Switching drives, have a question

[Quall999]

Do you have the xbox live dashboard?

The original xbox dash has the files spread across C, the xbl dash has the files in subfolders. That could explain the difference.
Also, slayers installs alternative dashboards to the HDD if you select to, so he might have avalaunch and evox while you might not have anything except the original dash.

If your xbox boots fine with the chip off, then you shouldn't need to change anything, unless it is adding something.