xbox 360 hdd 'upgrades'

[cambridge]

Having picked up Forza 3 for £20 in games deals of the week, its now eaten all of my 20Gb hdd space lol.

I've looked around but things are a touch vauge as the guides I've found miss some info on how to format the hdd, and which one to buy for a DIY 120/250gb hdd.

Any tips/good sites to get all the right info from?

[kazsymonds]

"This hack is designed to work with a specific drive, the 120GB Western Digital Scorpio, model number WDGWD1200BEVS"

The drive has seemingly mysteriously disappeared from the market though.

Upgrade Your Xbox 360's Hard Drive on the Cheap - PCWorld

[SteveM]

120 is being phased out to be replaced by a 250 i think.

[cambridge]

well a 250 would be fine lol

ohh found
http://digiex.net/computing-section/...ork-360-a.html

[kNeo_gHau]

Western Digital WD2500BEVT 250GB 2.5" Hard Drive SATAII 5400rpm 8MB Cache - OEM Scorpio Blue - Ebuyer

That's the drive you want, i have one in my 360 and it works perfectly. You need to format it though using some random programs so that it'll work in the 360

This tutorial will show you how to flash a non-xbox 360 harddrive to work in an Xbox 360. BEFORE YOU ASK. It DOES work with the new dashboard update, and you WON'T get banned for this.

You must have one of these harddrives in the right size (or higher):
- WD Scorpio Series BEVS/BEAS
- WD Scorpio Blue Series BEVS/BEVT
- WD Scorpio Black Series BEKT/BJKT
- WD VelociRaptor Series

Sizes are:
- 20GB
- 60GB
- 120GB
- 250GB

Instructions:
1. Download iPrep, HddHackr, and all size Hddss.bin files
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(If you want Xplorer360 to read 250GB harddrives)
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(If when you try to open your harddrive, it can't find the harddrive, make sure to right click it and push "Run as Administrator")
2. Install iPrep.
3. Replace 'ixDef.xml' I provided in the downloaded file with 'ixDef.xml' in C:\Program Files\iPrep\Resources
4. Open iPrep, load the three firmwares from the "Firmwares" folder, select your SATA device (NOT USB to HDD) (which makes sure it finds the correct port for hddhackr - fixed my problem), Pick your target Device (the letter of yourFlash Drive ), Check the "Format/Make Bootable" check box, leave "include batch files" checked, and try using FAT as the selection. If you get an error when you hit Start, change it to FAT32 - that's what I had to do. Then hit Start.
5. When it's done copying the files to it, open the flash drive up, and copy "Hddhackr.exe" and "hddss.bin" straight into the drive, no subfolders.
5. Shutdown the computer, plug your harddrive into the sata port and power port, leave the flash drive in, and restart your computer. Make sure you change your boot options or go to the boot menu (Usually F12 key) and boot from theFlash drive.
6. It will load and leave you at "C:\"
7. Just type in "hddhackr"
8. Wait for it to list all harddrives, and select the number for your harddrive. Ex- 1,2,3,4...
9. Once you choose a drive, it will ask you what you want to do: Dump, Flash, or Restore. Type F to flash the drive (which automatically creates an undo fille).
10. When it asks for the file name type in "hddss.bin".
11. Then it will ask what you want to name the undo file. Name is "undo.bin".
12. Now it will ask you if you want to flash the xbox harddrive firmware. Type "Y".
13. Once flashing completes, shutdown the computer and wait 10 seconds. Then turn it back on, and boot back to the USB Drive.
14. Type "Hddhackr" and when the list of drives come up, it will now show up as a 250GB Hitachi!
15. Now, put the harddrive back in the casing, and back onto the xbox.
16. On your dashboard, go to Settings -> Console Settings -> System Information and write down your serial #.
17. Go back to Settings -> Memory, highlight the harddrive, and push Y on the controller to format the harddrive. Enter the serial # you wrote down.
18. Have fun with your new harddrive!

If you have problems after starting hddhackr, try reading and following this (What the new readme file says):
Quote:
HDDHACKR [C|D|F|R] [PORT] [DRIVE POS] [SECTOR FILE] [RESTORE FILE]
C: Create Partitions 0/2/3
D: Dump sector 16-22 from XBOX360 HDD to file
F: Flash Western Digital firmware
R: Restore Western Digital firmware
PORT: Port to send command to e.g. 09F0
DRIVE POS: A0 for Master, B0 for Slave
SECTOR FILE: Sector dump file e.g. HDDSS.BIN
RESTORE FILE: Firmware restore file e.g. UNDO.BIN

Example for create, dump, flash and restore:
HDDHACKR C 09F0 A0
HDDHACKR D 09F0 A0 HDDSS.BIN
HDDHACKR F 09F0 A0 HDDSS.BIN UNDO.BIN (This is what you may need to type. Be sure to find out what port number your sata device has.)
HDDHACKR R 09F0 A0 UNDO.BIN
If you get, "No ATA Device Present" or something like that, try this:

BigPapa2009-
Quote:
Open up jungleflasher and search for the port that its on. Iprep can be misleading as I had the same problem as you guys(tell you the wrong port). After that enter the correct port number in the command line prompt and it should flash properly.

Sounds complicated but just do each part step by step and you shouldn't have a problem

[l337 calibra]

250gb is so last year lmao

[Calibra Lover]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Theres always 1 who has to be better than every1 else hahahahahaha

[cambridge]

ohhh does that need any console hacking? or will it simply work with a 'virgin' console?

[l337 calibra]

Jtagged/XBreboot console only.

Will accept any 2.5 or 3.5 drive. just connect and format.

If you have connected your console to live since aug 2009 or is made after 16 10 2009 or played any recent games you can forget doing it thou.

[kNeo_gHau]

Jtagged git! Don't suppose you've got a second jtagged box lying around you fancy selling? I want a damn jtagged box!!

[cambridge]

From what I've read there is no 'need' for windows to be on the pc aslong as you can get the bootable USB image.... is that true? Saves me having to put windows onto a computer here lol

[l337 calibra]

Jtagged git! Don't suppose you've got a second jtagged box lying around you fancy selling? I want a damn jtagged box!!

Ive got a few coming from ebay and a couple round a freinds being reflowed on an IR station. ill let you know in a few days what ive got.

@Cambridge, I did mine on a Dell inspiron 1520 with the SATA HDD removed and the bevs drive inserted in its place so no you don't have to rely on windows.

[kNeo_gHau]

Ive got a few coming from ebay and a couple round a freinds being reflowed on an IR station. ill let you know in a few days what ive got.

@Cambridge, I did mine on a Dell inspiron 1520 with the SATA HDD removed and the bevs drive inserted in its place so no you don't have to rely on windows.

What sort of price + postage would you be looking at for a jtagged one then? Ideally i'd like a HDMI model that's never had the 3 red rings but i realise that's asking a lot lmao Would only need the console it's self no wires or anything like that.
Watching a few on ebay at the moment as well, it's crazy that some people are trying to sell exploitable dashboard versions for over £200 whereas jtagged boxes go for half that lmao

I might be able to get my hands on an exploitable dashboard version soon as well, never red ringed either. Got to wait for my mate to get back from France though

[l337 calibra]

Unfortunatly all the ones I have coming are non HDMI ones that have or have had RROD at some point. I was looking for about £80 posted for one but with the mod you can obviously change the fanspeed with an xex to make it last a bit longer.

I sold my last non red ringed HDMI last week so you missed out Sainsburys were doing exploitable 60gb Pro's for £149 till everyone cottened on and they soon sold out.

Yeah the prices can go crazy sometimes but you just got to keep your eyes open and to know what to search for, just having a title of jtag xbox is going to attract everyone to it so you got to look for the ones that just say dashboard version xxxx and search in titles and descriptions too.
Heres a link to the dashboard revisions, just type in on ebay "xbox 360 xxxx". XBOX360 Dashboard Update Collection - (Download) anything up to 7371 is good also check the mfr or service date isnt above 16 10 2009

I got lucky with a few a while ago like £30 posted then selling the unbanned keyvault to a mate who does modded MW2 lobbies so £5 for an exploitable box

If you get an exploitable one I do jtagging for £15

[kNeo_gHau]

PM me once you've some stock in then

Ideally i'm after a HDMI model that's never red ringed, has the newer heat sinks fitted, LT firmware, x-clamps and thermal paste replaced, not banned from live (or at least uncrippled if it has been banned so i can still use my gamertag), solder removed and replaced with lead based solder... Oh and a winning lottery ticket inside would be nice as well lmao If you don't have any winning lottery tickets just PM me the details and i'll probably settle for less

And to think my mates said i was foolish for storing the ISO's of games even though i'd burned them off, now i prove why hoarding things is the smart thing to do

[Gaz86]

PM me once you've some stock in then

Ideally i'm after a HDMI model that's never red ringed, has the newer heat sinks fitted, LT firmware, x-clamps and thermal paste replaced, not banned from live (or at least uncrippled if it has been banned so i can still use my gamertag), solder removed and replaced with lead based solder... Oh and a winning lottery ticket inside would be nice as well lmao If you don't have any winning lottery tickets just PM me the details and i'll probably settle for less

And to think my mates said i was foolish for storing the ISO's of games even though i'd burned them off, now i prove why hoarding things is the smart thing to do

AFPMSL @ that lot, EPIC.

anyone ever had one reballed or is that something only big budget machines get done?

[l337 calibra]

Funny you should say that as im sending off a board to be reballed today to this guy Red Ring of Death, XBOX 360 repair service,faulty RROD on eBay (end time 11-Mar-10 14:42:15 GMT)

[kNeo_gHau]

AFPMSL @ that lot, EPIC.

I'm a difficult customer to please Saying that i should be getting a 360 on friday for a fiver. Not had the xclamps replaced yet either

Funny you should say that as im sending off a board to be reballed today to this guy Red Ring of Death, XBOX 360 repair service,faulty RROD on eBay (end time 11-Mar-10 14:42:15 GMT)

Let me know how it turns out, it's something i'd like done to a hacked box (once i have one again)

[cambridge]

anyone got a flashdrive image that I can ponce
gonna be buying a couple of HDD's (one for the wii and one for the 360) this week.

[jamied]

Just a quick one....do you have to play xbox360 games from a disc or can you play them direct from the hard drive.

Was looking at getting a duel-layer burner but thinking do i need one?

[l337 calibra]

Unless you have a Jtagged xbox then you will need dual layer discs.

I'm a difficult customer to please Saying that i should be getting a 360 on friday for a fiver. Not had the xclamps replaced yet either


Let me know how it turns out, it's something i'd like done to a hacked box (once i have one again)

Came back working wonderfully, I haven't the time I used to to test it fully but from what I can see hes done a good job

[kNeo_gHau]

Just a quick one....do you have to play xbox360 games from a disc or can you play them direct from the hard drive.

Was looking at getting a duel-layer burner but thinking do i need one?

The vast majority of DVD burners can burn on to dual layer discs anyway. Only the very first ones didn't support it really

PS l337 calibra, the one you sent off, was it red ringing at time of sending off or was it xclamp replaced and re-working?

[l337 calibra]

The vast majority of DVD burners can burn on to dual layer discs anyway. Only the very first ones didn't support it really

PS l337 calibra, the one you sent off, was it red ringing at time of sending off or was it xclamp replaced and re-working?

It was booting with sound but had no video output and hadn't been fixed by the usual methods. Still had Xclamps/stock paste on and was a MS refurb due to it having the epoxy on the chip corners and extended gpu heatsink.

[cambridge]

Been following this guide [Xbox 360] How to hack a 250gb sata drive to work in the 360. - Digiex

alas my mobo wont boot off a USB stick so I made a bootable CD and it all ran bar at the end when obv it couldnt write the Undo.BIN file.... Even plugging in the hddhackr'd drive dosent show up on the xbox. IS that because the process wasnt completed with the undo.bin failing? Would it work sending the output of Undo.Bin to '> :NUL' as I do with some stuff in DOS at work ?

[cambridge]

ARGGGGHHHHHHHHH This is irritating the life out of me now. I DONT want to write an undo.bin file, porting the output to NUL dosent work, I dont want to go out and buy either a new mobo+cpu that will boot off a usb stick or a usb fdd.

I just want to flash the drive and have no way of recovering it.

I think I need the source code for hddhackr to get rid os the undo.bin lol