Xbox Hard-drive

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Xbox Hard-drive

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Hello i have a softmodded xbox , in my stupidity i deleted important files on the harddrive so now the harddrive is corrupted, it was an 1tb sata drive so the xbox wont boot to dash. i had before made an install on another sata drive so i have a backup, Now i am trying via chimp to clone the sata drive to the corrupted one. But it takes forever and i am getting alot of error on device hdb, logical block ...numbers. 5 procent of the cloning has taken about 4 hours. Is it another way i can get this xbox up and running. it says ,ETA 44,45,05 ALOT of time....
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Try using the clone partiton option, instead of the full clone & you only need the C & E partitions cloned.

Once done update your xbox Softmod & never remove anything from the C partition.
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ok i tried your answer and the cloning took an hour, but now its giving me error 21 , but i can start an original xbox game in the cd tray. any option left?
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it wont boot to dash.
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Does your original hdd boot? The one that you're using to clone to the new one.

As I have a feeling your original hdd doesn't have the proper/all files in the C partition.

(You only need to clone the C partition for testing & it should only take a couple mins to copy)
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my original hd is dead but i made 2 sata drives from the original 10 gigabyte hd , and i fucked up my 1tb drive but my 160 gig drive is still working on the xbox. so i cloned the 160 gig drive again to the 1tb drive that i fucked up. But it is giving me error 21 , but games from the drive is loading and the power button is glowing orange. Sorry if i am unclear english is not my native language.
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I have another problem on another xbox , when trying to boot chimp the screen goes black and sometimes the xbox shutdown it is softmoded with splinter cell sid.........do you now what that is about?
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promannen wrote:my original hd is dead but i made 2 sata drives from the original 10 gigabyte hd , and i fucked up my 1tb drive but my 160 gig drive is still working on the xbox. so i cloned the 160 gig drive again to the 1tb drive that i fucked up. But it is giving me error 21 , but games from the drive is loading and the power button is glowing orange. Sorry if i am unclear english is not my native language.
Right so you have an orange led, that means your softmodded.

Download my extras disc & burn it to a DVD-R & use the Upgrade Old Softmods function in the advanced features menu.

As for the other xbox issue, are you using Chimp 2618 & is it a v1.6 xbox?
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yes i have orang light , on the other xbox chimp wont boot so i think its an 1.6 xbox or something , the screen just goes black and shutdowns when trying to load chimp.
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Ok so find chimp 2.4 that started up on the other xbox , but cloning takes forever , i dont know if its stuck or not.
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Use Chimp 2618 it's the only version compatible with all Xbox revisions.
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chimp 2618 only gives me black screen and the xbox shutdowns.... my dashboard is unleash x
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Do you have it installed correctly?

Make sure in the linuxboot.cfg that it's pointing to the chimp folder.
(E:\linuxboot.cfg since people like to re upload the same app 20 times they change the boot paths sometimes.)
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its weird i put the chimp 2618 in apps , but it doesnt show up in the applications menu under unleash x , but when i put the 2.4 version it does.
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I'm ready for giving up :lol:

If you dont know how to install an application to the Xbox, how on earth are your going to deal with cloning a HDD?


Here is what you need, remove your chimp that you installed & put these files on your Xbox in E & restart your Xbox.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/170 ... 18%20E.zip

This works 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 percent.
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heheh yeah i know am a total noob , but on the first xbox i installed chimp sucessfull , but on this xbox when i trying to load chimp 2618 it only poweroffs.
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nope same result with your files you provided , screen just goes black. weird do i have to switch to regular scart or someting, am using component. the xbox also poweroffs....
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Try the Scart/Composite leads, there not needed but you never know.

It could be you just have a one of a kind Xbox v1.6 (worst xbox revision) as my v1.6 works fine with that specific chimp I uploaded, via component cables.

& you do know Chimp 2618 will show up as LPartX in your applications?

What is it your are doing exactly? step by step on what you're doing would be helpful.

ie....

1) I set the new HDD to slave, via the jumpers on the HDD/SATA adapter.
2) Power external HDD
3) Power xbox
4) Navigate to Chimp & disconnect the DVD IDE cable
5) Press (A)

you get the point.

Chimp prior to 2618 will not work on a v1.6+ Xbox, so if you're using the older version stop as that's is more than likely why its shutting down.
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First of is that i cant even install chimp , it doesnt goes under applications i have only Lparts and Linux , but when i put chimp 2.4 in apps its there and starts up.
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What? LPartX is Chimp 2618.

Read what I put above your post.
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