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Yes i know Hotswaping is not New But a program call Xplorer360 Is
and with this Nice program you can Easly  restore a Xbox from error code 21 or 13  (any dash error)
 

(NOTE) Never At anypoint trun Xbox OFF with IDE Unpluged  this will KILL the Xbox HDD if Done

thangs you'll Need

1. xbox with error code 21 or 13

2.  A fresh copy of C: and E: you can get at www.smdepot.net/files.php
or http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2PQ3V6LM
(Note) DO NOT USE the SID 4.0 installer in this Pack

3. Xplorer360 - witch you can get from Here or
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/system_tools/manage_external_devices/xplorer360.cfm

4. a PC with 2 IDE connections  (aka) Primary master and Secondary master

OK frist thangs frist you need to take Out all HDDs and CD/DVD roms from your PC

Now place your PC's HDD with OS on it  On Secondary master you can check to see witch IDE is Secondary master by going in to PC Bios

Trun on Pc  BUT befor pc boots up Hit the Pause/break button on your Keybarod
Now here is the Hard part...

Trun Xbox On... Just befor the Error code pops up Unplug the Xbox's IDE  soon after you do that the Xbox with read error Code or will Stick on the Big X screen

(Note) when doing this with No error code the Xbox Stoped and Stuck on the Big X screen.,  With error code the xbox gone right to error code

OK now plug in the Xbox HDD into the PC (Primary master)  and hit any key on Keybarod to boot PC
(Note) this may take time to Boot DO NOT TRUN PC OFF

After Pc is On and your On Winxp  Start
xplorer360.exe
(http://www.smdepot.net/zzk/openme.jpg)

Now click on Drive>Open>Harddrive or Memcard
(Note) you may get a Error This is Fine As long as you see the partitions Popup in the Left hand screen
(http://www.smdepot.net/zzk/opening.jpg)
(http://www.smdepot.net/zzk/Pertions.jpg)

(NOTE) at this Point if you Backed up eeprom.bin with Softmod Look for it and copy it to PC Now
Should be in E:/dashbarods/Backup
or C:backup or E:/Backup

partition 3 = C:
partition 4 = E:

just delete everythang in partition 3  and partition 4

Now you'll Have to do File By File with partition 3 (aka C:\)

HighLite pertion 3 and Right click on right side sreen pick Insert file
just do this with the 3 files in C:
xboxdash.xbe, Xbox.xtf, Xboxbook.xtf
Now right click agin this time Pick Insert Folder
pick Audio, Fonts, xboxdashdata.185ead00, xodash (One By One)
(http://www.smdepot.net/zzk/copyfile.jpg)
(http://www.smdepot.net/zzk/copyfolder.jpg)

Now Highlite on partition 4 and delete all thats in it
Now Make 2 folders  UDATA and TDATA

Now just Unplaug IDE from PC then place Xbox HDD back On Xbox's IDE then trun OFF Xbox And trun Back On
(Note) DO NOT TRUN XBOX OFF IF IDE IS UNPLUGED FROM XBOX HDD

If done right you'r Xbox is Now Fixed And back to Stock






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MORE HELP IF NEED BE

The pics show you  how the Xbox HDD and PC HDD should Be pluged UP
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(http://www.smdepot.net/zzk/errorcode3.jpg)

AMAZING... i havn't fubard an xbox in a good couple years, but i'll let you know how it goes when i try it. what can you do w/ the mem card? i noticed that was one of the options.

ok, i have a question, when i remove the ide cable, do i also need to remove the power cable? I'm confused about that part, could you help me out?

Also would this only work for an xbox thats was previously modded/softmodded?

Thanks in advance

Take care

1. No Do not remove the Power cord from Xbox HDD


2. No softmod No Mod it does not  matter 
(note) this is a good way to Softmod a Xbox without AR or Game

:( Did not work. As soon as I take the Ide cable out of the xbox it pauses on the xbox logo screen,. In order for the xbox to go to the error screen I must leave the Ide cable in there, untill it does.

If i leave it on the xbox screen, the computer wont start when i switch Ide cable, it goes to another screen
If i leave it on the error screen computer boots up to windows xp
When i open up exploror 360, it says "not found fatx drive", and the partiions do not appear:(

Any help would be aprieated

frist you must unplug the xbox IDE right after the flaber But befor the error screen

Next Trun On Pc  BUT befor it Boots up Hit the Pause/Break Key
now connect Pc IDE to Xbox HDD and hit any key to start boot up

(Note) you may need to hit Enter Meany times for PC to boot
(bootting will go slow)

This is not working for me. I've tried it muliple time but xplorer360 keeps telling me that no fatx drive where found. I did all of the steps without a hitch but to no avail. Just to double check I went into system properties under hardware and the drive is there so I know windows is seeing it. What can I be doing wrong?

sounds like the drive just isnt being unlocked before you are swapping... try unplugging the ide and power from the dvd-rom drive in the xbox and having it boot to a dvd drive error, and once it reaches this error screen, the hdd should be unlocked, then continue with the hotswap as normal

ok,does the disc/floppy drives have to be tooken/unpluged out?on my PC i have to HD's,can i just get my E drive (drive with out the OS on it) and put the C drive on it (drive with OS on it) and put my xbox HD where the C drive was?   (Primary master)   ???
oh ya and when you unplug the xbox HD from the computer to put it back in the xbox does the computer have to be off?

for the love of all that is XBOX   PLez  watch the Video if you don't understand

ok,iv watched it like 3 times,do i have to take out my disc drive?

just make sure theres nothing in your dvd dirves, and the xbox harddrive is primary one, and your harddrive with windows in primary 2

so this what im going to do.Im gona unplug my HD'd and my disc drives.Im gona put my OS drive on Secondary and leave my primary open for when i hot swap and when i hot swap im gona boot the computer the press Pause/Break then plug in my xbox HD and then press any key and continue booting

yes, you put your os hd as secondary master, and hit the pause/break during boot up of computer. jus rly pay attention to the video and i would say watch it as you do it, but that would be kinda hard unless you have a ipod or psp. i would right down all the key steps, because you wont be able to veiw the tutorial unless you have another electronic witha  webbrowser

Ima print it out.

just to throw my 2 cents in, and i cant garuntee it will work for everyone cuz in have 3 pc's and it only worked on one of them, but i have had this problem and fixed it in kind of the same way.  but instead of hitting pause break when the pc boots i wait for windows to load up, plug in the HDD, with the power still on to the xbox and all that, open up xplorer360 and, ofcourse i get that error code, but i can now access my xbox hdd and delete and add things as i see fit.  I have never been able to get the pause/break to work properly, and i also just plug my xbox as a slave, leaving the jumper in the factory position, but i have never had an issue with this method.  as i said though, i have 3 pc's and it only works on my newer compaq presario.

You are my hero ... you saved my Xbox .. I had erased By accident the xboxdash.xbe  on my console ... I had no idea what to do .. my xbox didn't work at all anymore I had the error 21 I went through many other websites looking for help and no one knew what to do .. they said I had to reformat my 250 gb  hdd and lose my 95 games ...  and then i came across your video on youtube ...  and it worked right away ... I got my Xbox back ... lol

for those of you for whome it doesn't work .. if your xplorer360 doesn't see the drive try this : unplug everything ... everything even the floppy drive.... I had the same problem at the beginning and then I noticed I had forgotten to unplug the floppy .. and it worked right away ... thanks again

glad they could help
and welcome to the site