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

try using horizon you can download it here
the device manager automatically mounts your hard drive (works with all hard drives + usb flash drives)
maybe it can detect your drive? (right side in this picture http://www.xboxmb.com/XBox/horizon/tools/main.png )

 

Hi, how long should I be waiting after typing "hddhackr" in the command line? Is it supposed to be instant..?

For the past 5 minutes or so, mine just sits at the emergency boot screen with a flashing underscore after I typed hddhackr and pressed enter. It looks like this:

C:\>hddhackr
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Have I done something wrong?
I'm using the exact same hard drive model as shown (originally came with my old laptop. Just formatted it to factory defaults)

 

your flash drive should look something like this,you could also type in hddhackr.exe
https://users.digiex.net/insanenutter/guides/360hddhack/drive.jpg

 

Thanks for replying so quickly
Is it supposed to be instantaneous or take a while? I just tried typing hddhackr.exe as well and it's still doing the same. Also, the flash drive indeed looks like that :/

 

it should be instant after you press enter.
do this:
move those files somewhere
then re run the dos tool.format and select the ms dos folder

 

I'm sorry, it's still not working.

I've attached a picture with the flash drives contents (after completing the bootable drive process, of course) as well as what it looks like while booting and typing hddhackr

 

see if you change any settings in the bios for ahci or ide

i had to do that for a different dos program before

 

I'm using a newer model HP laptop with "InsydeH20" BIOS setup utility. There is no option for ahci or ide. :/

 

try a different usb drive,if it still doesn't work try a different computer

 

It must be the usb, because I just tried it on another computer. In the BIOS, the option for SATA Controller Mode is AHCI or Compatibility. I took it off AHCI as directed, but it does the same thing as the last computer. Just sits at the command line. The USB drive I'm using is a 63MB Memorex ThumbDrive.

I'll try finding another, in the meantime, any other suggestions are appreciated. This is just my luck.

Edit: Also after attempting the process, it creates 2 new files on the drive called "BOOTLOG", an empty text document, and "BOOTLOG.PRV". I'm not sure what this means.

 

Alright, using a new flash drive and still nothing. Same outcome as before.

 

Hi ! I just need play game xbox original, just modify the partition 2. But the restore partition 2 does not end. I ran as administrator but not resolved. Can you help-me ? sorry my english ....

 

format the drive in your console,it will say unformatted or ___GB free press y and format it so it asks for you to enter console serial number.
then go to xplorer 360 to restore partition 2

delete the hddhackr file & download it again

 

I'm sorry but it still didn't work. perhaps an older version of hddhackr? I don't know, just trying to help

 

try using the older version,the program should execute fine at the dos prompt
download here https://digiex.net/attachments/guid...ox-360-slim-hddhackr_v1.25_build_20101114.rar

 

Still nothing.. I've tried this on three different laptops with both versions of hddhackr, using two separate usb drives.

I don't know what else it could be..

 

try doing bios updates on the computers. you can find this on the manufacturers website

 

Isn't updating the bios fairly dangerous? Not sure I want to risk corrupting anything to increase my harddrive size. *-)

 

i have updated bios on many computers with no issues also close all programs,just make sure to not to turn it off or unplug it

 

Well, updated my BIOS (An executable, much easier than I expected.)

As expected, still nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero.

No changes, I guess would be the point I'm getting at. Still doesn't work.