Joined: Nov 08, 2004 Posts: 571 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 1:40 am Post subject: Is it ABSOLUTELY necessary to lock?
I was wondering...
I’ve got an Xtender, so I of course have the Stock Xbox HDD installed in the total configuration. I was wondering if locking is only for using the MS dash. If I need the MS dash I have the stock drive ready to fly.
If locking isn’t necessary for anything other than the MS dash then that means I can buy any just about and 300GB HDD regardless of whether or not it locks.
What do you think? _________________ -Scourge "Rx = +/_\"
a.k.a. President Skroob
The electronic ninja.
Xbox v1.6
Xenium Ice XOS v2.3
Xtender: Stock HDD+300G+300G
BIOS: Evox M8_16+
Dash: UX
funkydopeloven Xbox-Hq Genius
Joined: Nov 30, 2004 Posts: 1942
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 1:48 am Post subject:
yes, you are 100% correct, and i have seen it mentioned you "shouldn't" lock your hdd unless you are going on Live cuz if anything goes wrong with the Xbox while the hdd is locked, it is now a paperweight.
Scourge Xbox-HQ Freak
Joined: Nov 08, 2004 Posts: 571 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:17 am Post subject:
Score!
Thanks dude. _________________ -Scourge "Rx = +/_\"
a.k.a. President Skroob
The electronic ninja.
Xbox v1.6
Xenium Ice XOS v2.3
Xtender: Stock HDD+300G+300G
BIOS: Evox M8_16+
Dash: UX
forahobby Administrator
Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23945 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:33 am Post subject:
Hi guys,
As long as you dont use XBOX LIVE or turn off your modchip you DO NOT HAVE TO LOCK YOUR DRIVE AT ALL!
I always lock drives so the xbox is in as close to original condition in case any future apps look for the hdd locked feature.
yes, you are 100% correct, and i have seen it mentioned you "shouldn't" lock your hdd unless you are going on Live cuz if anything goes wrong with the Xbox while the hdd is locked, it is now a paperweight.
It is very difficult to unlock but can be done. I had to do that before when I had a corrupt EEprom which can be fixed too with the right ModChip.
funkydopeloven Xbox-Hq Genius
Joined: Nov 30, 2004 Posts: 1942
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:27 pm Post subject:
cool never knew it was possible to recover a locked hdd from a fried xbox. good to know.
It requires you to hook the hard-drive up to your computer and load a couple programs via DOS mode.
funkydopeloven Xbox-Hq Genius
Joined: Nov 30, 2004 Posts: 1942
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 5:21 pm Post subject:
what are the programs? you should write a tutorial. of course they may already be one, i never exactly looked
Lycz2004 Xbox-HQ Experienced
Joined: Feb 13, 2005 Posts: 133 Location: Washington
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:01 am Post subject:
its not hard to lock a hard drive or to unlock a hard drive just use slayers evox 1.5 i thiunk it is it has the unlock lock option in the menu _________________ Xbox Version 1.6
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