how to backup...
ive read some where..
ms indeed take some space on HDD for cache file...
but tell..not 10G..

Mine HDD is like 13.8gb free after i clear out videos and demo games. Should be 14gb after the reservation by the console itself.

guys,
all i see in partition 3 -> Content ->

are folders with random numbers and alphabet and when i tried to extract them all it shows me error message "cluster out of range"

i'd try to extract the folder 1 by 1 and some of the file show the same error message even i extract them 1 by 1. i guess those files are corrupted. it have like 200++ folders in there and if i copy 1 by 1, it will take at least half day for me to extract them all   

my question is, is there a way to recognize the folder to it's respective game in partition 3? so i can save some time and only backup the save games i want and delete the rest.

Just a question i want to ask cos im thinking of upgrading my HDD. Is it neccessary to clear the cache in the 20gb HDD before we do the transfer? If so does it means that i have to re download all my DLC's to be able to use them on the new 160gbHDD? A little confused when i read the tutorial and the tutorial says to clear all the cache.

jaylike7 Posted Today, 11:12 AM
  Dark,

there are four folders in Partition 3 -> Content

but each of the sub folders has it's child folders where i'm having problem copy them.

Partition 3 -> Content ->

there are 4 folders, which i'm having problem copy two of them.

1s folder name is numbers+alphabet combination,
2nd folder name is "00000000" (not sure exactly how many ZEROs)

both of them are having hundred over sub folders where im having problem copy some of them.

I spent alot of time geetting my SATA controller to recognize the HDD. Had to hexedit hddhackr in order for it to detect the drive. I find that using winhex to edit is easier than using hex workshop. Then i din realise that explorer360 was stuck when i was dumping the 20gb file to my PC. Only realise it after 1hour plus so time wasted there. Moral of the story is to not be greedy and back up the folders in partition 3 one by one.

So far all is working fine except my Forza 2 savegame is corrupted. Havent tried my Fable 2 savegame yet. Will update when i have time to test. Finished everything at 3.30am. 

All in all a great experience. Thanks to MMX and Darksaviour for the tutorial. Cheers mates. Great job.



Now to install as much games as i can. Haha..

Y i stop at some sata drive responded there for few mins? Is it normal?

I think my bios no detect the hdd... How le...

ksleong88 Posted Today, 06:24 PM
 
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Added on November 27, 2008, 6:29 pmQUOTE(DarkSaviour @ Nov 27 2008, 03:56 PM)
Gratz.. i found out tht partition hex part a bit complicated... u can still download my tutorial on tht part if u still confused.. which u need to change some digits 80000 etc...






Thanks bro. I actually was reading both yours and mmx's tutorial. Hex part really confusing. I had to download ahem copy of win hex to get the job done. Thanks again bro. Love the fact i can have alot of games installed now. My DVD about to kaput d cos alot of DVD's cant be read properly.

YEa, my usb boot fine i think. I follow darksaviour guide to make bootable usb drive. Later will post up a screenshot of it. It just stop at some sata drive has responded... Then wait for 1hr also stop there. So i dont know what to do.. I duno is the hdd faulty or not... gonna see whether it can get detect at windows or not... Becos bios there is like blank one.

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Added on November 28, 2008, 11:40 amBtw, what do you mean by change to enhanced mode? If normally is what mode?

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Added on November 28, 2008, 11:52 amI think is the pc cannot detect the HDD. Becos if i use my 3.5 inch 200gb sata drive, i try hddhackr -f it will show like the 1st page one, ask me wan flash with wat sector one..

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Added on November 28, 2008, 12:00 pm

Bios screen shot.

The ide channel 1 master is the BEVS hdd. I think i gonna return it for a BEVT.. Is it wise?

YEah, i just brought it back and they also cant detect. Haiz.. then i have to use BEVT lo.. Gonna try to flash it now.

I also had the problem of partition 3 not showing up (I tried the HEX editing but the values where already there).
The solution for me was to play a game on the 360 and create a savegame on the new drive. After that I could see a partition 3 in Xplorer360 on my pc. Maybe a partition 3 only gets added by the xbox360 when needed instead of automatically when formatting the drive?

Grtz,
BParty

Hi all,
I just to share with you all my experience

I manage to come across BEVS series of HDD @ PCFAIR KL and get myself a unit of 160GB

to my surprise, after try to flash it with 3 PCs..none of them work
tried the whole night , research ... still no hope

so today plan to exchange for a new HDD... just before i make up my mind, i remember that i have a spare WD Passport Essential 160GB

I decided to open it up and try to flash the drive and voila ~ the drive is flash-able , and guess what, the drive series is WD1600BMVS

so my conclusion that , the 160GB BEVS do not have faith with me , instead the WD1600BMVS is more flexible with me

so now i need to get the Trorx 6 and 10 screwdriver

ps- the shop that i can get the BEVS is Computer War @ PC Fair KL

chickenducksoup Posted Yesterday, 03:08 PM
  QUOTE(Jcsy @ Jan 7 2009, 03:02 PM)
if doing for empty hard disk without transfer gamertag & save games its easy

but with all that, the time and pain is alot






if i doing without tranfer my save everything (since i save all my save game in build in 256mb)

so i just skip the partition 2&3 step?
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QUOTE(kitman @ Dec 30 2008, 12:16 AM)
QUOTE(DarkSaviour @ Nov 20 2008, 05:34 PM)
Just Prepare Offline Version. This version with photo as well.

Upgrading XBOX360  to 120GB HDD Tutorial

Added "How to make a Bootable Flash Drive"

How to make bootable flash drive
More Info for Partition 2 & 3 Hexing:

As my tutorial, the hexing part for partition 2 & 3 quite simple.

After you flash the HDD, just boot the pc with windows and ur new flash HDD

Open your Hex editor, choose the new flash HDD

1) Alt + G
2) Search 80000
3) Key in this "58 54 41 46 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 10 00 00 00 01"
4) Alt + G again
5) Search 120EB0000
6) Key in this "58 54 41 46 FF FF FF FF - 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 01"
7) Go to 120EB0010 which below 120EB0000
8) Key in this "00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF - FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF"
9) Save and switch off ur pc...
10) plug in the new flash HDD and then format. Once you plug back to ur pc for Xplorer you shd see partition 2 & 3.
Kindly post your Successfully Upgraded Story with your HDD model
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Added on January 7, 2009, 9:51 pmnvm after google + yahoo + msn + etc
finally found this site with pretty good guide(but it's chinese  )

http://bbs.a9vg.com/read.php?tid=937187

maybe TS can put on the 1st post... 

bro. since u use arcade set, where do u find the hdd mount? im also intrested to get 1.

Can this method get me banned from live? Assuming i am using a publicly available hddss.bin? so far has anyone got banned for this?