Yeah, I expected as much. Do you happen to know of any adapter in particular that's known to work? Do you know of any compatibility lists for IDE to USB adapters in regards to locking and unlocking HDD's? Thanks for your help. I don't think there's a list. I'm currently using a disk enclosure based...

More Info: After rebooting I've been able to get the first drive recognized again. This drive was previously working in my XBox, so it should be possible to lock and unlock it when connected to a proper IDE motherboard (and therefore presumably from a USB adapter). Data from device manager: HDD Dev...

I've got an old 3.5" IDE drive that I pulled out of my old XBox. If I remember correctly, I think I corrupted some of its dashboard files while trying to repair it. I'm trying to use xboxhdm-2.3-beta4 to unlock it and restore it from a backup, but my USB to IDE adapters don't seem to be suppor...

This entire program is a piece of shit that not a single person can write any usable instructions for it. This program is so far beyond fucked up, the written instructions are only good for wiping ones own ass. People need to stop posting stupid shit texxt documents and produce a fully detailed ste...

I made a Beta4 with some new functionalities. I added an instruction file to the package, with some tips and the changelog. Here it is: Xbox Hard Drive Maker for Windows Use it to lock/unlock your Xbox HDD. You can also use it to temporarily unlock it without disabling security (not all drives will ...