Joined: Apr 28, 2007 Posts: 202 Location: Oswego, NY
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:03 am Post subject: Recycling Old Drives...
I have a whole stack of old xbox hard drives that dont have matching motherboards. I want to use them in some older pentium systems that I have to play some older 1st person shooter lan games such as duke nukem 3d and doom. Does anyone know how to take the fatx file system off them? I've tried with linux winxp and they will not read at all. Thanks in advance!!
Rebelcharm Moderator
Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 1373 Location: TX
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:40 am Post subject:
It's funny that you mention that I myself have wondered about using the old drives in some external application. You know to put them in a enclosure to save some program that I might want to use in the future. It would be awesome if the brains here at hq could figure some way to reformat the old drives so they could be used by a pc.
wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:13 am Post subject:
If you can unlock the hdd you can slap it in your pc and format it and thay work fine in a pc.
Got 1 in my old dell for holding small files and info such as text doc with all my passwords and such.
Dont try hacking i keep it unpluged unless i need it.
bomernee Xbox-Hq Genius Xbox Version: V1.4- 500GB Modded: Xecuter 3 CE Solderless
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:26 am Post subject:
i have two xbox drives in my pc now cos im poor i took my 160 from my pc and put it in my box, its not that hard to do!
ccros028 Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: V1.4- 500GB Modded: Xecuter 3 CE Solderless
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:08 am Post subject:
bomernee wrote:
i have two xbox drives in my pc now cos im poor i took my 160 from my pc and put it in my box, its not that hard to do!
Its hard to do when you dont have the eeprom to unlock them
wes213 Administrator
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:58 am Post subject:
If you want a nice empty hdd you can try this.
1. Connect the hard drive as primary master (remove the jumper)
2. Create a bootable floppy with ATAPWD.EXE on it.
3. Boot from the floppy and launch ATAPWD.EXE select the WD80EB drive and press enter.
4. Select ERASE PREPARE and then ERASE UNIT.
5. Enter the master password: WDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWD
6. It will give you a Busy error, that means it is erasing the drive so please dont turn off the computer.
7. After 30min press F5 to refresh the list and you will see that the drive has become unlocked
ccros028 Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: V1.4- 500GB Modded: Xecuter 3 CE Solderless
Joined: Apr 28, 2007 Posts: 202 Location: Oswego, NY
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:05 am Post subject:
wes213 wrote:
If you want a nice empty hdd you can try this.
1. Connect the hard drive as primary master (remove the jumper)
2. Create a bootable floppy with ATAPWD.EXE on it.
3. Boot from the floppy and launch ATAPWD.EXE select the WD80EB drive and press enter.
4. Select ERASE PREPARE and then ERASE UNIT.
5. Enter the master password: WDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWD
6. It will give you a Busy error, that means it is erasing the drive so please dont turn off the computer.
7. After 30min press F5 to refresh the list and you will see that the drive has become unlocked
Lol, thats really the password? Damn, now I gotta count all those letters ;p LOL
Where do i get ATAPWD.EXE?
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wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:07 am Post subject:
WDC 10 times then just 1 WD to end it, there man even did that for you.
ccros028 Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: V1.4- 500GB Modded: Xecuter 3 CE Solderless
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:09 am Post subject:
wes213 wrote:
WDC 10 times then just 1 WD to end it, there man even did that for you.
Lol, your the man Wes, how bout tellin me where i can get ATAPWD.EXE
bomernee Xbox-Hq Genius Xbox Version: V1.4- 500GB Modded: Xecuter 3 CE Solderless
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:12 am Post subject:
Quote:
ts hard to do when you dont have the eeprom to unlock them Wink
i got lucky one i unlocked and screwed one my early xboxs, the other i unlocked just after i got my 160 installed
wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:21 am Post subject:
ccros028 wrote:
wes213 wrote:
WDC 10 times then just 1 WD to end it, there man even did that for you.
Lol, your the man Wes, how bout tellin me where i can get ATAPWD.EXE
X-BINS man i think you can still get it there.
wes213 Administrator
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:27 am Post subject:
Just so i can say i said it, im not 100% this will work for you but it is a no good hdd to you anyway so have at it.
wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:29 am Post subject:
rebelcharm wrote:
It's funny that you mention that I myself have wondered about using the old drives in some external application. You know to put them in a enclosure to save some program that I might want to use in the future. It would be awesome if the brains here at hq could figure some way to reformat the old drives so they could be used by a pc.
The dishes are done, man.
ccros028 Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: V1.4- 500GB Modded: Xecuter 3 CE Solderless
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:30 am Post subject:
wes213 wrote:
Just so i can say i said it, im not 100% this will work for you but it is a no good hdd to you anyway so have at it.
Actually is a whole box (about 25) of hard drives, all with no matching motherboards. So, if I kill one trying, I'm not gonna lose any sleep
wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:37 am Post subject:
Thats what i was saying in the post you just quoted me on. lol
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