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[whoeverxxx]

My nephew bought an X-box in South Korea when he was there for army duty. Anyway he left it here for awhile and I decided to take a look at it. This X-box looks just like our US X-box but is modded and needs a converter to plug into a 120V outlet (Backward US ways). He bought it this way in SK.
His X-box has Uleash X V.0.37.1218a and the Xbox itself is version 1.1. It also says it has a 120 GB harddrive in it. He has about 20 X-box games stored on the harddrive which was not surprising to me but what did surprise me was that he had what seemed to be a complete library of SNES, NES, and some other older game systems and games\roms that were very handy to choose from the Modchips Operation systems menu, or atleast thats what I'd call it. This must be legal to buy in stores over there since he said he bought the X-box modded and with the games already installed.

My questions are as follows:
How do I find this modchip or even a premodded X-box like his without going to SK?

Can you really use a different harddrive in the X-box?

I'm not real interested in putting X-box games on the harddrive since we already own just about every decent game there is leagally...Well maybe putting some of the most played games on there wouldn't hurt in order to save from having to rebuy the disk when the middles start to crack away from taking them out of the cases all the time, but what I'm really inerested in is putting the old SNES and maybe N64 games on it. I have the rom files to most all the games I own on those old systems. Is that what I'd use or am I completly missing the target here?

Is there a way to back up some of the stuff he has on his X-box? If so how?

[AXmichigan]

1) google

2) yes, f drive only for <250, f and g for >250 (gigs)

3) completely off, u needa buy somethin that will transfer the cartridge rom into digital computer usage, and no dont ask to download, we dont support piracy

4) u can back it up to another xbox (if modded) or a pc if u would like

[whoeverxxx]

Originally Posted by AXmichigan

1) google

2) yes, f drive only for <250, f and g for >250 (gigs)

3) completely off, u needa buy somethin that will transfer the cartridge rom into digital computer usage, and no dont ask to download, we dont support piracy

4) u can back it up to another xbox (if modded) or a pc if u would like

1. Figured maybe that.
2. So that means a 250GB max and whats the f and G about?
3. Not planning on transfer cartrige to digital Computer usage, way beyond my hardware capabilities. Oh and only d-loaded roms to games I already own, thought I made that somewhat clear above but I guess you concluded differently than I expected.
4. How is the simplest way to do this? Are you speaking from experience?

Anyone know how an X-box CD rom drive would work hooked up to a PC? Is this how I can transfer my games to a harddrive or is there more involved?

[kosmiq]

Here is the deal with HDD's:
any bios will support the f: partition of the HDD to be up to 250gb maximum. After that it must be g:. The drive will be partitioned when formated.

to backup what he has on his xbox simply use FTP to the xbox and transfer the stuff to your PC. Then do the same but from PC to xbox when you are to put it onto your own xbox.

backuping games is done like this:
make sure you have Complex Tools or DVD2xbox (I would recommend dvd2xbox), insert game disc, start dvd2xbox, select backup and then where to backup it. Wait. Done. Remove disc and play the game from hdd...

[whoeverxxx]

Originally Posted by kosmiq

Here is the deal with HDD's:
any bios will support the f: partition of the HDD to be up to 250gb maximum. After that it must be g:. The drive will be partitioned when formated.

to backup what he has on his xbox simply use FTP to the xbox and transfer the stuff to your PC. Then do the same but from PC to xbox when you are to put it onto your own xbox.

backuping games is done like this:
make sure you have Complex Tools or DVD2xbox (I would recommend dvd2xbox), insert game disc, start dvd2xbox, select backup and then where to backup it. Wait. Done. Remove disc and play the game from hdd...

Thanks for the informaion, it seems helpfull but let me get this all straight becuase I forsee some bottlenecks.

On his modded X-box I did see both an f and a G partition showing up on his menu screen of that X-boxs modchip OS. If I used just one 250 gb harddrive could I set it up entirely as the F drive and after installing this drive will my X-box recognize it so I can format using the X-box or the modchips O.S.???????

A few big questions on FTP for you. Is this what your talking about? http://www.ftpx.com/.. How do I use this in conjunction with the X-box? Do I need something other than a high speed ISP connection and a PC? How do I get my PC to read whats on X-box so I can back it up,,, Is there a certain cable I need to get or can I use something common from home to use for the backup process before my Nephew goes back overseas. I have X-box live but I'm guessing it will not play a role for this proceedure,,right? He might frown abit if I have to take his harddrive out of his X-box to back it up.

[Quall999]

FlashFXP

If you use a 250gb HDD
-about 700mb will go to C (this has the xbox files)
-about 5gb will go to E (this stores the saves)
-and 700mb will go to x, y, and z (these are used by games for temp files).

The rest will go to F.

Any HDD with more space will be like the setup above, except only 137gb will go to F, and the rest, with a max of 250gb, will go to G.

[kosmiq]

FlashFXP is the right app to use. It works great and will do its thing.

To FTP to the xbox you need a standard RJ45 crosslinked cable (standard network cable, crosslinked), or a switch and 2 RJ45 standard cables. I would recommend the crosslink though. Of course you need a network card in your PC that supports atleast 10mbit, 100mbit is prefered though.
Then assign a static IP to your PC and your xbox, connect to the xbox IP usign FlashFXP and copy what you need.

A note about Xbox-Live now that you mentioned it... You will not be able to use Xbox-Live anymore. Erm well you could use it but with the risk of being banned. Especially if you previously has been online with the standard hdd and that number has been regged on xbl. But when chipped you could use a legal and free alternative such as X-Link Kai or Xbox Connect.

[whoeverxxx]

How do I read an Xbox disc usin g a PC? I have a program named Qwix ver1.01 and am thinking it might be a good start but when I put in my nephews X-box backup disc I still can't open it up. How can I read it?

[EricCamper]

You need to put the game in the xbox and ftp to the xbox to the computer.
Then transfer all the files to the computer, etc. and then backup the game in any fashion you see fit.....There should be a great sticky somewhere on more data. Good Luck

[whoeverxxx]

Originally Posted by EricCamper

You need to put the game in the xbox and ftp to the xbox to the computer.
Then transfer all the files to the computer, etc. and then backup the game in any fashion you see fit.....There should be a great sticky somewhere on more data. Good Luck

I'm using a RJ 45 crossover cable hooked directly from my PC's ethernet card to the X-box. I tried to connect with both Flash FXP and Qwix but can't. The one error I cet using Qwix is FTP Connection Error Socket Error#10065 No route to host. What am I doing wrong?

[Quall999]

What application is being used on the xbox? Did you make the IP static (on boith your xbox and pc)?

[whoeverxxx]

Originally Posted by Quall999

What application is being used on the xbox? Did you make the IP static (on boith your xbox and pc)?

Well, there are apps on the Xbox called FBOX FTP Client, Linksboks, and BOXPLORER that sound like likely possibilities. The IP address on his Xbox shows that it is static but I donnot see a setting for that on the P.C. software I mentioned.

[Quall999]

You need to set the PC's ip yourself. Go into network connections. Select your LAN option and right click it. Choose properties. Then, in the scroll menu, go to the last item. It should be something like tcp/ip settings. Then, click properties of that option.

Go to the alternate config tab, so you won't have to change it back when you connect to the net.

Set the ip to what ever you want.
subnet: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.0.1

Use the following DNS:
0.0.0.0

[whoeverxxx]

Originally Posted by Quall999

You need to set the PC's ip yourself. Go into network connections. Select your LAN option and right click it. Choose properties. Then, in the scroll menu, go to the last item. It should be something like tcp/ip settings. Then, click properties of that option.

Go to the alternate config tab, so you won't have to change it back when you connect to the net.

Set the ip to what ever you want.
subnet: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.0.1

Use the following DNS:
0.0.0.0

Thanks, that worked! So now I can see whats in the C,E,F,X,Y,Z folder of this X-box. I was going to try and make an ISO of one of my game discs just to test it to see if I can make a working backup. What sybolizes the X-box DVD rom drive anyway? How can I back up a game using nero once I figure out where the disc files are. Or do I have to put the game files on the Xbox harddrive first instead of trying to read them from the disc drive? Probably more to it, but can you shed some more light on the subject for me?

[kosmiq]

The DVD-Drive of the xbox is D:. In order to make a backup you first FTP all files from the D: drive when the disc is inserted into the xbox.

Start Qwix and select create ISO. Burn the ISO with Nero or DVD Decrypter... I prefer DVD Decrypter.

There is no need to start XboXFTP or any app on the xbox in order to move from xbox to PC. Simply start the xbox up with the chip on and boot into the dashboard (EvoX or whatever). Go to your PC and start the FTP transfer.
XboxFTP is for transfer between 2 xbox's and boxplorer is simply a filemanager for the xbox.