RE: Xbox softmodding

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ian,

Which process did you follow? - since it's not quite the same as a
softmod, I'm presuming the process may be somewhat different...

What *really* annoys me, is the tutorial I've just ended up at for doing
a softmod HDD upgrade has as its #1 instruction:
"Get the following programs from the usual places:
atapwd
Hdlock
Hdunlock
Hddisabl
007 gamesave exploit (or mech assault)
liveinfo
hdprepar
HDD_Driver
Windows 95/98/ME bootdisk maker"

... - AARRGGHH - what usual places?? - why can't they just put a link to
them, or better still host them right there & then in the downloads
section of the same website? Jeez it annoys the t1ts off me that
something that *everybody* says only takes between 5-30 minutes is
nothing of the sort!!! It might well only take that long to actually do
it, but it's taking bloody days to get all the pre-requisites together.
I swear that when I track down all these items I'm gonna zip them all up
into a single package and bung 'em up on a website somewhere to make it
a whole lot easier... - unless somebody already has of course.... - in
which case I'd appreciate a link... :-)

Cheers.

Paul G



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
> Ian Lowe
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:34 PM
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Xbox softmodding
>
> This is what I did - my Xbox has a 250Gb samsung spinpoint in it, with
all
> my movies on it. I actually FTP anything off that I want to watch
> elsewhere.
> Not the most elegant, but it works out fine for me most of the time.
>
>
>
> I use XBMC as the dashboard too - I put mine together using the Slayer
> installer disk - my XBOX is TSOP flashed rather than softmodded: a
little
> tricker as it involves soldering, and a bit more permanent.
>
>
>
> It seems you can now do what you need to do with a softmod rather than
> flashing the ROM, so that's probably the best way now.
>
>
>
> Ian.
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
> Paul Gordon
> Sent: 30 November 2006 12:10
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Xbox softmodding
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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Paul
> >
> > If you want to store films, FTPing stuff over every time is a
PITA.
> Youd
> > be better off expanding or creating a NAS - a lot easier.
>
> Hmm... I could do this for home, but I'm thinking I want to set one up
> for my parents, so it would be better if it is entirely self
> contained...
>
> >
> > As for dashboards, do you need it ? Mine (both XBOXes) just boot
> straight
> > up into XBMC
> >
>
> GAH! - that's exactly what I meant, - I just want to go power on, wait
a
> few seconds, XBMC... that's it, nothing in between. I presume that if
a
> game disk in the drive that process would not apply, and the game disk
> would be booted in preference to the HDD, and thus my nephews would be
> able to continue to play games as normal...
>
> Paul G.
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