Topic: Xplorer360 Beta 6 - Adds Support for 120GB HDD and 512MB MC (Read 1334 times)

bigmac_375 · « **Reply #30 on:** May 14, 2007, 12:07:00 PM »

thanks for the reply, i will try this... looks promising.

NiceGuyJools · « **Reply #31 on:** May 14, 2007, 11:50:00 PM »

Can I use this to access my Xbox 1 HDD on my laptop via IDE to USB cable? Thanks!

jokerbrazil · « **Reply #32 on:** May 15, 2007, 04:58:00 AM »

Can i copy an downloaded Demo on my PC to my HDD ??

I found a Halo3 beta torrent 900mb on demonoid , but de files aren't .iso

JOKEr

bigmac_375 · « **Reply #33 on:** May 15, 2007, 12:49:00 PM »

wow, all downloads are console locked and that is piracy! piracy=not allowed on XS forums.

also, you cannot just add partition 2 and expect it to update when you put a game in. You need all the files from partition 2.
unfort for me i dont have those files. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

This post has been edited by bigmac_375: May 15 2007, 08:00 PM

TheSpecialist · « **Reply #34 on:** May 18, 2007, 12:50:00 PM »

Ok, here it is: http://rapidshare.com/files/32035087/Xplor...treme2.rar.html
This is the xplorer360 v6 pimped up by me to the 'extreme build 2' version, LOL.

First a disclaimer: this version might contain bugs and thus screw up your data if you save changes to it. Therefore, it is ALWAYS advisable to make a backup of the files on partition 3 first !! Also it is advisable to have a backup of the whole 20 gb original HDD.

What's changed from the original V6 version:
* Now works correctly with both 20 gb AND 120 gb drives
* Now also works on WD BEVS drives which don't have all the needed partitions
* Added option to dump hddss.bin
* Added option to dump partition 2 to image
* Added option to restore image to partition 2

Of course, this version was mainly done to give you guys an easy way to transplant the emulator, which resides on partition 2. Here's how to do it:

1. Attach your original HDD (20 gb or 120 gb) which contains the emulator
2. Run this new version, open HDD and choose "backup partition 2". This should create a 262 MB file.
3. Shut down the computer (so don't 'hot' swap the HDD !), replace the HDD with the WD BEVS and reboot
4. Open the HDD with this new version. To be safe, first double click on partition 3 and extract all files to a directory on your PC, in case something goes wrong with this new version.
5. After you've made a backup of those files, now choose "restore partition 2" and select the 262 MB file you've created in step 2.
6. Restart the xplorer360 tool to see the new contents on partition 2 !

That's it !

Oh yeah, last thing: in order for your new WD BEVS to get detected in this xplorer360 version, it needs to have the partition 3 on it. This partition will exist if you've formatted the HDD in the 360 before. If you have never had the WD BEVS in your x360, then first format the drive in your x360. After that, this explorer360 will show 'partition 1' (this means it's missing partition 2) and then you can restore partition 2, restart and then you'll see partition 2 and 3.

Enjoy !

P.s This is an 'unofficial' release. The original xplorer360 is done by Angerwound and Roofus, so big credits to them. I made the changes listed above, without their participation and without having the source code.

oldhouse · « **Reply #35 on:** June 21, 2007, 01:09:00 AM »

Hello. I tried to backup my old core hard disk and then restore the image to my new pro hard disk, but I got a bug at the end of the process: Completion bar remianed full for about 40 minutes without ever giving a message that backup was restored succesfully... Is that normal? I haven't yet had chance to test restored image on my pro console though.

modz360 · « **Reply #36 on:** June 22, 2007, 10:50:00 PM »

ok i read a different guide before reading this one and what i did is use this modified version 6 and i did a backup of E000000XXX from 20gig and then i hooked up the 120gig and just dragged all the game saves into the exact same folder.........on the 120gig hard drive i recoverd the gamer tag first and then dragged and dropped the saved games......when it was doing this it asked to overwrite a file already there and i chose yes

and now when i hook up the 120gig to the 360 it says no memory found.....is there a way to recover this?

MickRick · « **Reply #37 on:** July 06, 2007, 02:56:00 PM »

I've just dl'd this version of xplorer and I really hope it works better than the others. When I format my drive it says "107Gb available" which would be correct as the formatting steals 13Gb. But when I copy my partition 2 and 3 folders over, I only have 12Gb free and I get a message saying "the remaining space is reserved for system use". I also cannot see any of my old content either.

innocuoussoul · « **Reply #38 on:** July 12, 2007, 07:56:00 PM »

did the mod thespecialist made work? i have an elite and would like to backup some stuff off my hdd. can someone repost the rapidshare file the specialist loaded?

mesurf · « **Reply #39 on:** July 19, 2007, 07:48:00 PM »

Can someone please repost the xtreme TS version 2 so that I can use this with my new 120gb bevs drive i am going to use in my core and i want to be able to copy all the data on to it.

thx

BamberTwat · « **Reply #40 on:** July 22, 2007, 02:41:00 PM »

Second the request for a repost - RapidShare's decided it's a forbidden file and complaints have been received....

Anyone got an alternate link or able to host the file?

mesurf · « **Reply #41 on:** July 23, 2007, 12:40:00 PM »

I used Antman1's process and it worked fine:

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?s=&...t&p=3991790

Was easier than trying to find that file and now I am done with messing around with this and my 120gb BEVS works a charm even with halo2.

hydrasworld · « **Reply #42 on:** September 08, 2007, 06:48:00 AM »

i found a copy of xplorer360 extreme build 2 here:

http://www.x360-elit...w...=0

hydrasworld · « **Reply #43 on:** September 08, 2007, 08:05:00 AM »

QUOTE(hydrasworld @ Sep 8 2007, 02:24 PM)

i found a copy of xplorer360 extreme build 2 here:

http://www.x360-elite.co.uk/index.php?show...=0&#entry25

scratch that, it appears just to be beta 6, not the extreme 2, here's an extreme 2 one, tested before posting this time.

http://360hax.com/download.php?view.87

This post has been edited by hydrasworld: Sep 8 2007, 03:06 PM

hydrasworld · « **Reply #44 on:** September 08, 2007, 10:57:00 AM »

a quick follow up.

today i successfully installed a WD BEVS LAT drive in my xbox360.

I bought the drive from here:

http://www.scan.co.u...roductID=576184

120 Gb Western Digital WD1200BEVS Scorpio, 2.5", SATA150, 5400 rpm, 8MB Cache, 12 ms - £43.76

I backed up my old 20GB hdd (extracted all the files on partition 3 to a folder) and saved partition 2 to an image file using xplorer360 extreme build 2.

I grabbed HDDHacker 0.91. Edited it so that it worked with my NForce3 SATA ports, grabbed a 120gb bin SS and installed that on the HDD.

I then fired up my xbox360 with the new hdd connected up and formatted the drive.

then i reconnected it to my pc and restored the extracted files to partition 3 and restored the image of partition 2.

popped the hdd back in the 360 and everything appears to work ok apart from a couple of saved games. Notably viva pinata - you can see the game saves in the dash, but viva pinata complains that they're corrupt.

It looks like games that you can't copy to a memory card can't be copied to a new/larger/different hdd. Other game saves, games, demos, videos and music copied ok and xbox1 compatibility was retained.

If anyone has a fix for getting these saved games working again that'd be great! My guess is there's some additional checking done when the game save is loaded to see if it's being loaded from the device it was originally saved to.

@The Specialist, care to comment?

Thanks to everyone involved in HDDHackr and Xplorer360, I was able to buy a 512MB memory card and a 120GB drive AND still have £50 left over from the money that I would have had to use buying an original MS 120GB HDD!!! Awesome work.

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