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

[TheLeeDynasty]

thats a scorpio blue, so im pretty sure itll work, but id reccomend the 320gb scorpio black, i have a scorpio black, you get 2-3 second faster loading times, a faster drive in general, with minimal noise increase for only 10 dollars

Yea its the same sort of brand, however it doesnt match the model numbers listed on the first post.

I am wondering if anyone has tried to use the drives from a local Bestbuy / Walmart / Target (they have those same model numbers) with HDDHackr.

I ask because I am currently conducting training away from a normal mailing address (I hate the military mail system at times) so I would rather just go out locally and pick one up. Worse case, I will order this from Walmart.com and have it sent to store so I dont have to deal with the hassle of military mailing system.

Walmart.com: Western Digital Scorpio Blue 320GB SATA Portable Internal Hard Drive: Computers

I may go with the Black, just depends on my budget come the 1st

 

[Elston]

Hey mnkeyprince, did you happen to notice what model drive the HDDHackr tool reported was in the GOW3 console?

 

[mnkeyprince]

na, i can go check right now though, all i rmbr is that it uses a different model sequence then scorpio drives

im about to sell it so i didnt want to risk cracking the case.

i know what you said about the seagate drive thing, didnt you said it still works?

EDIT: well my bios says its sata ST9320325AS, googling seems to bring up the seagate momentus 5400.6

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...33140210VgnVCM1000001a48090aRCRD&locale=en-US

my guess? That M$ knew about our hacking attempts and changed to seagate on prupose? either way, im sure this will only add fuel to the monopoly hate and a new hack will surface

 

[polovtsian1]

What's the deal with the EEPROM I see on other XBOX hacking forums?

Based on this thread I understand a "soft" mod works just fine. But on other forums there are users saying you need to access the EEPROM code for drive locking because of Microsoft.

So even if I use the security sector on a HDD what about my Xbox's EEPROM info on my 4GB Arcade model. Is it safe to assume this means nothing because what if I were to just go buy the 'Official' 250GB slim upgrade. That would just be a simple plug and play. As is what this tutorial seems to be doing.

I am just trying to do an HDD upgrade because I need more space. I don't care for actually hacking my xbox to play old games or run linux or play bootlegged copies.

I am sure I am at the right place as the tutorial is very thorough but I just wanted to clear up this EEPROM issue.

I am waiting for my HDD to arrive in mail so I haven't been able to test...

 

[InsaneNutter]

It seems to be legit. I flashed the GOW3 drive file to a WD 320BEVT and formatted it on the Xbox. It shows 293GB free now.

Glad to hear it works just fine

Is there any chance that this western digital drive would work?

Western Digital - 320GB Internal Hard Drive for Laptops - WDBABC3200ANC-NRSN

I understand the model number is WDBABC3200ANC-NRSN but I cant seem to find the drives listed in the first post (locally) without ordering online.

Any help would be appreciated.

As of version 1.30, Hddhackr now works with all sizes and versions of the Western Digital Scorpio Series, that drive is a Scorpio Blue so it should work fine.

my guess? That M$ knew about our hacking attempts and changed to seagate on prupose? either way, im sure this will only add fuel to the monopoly hate and a new hack will surface

It shouldn't matter, Microsoft have used Seagate drives in the past. I have an old 20gb Seagate here.

What's the deal with the EEPROM I see on other XBOX hacking forums?

Based on this thread I understand a "soft" mod works just fine. But on other forums there are users saying you need to access the EEPROM code for drive locking because of Microsoft.

If you have been looking a tutorials that mention EEPROM and hard drive locking you are looking at tutorials for the original Xbox, not the Xbox 360. Unlike the original Xbox the hard drive is not tied to a console, you can put it in another console and it will work fine.

Follow this tutorial and the drive will work fine in your console, the biggest problem your likely to have is Hddhackr will not like the Sata chipset in your computer.

 

[TheLeeDynasty]

In theory wouldnt HDDHackr work in virtual machine (VMWare, etc) or because of its needs with disabling AHCI this would not work? Just wanting to know for future reference (I have some lazy friends )

 

[Elston]

How worried should I be about using this GOW3 cloned drive on Live? Also, I'm still not clear how a security sector from a Seagate drive can work in a WD drive.

 

[Dark Scyth]

it has been stated several times that not one on person has been banned from using a modified hard drive, the 320GB shouldn't be any different. The security sectors on the hard drive are nothing special just a preventative measure to stop hard drive cloning so Microsoft can make more money. All this does/did is extract the security sectors from an official 320GB and apply it to a WD drive.

 

[gangadhartnl]

thanks just made my 320 gb one....

btw if anyone have problem with WD3200BEVT model use HDDHACKR 1.22.the new version didn't worked for me.

 

[LunchBox]

I ordered this drive, figured $10 for a 7200rpm drive vs 5400 was worth it.

Newegg.com - Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive

This is the USB drive I'm using

Newegg.com - CORSAIR Flash Voyager 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model CMFUSB2.0-16GB

When I use the USB format tool in the guide, I only have the option to select FAT32, instead of FAT, will this be an issue ?

Edit - when I try to dump the contents of the Content folder in Partition 3, I get this error "failed to create destination folder in recursive dump operation"

After googling, others say they've fixed it via using other software to dump, or selecting less than 256 files at a time to dump.

HDD clicks every 30 seconds and the 360 freezes and reboots,

Bought this drive.

Newegg.com - Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive

 

[mnkeyprince]

then something is probably wrong with the harddrive, my 250gb scorpio black works perfect

 

[LunchBox]

mnkey prince, check your OCN Account, you'll find out who this is, read the PM.

Disregard my previous posts

Can someone please explain the proper way to dump game saves *not DLC, just saves* and the proper way to add them back in ?

 

[mnkeyprince]

so for anybody else who acciently messed up the drives because of 360 xplorer, just reflash/create partition from hddhackr again

and to transfer save files, id recommend connecting a usb stick to the 360, transfer the files to that, plug in the drive, then transfer the files from the usb to the new drive

 

[LunchBox]

so for anybody else who acciently messed up the drives because of 360 xplorer, just reflash/create partition from hddhackr again

and to transfer save files, id recommend connecting a usb stick to the 360, transfer the files to that, plug in the drive, then transfer the files from the usb to the new drive

Exactly what I'm doing right now, it really is simpler

 

[mnkeyprince]

To clear up any confusion

today i just hacked a 320gb scorpio black with the HDDSS from the OEM seagate momentus 320gb drive that came with my gow3 console and it works flawlessly

meaning you CAN use wd drives and MS DOES use segate drives for their oem 320gb hdd

funny thing, after i flashed my WD scorpio black, my bios thinks its a seagate drive as it has the same serial #

 

[LunchBox]

Well, I used the USB drive to transfer saves, themes and other things, worked flawlessly.

Bye bye 20gb drive, have LOTS of downloading to do now.

 

[robide]

Hi,

I want buy a WD 320 go to upgrade my old 20go. It works fine?

What is it better between a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 320 Go (WD3200BPVT) and a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 320 Go (WD3200BEVT).

gangadhartnl say that "btw if anyone have problem with WD3200BEVT model use HDDHACKR 1.22.the new version didn't worked for me".

Thanks a lot

 

[virotti]

I have a WD HD that was hacked by a friend to use the 250GB file, even though its actual size is 320GB. His hack made my HDD behave like a Hitachi 250GB. I'd like to use now the 320GB BIN file to use my HDD to its full potential. Can I just use this method or do I need to reset my HD to the original BIN file?

 

[LunchBox]

I have a WD HD that was hacked by a friend to use the 250GB file, even though its actual size is 320GB. His hack made my HDD behave like a Hitachi 250GB. I'd like to use now the 320GB BIN file to use my HDD to its full potential. Can I just use this method or do I need to reset my HD to the original BIN file?

Yes, just make sure you rename the 320gb bin file to the regular one, and use the 320gb explorer for partition 3.

I'm fairly certain you'll have to reset the bin and start from scratch though, So I'd backup everything first.

 

[gangadhartnl]

Hi,

I want buy a WD 320 go to upgrade my old 20go. It works fine?

What is it better between a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 320 Go (WD3200BPVT) and a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 320 Go (WD3200BEVT).

gangadhartnl say that "btw if anyone have problem with WD3200BEVT model use HDDHACKR 1.22.the new version didn't worked for me".

Thanks a lot

i am unable to partition with new hddhackr.so i used old hddhackr 1.22 version and it is worked fine.