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

Hamajangs said:
New one is on the way. It's the same make/model since it's a replacement, but do you know anything about the "bad/wrong serial number offset" message that I got? I fear that I might experience the same results and I'm wondering if maybe I should have done something differently. I've continued to look for that message to see if anyone else had experienced it and it seems pretty rare. Thanks, I appreciate the help.
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You could try using version 1.25, that's the version I used for 3 drives so far and had no problems.
 
wirelessroute said:
So I followed the instructions and booted from USB. When I type in HDDhackr I get error "no ata devices present" I tried it in both my Dell Desktop PC and HP HDX16t laptop. I checked Bios and there is not an option for IDE only AHCI and RAID. Tried both and they get the same error. I tried doing the manual rout Hddhackr F (port) etc but not sure how to find what Port # my hard drive is in hex, how can I find this ?
Or any other solutions to get this to work ?
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I tried it with an older laptop that had SATA from work Dell Latitude D630 and was able to get the firmware flashed. I will test it in the xbox when I get home. Will I need to format the hard drive ? The reason I ask is that the HD was pulled from my laptop which I'd like to keep around for backup emergencies. Only using 60gb of 320gb in windows.
 
If you have run hddhackr on the drive it will already have been formatted, as hddhackr creates partitions during the flashing process.
 
InsaneNutter said:
If you have run hddhackr on the drive it will already have been formatted, as hddhackr creates partitions during the flashing process.
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I placed it in the Xbox and it showed up as unformatted drive with a Microsoft logo beside it. I went ahead and formatted it via Xbox and now it shows up 293GB
I downloaded 3 demos and appears to be working ok. I played a little of the Star Wars Kinect game and appears to work without any issues. Thanks for saving me $90+
 
Bought 360 GB hard drive and it isn't detected! HELP!!

I am an extreme noob at this whole hacking thing. I just bought an aftermarket 320 GB Xbox 360 slim hard drive, inserted it, and it didn't even detect it!!! What gives? How exactly do I run the hack [don't even know where to begin to look for it!!!]

DO I also have to patch it [???] Don't know how to do that either...
thanks
 
me11ss said:
I am an extreme noob at this whole hacking thing. I just bought an aftermarket 320 GB Xbox 360 slim hard drive, inserted it, and it didn't even detect it!!! What gives? How exactly do I run the hack [don't even know where to begin to look for it!!!]

DO I also have to patch it [???] Don't know how to do that either...
thanks
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You should get a replacement.
 
Sweet, got the new drive today and was able to flash and restore partition 2 without any issues. Thanks Rick for all the help and Insanenutter/Hoffman for the guides.

WD3200BEKT Manufactured March 2012
Used HDDHACKR v1.25
Restored Partition 2 using Hoffman's file/guide with Xplorer360 Extreme

My system: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit/EVGA 750i Sli FTW Motherboard
 
Hi, great job with the tutorial and help.

I ordered a generic 250gb drive off Ebay for my phat 360. I plugged it in and it recognized it and had 228gb free. I wanted to transfer my data from my 120gb to the new drive. I had the MS transfer disc that my friend gave me. He couldn't find the cable so I got a generic one from Ebay. I didn't realize till I read in here that the generic cable won't work. I clicked the prep the drive thing and now it thinks it's a 15.9gb USB memory stick when I try to transfer. The xbox won't recognize the drive when it's plugged in the hdd slot.

When I bring the drive up in party buffalo it shows a 239gb hd and a 15.9gb usb drive. I guess those are the two partitions. I can choose one or the other.

How do I recover from this? Do I take the drive out of the case and connect to the PC and run HDDHacker?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
 
MCnDaHouse said:
Wow, so basically I've got a $55 paperweight? Darn that was an expensive mistake...
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I forgot one thing. Dissemble the hard drive case and find the hard drive model number it should say something like this wd2500----/

Some people have uploaded their undo files. You could possibly undo the drive to make it show as a western digital and then use this guide to flash it again.
I lost my undo.bin, do you have one i can use?

Using an Undo.bin from someone else is very risky, your drive must be the exact same as the drive the undo.bin is from, otherwise you risk bricking it. Member Robide has found a collection of undo.bin files for various drives: Download Western Digital Undo.bin collection.
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Rick said:
I forgot one thing. Dissemble the hard drive case and find the hard drive model number it should say something like this wd2500----/

Some people have uploaded their undo files. You could possibly undo the drive to make it show as a western digital and then use this guide to flash it again.
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ok, thanks!
 
MCnDaHouse said:
When I bring the drive up in party buffalo it shows a 239gb hd and a 15.9gb usb drive. I guess those are the two partitions. I can choose one or the other.

How do I recover from this? Do I take the drive out of the case and connect to the PC and run HDDHacker?
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Actually, I think this is WAY simpler than you think to get the drive back. especially if you can do this on a Mac (10.5+)
Mac:
1) Cmd-space "disk utility"
2) click on parent drive
3) cleck erase, format as Fat
4) Done, it should automatically do one partition

Windows 7:
1) hit Win Key, type "diskmgmt.msc"
2) look for the drive in the program bottom window
3) delete the extra volume (15GB)
4) extend the big volume
5) erase/format the drive

I am 100% on the Mac instructions, but please google some tutorial for the PC and always confirm 100% you are selecting the correct drive since the OS drive will always show as an option in these programs.
There may be a more secure/stable way to re-partition in Windows.

Additionally, using all the steps in the OP to backup/restore to your new hard drive will work flawlessly if you follow instructions, but you could go the more expensive right and buy all the OEM cables etc for an ON XBOX transfer.
 
Hey all

So I followed the tut using a scorpio blue 320gb.
It hacked and said the partitions were created and everything was fine.

But when I put it in my 360 fat it hangs on the startup screen for a minute or two then goes to the dash, then it takes longer than normal to access it in settings and when I try to format it, it fails after about 4-5 minutes ?
:(
 
Chaosmountain said:
Hey all

So I followed the tut using a scorpio blue 320gb.
It hacked and said the partitions were created and everything was fine.

But when I put it in my 360 fat it hangs on the startup screen for a minute or two then goes to the dash, then it takes longer than normal to access it in settings and when I try to format it, it fails after about 4-5 minutes ?
:(
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1.Undo the drive with hddhackr, then format it using windows. You can use disk management.
2.Move the undo file somewhere else and try using hddhackr again.
 
HI,

I just ordered a wd Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT 320GB, and one of the reviews mentioned needing Western Digital's "WD Align" program for Win XP to be "compatible", I just wondered if that might be part of the issues some folks are seeing, do we need to use WD Align first for Hddhackr to work correctly under dos with these drives??? Just a thought... I've got about a week before i get the chance to find out. If i don't hear before then i'll post back.
 
choffman321 said:
HI,

I just ordered a wd Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT 320GB, and one of the reviews mentioned needing Western Digital's "WD Align" program for Win XP to be "compatible", I just wondered if that might be part of the issues some folks are seeing, do we need to use WD Align first for Hddhackr to work correctly under dos with these drives??? Just a thought... I've got about a week before i get the chance to find out. If i don't hear before then i'll post back.
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That is only for 2tb & 3tb western digital drives.
 
Rick said:
You have to do the step on transferring partition 2 for original xbox games to work.You can find that individual tutorial at the link below or in the guide.
About the spam links thing, just enter the captcha then the message should post.
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Bummer, wish this was caught on my original post.

now this will work with the original xbox? This thing is like 10 years old. Probably bought at release day. I will google to see if this thing even has a hard drive at all and if it's SATA or not.

I won't be going back up until next weekend, so I have the week to get this down so I can get it all done and working before I leave.

Thanks
-=Mark=-

ps. it killed my message again. It does not like links at all. not even from their own site? very strange.

pss. there is no captcha as I'm registred and shouldn't need to. I scrolled all the way to the very botton of this page and still no captcha.
 
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