2TB HDD upgrade is driving me crazy!

[AwesomeNurd]

Hi fellas,
I upgraded the HDD to 2TB, formatted the F and G with 64K cluster, tested everything, and it was formatted the right way.
After I put everything back together, the HDD is not detected anymore, the console boots straight to X3 Config Live and it shows only C and E without any indication for the space I really don't understand what went wrong???? I hooked up the HDD to my computer and it works fine after that I formatted it, plugged it back in to the Xbox, to try and do the whole procedure from scratch, same issue, only C and E, could it possible be the adaptor?
Any help or suggestions?

Thanks

[fxmech]

In your x3 config, make it so your partition config is loaded from hard drive. I'll look at mine and try and find where that setting is. It's a sneaky little thing the x3 is doing

[AwesomeNurd]

Euhh how do you do that?

[fxmech]

In x3 config live, go to

Disk tools - new hard drive upgrade

Set "Use Saved Partition Table = Enabled"

Given everything else is set up properly you should be getting the correct readings from all dashes including x3

[AwesomeNurd]

I figured this out, but the HDD is clean now, I booted Slayer's CD and all partitions show 0 for the space, but before that I tried to restore X3 Config Live to default, and now it shows up C,E,F and G but no indication for space :/

[clabs]

Hey buddy!

Which HDD and which adapter are you using?

[AwesomeNurd]

I'm having progress here, it now shows the available space, I will try to format again using the boot CD and do all this shit again
@Clabs: it's a Western Digital Green 2TB HDD + the second adapter I showed you

[clabs]

That drive I just installed was a WD Green tho it was only a 1.5tb. The adapter I am using is the second one tho mine had a jumper selector on it - no problems at all.

Sounds like you are getting there though mate. I took a few attempts when I started doing this stuff again and it was mostly me making daft mistakes Hopefully it has all come back now.

Keep us updated in how you get along.

Cheers, Mark

[AwesomeNurd]

Oh damn it this thing is driving me crazy, now it's stuck at formatting X: when launching HeXen boot CD, when I reboot to X3 Config Live the Xbox freezes after a couple of seconds

[clabs]

Sounds like X3 is not liking the disk or the adapter.

If you don't sort it, I will stick one of those new adapters in the post tomorrow - give that a try?

[AwesomeNurd]

I think it's the adapter, it's so slow! but the first time it worked without an issue ...

[scroeffie]

I think it's the adapter, it's so slow! but the first time it worked without an issue ...

ide cable ?? 80wire
for me it worked out the first time i bought a sate to ide
upgraded the ide cable boot straight in to slayer format detected xbpartion 1.3
than installed xbmc at xbmc i thought where are my f and g did not show up that i looked and found need it to add f and g
now everything work like charm booting

[AwesomeNurd]

I will try with a different adapter and see how it goes, it hopefully will work, the weird thing is that when I first installed it, it went fine, rebooted a few times etc... the boot times were good, and when I had to put everything up together, I faced that problem It's obvious that there's a problem with the data speed, as the space only shows up after a minute or so...

[fxmech]

I have x3 I'll get you an id on my adapter. Since it was mentioned , I have a 80 wire IDE cable. Could help and may be a good candidate for why i had hiccups at first.

[AwesomeNurd]

Does it make any difference for the IDE cable? I am using the stock one, any recommendations or ideally a UK eBay link where I can get a better IDE cable?

[AwesomeNurd]

I'll give a the IDE cable a go, I have a question for you guys who did it; should I buy a flat or a round cable? Will the round cable fit when reassembling the case? What length should I go for if I buy a flat or a round cable?

Thanks!

[fxmech]

Flat can be folded to match stock cable, round will need tunneling i imagine

[fxmech]

Take measurements off stock

[AwesomeNurd]

The Xbox ATA cable is not the same as the ones for sale on eBay etc.... the distance between the DVD drive and the HDD is not the same, that's the main problem, that's why I was wondering which IDE cable length should I go for...

[scroeffie]

The Xbox ATA cable is not the same as the ones for sale on eBay etc.... the distance between the DVD drive and the HDD is not the same, that's the main problem, that's why I was wondering which IDE cable length should I go for...

50cm+ ide cable wil work alsow between the sate ide adapter and the sata hdd is there a dont know the english work like the metal parts dont touch each other that can alsow
be a 4 things to chek sata to ide works / upgrade ide cable/ put electric tape between the hdd en the controller dont use normal tape use electric tape or somekind of heat resistend foam like i did
i alsow upgrated to 2tb it work the firstime