Help with X.B.I.T

[jjrbkab]

i'm kind of new at this so i have a couple of questions. i had a friend that put a xbit chip in my xbox and loaded all the bios for me. i added a second HDD to my xbox. the HDD i'm using now is a 80 gig, and the new one is a 120 gig. do i need to get seperate bios to use the second HDD. i'm not even really sure what bios i'm using. i have all the wires ready for the second HDD but havn't hooked it up yet. can someone please help me.

[Quall999]

Do you have an HDD switch, or ar you replacing the 80 gig drive with the one you have?

The bios you have is fine. You just need to unlock the current 80gig drive from the eeprom so the new drive can be used. After the 80 gig drive is unlocked, you insert the new drive and partition it. The EvolutionX dashboard can unlock the drive for you. It can also partition it.
You have to:
1. backup the current drive
2. unlock the hdd
3. swap drives
4. load evox or other application that can manage the HDD
5. partition the drive
6. send the backed-up files to the new drive

[jjrbkab]

i have a hdd switch. so right now i'm running the 80 gig and want to hook the 120 gig up as a backup, cuz i'm running out of space. what should i do?

[Quall999]

Well, then, switch to the 120gig drive and use evox to format the drive. You will need to backup the C partition of the 80gig drive so the 120gig drive will have a dashboard.
Format: http://xbox-scene.com/articles/hdd-ftp.php

You can search the net for "slayers evox auto-installer". It is a version of evox that will format and restore new and old hard-drives easily.

[jjrbkab]

so i can just plug the 120 gig in, and switch to it and format it? will a menu show up to show me how to format the drive and unlock or lock (whatever is needed). is there a easier way to install a dashboard, instead of backing up partition C. and how would i backup partition C if thats the only thing i can do.

[jjrbkab]

another question i have is if i can get newer bios? cuz the evox auto installer needs the latest bios i guess. and i assume the bios are really old cuz i've had the box for like a year or so. in my bios check it says its slayer's evox and dash version +3921, what is +3921?:

[Quall999]

The bios are fine, someone just modifed the hash of the ini or the bios in the past. Why do you think slayers needs a newer bios flashed to the chip? You get some odd message?

A menu may or may not show up (other than the dashboard). It depends on the method. You may or may not need to backup the C partition. I already answered both of your questions in my last 2 posts.

[Quall999]

You should have loaded up evox or compliant software, formatted the drive, and re-installed all the software/files that you backed up from your original drive.

Originally Posted by Quall999

You have to:
1. backup the current drive
2. unlock the hdd
3. swap drives
4. load evox or other application that can manage the HDD
5. partition the drive
6. send the backed-up files to the new drive