120/80 GB Hdd

cool_dude_2000 · #1 27-05-2003, 04:57

how can u increase ur x-box hdd to 120 or 80 gb, what tools and knowledge is required for that. is there any harm in doing that and if yes what is it and what can i do to avoid it

thankz

clarky · #2 27-05-2003, 05:40

only tool you need to replace the hard drive is a trox...

first back up your c and e drives on your xbox, open it up, take out the old hd, put in your new hd, put the xbox back together, insert an evox disc with the format command on it...simply click format..dump backon your c drive data and e drive and tada, up and running

as long as you do it right there is no real harm

cool_dude_2000 · #3 27-05-2003, 10:35

thankz for the help but there's only one problem, how am i supposed to back up my c,d,and e partitions. what is the full name of the tool used and can you tell every thing step by step in full detail and also what type of new hdd should i buy for the x-box is it a normal pc one???

rms2001 · #4 27-05-2003, 13:12

Any normal IDE computer HDD will work in the XBox.

Western Digital has my vote for a make of a HDD to buy. Thats the only make I will buy, dose not matter what its going into, PC, XBox Tivo what ever…

clarky · #5 27-05-2003, 20:56

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Originally posted by cool_dude_2000
thankz for the help but there's only one problem, how am i supposed to back up my c,d,and e partitions. what is the full name of the tool used and can you tell every thing step by step in full detail and also what type of new hdd should i buy for the x-box is it a normal pc one???

you only need to back up the c and e...the d is the disc drive...but to back it up just save it to your pcs hd for the time being. anyway like rms said any pc hard drive will do, im using a western digital and had no problems as of yet

but to do it....first undo the screws under the xbox feet and the silver stickers to take the case off

when you do you should be able to see the dvd drive to the left and your hd to the right....look in the middle and there should be a screw, undo that and if i remember correctly the hardrive should become lose, unlpug the power cable and the ide cable on the hd to free it totally from the xbox

when you have done this you should find a few more screws on the side of the tray holding the hard drive to its tray, undo them and take out the hd and put in your new 80/120hd. screw it to the case, plug in the power cable and the ide cable and screw back the case to the tray to the xbox

now put the xbox case back on and screw it back together

when you start your xbox now you should get a screen saying it needs to be serviced

turn off your xbox and put in the evox cd with the format command line so when you turn it on it should come up with the evox menu and the command format hd

click format hd and wait...when its done ftp to your xbox and dump your c and e drive from your previous xbox hd, simply reboot without the cd in the drive and it should be the way it was before, except with a lot more space, make sure you have the f drive enabled or else you wont be able to use all that free space

if you look on this forum you should find a previous topic with the command line to format with evox, if not just say and i'll try and dig it out again

cool_dude_2000 · #6 28-05-2003, 04:27

well iam sorry but i doesn't seem like it's there unless i haven't recognized it