Softmod Depot

(Updated 3/4/2007 )

Read before Installing New HDD
make sure your HDD works with the Xbox First
http://xboxdrives.x-pec.com/?p=statistics
ps... i have done this Many Many Many Many times and works 100%
 
if you can't find the eeprom.bin  look in E/UDATA/4541000d/000000000000/backup/
or E:\backup_linux
 Or if you Used Krayzie's Installer look in
E:/Dashbored/backup
or
E:/Backup/eeprom
If anythang Just keep looking in all Folders For a eeprom.bin

(Note) If you used the Backup of your Softmoded Xbox Then to Resoftmod you MUST  Delete the Save off Xbox HDD then Recopy a fresh one on the Xbox As that one is used

when it says (primary master) that means Master Cable look in Bios to see what is on primary master and put the HDD you are going to use on that one
 
To lockHD you need to go in to PC bios and set HDD to User not auto

How To Install A Bigger Hard Drive

Using this method you will not need to do anything to your original hard drive which means that if anything does go wrong you will still have an xbox :-)


Needed Equipment/Software:

1) xboxhdm 1.9 http://www.smdepot.net/zzk/Exploits/xboxhdm_v1.9.zip

2) Torx 10 And Torx 20 Screwdrivers - To Open XBOX

3) A Spare/Blank PC Hardrive (Can be anything from 10 GB to 500 GB i use a 200g)

4) FTP Program (FlashFXP,Cuteftp,AceFTP, SmartFTP etc.)

5) A blank CD-R/W,DVD-R/RW and A CD/DVD Burner


Steps:
(Note) you DO NOT need to go to Backup in EVOX with Krayzie Nduer or Krayzie UXE)

1. On your xbox's evox dashboard go to system utils and select backup. While your waiting for that to finish extract all files in xboxhdm 1.9 to your PC'S hard drive and open up the folder 'linux' in that folder is a folder called 'eeprom'. Once the backup is complete, on your PC run the desired FTP program and access your xbox. Go to E:\ backup_linux\ or E/dashboard/backup/ and download a file called 'eeprom.bin' to the xboxhdm\linux\eeprom folder of on your PC's hard drive. Then go to the root of your xbox and download the full folders of C:\ and E:\ (You can use F:\ to if you want it) to your PC's hard drive to the xboxhdm\linux folder and overwrite the ones already there. Now in the root of xboxhdm is files named 'make-iso-win'. You must run make-iso-win and wait for it to finish once it has finished. Now burn the .iso which was created to a blank cd-r/w/ DVD-R/w using nero or alcohol etc. When burning is finished shutdown pc.


2. Take out all other hard drives leaving a CD/DVD drive in and put in the hard drive you wish to make an xbox hard drive and set it to be the (primary master.) Boot up your PC and as it is loading press escape and set your PC to boot from CD. Now reset your PC and put the cd-r/w/DVD-R/w with the .iso you created on it, in the cd/dvd drive. You should be given a list of options. Choose Option 1 (by typing '1') and press enter to boot VGA console with xbox-drive utilities (default). Type 'xboxhd' when it asks you for a login. Another list of options will show up, choose option 1 again (the one that says 'Build a new Xbox HD from scratch') and it will begin to format and write the partition table etc. If you put your C:\ and E:\ onto the CD then when it asks you about them type yes and when it asks you if you would like an F select yes, it is all pretty self explanatory. Now quit and reboot your PC. If this worked you now have a brand new nearly-usable xbox hard drive.


3) Now for locking the hard drive. When it boots from the cd agian, this time type '3' and hit enter to boot linux with locking/unlocking utilities. Next, type in 'lockhd -a'. It will now search for the eeprom on the CD and will automatically lock the hard drive. Now turn off the PC and take out the hard drive when it has finished locking.
(Note If HDD is locked you'll see 2 Yes's)
(Note security lock Is NOT you're HDDs Lock security enabled Is

WELL DONE YOU NOW HAVE A BRAND NEW CUSTOM XBOX HARDRIVE!!!

4. Just follow this tutorial on opening your xbox and install your new xbox hard drive;
New Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRsfXA680Oc
http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/open1.php . Load up your xbox with your brand new hard drive in and have fun!
Original Tutorial by LostKoRn http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=257509

ReMade and Done Better  By Zzk2001

nice....

that's on my todo list now.

BOOST

Im doin the same.

*Update*

i have done this on Meany Xbox's and 100%


i now Own a 200g Hdd in my Xbox + 120g in my MOM's Xbox  lol 

Im gonna try this tomorrow morning! I hope all goes well!

This is an excellent Tutorial. I agree... i keep running into a problem though. If someone could help me. I get an error everytime I try this (when using boost's xboxhdm ndure iso) says it can't find the C and E files when it goes to copy the files. Says i need to put in the correct disc. Why does this happen? I burn it at 4x and finalize the cd. Help me out guys...

On a side note... im exited about what we do here.. keep up the killer work. I love when i have a question, i can look in our fourms for the answer... we're making progress. plus my graphic skillz are improving.. check out the banner uptop :) woot to me and everyone else. lol.

just one thing for all of you who are following the directions word for word, make sure when you download xboxhdm 1.9 you save it instead of open it. if you choose to open the download then when it tries to create the .iso it won't work.

i actually have a problem, my new 40 gig harddrive won't boot up evox, it just brings me to the original ms dash board. but when i go to memory all my stuff is there!? anyone know how to fix this?

Just pop in your game and remod it. :) You probalby copied the c:\ off the modded xbox while evox was running. If so, it's the virtual C you copied... which is unmodded. it's wierd.. but just remod it and your good :)

the only problem is i don't have the game and i dont have anyway of getting the game for days

You could try to put your old hd back in and try booting w/ the tray open. Maybe it'll boot up to the gamesave exploit screen... if it does, you then have ftp access to the full c:\.. copy the entire thing and put that as your new hd c:\ should fix it.. if it doesnt boot the mod screen and just goes to evox... you have to get the game so you can get access to that screen and the real c:\ files. hope that helps :) go rent the game.

that didn't work but thanks, i gues ill just use the stock softmodded hd until i get the game

good tut.... I understand almost everything (thats good for me) but ummm i few questions to get me feeling more comfortable.

1. on this link "http://xboxdrives.x-pec.com/?p=statistics" you gave; 9 people said the kind of HD I have locked but 1 person said that it didnt work.  the one person that said it didnt listed the program he used as xboxhdm.... others had the program they used as slayer and some put evox.... im a lil confused slayer and evox are other installers? i didnt think they were....  can you clear that issue with me?

2. Ive never taken out or put in a new hard drive into a computer before..... truthfully ive actually never even seen the inside of one (besides in a few pics). Could you maybe give a lil info on that or point me in the right direction again? I really dont want to F - up my only comp. Speaking of F'in it up...  can taking hd and putting in  another then putting the other back F up my comp at all?

3. On the link given on taking out your old xbox hd it shows taking out the dvd drive and mother board....... umm im just assuming thats for chips and for replacing the hd i ONLY take out the old one i i dont need to touch the dvd drive and or motherboard... am I assuming correctly?

Any reply ill be grateful for. Im trying hard not to be a noob but, it seems im not catching on as fast as I would like to!! lol.
Im sure im going to run into more questions when I actually have enough confidence to start doing this

pfat

1.  9 out of 10. It will probably work. You have to leave room for human error

2.  very easy  just open computer case, swap drives (if they are both IDE) perform xbxhdm then swap back
     No risk at all to your current hdd as long as it isn't connected when you are running hdm.

3.  Just do the steps up to the hdd removal. That is all you need from that tut.

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Thx for the reply.... Im going to try it tonight

A few quick questions that seem pretty obvious, but I just want to make sure.

1. My eeprom is my eeprom is my eeprom... correct?  There are 3 or 4 different copies of 'eeprom.bin' on my hard drive, but they are all exactly the same, right?

2. I have halo 2 in the E folder on my xbox, so if I back that up to the xboxhdm/linux/E folder on my PC, the iso it makes will obviously be too big for a CD-R.  I can just exclude the halo 2 files from the cd xboxhdm CD and ftp them back after the hard drive switch, right?
EDIT: scratch that, even without the game there's .97 gigs, so I'll just burn it to a dvd.

3. I'm trying this with a 200GB drive... how am I going to have to format the extra space to be usable?



btw, this site has been an amazing help. thanks a lot to all the contributors.

1. Correct.

3. I have never gone over 120 in a softmod, but i think Slayers will help you format your hd.

Ok, I got the formatting issue figured out.  I used the Krayzie ndure 1.1 installer, so I just used the "format drive" option in Krazyie's Extras.  Also, I enabled the G drive in EvoX, but it wasn't showing up in XBMC, so I had to change the <useGdrive> setting in xboxmediacenter.xml.

I installed a 200GB Maxtor hard drive and its working fine.  However my G: drive isn't working.
I enabled G: drive in the dashboard of Evolution X and the letter shows up in XBMC.  However it says it has 0MB/0MB.  My F: drive is 129MB and that's working fine.   I tried formating using the Krazyie's UIX exploit but doesn;t seem to work.  There was a thread to try using FlashFTP Client to format it but I get bad command when I call "FormatDrive" or "FormatPath". 

Can someone help?

Have you tried using Slayers to format the drive?

I briefly looked to the Slayer CD to see if i could format with it, but I couldn't find it.  I think i went into the upgrade HD option but I had the impression that the tool will re-format C: and E: drive.  THen again, i don't think i know how to use it.   Where would I find the formating tool to format F: & G: drive in the CD?

Look for this at the main menu and follow it until you get to the format options.
                       Applications / Lock HDD / Format HDD
                            Any HDD Lock / Unlock & Format
                                 Format
                                      Format only F:
                                      Format only G:

Or it will look something like that

hey, i followed the steps exactly and when i start up my xbox everything looks fine, but when i try to run a gamee it freezes or goes to a blank screen, and it also does this when i do anything with xboxlive. Help Please...

I hope people are still following and responding to this thread.  I have a quick clairifying question.

By following this tutorial will I end up with an Xbox that opperates just like my current Xbox does just with a bigger hard drive?  It seems that my games and saves will be transfered over since they are in the C and E drives.  But, will I still have the same soft mod?  Will I still have XBMC as my dash?

Thanks for any replies.

I am pretty sure that you will have to re-softmod your Xbox.

Thanks.  After reading around a bit it seems to be normal to need to re softmod, which is no problem.  I read somewhere of there being a conflict depending on the state of your xbox when you back up your C: drive.  Something to do with the shadow drive and whether or not your mod files get backed up and then there being a conflict when you try to mod again.  Does anyone know about this?  When I FTP into my Xbox I am usually have it sitting in XBMC which I have set up as my dashboard.

Update:
I did have to re-mod and had no problems doing so.

ok, i had some troubles with mine, i copied the c and e n w/e to my pc burned it ok great formated new xb hd, and i booted up my xb, ms dashboard was installed, then i did the soft mod with splinter cell, it said that i already had a modded xbox, so i ftp a dashboard to my xbox and then i rebooted, and got the all the languages from death sayin to return the xbox or somethin, so
i unmodded my orgnial xbox, copied the c and e over made a cd made a xb hd and booted it up, intalled the softmod and it was fine.
 ;D
it was a fun experience but, it worked with time

Well, I'm glad you got it working alright.

followed ur instructions to a T.  Every thing went great, put it all back together and powered up now all I get is "Service required..." #13
please help!!!

I'm having a bit of trouble and hope you guys can help. I have an older pc so when I run xboxhdm after I choose boot VGA console w/ xbox util. I get a dialogue about an "undefined mode #" and I chose "0" and things keep moving. But then when I'm supposed to type in"xboxhd -a" to format the drive I get a message that says

"This script assumes /dev /hda is the device to be used for creating or rescuing an xbox hd. No disk drive found on /dev /hda (primary master)

I checked the jumpers and they are set right and the hd is working and brand new. I read somewhere that the fact that mypc doesn't have a video card in it might cause a problem. What am I doing wrong?