Hack a 250gb, 320gb or 500gb Sata harddrive to work in the Xbox 360 and Xbox 360 Slim

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  1. InsaneNutter

    InsaneNutter Resident Nutter Staff Member

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    99% of the problems people have are with the PC / SATA chipset been used to hack the drive
     
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    i keep trying to make my hard-drive a boot-able USB drive but the creator tool does not give a DOS option , I've tried manually typing the allocation described above and i get a message saying "there are no valid DOS system files at the specified location" how do i fix this?
     
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    Assuming that you have extracted the archive. do this.
    Click the button right under the text "create" and a window will pop up, select the ....\USB Drive Boot Files\MS-DOS folder.
     
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    Hi I'm a newb at this and I hate having to ask this but I followed all the steps twice after the first didn't make the drive viewable and I still can't seem to get the Hex Workshop entry to save on my WDC WD50 00BPVX-00JC3TO. Instead, all it lists is "Invalid Partition Table.Error loading operating system.Missing operating system." where I think it's supposed to list the drive model in Hex Workshop.

    I only have 2 laptops to try this on and the first was too old and didn't seem to see the drive when hooked up to the official Microsoft HDD transfer kit in HDDHackr so I'm trying this. But it shows on my newer Asus g75vw but I can't diable the ACHI to IDE without it causing blue screens when it finally gets to Windows. But it looks like the Hackhackr USB drive works and can see the HDD. I'm guessing that the blue screen issue is normal and just ignore it till I get the drive flashed like the DOS instructions?

    I just figure I might have to go this route since the Hex Workshop trick is giving me the error. Is it safe? I'm only being paranoid because blue screens kinda freak me out lol.
     
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    I don't know if you are aware, but Microsoft has just announced a Xbox One Cod Advanced Warfare bundle packed with 1 Tb Hdd, I'm wondering if those new security sectors are compatible with Xbox 360? :D
     
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    You have to be connected via direct sata connection for this to work.
     
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    Oh that makes a lot more sense now any suggestions on a cord to buy that would allow this?
     
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    Nope. You have to disconnect the laptop hdd and connect the wd drive to that connection.
     
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    Thanks that explains all the issues. I feel pretty dumb not figuring that out or even trying that sooner lol.
    I'll give it a shot in the morning on my older laptop and report back. Wish me luck
     
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    What do you reckon about the new 1TB Xbox one HDD? Would the security sectors be able to be ported to Xbox 360?
     
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    No the Xbox One doesn't have any protection like that on hard drives, you could open an Xbox One up right now and install a 2TB hard drive if you wished.
     
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    Success! Thank you for the help, my hero lol.
    I take it I still have to add the extra partition for the old Xbox games? I'm not sure with HDDHackr 1.40
     
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    Toshiba drive - any hack work with anything other than WD HDD?

    Hey InsaneNutter.... I've got a spare 500gb hdd that I would like to use for this to give my son an easier time playing xbox games. However it's a Toshiba. Does the newest version of the hack work on all hdd's or still just WD? I've got a ton of WD desktop HDD's but they obviously won't slide in the xbox slim nor will they fit in my laptop which is currently my only running pc. If this particular hack still won't work on anything but WD do you know of any other hack that works on a Toshiba or Hitachi 2.5 sata drive? Thank you either way. Brad
     
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    WD drives listed only it sounds like.
     
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    Only western digital hard drives work, their is no other app or hack to use drives from a different manufacturer unfortunately.
     
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    Hi, i've used the tutorial to create an xbox360 hdd using a WD500AAKS. The operation was successful until i connected it to the xbox and the drive won't even spin... does the xbox not have sufficient power to run a desktop HDD?This is what i used to connect it to the xbox. The hdd and cable are in perfect condition(tested), the sectors 16-22 were successfully rewritted(double checked by trying to flash again - it said that it was already flashed), the partitions 0, 2 ,3 were created succesfully, the hdd is recognised by the pc... i don't know where the problem is
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    No, unfortunately the Xbox doesn't supply enough power for a 3.5" drive.

    If your capable of soldering you can modify the Xbox 360 to provide additional power for a 3.5" drive.
     
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    Hey guys. Maybe you could help me fixing my issue. I got WD5000LPVX and on PC side everything is going very well. Problem is that console wont detect HDD. I got 2 pc's and i was using both to flash. There are no any errors. After few attempts i have restored original undo.bin and i am thinking about what i am doing wrong. Any ideas ? Maybe this HDD is incompatible?
     
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    I have 1 spare wire like this sata_power_cable_pinout.jpg (it doesn't have the grey wire)
    Is there a way to connect it to 2-3 usb cables to power it(i don't use the back usb ports.. so why not)? From what i know Y usb cables are capable of powering a 3.5" HDD.
     
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    I personally don't know how you could do what you want, 3.5" drives can draw 15w+ when powering up, so even 3x usb ports powering the drive might not be enough. You would need to power the drive from an external power source i personally think, or do the mod i liked to in the post above.
     

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