[hobartrus]

I did this back in August and I haven't been banned.

Anyway, read the tutorial I wrote. It's much more comprehensive, tells you where to get the software you need, and shows you how to transfer your data from your existing drive.

forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=660096

[aaroneady]

I need major help. I've got the correct WD HD, 120GB and I'm using a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop to plug the HD into and run the hddhackr in DOS. The first correction I had to make was to edit the hddhackr.com file in a hex editor so it would recognize the drive and now I can run hddhackr -f but when I restart the computer and run hddhackr -f again it says to restart the computer again ... HELP!

[aaroneady]

Nevermind, I followed hobartrus's tutorial and used your files that you link and it worked!! Must be the files, probably a bad hddss.bin file from this tutorial. Thanks a ton hobartrus!!

[iggy356]

How about a Playstation 3 upgrade on the cheap?Is there a walkthrough for such?

[coastie65]

Here's one: vgstrategies.about.com/od/ps3cheatsandcodes/ss/PS3HDDUpgrade.htm . It was in the manuel that came with mine. coastie

[rtfire1]

the upgrade on the ps3 is very easy

[coastie65]

Yeah, it is, just be sure to save your stuff first on a flash or thumb drive. If not, you can always get your firmware, but the game stuff will be gone.

[johnsag49]

I haven't been able to get a straight answer on this from anyone.

A rep from Microsoft's Xbox support line claims any modification - including the one described in this magazine and the tutorial on Xbox-Scene forums - can get you banned from Live. You can still use your gamertag (ie. your Live account, just not the console.)

However, some people who've tried this report on the forums that they're still able to access Live.

I'm all ready to go... but now I'm seriously doubting the intelligence of doing this. The customer service rep claims there are "millions of users" and they will eventually get around to blocking anyone who hacks their console, or any accessories (like the HD.) Obvisiouly she just says that because M$ wants to sell drives.

That said - I'm not sure saving a few bucks on a cheaper drive is worth the risk. I'll just grab a 60gb (which retails for ~ $100) and leave it at that. Damn shame tho - just another way M$ gives it to it's customers right up the poop shoot.

[aaroneady]

There is no possible way they can ban you for changing your HD. Unless they start linking your Live account to the EXACT machine that you play on but that would be silly. Plus they'll have to make special HD's that only play on your machine when you log in as you ... dumb. The HD is just storage space, if you ever need to send you 360 back to Microsoft for anything, they tell you to keep you HD at home. They don't want it, nor do they need it.

I've done this plus some with my 360 and I'm still on Live with no problems.

[BSJohnson]

I know the tutorial says that this mod is designed for the WD Scorpio drive, but will it work with other SATA drives as long as they have the same specifications?

[gusfacer]

Can somebody please tell me an easy way to boot dos from a flash drive?

[aaroneady]

Go here: http://www.allbootdisks.com/
Put the contents of the DOS version on the flash drive (I think I actually had it make my flash drive into a boot disk).
Plug in your new HD ONLY.
Plug in your flash drive and boot up the computer (You may have to set up your boot order to boot from disk or removable media).

[gusfacer]

Two questions,

Do I download the automatic bootdisk or the Diskette image?

Also once I copy whatever I am supposed to onto the drive, how do I move the hdds.bin and the other program into the root?

Thanks in advance!

[aaroneady]

Sorry, my memory sucks and I'm not near my flash drive but I think I did the automatic boot disk .exe and it made my flash drive a boot disk. I then just copied the .bin file onto the flash drive (there will be no folders as the boot disk so just copy and paste onto the flash drive).

You could probably also just open an .img file, or download each DOS file, and copy them onto your flash drive.

I used the DOS 6.22.

[gusfacer]

Thanks a lot man! I just need to scrounge up a flash drive to try it out.

[Benchangachang]

can the 320 GB model be used with this?

[Benchangachang]

can the 320 GB model of this HD be used?

[aaroneady]

From what I've read ... no, because the xbox 360 has only supported up to 120 GB so far and the software/hardware won't support it. But it's worth some research to see if that's not true.

[ebnub]

This worked great. I didn't use the USB flash drive method, instead I made a MS DOS boot disk in Windows XP which you can do in My Computer. Just right click the Floppy Drive, goto Format, then check the Create Boot Disk box. The next step is the same as above, add hddhackr.exe and the 120gb version of hddss.bin to the diskette. Boot the disk with the new drive attached to the system and run hddhackr -f two times through. I was able to transfer my game saves using a standard xbox 360 memory card which you could just borrow from a friend if you are so lucky.

[BSJohnson]

I should be getting my scorpio drive this week! I'm excited to finally be able to try this!