DOH! Wiped the security sector on the first one. Don’t make the same mistake I did… Better I make it then someone else. Apparently that black enclosure went to a 120GB.
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DOH! I wiped the security sector on the first drive, but it also isn’t a total loss since I can still use it externally. Don’t make that same mistake y formatting it outside of the system. I’ve put a clear warning about this in the guide. Also, that black enclosure is apparently a 120GB drive. I see evidence of a label because it protected that part from fading, so I have an idea where it came from.
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Since I got a 4GB E Xbox 360, I needed to get a cheap hard drive. I was hesitant to spend a lot of money on the drive, but I knew you could open a 360 Fat drive (the unreliable ones) and reuse the hard drive from that since it only cares about the security sector; the drive doesn’t need to be period correct. As long as you can make it work, you can open one of these fat drives and they’re cheap enough mistakes are not going to hurt.
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Since I got a 4GB Xbox 360 E, I needed to get a cheap hard drive. I was hesitant to spend a lot of money at the time, but I knew you could open a 360 Fat drive (from the unreliable 360) and reuse that drive since it only matters in the sense the security sector is present. By no means does the drive doesn’t need to be period correct. As long as you can make it work, these can be reused on a reliable console.
This guide composes of 2 things, which is why it’s a multi guide feedback request:
* A replacement guide for the original hard drive guide.
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** Do what you want with the old one; I made a new one so I can change the procedure. I didn’t like the approach in the old guide (bend the drive out)… It just screams bad idea.
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* A guide where I show the final image of what it should look like if you didn’t erase the security sector (or in my case, the data that’s burned from the factory because I messed up the security sector recovery procedure) and got it right (1 step)
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While it took 2 hard drives to get this guide to work, I did manage to push it out the same day because I made an emergency trip for another one. Oh well; it happened.
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** Do what you want with the old one; I made a new one so I can change the procedure. I didn’t like the approach in the old guide that was already here (bending the drive out just screams bad idea).
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* A guide where I show the final image of what it should look like if you didn’t erase the security sector (or in my case, the factory burned data that I got rid of recovering the drive) (1 step)
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While it took 2 hard drives to get this guide to work, I did manage to push it out the same day because I was able to make an emergency trip. Oh well; it happened.
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Is there anything that’s notable that needs work?
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Anyway, is there anything that’s notable that still needs work?
Links:
* https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Convert+a+360+(Fat)+Hard+Drive+into+a+360+(S+or+E)+Hard+Drive/118755 (Fat to Slim conversion)
DOH! Wiped the security sector on the first one. Don’t make the same mistake I did… Better I make it then someone else. Apparently that black enclosure went to a 120GB.
Since I got a 4GB E Xbox 360, I needed to get a cheap hard drive. I was hesitant to spend a lot of money on the drive, but I knew you could open a 360 Fat drive (the unreliable ones) and reuse the hard drive from that since it only cares about the security sector; the drive doesn’t need to be period correct. As long as you can make it work, you can open one of these fat drives and they’re cheap enough mistakes are not going to hurt.
This guide composes of 2 things, which is why it’s a multi guide feedback request:
* A replacement guide for the original hard drive guide.
-
** Do what you want with the old one; I made a new one so I can change the procedure. I didn’t like the approach in the old guide (bend the drive out)… It just screams that bad idea.
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** Do what you want with the old one; I made a new one so I can change the procedure. I didn’t like the approach in the old guide (bend the drive out)… It just screams bad idea.
* A guide where I show the final image of what it should look like if you didn’t erase the security sector (or in my case, the data that’s burned from the factory because I messed up the security sector recovery procedure) and got it right (1 step)
While it took 2 hard drives to get this guide to work, I did manage to push it out the same day because I made an emergency trip for another one. Oh well; it happened.
Is there anything that’s notable that needs work?
Links:
* https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Convert+a+360+(Fat)+Hard+Drive+into+a+360+(S+or+E)+Hard+Drive/118755 (Fat to Slim conversion)
DOH! Wiped the security sector on the first one. Don’t make the same mistake I did… Better I make it then someone else. Apparently that black enclosure went to a 120GB.
Since I got a 4GB E Xbox 360, I needed to get a cheap hard drive. I was hesitant to spend a lot of money on the drive, but I knew you could open a 360 Fat drive (the unreliable ones) and reuse the hard drive from that since it only cares about the security sector; the drive doesn’t need to be period correct. As long as you can make it work, you can open one of these fat drives and they’re cheap enough mistakes are not going to hurt.
This guide composes of 2 things, which is why it’s a multi guide feedback request:
* A replacement guide for the original hard drive guide.
-
** Do what you want with the old one; I made a new one so I can change the procedure as much as I want. I didn’t like the bend the caddy approach… Seems like a good way to break the drive.
-
* A guide where I show the final image of what it should look like if you didn’t erase the security sector (or in my case, the data that’s burned from the factory because I messed up the security sector recovery procedure)
-
While it took me 2 hard drives to get this guide to work, I did manage to push it out the same day because I made an emergency trip to get another drive. Oh well; it happened.
+
** Do what you want with the old one; I made a new one so I can change the procedure. I didn’t like the approach in the old guide (bend the drive out)… It just screams that bad idea.
+
* A guide where I show the final image of what it should look like if you didn’t erase the security sector (or in my case, the data that’s burned from the factory because I messed up the security sector recovery procedure) and got it right (1 step)
+
While it took 2 hard drives to get this guide to work, I did manage to push it out the same day because I made an emergency trip for another one. Oh well; it happened.
Is there anything that’s notable that needs work?
Links:
* https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Convert+a+360+(Fat)+Hard+Drive+into+a+360+(S+or+E)+Hard+Drive/118755 (Fat to Slim conversion)
DOH! Wiped the security sector on the first one. Don’t make the same mistake I did… Better I make it then someone else. Apparently that black enclosure went to a 120GB.
-
Since I got a 4GB E Xbox 360, I needed to get a cheap hard drive. I was hesitant to spend a lot of money on the drive, but I knew you could open a 360 Fat drive (the unreliable ones) and reuse the hard drive from that since it only cares about the security sector; the drive doesn’t need to be period correct. As long as you can make it work, you can open one of these fat drives and they’re cheap enough I can eat a mistake like my first one
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Since I got a 4GB E Xbox 360, I needed to get a cheap hard drive. I was hesitant to spend a lot of money on the drive, but I knew you could open a 360 Fat drive (the unreliable ones) and reuse the hard drive from that since it only cares about the security sector; the drive doesn’t need to be period correct. As long as you can make it work, you can open one of these fat drives and they’re cheap enough mistakes are not going to hurt.
This guide composes of 2 things, which is why it’s a multi guide feedback request:
* A replacement guide for the original hard drive guide.
** Do what you want with the old one; I made a new one so I can change the procedure as much as I want. I didn’t like the bend the caddy approach… Seems like a good way to break the drive.
* A guide where I show the final image of what it should look like if you didn’t erase the security sector (or in my case, the data that’s burned from the factory because I messed up the security sector recovery procedure)
While it took me 2 hard drives to get this guide to work, I did manage to push it out the same day because I made an emergency trip to get another drive. Oh well; it happened.
Is there anything that’s notable that needs work?
Links:
* https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Convert+a+360+(Fat)+Hard+Drive+into+a+360+(S+or+E)+Hard+Drive/118755 (Fat to Slim conversion)
DOH! Wiped the security sector on the first one. Don’t make the same mistake I did… Better I make it then someone else. Apparently that black enclosure went to a 120GB.
Since I got a 4GB E Xbox 360, I needed to get a cheap hard drive. I was hesitant to spend a lot of money on the drive, but I knew you could open a 360 Fat drive (the unreliable ones) and reuse the hard drive from that since it only cares about the security sector; the drive doesn’t need to be period correct. As long as you can make it work, you can open one of these fat drives and they’re cheap enough I can eat a mistake like my first one
This guide composes of 2 things, which is why it’s a multi guide feedback request:
* A replacement guide for the original hard drive guide.
-
** Do what you want with the old one; I made a new one so I can change th procedure to work for what I feel comfortable doing. I didn’t like the old one… Seems like a good way to break the drive.
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** Do what you want with the old one; I made a new one so I can change the procedure as much as I want. I didn’t like the bend the caddy approach… Seems like a good way to break the drive.
* A guide where I show the final image of what it should look like if you didn’t erase the security sector (or in my case, the data that’s burned from the factory because I messed up the security sector recovery procedure)
While it took me 2 hard drives to get this guide to work, I did manage to push it out the same day because I made an emergency trip to get another drive. Oh well; it happened.
Is there anything that’s notable that needs work?
Links:
* https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Convert+a+360+(Fat)+Hard+Drive+into+a+360+(S+or+E)+Hard+Drive/118755 (Fat to Slim conversion)
DOH! Wiped the security sector on the first one. Don’t make the same mistake I did… Better I make it then someone else. Apparently that black enclosure went to a 120GB.
-
Since I got a 4GB E Xbox 360, I needed to get a cheap hard drive. I was hesitant to spend a lot of money on the drive, but I knew you could open a 360 Fat drive (the unreliable ones) and reuse the hard drive from that since it only cares about the security sector; the drive doesn’t need to be period correct. As long as you can make it work, you can open one of these fat drives and they’re cheap enough I can eat the mistake.
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Since I got a 4GB E Xbox 360, I needed to get a cheap hard drive. I was hesitant to spend a lot of money on the drive, but I knew you could open a 360 Fat drive (the unreliable ones) and reuse the hard drive from that since it only cares about the security sector; the drive doesn’t need to be period correct. As long as you can make it work, you can open one of these fat drives and they’re cheap enough I can eat a mistake like my first one
This guide composes of 2 things, which is why it’s a multi guide feedback request:
* A replacement guide for the original hard drive guide.
-
** Do what you want with the old one; I made a new one so I can completely discard the old procedure since I didn’t like it.
-
* A guide where I show the final image of what it should look like if you didn’t erase the security sector (or in my case, the data that’s burned from the factory because I messed up the security sector recovery procedure :-( )
-
While it took me 2 hard drives to get this guide to work, I did manage to push it out the same day because I made an emergency trip to get another drive.
+
** Do what you want with the old one; I made a new one so I can change th procedure to work for what I feel comfortable doing. I didn’t like the old one… Seems like a good way to break the drive.
+
* A guide where I show the final image of what it should look like if you didn’t erase the security sector (or in my case, the data that’s burned from the factory because I messed up the security sector recovery procedure)
+
While it took me 2 hard drives to get this guide to work, I did manage to push it out the same day because I made an emergency trip to get another drive. Oh well; it happened.
DOH! Wiped the security sector on the first one. Don’t make the same mistake I did… Better I make it then someone else. Apparently that black enclosure went to a 120GB.
Since I got a 4GB E Xbox 360, I needed to get a cheap hard drive. I was hesitant to spend a lot of money on the drive, but I knew you could open a 360 Fat drive (the unreliable ones) and reuse the hard drive from that since it only cares about the security sector; the drive doesn’t need to be period correct. As long as you can make it work, you can open one of these fat drives and they’re cheap enough I can eat the mistake.
This guide composes of 2 things, which is why it’s a multi guide feedback request:
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* A [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Xbox+360+Hard+Drive+(Internal)+Replacement/118756|replacement guide for the original [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Xbox+360+HDD+Replacement/3430].
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* A replacement guide for the original hard drive guide.
** Do what you want with the old one; I made a new one so I can completely discard the old procedure since I didn’t like it.
* A guide where I show the final image of what it should look like if you didn’t erase the security sector (or in my case, the data that’s burned from the factory because I messed up the security sector recovery procedure :-( )
While it took me 2 hard drives to get this guide to work, I did manage to push it out the same day because I made an emergency trip to get another drive.
DOH! Wiped the security sector on the first one. Don’t make the same mistake I did… Better I make it then someone else.
+
DOH! Wiped the security sector on the first one. Don’t make the same mistake I did… Better I make it then someone else. Apparently that black enclosure went to a 120GB.
Since I got a 4GB E Xbox 360, I needed to get a cheap hard drive. I was hesitant to spend a lot of money on the drive, but I knew you could open a 360 Fat drive (the unreliable ones) and reuse the hard drive from that since it only cares about the security sector; the drive doesn’t need to be period correct. As long as you can make it work, you can open one of these fat drives and they’re cheap enough I can eat the mistake.
This guide composes of 2 things, which is why it’s a multi guide feedback request:
* A [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Xbox+360+Hard+Drive+(Internal)+Replacement/118756|replacement guide for the original [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Xbox+360+HDD+Replacement/3430].
** Do what you want with the old one; I made a new one so I can completely discard the old procedure since I didn’t like it.
* A guide where I show the final image of what it should look like if you didn’t erase the security sector (or in my case, the data that’s burned from the factory because I messed up the security sector recovery procedure :-( )
-
While it took me 2 hard drives to get this guide to work, I did manage to push it out the same day because I made an emergency trip to get another drive.
Bonus: This took 2 drives to complete:
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DOH! Wiped the security sector on the first one. Don’t make the same mistake I did… Better I make it then someone else.
Since I got a 4GB E Xbox 360, I needed to get a cheap hard drive. I was hesitant to spend a lot of money on the drive, but I knew you could open a 360 Fat drive (the unreliable ones) and reuse the hard drive from that since it only cares about the security sector; the drive doesn’t need to be period correct. As long as you can make it work, you can open one of these fat drives and they’re cheap enough I can eat the mistake.
This guide composes of 2 things, which is why it’s a multi guide feedback request:
* A [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Xbox+360+Hard+Drive+(Internal)+Replacement/118756|replacement guide for the original [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Xbox+360+HDD+Replacement/3430].
** Do what you want with the old one; I made a new one so I can completely discard the old procedure since I didn’t like it.
* A guide where I show the final image of what it should look like if you didn’t erase the security sector (or in my case, the data that’s burned from the factory because I messed up the security sector recovery procedure :-( )
While it took me 2 hard drives to get this guide to work, I did manage to push it out the same day because I made an emergency trip to get another drive.
Is there anything that’s notable that needs work?
