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dflyon
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« on: May 21, 2006, 12:41:12 AM »
Installing new hard drive got in a hurry and screwed up. Is there a way to just start completely over?
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« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2006, 12:21:02 PM »
if you backed up or C: and E: + eeprom then yes just unlock hdd then remake HDD with fresh copy of C: and E: then just lock hdd and done
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dflyon
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« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2006, 06:52:33 PM »
how about if I didn't back those up
I know stupid just never needed it before
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drfweega
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« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2006, 08:40:25 AM »
There is no way to fix it at least to my knowledge. I still have a 80gig sitting in my room that is useless thanks to careless errors.
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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2006, 06:17:07 PM »
Quote from: zzk2001 on May 21, 2006, 12:21:02 PM
if you backed up or C: and E: + eeprom then yes just unlock hdd then remake HDD with fresh copy of C: and E: then just lock hdd and done


What do I do if I don't have either?  (hd + eeprom b/up)
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« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2006, 02:39:08 PM »
Quote from: Dr Fweega on May 22, 2006, 08:40:25 AM
There is no way to fix it at least to my knowledge. I still have a 80gig sitting in my room that is useless thanks to careless errors.
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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2006, 08:58:34 PM »
i stumblemed onto this maybe it will help http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Unlocking%20Seagate%20Xbox%20Hard%20Drive.htm
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« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2006, 11:23:56 AM »
yeah if you have a western digital harddrive then use a tool like atapwd and use WDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDC

(WDC x 11 )

it's on llamma.com also

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