07 December 2017, 02:23 | #1 |
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XBOX 1 (softmodded) - New hard disk
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I own a XBOX 1 which I personally softmodded many years ago (using Splinter Cell hack). I used it a lot with XBMC, homebrew emulators etc. I would like to change the stock 8GB hard disk (which is getting older and older...) with a bigger and newer one, or maybe a CF/SD + IDE adapter solution. Is it relatively easy, or does it imply modifications/soldering on the mainboard? I suppose I have to unlock the original drive etc. Is there a website with a plain, easy to follow guide? |
07 December 2017, 02:32 | #2 |
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No its easy. I changed mine over with a 80gb hard drive o my modded xbox1. I recall booting with a boot cd and formatting the drive with dashlaunch. But its been so long ago that ive forgotten. If i recall the tutorial website ill let you know.
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07 December 2017, 02:42 | #3 |
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Thanks .
My doubt is: with a modded XBOX (like yours?) it can/could be easy, but with a softmodded XBOX like mine? For example, the video below (at 5:30) states that "[...] we can't install a CF device on a softmodded xbox. What we need to do is enable the flashing capability on the motherboard, flash a new custom BIOS and then install the CF device [...]". [ Show youtube player ] Is it true or can that be circumvented? |
07 December 2017, 03:01 | #4 |
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See this video by lantus.
[ Show youtube player ] [edit] Do'h, same video as above. With stock XBOX bios the HDD needs to be locked and that's not possible on Compact Flash drives afaik. Last edited by Retroplay; 07 December 2017 at 03:09. |
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Pm'd you.
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07 December 2017, 12:37 | #6 |
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It is very easy to add larger hard drives to a soft-modded box. But you will need an x86 PC with an IDE port on the motherboard (harder to find these days) to be able to unlock and lock the hard drive.
Remember if you are going to use a hard drive larger than 128GiB then you MUST change the default cluster size or you WILL regret it. It works fine upto 128GiB and then any writes above that will overwrite the rest. You can use XBPartioner to set the cluster size as you partition and format your new drive. If you are OK at soldering why not modify the TSOP write pin so you can flash your TSOP with the HeXen disk? Then you can put on a BIOS which doesn't need locked drives and use the IDE->CF adapter. But to be fair why not ditch the XBOX1 if you don't play XBOX1 games and replace it with a Raspberry PI3? Last edited by alexh; 07 December 2017 at 12:46. |
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TSOP pin location, HeXen disk... sorry for bothering you (these things were probably discussed in the past) but is there a good website to check/study? Or, if I/we don't annoy others, we could discuss the details here... Quote:
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Hot-swap perhaps on the XBOX? Prep your new drive on your PC and then hot-swap it over to the XBOX for locking? Quote:
32k 256GiB-512GiB 64k 512GiB-1TiB Why not just go with a 64k cluster size? It's the smallest amount you can write to the drive. So files smaller than 64Kbytes take up 64Kbytes. Have a look on YouTube. Lots of guides depending on which version motherboard you've got. http://www.eurasia.nu/modules.php?na...En_2017_Update Last edited by alexh; 07 December 2017 at 17:35. |
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http://www.xbox-hq.com/html/xbox-tutorials-260.html |
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07 December 2017, 22:03 | #10 |
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I never came across that tool even though I would have still been using my Xbox in 2007
I wonder what/ how it partitions and formats the new drive before cloaning? cluster size? And what it does with the new space on the new drive? |
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Lazy developers not following the ATA spec? CF cards not being 100% ATA compatible? I mean not even all the hard drives you could buy followed the spec. Lots didn't support locking and couldn't go in an Xbox back in the day
But if you flash the onboard TSOP flash or use a hard mod then you don't need to worry as custom BIOS don't require locking |
08 December 2017, 02:21 | #13 |
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I have uploaded Slushie's TSOP flash guide here (from xbox-scene.com):
https://tinyurl.com/y9duk7bd |
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Tutorial is here: [ Show youtube player ] This is not the tutorial I used a few years ago. I used some writeup I found on emuxtras.net but I cannot find it anymore. I hate forum search algorithms they never work. It is good to have a backup on your PC (via FTP). After resizing the G partition to fill out all the new space on the new disc, I lost the data on that partition. So I had to copy that back over from my backup, using FTP. Last edited by rsn8887; 08 December 2017 at 08:05. |
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I'm just wondering if: a) it's risky (I have a softmodded XBOX; if flashing goes wrong I could "brick" it with no hope of unbricking?) b) which is the best BIOS release I could use Quote:
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http://xboxdrives.x-pec.com/?p=list And a tutorial for SATA drives https://www.xbmc4xbox.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=649 |
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