imacomputa Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 I swapped in a 1TB HDD replacing my original 10GB drive. Is there any reason to hold on to the old hard drive at this point or can I safely recycle it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ging3rguy Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 If you have a softmod you can use it to rescue a problem on the large hdd, but if you have an eeprom back up not really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 5 hours ago, imacomputa said: I swapped in a 1TB HDD replacing my original 10GB drive. Is there any reason to hold on to the old hard drive at this point or can I safely recycle it? Send it of to scrap. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulkchart32 Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 20 hours ago, imacomputa said: I swapped in a 1TB HDD replacing my original 10GB drive. Is there any reason to hold on to the old hard drive at this point or can I safely recycle it? keep it. never know when u might need it for something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacomputa Posted July 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 6 hours ago, bulkchart32 said: keep it. never know when u might need it for something. Like what though? I got the eeprom. Any info would be appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulkchart32 Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 20 minutes ago, imacomputa said: Like what though? I got the eeprom. Any info would be appreciated! for one, future trouble shooting. if the xbox starts acting up or giving u an error message then a trouble shooting step may be to connect the hdd back to it and see if it starts acting right especially if u think the hdd that is inside may have died. u can test the xbox with the old drive before u order a new one to be certain that is your problem. it's just always good to hold on to stuff like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danish_Elite Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 On 7/9/2020 at 11:55 AM, bulkchart32 said: for one, future trouble shooting. if the xbox starts acting up or giving u an error message then a trouble shooting step may be to connect the hdd back to it and see if it starts acting right especially if u think the hdd that is inside may have died. u can test the xbox with the old drive before u order a new one to be certain that is your problem. it's just always good to hold on to stuff like this. It’s how I was able to rescue an Xbox that I softmodded in 2009. The larger hard drive already failed and well, I lost my eeprom backup as I didn’t my original computer anymore. I was able to rescue some old saves as well. But since then, I’ve been doing hard mods to avoid that carfuffle again. Then I can just drop in a new hard drive regardless. Plus, there are ways to always rescue the EEPROM if needed. So id say recycle it or wipe it completely and build a legacy windows 95/98 machine! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulkchart32 Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Danish_Elite said: It’s how I was able to rescue an Xbox that I softmodded in 2009. The larger hard drive already failed and well, I lost my eeprom backup as I didn’t my original computer anymore. I was able to rescue some old saves as well. But since then, I’ve been doing hard mods to avoid that carfuffle again. Then I can just drop in a new hard drive regardless. Plus, there are ways to always rescue the EEPROM if needed. So id say recycle it or wipe it completely and build a legacy windows 95/98 machine! how do u put windows on the xbox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ging3rguy Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 hour ago, bulkchart32 said: how do u put windows on the xbox? I think he is using the hdd for a windows build not putting windows on a Xbox. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetdarkdestiny Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 Windows CE.NET 4.20 on the Microsoft Xbox (Just a proof of concept - NOT MORE!) : https://www.xbox-hq.com/html/article614.html And here you have a download : https://1fichier.com/?n81cllxujert93pgmams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 There is also win98 for Xbox and it supports USB keyboard and mouse Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 I have a stock hard drive with a softmod and the raincoat bios flash app for when a Xbox rocks up with a dead HDD I temporary fit a modchip lock the HDD and then flash the TSOP it then unlock the HDD for the next one, I my view it's easier that reading the EEprom and stuffing around the a PC to lock the HDD to just to flash the TSOP. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetdarkdestiny Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, SS_Dave said: There is also win98 for Xbox and it supports USB keyboard and mouse Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. But not native. You have to install Xdsl (XBox Damn Small Linux) and set up a VM. And here's a download (~350MB) XDSL incl. Win98 : https://1fichier.com/?gq2culsxvd5lh1lc1ifi Edited August 19, 2020 by sweetdarkdestiny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danish_Elite Posted August 22, 2020 Report Share Posted August 22, 2020 On 8/19/2020 at 2:40 AM, Ging3rguy said: I think he is using the hdd for a windows build not putting windows on a Xbox. Oh yeah, I totally meant wiping the hard drive and re-using it for something else as 8-10gb is smaller than most thumb drives now a days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetdarkdestiny Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 You can disassembly the hdd and build a nice nerdy mirror out of it. But you would need more than just one drive. Or you could make a hdd with a window and 1 or 2 LED's in it (just for fun ofc). But at the end the drive not have any use because of it's size. One, more or less, useful thing i have made from an old xbox hard disk is a test disc with all tools, bios files, dashboards ect. and 2 games for testing purposes. It might come handy one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDShadow Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) I've said this before here and on other Xbox forums that the original HDD, particularly if softmodded, is your ultimate safety net. Just put the basics on it and make sure its locked, null the eeprom if that is your standard practice too. Then put it into storage. You may never use it but there are a stream of people here who post about how to solve problems which would not be problems if they had such a backup. Best use for the retail HDD IMHO. Edited August 23, 2020 by HDShadow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the415giant Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 I just upgraded and I was gonna sell it on eBay but after looking at the prices I’ll just keep it for a rainy day. It’s unlocked now so I can use it for other files if I wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corona2222 Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Only reason I can think is any games with race conditions requiring the original read/write HDD speed to work (i.e. poor programming expecting X code to be run before Y asset is loaded), or any developers wanting to test new software works on 100% original equipment (unlikely though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Localhorst86 Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 to be honest, I'd keep it and put it in the box for the xbox stuff. It can be usefull to troubleshoot issues if your modded xbox ever runs into issues - I have a spare original drive set up with a softmod and nulled eeprom (i have the eeprom of my xboxes nulled) so if any of my xbox ever has issues, I can just go ahead and swap the drive in and troubleshoot HDD issues. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDShadow Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Exactly, just as I suggested. I hate throwing away working hardware and when you can just do this simple, potentially useful thing, with it there's no excuse for dumping it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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