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Recover an original XBOX 1 TB for Windows 7

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:11 am
by wchusky
I got an unlocked 1 TB original XBOX hard drive. It is a Hitachi SATA III drive. I want to use it on a Windows 7 as a normal Windows 7 hard drive. When I plug it in via an USB enclosure, Windows sees the drive but says it needs to be initialized. When I tried to initialize it, I get a CRC error.

Any idea how I can get this to work on the Windows 7 machine? I don't care about the data on the drive so a new format would be fine.

Thanks for all the help in advance!

Re: Recover an original XBOX 1 TB for Windows 7

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:58 am
by bigkidoz
Just format it.

Re: Recover an original XBOX 1 TB for Windows 7

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:21 pm
by jezj
You might need to completely wipe it first to get it to work in windows, use DISKPART in a command prompt and follow the below

LIST DISK (shows all drives)
SELECT DISK (add the number for the 1tb drive you want to use)
CLEAN

Then go into admin tools under control panel, then disk management and initialise the drive and create a partition. You should be able to format it then.

Make sure you have the right disk selected in diskpart though....