Ok so i was softmodding screwed up my xbox and got error 21(who dos'nt) and i figured "Whatever, ill just get a boot disk and restore it." Only wen i did i accidently went to config magic and pressed "Unlock Harddrive," (Which i now know is bad) and got error 5. So i now have to figure out a way to lock it once more. My question is what do i do from here? And is there a way to re-lock it without taking out the HDD or using a modchip?
Leave config magic alone, it only ends in tears! Ok, you are in a fortunate situation. Because you softmodded, you would of backed up your eeprom. Beacuase your drive is now unlocked, it means that we can access the eeprom via a PC. Look at my hotswapping tutorials and get Explorer360 (It's not for Xbox 360, it's just the name!) Whilst within windows, connect your Xbox HDD to the PC and refresh your hardware in Device Manager. Windows will detect your drive and it can be read like a hotswap in Explorer 360. You will find your eeprom.bin in E:\UDATA\2xxxxxxxxxxx\00000000000\Backup Copy that file to your PC HDD and then follow my "HDD Upgrade" Tutorial to get you back up and running again! Any issues, post back in the appropriate thread!
Alright thx bro at least ive got something to try now (not like i have nethin to lose) one question tho... does using xplore360 mean i have to take my hardrive out of the xbox?
Yes! But you can leave it in the Xbox, just unplug the IDE cable and connect the IDE from the PC... Don't forget to give it power too!
Ok, i got my xbox all opened up nice and clean-like, but when i hotswap i cant get my computer to recogize the HDD, I am using xbox hdm 1.9 to do this.... is this the right thing to be using????
I believe the best way to get it recognised is to have xboxhdm loaded at the first screen, then connect the HDD! Let it sit for a minute, then tell it to build the HDD, should find it fine!
Uhh I have never really messed with softmodding, so I cannot really help you out here. That's cool though; you should be able to sort it out by connecting it to a computer.
chunkhead (Senior Member) 13. August 2007 @ 21:34 I believe the best way to get it recognised is to have xboxhdm loaded at the first screen, then connect the HDD! Let it sit for a minute, then tell it to build the HDD, should find it fine! Ok, i got everything loaded, and chose build hd from scratch. it firmated the c and started makin a new one... but is takin a VERY LONG TIME!!! is this normal????
Ok, i formated the HDD and installed the new dash files... so in theory my xbox should be bak to factory condition. Fourinetly... my friend was able to salvage my loxck code... and maybe even my eeprom...so what i need to know is what do i do form here??? Do i run xboxhdm again and go to run unlock/lock tools??? if so how do i enter my lock code??? PLZ HELP!!!!
I'm confused... if you formatted and reinstalled clean files, turn it on and see if it's fixed. If it's not and you have the eeprom, use my 'Upgrade HDD' tutorial!
Alrighty my xbox is back up and squeaky clean! Thank you for all your help chunkhead! One more thing though, my frined left his xbox at my house ( he tried to mod it and got error 16) any adice on what i should do for him (he said if worst comes to worst he would buy a new HDD)
