Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:49 am Post subject: hard drive
ok i have a softmodded xbox with the retail bios
i installed an 80 gig hd but want biger, is there a limit and if so is this limit 137gb or has (soft)modding came so far we can use any size hd and i am unaware of this?
frozenfire1 Administrator
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:48 am Post subject:
first and last bump
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:15 am Post subject:
you can go as big as you like mate 400-500 Gig if you want...... _________________
frozenfire1 Administrator
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:20 am Post subject:
are you sure, on a softmod, i thought there was an lba or something in the bios remember this is the retail M$ bios any comfirmation on this?
Bios: (256)Retail 5838.01
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:23 am Post subject:
frozenfire12 wrote:
are you sure, on a softmod, i thought there was an lba or something in the bios remember this is the retail M$ bios any comfirmation on this?
Bios: (256)Retail 5838.01
as far as i know Yes....
but you will need a C,E,F and G drive.... _________________
frozenfire1 Administrator
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:25 am Post subject:
hrmmmm well i would like just one more confirmation on this (i do trust you but i owuld like at least one or two more inputs before i go and spend 130 - 200$) then i will see into getting a bigger hard drive
Edit: also it is softmodded with SID v1.1 xbox-hq if that makes any difference
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:32 am Post subject:
No prob's mate.....
it's alot of money _________________
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then make an xboxhdm boot disc with eeprom, c and e drives, load up the disc make the xbox drive from scratch then do i format a F drive in xboxhdm or do i put it in my box after locking it then boot up AID 3.03 and use the xbpartioner that is has and format an F or G drive i know how to do everything except for the partitions
and im planning on using my computer's Seagate 300 gig i checked http://xboxdrives.x-pec.com/?p=list and looked up the model number and it was in there and lockable so ill use this 300 gig and go buy a smaller one for my pc (i never used more then 150 gigs anyways)
SID 1.01, yikes lol I recommend updating that _________________
frozenfire1 Administrator
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:55 am Post subject:
i would if i could, but friend who did it lost his MA disc soo...
will i still be able to put a 300 gig hd in and if so how?
frozenfire1 Administrator
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:32 pm Post subject:
after reading around the forums i found out this
in SID 2.0 + it uses PBL which loads a bios which supports LBA+48 so that you can have a drive over 137 gb totals if im correct?
but i only have SID v1.01 installed so it doesent involve PBL so my xbox's retail bios doesent have the LBA+48 patch so it cannot read past 137gb drives so would i still be able to install a 300 gig and then go into AID and format an F and G drive and still read 137gb on my F then the rest on my G?
and in advance thanks again for all the help ive received and hope to recieve soon XBOX-hq Rocks
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