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How to Create Your own Xbox 360 Internal Hard Drive
Okay I think this tutorial was not here so i decided to Make one for those that does not know you can. (I did not invent this method but merely sharing knowledge) Thank the people that made the tools that make it happen.
This is for NORMAL Xbox360. You do not need a Jtag/RGh system to do this. Anyone can do this in Ten mintues or less. and will not void the warranty on your system...or prevent you from going online...
This is to Create an official xbox360 Hard drive (SATA) that you can plug in to the Side of the Xbox. (Not a USB Flash Drive or the internal 4GB.) VERY IMPORTANT The xbox 360 hard drives are SATA so You need a PC that has the hard drives connected with SATA as well, or you will need to buy the SATA to USB wire or DOCKING STATION.
There are 20GB/60GB/120GB/250GB/320GB all the way to 750GB. are the options for non Jtag systems. You system will only recognize 320 so if you get a 750 you will have to split it into two partitions so like having two 320GB
First step is to gather your supplies.
1. PC with Windows XP service pack 3 or later, Win Vista or Win 7. The PC must have SATA port on the Mother Board so you can plug the HDD into it. If you have a older machine (some XP) does not have SATA so you need a SATA to USB wire adapter ($20) or a SATA DRIVE docking Station ($40). I Prefer a docking station as it is super easy. just plug the docking unit to your PC with USB then just stick the HardDrive in to the station and you are done. FOR PEOPLE that dont know Devices on PC used to be IDE wire, so old PC will have this new PC are already SATA. For people that dont have SATA or you dont want to bother opening the PC then just get the Docking Station or Sata/USB wire converter.
2. You need a Hard Drive and only these will work as they are the same ones that Microsoft designed to use with the system. you can pick from the sizes mentioned above. Depends on how much you can afford. I say go get atleast 320GB and be done with it...online can be cheaper.
Works with the following Western Digital drive series: [BEAS/BEVS/BEVT/BPVT/LPVT/BEKT/BJKT/BPKT/BUDT/HLFS/BLFS]
Scorpio Series
WD600BEAS – 60GB
WD800BEAS – 80GB
WD1000BEAS – 100GB
WD1200BEAS – 120GB
WD1600BEAS – 160GB
WD2000BEAS – 200GB
WD2500BEAS – 250GB
WD600BEVS – 60GB
WD800BEVS – 80GB
WD1000BEVS – 100GB
WD1200BEVS – 120GB
WD1600BEVS – 160GB
WD2000BEVS – 200GB
WD2500BEVS – 250GB
Scorpio Blue Series
WD3200BEVS – 320GB
WD600BEVT – 60GB
WD800BEVT – 80GB
WD1200BEVT – 120GB
WD1600BEVT – 160GB
WD2000BEVT – 200GB
WD2500BEVT – 250GB
WD3200BEVT – 320GB
WD4000BEVT – 400GB
WD5000BEVT – 500GB
WD6400BEVT – 640GB
WD1600BPVT – 160GB
WD2500BPVT – 250GB
WD3200BPVT – 320GB
WD5000BPVT – 500GB
WD6400BPVT – 640GB
WD7500BPVT – 750GB
WD2500LPVT – 250GB
WD3200LPVT – 320GB
WD5000LPVT – 500GB
WD10TPVT – 1TB
Scorpio Black Series
WD800BEKT – 80GB
WD1200BEKT – 120GB
WD1600BEKT – 160GB
WD2500BEKT – 250GB
WD3200BEKT – 320GB
WD5000BEKT – 500GB
WD800BJKT – 80GB
WD1200BJKT – 120GB
WD1600BJKT – 160GB
WD3200BJKT – 320GB
WD5000BJKT – 500GB
WD3200BPKT – 320GB
WD5000BPKT – 500GB
WD7500BPKT – 750GB
AV-25 Series
WD1600BUDT – 160GB
WD2500BUDT – 250GB
WD3200BUDT – 320GB
WD5000BUDT – 500GB
VelociRaptor Series
WD1500HLFS – 150GB
WD1600HLFS – 160GB
WD3000HLFS – 300GB
WD1500BLFS – 150GB
WD1600BLFS – 160GB
WD3000BLFS – 300GB
YOU ALSO NEED A XBOX 360 HARD DRIVE outer case shell if you never had a Hard drive on your system before. If you already got one then take the screws off remove old drive and use that shell for the new Hard Drive AFTER YOU ARE DONE WITH EVERYTHING. this is for FAT XBOX 360 and SLIMS..how ever the cases are different for each version.....also you can buy a blank HARD DRIVE Case on Ebay for very little to almost nothing
Most PC with Win vista or later will have SATA enabled on the Mother Board. (SOME XP machines) SATA is only the DATA transfer wire for your Hard Drive you need this and the Power plugged in order to let your PC recognize and copy files to this new drive. Those that dont know just open PC case and unplug your PC's drives POWER and SATA wire, then PLUG it into the new drive you bought...For those that dont have a new PC just USE a SATA to USB wire or DOCKING STATION.
3. You need a Flash drive any flash drive will do, size will not matter as long as its 100MB or more
4. App for your PC called Bootable USB Drive Creator Tool for XP and WIN 7 (attached at bottom)
5. APP for you PC called HddHackr_v1.40_Build_20130303 (attached at bottom)
6. XBOX 360 Hard Drive Security Dump file. (attached at bottom)
6. Plug your USB Flash Drive to PC....Unzip and open/run Bootable USB Drive Creator Tool, be sure to right click and run as an administrator. Use the setting below...
Set the file system as FAT
Cick quick format and Create bootable drive
Select the box with 3 dots and choose the USB Drive Boot Files\MS-DOS folder as the location.
Hit start and you will have a bootable usb drive within a few seconds.
7. Unzip/Extract HddHackr_v1.40_Build_20130303
8. Now Copy those files to the root of your Flash drive you made Bootable. so it should look like this
FlashDrive-YOURS:/HDDHACKR.bin/readme.txt
9. Now Unzip/Extract the HDDSS320, rename the file HDDSS320 to HDDSS, now copy this to your bootable flash drive. now should look like this
FlashDrive-YOURS:/HDDHACKR.bin/readme.txt/HDDSS.BIN,
10. Shut Down PC.
11. Connect your Flash drive
12. Connect your new Hard Drive ( Now if you got this new Hard Drive plugged in directly to your PC motherboard then make sure you pulled out all other HDD so you dont accidentally format your PC Hard Drive.)
13. Set you PC to Boot from Flash Drive (F11 on some PC,others may need to go to bios) and make sure when you turn it on the flash drive you created is whats booting. (If presented with Legacy Mode on some PC machines then set it to Legacy mode ON)
14. Turn your PC back ON.
15. If the Flash Drive Booted you should see this C:\>
16. Now type in "hddhackr" and press ENTER
17. If everything is good you should see the list Hard Drives that is plugged into your PC. Hopefully You see only one because you unplugged the rest like i stated before.
18. Type the number of the drive that you want to flash and hit enter so if you have one drive shown. and its the first one then you would type "1" and hit ENTER
19. This will give you three more options DUMP/FLASH/RESTORE pick "FLASH" by typing "F"
20. Type in the name of the security sector you want to flash, this will be "HDDSS.BIN" if you have followed this tutorial.
You will get a message saying that the information in file HDDSS.BIN does not match the drive’s firmware info. Do you want to flash the Xbox 360 compatible firmware? Type "Y" for yes and press ENTER.
YOU are DONE..... enjoy a Brand new XBOX 360 hard Drive for fraction of the cost. If you have everything setup and ran through the steps before you try it then this should be no more than 10 min.
21. Now you Have a Hard drive so put it back inside the HDD casing /Shell and plug back to Xbox....DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CONNECT THE hard Drive without a case it will mess up your port..and then you be F$$ed....good day and enjoy...
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Great tutorial....Thank you so much
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I don't know if he copy pasted his information or not but it sounds an awful lot like the guide I used nearly 3 years ago to flash a 250gb hard drive for my Xbox 360.
Here's the link for anyone in case his version of the guide wasn't clear enough, this site has pictures and detailed explanations and if you sign up to their forums they will do everything they can to help you through the process.
http://digiex.net/guides-reviews/con...-360-slim.html
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Re: How to Create Your own Xbox 360 Internal Hard Drive
Great TuT share Solid Prime :)
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very nice tut made solid prime
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UWSCSS thanks for sharing the tutorial from digiex. Just a question, are those "outer shell cases" for use with X360 being sold elsewhere reliable?
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To respond to those half ass haters yeah..This is very old info...and no i didnt copy paste, I did reference like everyone else on the net from the one guy who created the method...This method is all over the net but the PURPOSE OF ME POSTING IT HERE IS FOR The 360haven user to get it HERE..... I worded this assuming you are completely new to anything..not like some people assuming that you know what SATA or Flashing means...GET IT, GOT it, GOOD now go do something useful instead of hating.....IM here for this site USERS...not to make them go somewhere else...also yes those shell cases are official xbox cases just bought directly from the manufacture that makes them for microsoft in china and sold on ebay...they are reliable, infact they are coming from the same source....china...so trust them as much as all other microsoft stuff made in china...and the case plays very little part in this....mostly just get right hard drive....
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I like it. Thanks for the info.
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Nice tut solid prime don't worry bout the haters keep doing wot ur doing coz u doing great mate well done keep it up :)
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A lot to read at the moment but I'll definitely have to look into this when I get some time. Thanks!
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Thanks thats very good to see the hard drives listed.
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thanks for the great guide very easy to fallow
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Can you flash 750G disks? Can you flash other brands that are not WD?
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Yes i have a couple of seagates.
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I know this is a bit late but seeing as you can now buy 500GB 3rd party HDDs for non-modded consoles couldn't you buy a 1TB HDD now and partition it to 500GB??? Using the 500GB HDDSS.BIN file of course?
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I have the same doubt. I have a WD7500BPVT and I like to use on my xbox. Which firmware i will use?
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neuromancr
Can you flash 750G disks? Can you flash other brands that are not WD?
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I'm new to this and any help would be great.I am trying to use a 500gb western digital scorpio blue (wd5000bevt-75aorto)hard drive. Everything goes fine till i try and and flash. I get this error, Check sum <dc54> in file hddss.bin is wrong. What does this mean and how do i fix it so i can use this hard drive?
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good stuff thanks for the share.
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Im sure this has probably been asked before but I was wondering if its possible to install an internal HDD on the fat model without JTAG/RGH? and if so could someone point me in the right direction? I'm comfortable with modding/soldering etc but haven't had much experience with this console.
thanks in advance.
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Awesome stuff! Good info in case I need an extra HDD.
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If I make a hdd for 360 slim will I get banned for using it with Xbox live??
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If I make a 360slim hdd will I get banned for using the hdd on Xboxlive to buy or rent games???
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nice tutorial but i'd only recommend it for experts, definately DO NOT try this if you're not familiar with installing hardware as this can and WILL ruin your console if not done properly.
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Let me know how to do with WD10TPVT – 1TB that you listed. There is no .bin. I have xbox 360 slim.
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Thank you. Look forward to trying it soon.
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This is way better explanation than most of the other tutorials I've seen so far. Thanks for That.
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nice tutorial now i can save my money