Xbox 360 HDD

[Kushan]

How did you manage to damage your 20Gb drive? At no point should you have plugged that in while using the hddhackr tool.

[»X«]

The guide I found said I needed to plug in my 20gb drive, pull off the firmware from that and then put the ripped firmware onto another drive. However I don't know how I damaged it, since I never managed to get hddhackr to pick up my SATA drives until I used a hex editor and told it which ports my SATA were on. And by that time my drive didnt work in the xbox. I am so ****ed off and so puzzled as to why my xbox all of a sudden stopped picking up my 20gig drive.

[Kushan]

Ok I don't know why the guide you read said that, the ONLY thing hddhackr could do is back up your drive's hddss.bin fine. This file is, essentially, useless on anything other than a 20GB drive.

[t0mbi]

the only time you need to do anything to your 20gb is if you are coping content to your PC, then to your 120gb HDD. don't use the hdss.bin from your 20gb on your new 120gb, if you do, the xbox 360 will only recognize the HDD as 20gb

[Pheee]

Right I ordered a Memory Card, and will let others know how it goes in a couple of days.

I really want Fable 2 to work, but if confirmed that it works by MOVING, then I only hope it works for me.

[t0mbi]

yeah let us know please..and how big the save file is too!

[nomis_nehc]

Might be because you're using a 160GB drive.

While that's valid and all, I wouldn't imagine that to be the case. After you flash it with the bin file, it should think itself as a 120GB. Besides, I would think that if that's the reason, it would be stated in guides that if you use a larger drive, you'll have to go through "these" steps, etc.

And Phee... some games, unfortunately, cannot be moved or backed up to another storage device. You will have to transfer them through the computer.

It's really funky because some will let you copy, others will let you move, and then there are those that just refuse to budge.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Besides, I would think that if that's the reason, it would be stated in guides that if you use a larger drive, you'll have to go through "these" steps, etc.

Not really, the guides tell you to buy a 120GB drive, not a 160GB drive.

[Kushan]

I think I might have bought a bigger drive, but I can't remember. Either way I didn't have to go through those additional steps.

EDIT: Just looked at my order history, turns out I did actually buy a 120GB drive. Check me for not overspending when I didn't have to! (That's usually a rarity).

[Pheee]

While that's valid and all, I wouldn't imagine that to be the case. After you flash it with the bin file, it should think itself as a 120GB. Besides, I would think that if that's the reason, it would be stated in guides that if you use a larger drive, you'll have to go through "these" steps, etc.

And Phee... some games, unfortunately, cannot be moved or backed up to another storage device. You will have to transfer them through the computer.

It's really funky because some will let you copy, others will let you move, and then there are those that just refuse to budge.

They were copied over with a PC, but they refuse to work.

So I ordered A Memory Card to transfer with the Xbox, as someone said they Moved Fable 2, so thats all I am hoping for.

[nomis_nehc]

Not really, the guides tell you to buy a 120GB drive, not a 160GB drive.

Oh hum. The one I read just said to buy a compatible BEV drive.

Anyway... my drive works great, so that's all that matters.

[»X«]

Bought a new 120gb HD for ?30 and fitted it for my xbox. **** paying almost ?90+ for an official unit. This one works just fine thanks.

[Pheee]

Right I want to give an update on my problem.

Got My un-official Memory Unit (Thanks Ebay!!!!)

anyway, I couldnt be bothered right now if I was sold a fake, when it clearly stated official.

I moved the save games of Fable 2, Forza 2 and Too Human, and now they all work again. Maybe something in the moving resigns them to which device they can work on, but I am very happy now.

So I suggest to others, I think T0mbi, borrow or invest in a small memory unit and move the save games, they will work :D

[»X«]

If your taking savegames off your original 20gb HD and want to copy them to another. You can connect it to your PC like I did and a programme to copy them over. I did that with all my Fable2 saves and GTA IV. They work perfectly on my new 120gb Western Digital drive. And you didnt spend a penny either or wait for delivery :p

Got a 120gb drive in the original 20gb drive case. Best decision I've made! :D

[Pheee]

If you had read the thread, thats what I did, and also T0mbi, but the saves did not work, and I tried different programs, and multiple times.

[Lingwo]

I did it and it worked fine.I backed up partition 2 and then I copied the entire partition 3 to my pc with xplorer360. Then when it came to restoring it with the new 120gb, i just copied partition 3 back to partition 3 and restored partition 2 and it worked fine. I did have to hex edit the drive though because the partitions wouldn't show up in xplorer360 but that took about 5 minutes.

[»X«]

I had to hex edit the drive too, but that was easy.

I havent tried Fable2, I will tonight though, see if my saves work.

[t0mbi]

Hey Pheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...do you have a link to the memory card? and i went to play rock band last night..same problem again! has anyone tried playing RB after they made their own 120gb HDD and transfer their saves?

[»X«]

I can confirm that Fable 2 save's don't work when transfering from one drive to the other. :(

Good thing I completed it before hand. :p

[Berserk87]

so can you put a 120Gb drive in there, and copy the hex files from a 20Gb hard drive?

[t0mbi]

if by hex you mean the .bin file...you can but your 120gb will only function as a 20gb so you need a 120gb .bin file!

[Berserk87]

when what is the use of this?

unless your 120Gb drive dies and you just happen to have voided its warranty prior to the failure.

[t0mbi]

... get the file off www.*************** google is your mate

[Berserk87]

ok, i wasnt sure if that would work or not .... :p

for some reason i was thinking random nonsensical things.

[»X«]

If you get the right HD, the .bin file and a bootable floppy. You can upgrade your 360HD to a 120 from a 20 in less than 60 minutes.

It took me over a week because I didnt know what I doing, surprise surprise.