run the builder, and then plug it into my Xbox?
Just making sure for future reference..
Post by: Exorph on January 18, 2006, 03:35:00 PM
Post by: computerguy69 on January 18, 2006, 05:40:00 PM
Post by: litspliff on February 08, 2006, 09:13:00 AM
my friend gave me a newer xbox (june, 2005), i think it is a 1.6.
i did a hotswap, then got into the hda in linux using xbrowser.
instead of the error 11, i got error 12...this i thought seemed wierd, but it worked anyhow.
i made a backup copy of every file on the system on the E: drive as i was about to patch using UXE softmod.
E:\old\C\*.*
E:\old\E\*.*
i always do this at the start of a softmod in case the patcher fails.
i shut it down as i normally do (exit xbrowser, shut down PC, then shut down HD with xbox power).
however i didn't use the poweroff command, because after forgetting to use it once a long time ago, i discovered the HD locks fine and no wierd results have ever occurred before.
i turned the xbox back on with everything put back together (except the cover) to make sure everything still functioned normal. everything worked fine. loaded game disc from M$ dash and boot.
now i can not access the HD with XBOXHDM.
the HD always gets assigned as hdb instead of hda now. the jumper has not moved from cable select, but when i saw another XBOXHD do this, moving the jumper to master would force it to hda. the end result however, is the same. what this 1.6 HD does that this other (past experience) one didn't, is that linux also detects something on hde and says "assuming 33MHZ bus" or something like that on hde initialization where it normally lists the model number of the drive!?
for both HD's--->
when the actual XHD, hdb (or hda, if forced to master with jumper) initializes it reads something back like:
resetting HD....
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
resetting HD....
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
{read failure 00000000000x0 -------------00000000000000x0}
reset....
you get the point.
it does this for about 10 seconds on hdb, and about 5 seconds on hda, and it practically fills the screen horizontally, then vertically as it scrolls on and on. after, it continues to boot linux as normal, and it can't find an xbox partition table on the HD. i've tried all kinds of things on this, and the other one like it, and i can't get into the hd. nothing seems to affect it....
swap from error code, swap from M$, swap from halo: same thing.
the older box i had that did this with the stock HD came off of ebay as a broken one with a bad DVD. i swapped the DVD with a known good one, and it got the same disc read error! after chipping it, i put a slayer installer disc in it with the original DVD drive it came with. works great now!
in the end, this 1.6 xbox still appears to be completely functional as an xbox, but seems unhackable without rebuilding the LPC. i may trade for an older one that i can hack easier if i can't figure it out. i already gave the guy another softmod box i had laying around, so that's not an issue. it's my box now, but i can't figure it out still.
the meat of the post (questions):
# should i have ran the softmod before shutting down?
# is it possible that M$ detected changes to the filesystem and will no longer unlock the HD on boot?
# how many other people have had this problem?
# is there anyone out there who will try to take this on yet?
# is this too long of a post? i try to be descriptive
this is mostly from a day ago's memory (returned errors and stuff), so i may be a bit inaccurate.
it would be a major hassle to rebuild an LPC, as my soldering skills have weakened over the years.
i guess i'm a little to shaky or something, because i killed a couple xboxes in a row a couple months ago and proceeded to freaked out.
blamed everything but myself.
what an idiot anger can make you.
thanks to anyone, i mean anyone who can help or just make an intelligent comment.
sorry if this post takes up a whole page on the topic.
also,
now accepting: criticism.
just make it good!
Post by: litspliff on February 08, 2006, 11:09:00 AM
QUOTE
QUOTE
thanks to anyone, i mean anyone who can help or just make an intelligent comment.
from you sig it looks like you have done a lot's of xbox's and you in the US
why not use a gamesave to install your softmods (using FTP from a standardized image of C:\ and E:\)
and your chiped xbox to create new HDD for others
using xboxHDM just seems like the hard way (or for someone that can't find one of the needed games)
well, i go with what works i guess....
i've done alot of mods to fix broken systems.
it is sometimes not possible to get into a game.
if you can get the box to turn on, it unlocks your HD at multiple error codes, games, M$ dash, etc.
most cases, if you get power, you can unlock the HD and swap it.
as you can see, i've done many softmods.
every one of them completed has not failed.
also, it's convenient for me.
step 1
i just create the XBOXHDM iso with either a copy of the new xbox file system to put on the HD, or whatever softmod or linux tools i may need, then burn the boot disc iso to a DVD (4 GIGS OF GOOD STUFF TO PLAY WITH!).
step 2
boot the xbox and PC(with boot disc i just created), then do the hotswap at the right time(it's easy!), then i'm in a powerfull OS with complete control of the XBOXHD.
step 3
however you want to do it....HACK!
many great options at this point.
when i started modding boxes a couple months ago (i learn quickly with computers) i would just move all the old shtuff to an "old" folder on C: or E:, then replace with files i got off eMule(my personal "usual places"). then one day i found out this didn't always work, so i decided to quit being lazy and spent a whole day reading threads about the installers/patchers/exploits available for XBOXHDM.
there are alot of them.
as far as savegames, it is my understanding that you can just create your ISO with the savegame on it, then copy it to the appropriate place (maybe replace savegame files?) with xbrowser. i'm not sure..i've never tried it.
i have seen softmod modules for XBOXHDM that use the savegame exploits. this is handy as it can be a bit more forgiving if you make a mistake. you can most likely just get back to xbrowser and fix your blunder (or your download's blunder), which brings up another reason to give props to ldots.
i have found this to be the number 1 tool in my mod arsenal for repairing softmods or just xboxes in general. it's often just a matter of putting the right file(s) in the right place with xbrowser. I should ad my repair stats to my sig...if only i had counted. if worst comes to worst, or you want to actually sell it or trade it in, you can find the correct M$ files for your system and recover your stock XBOX.
people say softmods are unreliable and incomplete and blah blah blah.
fck 'em. they are biased in their ways.
this is a pointless argument. every method has its +'s and -'s, and i've found the XBOXHDMethod to be huge in +'s.
as long as you are reasonably confident with your download (it helps to not be downloading 100 files at the same time, found this out the hard way), confident with your burn disc, and confident with the PC you use, it's the most versatile, reliable way that i've found. it hasn't failed me yet. it has been not helpful at times, but never failing me.
ldots is the $hit.
give it up for XBOXHDM and the softmod.
i forgot to mention the core of it all...(full set of locking/unlocking features, fatX tools, fresh drive creation,......)
all this on a disc that you can create once and use all you need.
fck, i could go on forever.
now, does anyone want to tackle my original post?
this is the third forum i've tried.
everyone said to try here.
i am here.
are y'all with me?
Post by: litspliff on February 09, 2006, 12:17:00 PM
you can find those files from a nice person in a place that he is unlikely to be arrested. search the forums, i'm sure someone can help you. if you don't find them there, look around on eMule or torrent.
make sure you get the dash files that correspond with your hardware.
i won't help you with this, as it would be super illegal, and i am in the US, so that kind of stuff is enforced here. land of the free...all that good stuff.
the 13 means it can't find a dashboard.
i think 16 means the clock needs to be set -and- it can't find a dashboard.
(i could be wrong on this, someone correct me if i am)
http://www.xbox-scen.../errorcodes.php
above is an "official" x-scene list of error codes. seems to be comprehensive.
to get error 11, just take the top cover off the box, then unplug the ribbon cable from the DVD drive, but not from the HD. depending on your computer's boot speed (you will have to figure this timing out for yourself) you need to boot the xbox and the PC so that the xbox gets error 11 about the same time that xboxhdm reaches the linux boot menu with the 4 boot options.
when you get the timing right, this is where to hotswap your XHD into the hda(primary master) of the computer.
the cable select setting on the XHD should suffice, so there should be no need to mess with the jumpers.
GLMF
Post by: Gamer50655 on February 23, 2006, 10:20:00 PM
Post by: Black0ut on February 26, 2006, 07:55:00 AM
Post by: PhillipCraig on March 24, 2006, 07:40:00 PM
my question is If i want to do it the long way by just cloning the hard drive to a bigger one.
Will the hard drive clone actually format the new drive dor me and then do its copy of the original to it ]?? or will i need to format it ,add F: then do the clone process ?
My box is a 1.6 original Wd Hdd.
with the splintercell softmod in it.
Added 2.0 usb port.
Works great as is now but just need bigger hard drive in it. So i asked that just to make shure i do this right
on the hard drive clone
Post by: law65 on March 27, 2006, 09:27:00 AM
Do you have any advice for me that would finally resolve my problems. I thank you ahead of time.
Post by: folky on April 15, 2006, 03:51:00 AM
I softmodded a friends xbox which was great until somehow he messed it up.
When I boot it up I get Error code 5 Hdd not locked. Now I dont have the backup of the eeprom anymore (as he has managed to delete loads of files) so I cant lock it so is there anything I can do to save this box?
Thanks.
Post by: gamingfreak76 on April 15, 2006, 11:02:00 AM
i am happy that you created this... and that i was able to lock my HD using it!!! i onlt have a softmodded xbox, without any extra chips!!!
I thank you again... for making it possible for xbox modders not to have to buy a chip!!!
Post by: fiveskinoff on May 11, 2006, 04:34:00 AM
Post by: SoLiD_7 on May 12, 2006, 12:20:00 AM
Thanks to all involved. Keep up the great work!!!!
Had a box brought in that was already showing error 16.(So no keys.....hotswap easy as pie!!) Tried using HDD Driver, fatxplorer, FAT-X-EXPLORER, HD fatXbox Explorer and WINHEX to no avail.
Made a xboxhdm disk using Slayers 2.6 FINAL for the C: files and get error 21. Use xplorer in xboxhdm to transfer files from CD to HD and get constant reboot loop with no error codes. Let it loop continually(8-10 hours) and get flashing red green LED and black screen with no error codes.
I have tried making from scratch, redo C:, copy files using xplorer with hacks and without
I have countless backup disks from previous softmods and a couple of boxes waiting in the wings.
Any advice on what else to try would be most appreciated. I just know I missing some little......aaaarrrggg!!(LOL)
Regards....
Post by: toastonrye on June 03, 2006, 12:03:00 AM
ive done all the steps..
its a seagate ST310014A
Post by: af_ on June 10, 2006, 01:17:00 AM
Yesterday i got a 60 gb hd for the xbox, and wanna to do this, but the linux prog says that it cant put C and E drives because i didnt, what must i do now?/
Post by: la5942 on June 18, 2006, 01:50:00 PM
I have used XBOXHDM to create a backup of my current xbox to the linux ISO. I am running XBMC(xbox media center) as a dash but did the backups via evox beforehand(all softmod, no hardware mods in this one). After making the cd and running it on my compatible 40gig HDD, doing all the necesarry procedures that it still wouldnt work in my xbox. I kept getting the error screen with the dash error numbers, i then by accident managed to get a game to load!(could get this to work every time just by putting the game disk in at the right time) guess what,it was splinter cell which could read the original savegame backup off my newly made HDD. Got into the linux softmod and copied the backups for the evox dash over FTP and then restored the dash. And voila, working HDD!
Anyone know if i can use live with this HDD or will it get me banned from live?It has been locked using the eeprom from my old HDD. The dash i have at the moment allows me to run games on live without being banned as long as the game is in the drive before coldstart, i just wanted to know if this was still the case with the new hdd as i dont want to be banned (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
Cheers
Post by: psychoKNTX on July 12, 2006, 02:05:00 AM
Post by: ryan_the_leach on July 29, 2006, 08:08:00 AM
Post by: xman954 on July 29, 2006, 11:02:00 AM
QUOTE(ryan_the_leach @ Jul 29 2006, 10:08 AM)
if this could load an eeprom from from a usb stick/action replay AND a exploit was created to save the eeprom to the usb stick this would be a PERFECT solution.
you can do just that, use a gamesave with just evox, run it and do a backup, then copy the save back to mem stick
(mem stick will now have a backup folder with the eeprom.bin in it)
Post by: thanosx on July 30, 2006, 06:50:00 PM
Post by: broadbander on August 09, 2006, 11:21:00 AM
HDD Serial : WD-WCAblahblah
HDD Model : WDC WD80EB-blahblah
HDD Key : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
HSS password : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Detecting drive status...
HDD Serial number : Wd-WCADblahblah
HDD Firmware : xxxxxxxx
HDD Model : the same unlo
SECURITY SUPPORTED : YES
SECURITY ENABLED : YES
SECURITY LOCKED : YES
SECURITY FROZEN : NO
SECURITY COUNT EXPIRED : NO
I noticed during boot that the S.M.A.R.T. was disabled. Choosing the 4 option...DOS tools... using unlockhx
and after writing down the HD password (eprom) and/or the MASTER PASSWORD XBOXSCENE (i dont know which one to write)... it says Drive#1 will not unlock... using hdunlock, I assume it doesn't work because using both passwords or any word it will say DONE without giving error codes... Using ATAPWD I certainly can se the drive locked but no matter which option of i choose for unlocking or disabling it wont work... it says the following error. "ERROR: command rejected by drive [OK]" this is using thw XBOXSCENE password
PLEASE HELP!!! Do you know any other programs for unlocking?? or anyway that i could the the password used to lock it? Thanks in advance. BTW xboxhdm rocks hard!!!
Post by: dommy99 on September 18, 2006, 10:12:00 AM
QUOTE(xman954 @ Jul 29 2006, 10:09 AM)
you can do just that, use a gamesave with just evox, run it and do a backup, then copy the save back to mem stick
(mem stick will now have a backup folder with the eeprom.bin in it)
Hmm this is exactly where im stuck at. i have an error 5 on my xbox (unlocked drive right?) and i tried doing the error 12 hotswap with my hd and uxe/ xbhdm. but then i realized that my drive is already stuck open. i have slayers disk and pretty much everything from xbins. How can i get my xbox going again?!?
The only thing i can think of is to get my eeprom.bin off of my ms memory card that i backed up onto (the xbox harddrive has been wiped of its original files) but i have no idea how i can do this.
The only way i can guess at is to softmod my friends xbox and hopefully a program can run to read the eeprom.bin off the memory card and ftp it onto my computer. any other suggestions?
Post by: jmasterb on November 10, 2006, 04:36:00 AM
Post by: sberendt on November 10, 2006, 11:37:00 PM
Post by: bnado03 on December 12, 2006, 08:46:00 PM
I dont have a modded xbox, but want to make a modded hdd and put it in my xbox. I took the c and e folders from my friends modded hdd and FTP'd them to my pc. then I ran the xboxhdm from the boot cd I made and it created the drives on my new hdd. Thats about as far as I have got. I never was able to get my eeprom.bin file from my xbox. Is there a way around this problem?
I have spent the past 3 days reading and reading forums. I have downloaded almost every piece of software or file that has to do with modding.
Please help. email me at [email protected]
AIM- bnado03
Brad
Houston TX
Post by: Shadrak on December 13, 2006, 08:13:00 AM
The drive is a Western Digital 250 gig that was on the compatibility chart as being lockable (which I would think the converse should hold true as well).
Anybody have any suggestions? I'm about to take the drive back if I can't figure this thing out.
Post by: predator666 on December 14, 2006, 09:37:00 PM
Post by: jdaamakmp on September 20, 2007, 12:21:00 PM
for those who have the same problem here is a hint:
/XBOX/Console Based Applications/Operating Systems/linux/distributions/xboxhdm/
u find out hoe to get there tho.
its the usual places
This post has been edited by jdaamakmp: Sep 20 2007, 07:27 PM
Post by: tonym1965 on January 07, 2008, 06:54:00 PM
QUOTE(jdaamakmp @ Sep 21 2007, 04:21 AM)
ok ok. i am not a nub. I know hoe to work the usual places. but i can not find xboxhdm there. can anyone help me? please? this is the only tool i will use to make my hd. i seriously need to find this. I HAVE FOUND IT!!!!! YES!!!!
for those who have the same problem here is a hint:
/XBOX/Console Based Applications/Operating Systems/linux/distributions/xboxhdm/
u find out hoe to get there tho.
its the usual places
Thanks for the tip!
I spent ages looking around the usual place and thought maybe it wasn't there - geez sure was well hidden
And thanks very much for the great tutorial Idot!
Post by: d00msday_jesus on January 17, 2008, 09:59:00 PM
any idea why that happened?
Post by: obcd on January 18, 2008, 01:25:00 PM
regards.
Post by: d00msday_jesus on January 19, 2008, 08:36:00 PM
Post by: obcd on February 03, 2020, 03:26:00 AM
I assume it is in the package and copied automatically to the floppy disk. A "dir a:*.exe" should tell you what is on the disk. Maybe they altered the name of the program a little. You can eventually find the dos tools separate on the internet. hddunlock.zip and atapwd.zip is what you should be looking for.
regards.
Post by: d00msday_jesus on January 20, 2008, 01:54:00 PM
Post by: obcd on February 04, 2020, 03:47:00 AM
I think the xboxhdm package has an option to create such a floppy. If your pc doesn't have a floppy drive anymore, you can create a bootable usb stick. With the bios properly setup, most modern pc's are able to boot from an usb stick.
regards.
regards.
Post by: jmaggs on January 24, 2008, 06:19:00 AM
I thought I was screwed, but after taking a few hours to read the tutorials on this site, (Hotswap and this one) as well as finally understanding what it was that I was trying to accomplish, I gathered all the stuff I needed and attempted a hotswap to get my XBOX back into working order. Lo and behold it WORKED and I have the NDURE softmod working, and all my backups work!
Feeling adventurous, I decided to see if while I had the XBOX open I could try to use a spare 120GB drive I had lying around, and again, following the tutorials I got everything to work. Amazing. I totally thought I had a brick and would have to spend another 100$+ to get this thing repaired.
Huge props to all the people who have posted tutorials and made all these wonderful homebrew apps.
Post by: wiseguy109 on January 30, 2008, 11:32:00 PM
Post by: KRQKAN on January 31, 2008, 03:53:00 AM
Post by: eent on February 02, 2008, 07:50:00 AM
I have a backup of my eeprom.bin and my hdd key so I thought that this wasn't a big problem. I used xboxhdm and the MS dash files from slayer 2.7 and put them in the C folder of xboxhdm.
The unlocking, reformatting, reboulding and relocking went fine but my xbox is still giving me the error 14 dashboard error.
I have made a few different xboxhdm iso's with files from different sources. Everytime my xbox is giving me the error. What could be the mistake I made?
Post by: eent on February 02, 2008, 09:19:00 AM
QUOTE(eent @ Feb 2 2008, 04:26 PM)
I had a softmodded xbox with a full c partition, so i wanted to format my hard drive. I used AID 4.13 to reformat my hard drive and used the softmod option to reïnstall a softmod and xbmc. Unfortunatly that option was made for an xbox with an working dash so my xbox wasn't working anymore.
I have a backup of my eeprom.bin and my hdd key so I thought that this wasn't a big problem. I used xboxhdm and the MS dash files from slayer 2.7 and put them in the C folder of xboxhdm.
The unlocking, reformatting, reboulding and relocking went fine but my xbox is still giving me the error 14 dashboard error.
I have made a few different xboxhdm iso's with files from different sources. Everytime my xbox is giving me the error. What could be the mistake I made?
I discovered that I'm getting error 14 with an original disc and 13 without a disc. So I am also unable to boot from an original disc.
Post by: obcd on February 03, 2008, 06:37:00 AM
this procedure should work.
you might reformat the E partition as well (if you haven't already done that.)
you could try things out unmodded, and mod the harddisk again afterwards. Kingroach 3.1 is a great package that works together with xboxhdm.
if you want to keep your gamesaves from your E partition, backup them before you reformat the E partition.
you can use the xbplorer360 driver to access a fatx partition from within windows.
Are you sure you copied all the right files from the slayers extraction C and E partition?
regards.
Post by: eent on February 03, 2008, 08:37:00 AM
These are the files I have on my hdd. The folders on partition 4 (E) are ampty.
Post by: obcd on February 04, 2008, 02:55:00 AM
I have a settings_adoc.xip in the root of my c which seems to missing in yours.
It is 4.093KB in size.
regards.
Post by: eent on February 04, 2008, 09:10:00 AM
The xbox can read the hdd because it made the TDATA and UDATA itself when I deleted them. But it keeps giving error 13.
Post by: eent on February 04, 2008, 10:27:00 AM
QUOTE(obcd @ Feb 4 2008, 11:31 AM)
Hi,
I have a settings_adoc.xip in the root of my c which seems to missing in yours.
It is 4.093KB in size.
regards.
I found that file in my xboxdashdata.185ead00 folder. I copied it to the root of my C drive but still error 13.
Post by: obcd on February 04, 2008, 01:19:00 PM
maybe you should try over the whole procedure.
I really don't see what the problem could be. You can have such issues with an old dashboard and a new 1.6 or 1.6b bios. your xboxdashdata.185ead00 refers to the right 5960.01 dashboard.
If you could send me the complete contents of your C and E partition, I am willing to compare them with my files.
I don't think you should delete your TDATA or UDATA. They contain a lot of folders in my case. your TDATA and UDATA appear to empty. This could cause your issue.
regards.
Post by: eent on February 04, 2008, 01:48:00 PM
QUOTE(obcd @ Feb 4 2008, 09:55 PM)
Hi,
maybe you should try over the whole procedure.
I really don't see what the problem could be. You can have such issues with an old dashboard and a new 1.6 or 1.6b bios. your xboxdashdata.185ead00 refers to the right 5960.01 dashboard.
If you could send me the complete contents of your C and E partition, I am willing to compare them with my files.
I don't think you should delete your TDATA or UDATA. They contain a lot of folders in my case. your TDATA and UDATA appear to empty. This could cause your issue.
regards.
I've send you a pm about that.
The TDATA and UDATA are the savegame folders. While I don't have savegames anymore these can be empty. I have tried the reformatting and reboulding many times with different versions of the microsoft dashboard and with a presoftmodded version. So I think it can't be a file problem.
The xbox won't even boot with my original XIII game. But it can read and write the hdd because it makes the Udata and TDATA folders when they are not present.
I even tried putting the files on manually with xboxhdm and with xplorer360.
All without succes.
It seems there is a bigger problem then only a wrong dashboard file.
Post by: obcd on February 05, 2008, 02:49:00 AM
I know the UDATA and TDATA contains the gamesaves. I was just thinking that maybe the M$dash was saving some stuff there as well.
It is always possible that something else is wrong. Your xbox was working before you erased the C partition. Since that is the only thing you messed up, reinstalling a M$dash on the C should fix it.
That is why I am thinking it has something to do with the files.
How did you mod your xbox the first time? Did you use the same pc? Is the harddisk jumper restored correctly after it was connected to the pc?
These are just a bunch of wild guesses. I never had the error 13 or 14 myself, so I can only tell what I learn from the forums.
What version of xbox are you having?
regards.
Post by: Ginfu on June 18, 2008, 05:29:00 PM
??? Come on man...am I the only one who just wants to do THAT ???
Post by: jojo9898 on June 30, 2008, 06:46:00 PM
Post by: BigBadOsker on August 28, 2008, 06:35:00 PM
Post by: obcd on August 29, 2008, 02:56:00 AM
How did you try to lock your harddisk, and what happens when you lock it. How is your setup? Is the harddisk connected to the master ide and the cdrom to the slave ide, or are both connected to the same cable?
You could try the dos locking tools, but you need to be carefull with them. You need to type in the password, and if you make a typo, you can brick your harddisk.
You can make an USB stick bootable into dos to run the tools.
regards.
Post by: BigBadOsker on August 29, 2008, 01:49:00 PM
QUOTE(obcd @ Aug 29 2008, 05:32 AM)
As you probably figured out yourself, error 5 means that the harddisk is unlocked.
How did you try to lock your harddisk, and what happens when you lock it. How is your setup? Is the harddisk connected to the master ide and the cdrom to the slave ide, or are both connected to the same cable?
Hi and thanks for the response. I have not tried to lock it as I was under the impression that once the tool was done building the drive that was it. For the procedure I disconnected my hardrives and my dvd rom. I set the Xbox hardrive to the primary master and my other DVD writer to the secondary master. They are on seperate ide cables. I also used the "howswap" trick as I really don't know any other way of doing this stuff. Everything goes fine through the whole procedure I guess I just don't know how to lock the hard drive.
QUOTE(obcd @ Aug 29 2008, 05:32 AM)
You could try the dos locking tools, but you need to be carefull with them. You need to type in the password, and if you make a typo, you can brick your harddisk.
Well can you recommend any tutorials or guides on this? I have searched the site but I am still a bit confused on what I need exactly. Also, my xboxhdm disc did not have the eeprom file in the eeprom folder. Do I need to extract this file? Would it help to reburn the iso with this file in the folder?
QUOTE(obcd @ Aug 29 2008, 05:32 AM)
You can make an USB stick bootable into dos to run the tools.
Can you refer me to a guide on this? Thanks for your time and I really do appreciate any help you can give me.
Take Care.
Post by: ldotsfan on August 29, 2008, 08:01:00 PM
QUOTE(BigBadOsker @ Aug 30 2008, 04:25 AM)
I also used the "howswap" trick as I really don't know any other way of doing this stuff. Everything goes fine through the whole procedure I guess I just don't know how to lock the hard drive.
Please describe what you did exactly. If you have used hotswapping, that shouldn't lead to an error 5 - which means hdd is unlocked. Are you doing hdd upgrade or rebuilding of hdd? is xbox chipped or softmod? How did you perform the hotswapping?
Post by: BigBadOsker on August 29, 2008, 08:53:00 PM
QUOTE(ldotsfan @ Aug 29 2008, 10:37 PM)
Please describe what you did exactly. If you have used hotswapping, that shouldn't lead to an error 5 - which means hdd is unlocked.
QUOTE(ldotsfan @ Aug 29 2008, 10:37 PM)
Are you doing hdd upgrade or rebuilding of hdd?
Well, I received the Xbox for free and when I tried to boot it I got the "Error 16" code so I am trying to rebuild the original Hard drive.
QUOTE(ldotsfan @ Aug 29 2008, 10:37 PM)
Is xbox chipped or softmod?
Neither. I would like to do a Softmod once I can get the Xbox up and running.
QUOTE(ldotsfan @ Aug 29 2008, 10:37 PM)
How did you perform the hotswapping?
I did the "hotswap" like this. Once I turned the console on and the Xbox Logo came up, I disconnected the Hard Drive from the Ide cable. It then immediatly sent me to the error code screen. I assume I did this correct because when I booted into Xboxhdmaker after connecting it to my computers primary master I had no problems navigating the program and rebuilding the hard drive. After the drive was rebuilt I hit 8 to shut the program down. I then removed the ide cable and reinserted the xbox ide cable. Then I restarted the xbox and got the error 5.
Am I doing something wrong once the hard drive is rebuilt? Are you supposed to shut off your comp first and then hook the hard drive back up to the xbox? I must be doing something wrong at the very end of the procedure as I have tried this a few times with the same result. I know this is basic stuff but I really cannot figure out why the damn thing wont lock. Once again thanks for your time and your response.
Regards,
Post by: ldotsfan on August 29, 2008, 09:25:00 PM
2. After xboxhdm rebuild was completed, the error 16 dashboard error was replaced by the original error 5. Your method of hotswapping doesn't sound right, was the dvd IDE cable connected or not? You might want to read this: http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=332179. There are a few specific situations when the hdd is temporarily unlocked.
3. You may need to build this eeprom reader to get the eeprom.bin to lock the hdd.
Post by: BigBadOsker on August 30, 2008, 04:48:00 PM
Post by: ldotsfan on August 30, 2008, 06:12:00 PM
QUOTE(BigBadOsker @ Aug 31 2008, 07:24 AM)
However I do have a 20 gb hd that I tried with xbox hd maker and I still get the error 5 after building the drive. Do I have any other options of getting the eeprom file as the tutorial you linked is a little bit out of my league? I might actually try it one day when I manage to own a soldering iron and have the balls to try it. Is there any other way to lock the hard drive or am I basically just screwed?
I confess soldering is also out of my league so I tried this: http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=645714, see if that helps you.
Error 5 is expected for new hdd as softmods require xbox hdd to be locked with the right password generated from the right eeprom.
Post by: BigBadOsker on August 30, 2008, 06:57:00 PM
Post by: ldotsfan on August 30, 2008, 09:20:00 PM
QUOTE(BigBadOsker @ Aug 31 2008, 09:33 AM)
I might just be able to pull this off. So do you just connect the corresponding wires onto the motherboard and plug the other end into the serial port of your PC? Are you able to save the eeprom file at this point or are you just able to get the password? Thanks again!!!
Yes, SCL, SDA and GND to xbox motherboard. Other end to PC serial port. PonyProg is the program to run. Purpose is to obtain eeprom.bin - which is a 256-bytes file. When used with xboxhdm, it will be able to generate the hdd password to lock.
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Post by: dickalan on February 02, 2009, 12:57:00 PM
thanksI need help I've unlocked my softmodded xbox hard drive and i just need to re lock it (it's still in the xbox, never taken it out or anything). This tutorial is a little over my head and i'm left a little confused.
All i want to do is re lock it. So how exactly do i make the cd?
I have slayers evox but i've never used it, I used AID.
I don't need to hook my xbox up to my computer via hard drives connections do I? - ( i don't mean ftp)
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND - I put some of the files from 'slayer' into the linux\C folder and use the make-dos-floppy (or do i used make-iso-win?) file and make a cd-r out of it. then put it in the xbox. And press option 3 i think and i should be done? Am i missing something or is that it?
I'm just apprehensive because as you can see i've already screwed up once
Post by: obcd on February 02, 2009, 03:12:00 PM
The only way to relock the harddisk without the need to connect it to a pc ide connector is with a modchip. To install a modchip in your xbox, you will also need to remove the harddisk.
To relock it with a pc, you will need the xbox eeprom contents. The eeprom is a small 256 byte memory chip with information unique for every xbox. Part of that information is the hddkey which is used together with the harddisk model and serial number to calculate the harddisk password used to unlock the harddisk.
You need to lock the harddisk with the correct password, so that the xbox is able to unlock it with that same pasword.
Most softmod tutorials advise to backup the xbox eeprom. If you have done that procedure, it is possible that you have a small 256 byte file on your xbox harddisk (usually called eeprom.bin) with the information needed to lock the harddisk again.
If you connect the harddisk to a computer, you should be able to read it's contents with the xplorer360 program.
make_iso_win is the command used to create the xboxhdm iso. You can burn that iso on a cd'r, and you will end up with a bootable disk ***for your pc***. You can't use that disk in your xbox. Xboxhdm is a boot from cd linux distribution with options to prepare a disk for use in the xbox. One of the options is locking the harddisk.
If you can't find the xbox eeprom.bin, you have 2 options.
1. Build an eeprom reader to get that file.
2. Temporary install a modchip in your xbox so that it boots with an unlocked harddisk.
regards.
Post by: treasureden on February 05, 2009, 02:17:00 AM
Post by: BloodWolf1134 on January 17, 2011, 07:20:00 PM
Any help for this?
~~BW
Post by: 1hotjob on February 02, 2020, 10:18:00 PM
QUOTE
Ok, I apparently did something Stupid.
Like bringing up a two year old topic in Xbox 1 forums when you have a problem with your 360?
Try going into the System settings and format the HD on the Xbox. That should get it back to where you can use it.
In the future, back up what you have before you start copying files over. That will save you a lot of headaches.
Also, check which forum you are in before posting a question.