bigger hdd...?
 

my bro wanted me to install him a bigger hdd (bigger than 132)
there isnt anything different than like installing a standard one, right?

nope, but if it is bigger than like 200gb (maybe 250, not sure), then you have to have the G partition. You know the dofferent bios, right?

yea i noe all that
till what size does it needa be if u want it locked?
like.. im not sure who it is
but they couldnt lock their hdd cuz it was a certain size

Size doesn't matter. Some hard-drives can't be locked, so beware of this when you buy one. I saw a list of lockable hdd's somewhere, just can't remember where.

oo k
theres no limit in size either.. right??

also..
how would i go about formatting the drives?
i use the old school way just cuz thats what i trust..
its where evox formats c,e,f,x,y,z
if i add g in the command would it be fine?
do i have to update evox?

almost, a partition can only have somewhere arounf 200-250gb. Not sure the exact number, but you probably can't get more than 500gb.

o cool..
so woudl the oldschool way work.. where i coopy the c and e drive via ftp with the new hdd using an evox boot cd? (adding the letter g to be formatted)... or do i needa use one of those slayer dealys that newer people use?

uhm anything above 130 gig or was it 145? needs the newest bios and evox it MUST support the G drive.

and formatting is as simple as using the evox format function.

but you also need a chip that supports having a blank hard disk in it,, then you can use something like slayers to install and partition the hard drive.
you can open the slayers installer and replace the evox and stuff with the latest version same with the other apps, then remake the iso with craxion and burn with record now or nero.

or if you had made a backup of your original partitions using fatXplorer or somthing then you can install the drive,, do the hex edit on it,, then load the back up iso onto the drive and it will format it into a working drive,
you will also need to make a back up of the eeprom and lock the drive,, or again have a chip that supports unlocked drives,, then you can use evox to lock the drive.

yea that slayers thing
i have one of em
i have no clue how to use em
cuz ive been usin the old school way.. just cuz im and ol' schooler with xboxs..
and my question also was.. i remember quall saying somethin about the hdds not usin the full 7200 rpm.. but instead only uses the 5400rpm?.. how do u noe?

thats not true,, the hard drive can not be told to run at a slower rpm,, thats like buying gas for your car that turns it from a 6 cylinder into a 4 cylinder,, its not possible,.

man what kinda people you got lurking here.

the only thing that is changed about your hard drives is if its an ultra 100 drive,, if you had an 80 pin cable,, usually the light blueish grey ide cables,, it really dont add the speed. like it would on a PC. and if you stay with the standard ide xbox cable which is an U66 cable the drive IF its an U100 drive will only run at U66 which is just fine,

dont worry use a 7200 rpm drive,, the hard drive will give the xbox the data it needs.

and i have a 5400 and a 7200 drive(s) one in each of my box's and there IS a difference in loading times. of course the 7200 ius faster.


and what do you mean by "the old way" i have no clue what your talking about,

and to be VERY honest with you bro,, go over to xbox-scene and do your xbox stuff that is T H E best place for xbox info, there is no other forum out there that can compare with the wealth of knowledge over there.
and besides most of the main programmers for stuff like unleash x slayers installer, craxion, Qwix, MXM,, and many other apps are regular people there,, so you can have the creators right there at your fingertips to ask.

anyways

woah there big fella
calm down
ur not the big xbox expert so dont try to be
that was quall who said the thing about the 5400 rpm for the hdd
u should noe who quall, me, jivey, rms, dude and some other fellas in this forum, are
the older way is the ftp after formatting the drive via and evox boot cd
of course i know about xbox-scene... shooot, i even donated a couple tutorials to them 8)
yea ill look around some there, im already a member there too

oo yea, now i remember the purpose of a forum..
its for people to tell u to goto different forums and general tutorial sections at different places
o yea!

I have a 160gb hdd, like 150 or so is all on F.


The 06 is for all on F, 67 is for 137 on F and G for the rest. Like I said before, each partition does can have a max of 200 (maybe 250) or so. So go with the 67 bios for larger drives than 200gb. I just backuped my Cand E drive. Used evox ftp commands to format, then sent em back. Ther was a tutorial somewhere around here...

the fact still remains,,, if you put in a 7200 rom it DOES NOT become reduced to a 5400 rpm drive,,
all it does it go from an U100 drive to an U66 drive.

and not to take anything away from you fellas i simply offered him a forum that might offer him more help.