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Installing a New Hard Disk Drive
to your Xbox(v0.2)
Tutorial written by : XanTium
FOR EVOLUTIONX v1.8.2594 or higher (!!)
1. What you need :
* EvolutionX 1.8.2594 or v1.8.2812 dashboard. (for
legal reasons I can't place a downloadlink on this site)
* A modchip/bios with the HDD-swap hack. (check our
modchip tables to make sure your modchip/bios has the
hdd swap feature).
* A new HDD (normal PC IDE drive upto 120gb). NO need
to zero(hdprepare) the drive anymore. Just use a new
blank drive.
* A CD-RW/DVD-RW (or anything that reads fine in your
xbox).
* EvoX dashboard installed on your current HD. (tutorial)
* Know how EvoX Dashboard works (ftp , transfering files
, configuring ini file , ...).
2. Backup your settings
Boot your Xbox.
Under "Systems Utils" , select "Backup".
(this is the location of the backup utility if u didn't
change the menu structure in the original evox.ini file).
This should have made a backup of some important settings
of your xbox.
If everything worked fine it made a directory /backup
in the C drive of your Xbox HD.
3. Backup your drives
Connect with FTP to your Xbox and copy the whole "C"
and "E" drive to your PC HD. ("C"
is pretty small , the size of "E" depends
on what u uploaded there already).
Make 100% sure you have a FULL backup of the Xbox C
& E drive on your PC.
Also check that in C you have a directory /backup with
5 files in it. If you don't have this it means something
went wrong in step 2.
4. Make a EvoX Install HD disk
These are the files you need on your Evox Install HD
CD :
* The EvoX XBE file , should in the disk root and called
"default.xbe"
* The "evox.ini" should be changed , open
it in notepad.
Make sure the network settings are set correctly for
your home network.
Under "[Misc]"
put "UseFDrive" to "Yes"
Delete everything what's under "[Menu]" it
and replace by this :
Section "Install Menu"
{
Item "Install New drive",@210
Item "Settings",@9
Item "Reboot",@5
}
[Action_10]
Info "Install HDD - Xbox-Modchips.com"
Warning "This will format all drives"
Warning "Make sure you have a backup of C &
E"
Progress "Formatting drives"
ConfigSector "\backup\disk.bin"
Format c:
Format e:
Format f:
Format x:
Format y:
Format z:
[Action_11]
[Action_12]
Here is an example of an evox.ini file. You might need
to change the network settings for your configuration.
(use the same network settings as on your EvoX dashboard
installed on your original Xbox HD).
Note : some people might wonder why I don't use the
copy feature of evox to restore the C & E drive
automaticly. It will work , but there's a small bug
in this version of evox 'cause all files copied with
the copy function will be 'read only' ... that means
you can't delete/rename/overwirte the files.
So atm , we can't use this method.
* You should also add the complete /backup directory
from the C drive on your Xbox.
* So , the complete CD should contain :
default.xbe (the evox dash)
evox.ini (the evox ini file)
/backup/bios.bin (from /c/backup on Xbox HD)
/backup/disk.bin (from /c/backup on Xbox HD)
/backup/eeprom.bin (from /c/backup on Xbox HD)
/backup/hddinfo.txt (from /c/backup on Xbox HD)
/backup/hddkey.bin (from /c/backup on Xbox HD)
First make a xiso of the disk content (tutorial) ,
then burn it with PrimoDVD (tutorial) or Nero on media
compatible with your xbox (cd-rw/dvd-rw/dvd-r).
5. Replace HD
Open your xbox (tutorial) and replace the HD. Make
sure your new HD is set to "master" and don't
forget to plug-in both the electricity-cable & IDE-cable.
I strongly suggest to keep your old harddrive untouched...
you might need it later if something goes wrong.
6. Try booting the CD & FTP
Boot your Xbox (it will give a red light after some
secs) and put the Evox Install HD disk in the drive.
Power off your xbox and restart it (with disk in the
drive).
Evox should boot.
Now make sure that your network settings (in the evox.ini
file) are correct ... try to FTP to your xbox. (if it
doesn't work, correct evox.ini and reburn a new evox
Install HD disk)
If EvoX doesn't even boot , it means :
* you used media your xbox can't read.
* your evox dashboard isn't called default.xbe
* you made an error in the evox.ini
* you didn't make a "xiso" before burning.
* you didn't burn the "xiso" correctly
* your modchip doesn't have the HDD-swap feature
* the disk has no /backup directory with 5files
7. Format the drives
If everything above is OK , just select "Install
New drive" and then confirm ("Yes").
The software will now format the drives.
When finished , it will return the EvoX dashboard.
8. Transfer C & E
Now connect with FTP to your xbox. You should see all
drivenames.
Transfer the whole C & E backup u made on your PC
to the C & E on your new Xbox HD.
Remove the disk from your Xbox , and reboot.
The Xbox should now reboot from your new xbox HD.
If not , you probably did something wrong while restoring
the drives.
Just boot the Evox Install HD disk and you can FTP to
your xbox again and check what might have gone wrong.
If needed you can always reinstall your old xbox HD.
9. Change evox.ini on C
Under "[Misc]"
put "UseFDrive" to "Yes"
else you can't use the F drive correctly.
Your new xbox HD is installed :-)
Tutorial written by : XanTium
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