How To Upgrade The HDD (Hard Drive) In A Softmodded Xbox!

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In this video, I will show you one method of how to upgrade the internal HDD of your softmodded Xbox. The process can be done with drives up to 2 TB and works with both IDE and SATA drives with appropriate adapters. Once finished, your Xbox will be ready for all of the homebrew and game installs you can throw at it!
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0:00 - Purpose
0:09 - Intro
0:39 - Required Items
3:00 - Install Chimp
3:37 - Disassemble Xbox And Prepare New Drive
5:41 - Hotswap IDE Cable From DVD Drive To New HDD
5:58 - Boot Chimp
6:08 - Clone Old Drive Into New Drive
8:49 - Test New HDD
10:17 - Swap IDE Cable If Needed
12:59 - Reassemble Xbox With New Drive
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[@apaleguy]

Nothing against Mr Mario or Blaine but this is the most cohesive and straightforward HDD swap tutorial out there.

[@ArchadesGames]

🙏 Happy Gaming!

[@CheeseyHead123]

In case someone else has this issue. 3 times I swapped the cable between the adapter and dvd drive and each time the yellow light would flash and chimp wouldn’t detect the new drive but after cursing it out and checking solutions online I come back to find it was apparently just going Extremely slow and ended up booting on its own after sitting at the chimp press A screen. So if you are having this issue wait for 5-10 minutes and see if it auto detects the drive before you curse it out lol.

[@miserablepile]

I second this. Chimp was stuck on the "press A" screen for like 10 minutes after I pressed A. I was ready to give up and TSOP until I read this comment!

[@vipervolkan3042]

Thx will keep that in mind

[@DammitJeff]

Appreciate you my man, was just getting back into the OG Xbox with the release of insignia and noticed the stock 8GB hard drive has room for a whole (1) game installed before being filled up lol. Looks like I found my next weekend project 🥳

[@ArchadesGames]

Appreciate you Jeff thanks so much!

[@hannahgitto]

Just followed this with my 1.4 softmod to upgrade to a 2tb harddrive, thank you for such a good guide!

[@ArchadesGames]

Happy gaming

[@Kawsarmiah]

I just done the same but now Xbox wount read discs

[@hodeyfu7617]

I have always been intimidated about doing this. I don’t know why, I’ve modded tons of things. Thanks for the easy explanation

[@GameCubeGalaxy]

Dude, this guide was awesome! Just used it to mod my OG Xbox, and worked perfectly! But man, that 80 pin cable management was a pain lol. Thanks for the awesome guide man!

[@ArchadesGames]

Nice man!

[@shaneferreira007]

What size should I get the 24 in or 36?

[@ArchadesGames]

24

[@ufoguy]

Congrats on 35k subs Ryan!

[@ArchadesGames]

Thanks ufoguy!

[@theonionfatty4420]

Just got back into the og xbox scene repairing and replacing their parts for personal safe keeping, gotta save em all hahaha

[@jakediditagain]

Just a FYI: if you have a modded Xbox with a bigger HDD (I had 320GB) and are upgrading to an even larger one (I am with 2TB) Chimp is stupid and treats all of your free space as space it “has to move” taking hours upon hours to do so. Get yourself an IDE PC reader and clone the drives on there to save yourself a huge headache.

[@joshjohanning]

The first time I did the clone it was fast, then I wanted to do it again with different settings and then it was really slow (1 hour from stock to a 250gb ssd)

[@MotownBatman]

Thanks Again! "Back in My Day" was Pre-Rocky Mod Tool. Fundamentally its the same, just a few different tools to complete the process: I really want to check out the new Dashboard. I always set mine to blood XBMC with a Xbox 360 Blade theme

[@ArchadesGames]

Hexen, slayers, Rocky5 many tools for the years lol

[@Donald_Dump420]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@MotownBatman]

@@Donald_Dump420 Definitely the Correct Answer: the Interface throws me off, really just the Theming, but its Straightforward

[@Donald_Dump420]

@@MotownBatman I literally just now jailbroke my old ps3 slim. Took only a hour. When ever i get some money man im gonna do it to this og xbox. The og xbox is so fuckin cool man. I had no idea you could do this. My hard drive was starting to go. And my cd rom has been acting funky too. Thought i was gonna have to buy a new xbox but now theres just no need.

[@zdp-189]

I still use one of my 3 OG Xbox's I got for dirt cheap, fixed up. My fav is a 1.0, I replaced super capacitor, thermal pasted CPU and GPU, cleaned all out, replaced a Thompson DVD drive, even cut out front panel and put in a LCD with temp probe to display CPU temp on front- then painted my Camaro/Musicman Petrucci color chaning mystic teal as cherry on top. She's my fav w CoinOPs and 12,000 games I FTP'ed over (some fan translations, I made TON of XBE movie previews, every console represented possible on Xbox emus). I love it n poured countless hours in- but lately it'll get this service Xbox screen sometimes that needs multiple restarts to rid- think the 320GB WD I installed is going (hear it whirring too before error)- so I'm kinda nervous about doing this upgrade- but will give it a go later this week and try your method (It's been years since I softmodded my XB, PSP, Wii- I forgot so much!) EDIT: Ignore my dumb ?, of course original xbox was IDE, so IDE->SATA cloning will work fine!

[@Donald_Dump420]

How big are these game files. And, like how demanding is it on your internet to ftp over game files. I have satellite internet lol. I get a good 5mb per sec download speed lol. Can you put in like a actual game disc and download it to your harddrive

[@MoonMarooned]

@@Donald_Dump420 ftp doesnt use any internet. it takes place on your internal network. it will be throttled by the speed of the hdd/lan adapater in the xbox before anything else on a modern setup

[@Mchenrygames]

Thanks for the tutorial. Easier from what I did back in 2005 (xboxhdm) and no need for a PC.

[@ArchadesGames]

Yeah XboxHDM was annoying to me back in the day

[@theghastlygamer5326]

Any tips on routing the power cable using the startech sata to ide adapter? You use a different one than the one in your link and i am having hard time getting top back on because of how lengthy and bulky the power cable is. When i plug power from motherboard it doesnt give me any good routing options

[@xav500011]

Good guide. Thank you

[@ArchadesGames]

Happy gaming!

[@loublacksail1614]

If you would like to save a DVD and not have to make sure it boots properly like I (for some reason encountered) a great workaround is to download the rocky5 tools disc as described in the video, but extract it and FTP the Chimp directory to E:\apps\ on your Xbox if coming from a modded Xbox. And from there simply booting up the Xbox with the hookups prepared and setup as described in this video, run the app, then swap to the (new drive) from the DVD drive on the cable mentioned in this video when the app says to do so, and it will clone your first original drive to your upgrade drive. Easy peasy, lemon squeazy.

[@UberHeavy100]

Just a heads up. I had to press "A" at 6:15 to get out of the network screen.

[@coderkind]

Great video, but I wasn’t sure about the pros and cons of having the different hard drive partitions sized differently. Presumably certain partitions are usually used for different tasks? What’s the advantage of having F take up most space?

[@ArchadesGames]

Having partitions over 1 TB used to be a problem so you would split it. These days I don't think it matters so I am trying it out for myself 😂

[@terryhollingsworth]

Update: I finally gave up on trying to install the "approved" WD HDD I bought. I don't know if it was the HDD or the adapter but I just couldn't get this HDD or work with CHIMP. I finally just plugged in an old 250GB IDE drive I had lying around it it worked great! Less storage but at least it's more than the 8GB original HDD.

[@zdp-189]

So to retiterate what said below, seems my IDE cable has to be in super tight or issues, both old 40 wire one and new 80 wire Im trying...finally got it to work and bending the new 80 wire from link is nightmare- plus my SATA adapter has big molex splitter hanging off unlike yours, along with splitter I need for LCD temp monitor- ohh boy I dread putting this back. But issue now, I go to do chimp loader and...Xbox turns off. This is my 1.0 remember, I think its something I remember about needing composite cables hooked up?! Bizzare as sounds, I use high def component/SPDIF cable...gotta try and find old shitty cables now, hope thats issue.

[@LucaNo-us1xn]

So I've done everything you said when I get too Chimp to check if both HDD are recognizable somehow my slave drive is not recognizable. I'm pretty sure it's because I'm using the stock ide cable given with the Xbox. If I'm wrong what could be the problem. Thanks

[@monchopr3511]

Hello. I tried the whole guide step by step. I'm using an SSD Sandisk 3D 1TB. But when going to boot it shows black screen. I'm using the same 80 pin wire and the same startech adapter. It boot the xbox normal intro and then goes "bright black screen" (no dark black screen). Any suggestions please? Thank you.

[@EricLDC]

Thanks again

[@ArchadesGames]

Happy gaming!

[@tompaquette7138]

My xbox with xbox4gamers and a evo x aladdin modchip flashes orange once i load chimp and press A with no change in the screen. I am using the startech recommended hdd convert board for my slave. Neither drive wants to load in Fatxplorer, so I was attempting this method. Any suggestions?

[@andrewdupuis1151]

I added 300 gb hardrive in mine few years ago

[@HDbacon]

I've yet to mod mine (waiting on parts) but I was thinking of the method you did, can you basically just put all games on the F partition (for example) or do they need to be on C or another one for example? Also its been 3 months since you did this video, did you have any issues creating just F and not F & G in terms of adding games or any other kind of issue (i'm new af to Xbox modding). And while I'm jumping the gun, I like to have a rough idea on what to do before I start doing it xD

[@ArchadesGames]

Games/Homebrew should all go into extended partitions like F or G. C is for the original Dash and system files, E if for game saves and DLC, music etc. It can be used for games and homebrew but it is limited to about 4 gigs. Typically a custom dash gets installed here with a launcher found in C. Then a number of cache partitions are available for games to use for various purposes. But to answer that second part, I haven't had any issues with using just F!

[@HDbacon]

@@ArchadesGames Awesome thanks for the info, I dunno why youtube doesn't tell me of replies and does with others lol.

[@Jormungandr096]

Ok I get to where it is cloning process but about 75% complete then it gives me hda not ready for command and then it severely slows down data transfer speed to kib/s then stops at 80%. How do I fix?

[@brettpelaez7161]

Excellent video. I decided to use an old PS2 IDE drive, as it is a maxtor brand that was verified 5 times on the chart. (2F040L0) When I run Chimp, I get an error that it is unable to lock the drive. I followed the jumper pin guides online for a slave config and all 5 listings on the chart indicate it is locking. Any thoughts?

[@Mchenrygames]

Your hard drive does not support locking. You'll have to try with another drive.

[@pants8029]

FYI: Larger drives, like my Seagate ST2000DX001 prefer the F option. Selecting F and G doesn't seem to create a G partition at all. Hope this helps someone. Update:the drive isn't booting, going to try a 1TB drive. Seagate 1 TB worked perfectly!

[@nicolasthibeault345]

Did it before now I can't am I missing something maybe a new hdd instead of an old one would do the trick?

[@mickeyvee1327]

Just came across a premodded original xbox with some pretty old versions. Wondering if I should revert it and soft mod from scratch, I have the usb cable and mech assault. Just need to buy a compatible usb

[@mickeyvee1327]

Cant wait to get a bigger hdd as well. Thanks for this video. Gives me a lot more confidence. I haven't touched an IDE cable since my pentium 4 era celeron dell desktop lol

[@Darklordsid]

great video! weird question.. i have a spare 120 hhd already check and its compatible but might be from an old ps3. do i have to get it wiped first? or will the xbox clone right over it?

[@ArchadesGames]

It would clone over it

[@aroncaleb100]

ciao io non parlo la tua lingua ,dimmi una cosa questo aggiornamento vale solo per il tipo di xbox come il tuo,gia che il mio non ha un chip al suo interno non so ne meno come sapere che modelo è ?,si può fare anche con le lettore dvd non originale cioè di pc,grazie

[@quanboy2845]

Hey I’m having trouble with my v1.6 softmodded xbox. I can’t boot past the Xbox wallpaper with stock hdd & 80 wire cord to start chimp(sometimes “Microsoft” will show up if I mess with the disc drive). Should I be able to use my Xbox normally with just swapping to 80 wire cord? Is it a cord problem? It works perfectly fine on stock cord.

[@ArchadesGames]

Sounds like a bad cord

[@theghastlygamer5326]

On that ide cable does it matter what length or is the 18 inch too short?

[@ArchadesGames]

18 or longer should be workable

[@alejandromedrano6366]

My games folder is inside the "E" partition, I can't fit more games in it, how can I put the games in the "F" partition and make the Xbox to read them?

[@jasonp53]

Maybe u know the answer to this. So I upgraded my HDD. To a 1 tb. Followed your video. But I seem to only have 120gb available. I chose f uses all available space. Any ideas?

[@lovelorn88nick]

I upgraded to a 2TB ST2000DM008 using chimp with my soft mod xbox... after the upgrade everything seemed to be fine. Locked too. But it takes like 20 seconds to boot to the dash AND its not showing all off the 2tb drive. Only like mayne 100gb

[@carlcharlbury3678]

Heads up, don't have to let it sit on the dash like we used to. With this version of chimp you can load it up and do the hot swap right after chimp checks the DVD drive.

[@JMKGalaxy2]

why is my system turning off immediately after unplugging the IDE cable? There is an in human amount of time between unplugging and the system turning off. Not 2-4 seconds like everyone says.

[@carlcharlbury3678]

@@JMKGalaxy2 no idea what is causing that. Have never had it happen. I load chimp, wait like 5 secs, and then hot swap the ide cable out of the dvd drive and into the new hard drive and then proceed

[@JMKGalaxy2]

@@carlcharlbury3678 Yeah it was super strange. Fortunately I managed to complete the swap. It was super random how long before the system shut down. Sometimes it was fractions of a second other times it was 20 seconds. That's when I was able to do it. All good now.

[@carlcharlbury3678]

@@JMKGalaxy2 good to hear!

[@Kawsarmiah]

Thanks for the guide After doing this method now the xbox wount read any discs from the dvd drive

[@matthewgeorge]

Softmod, Cerbios. Can I just use fatXplorer to format and lock a new 2TB drive with the backed up EEPROM? Then copy the contents of the original C and E partitions to the new drive before swapping?

[@ArchadesGames]

That is another way of doing an upgrade for a softmod. Cerbios doesn't have to lock drives.

[@Donald_Dump420]

So i need that extra chimp tool and have to burn it to a disc. Can it be any old blank disc. Or a certain type. And is there any steps you have to take before you start swappin cables after you installed chimp. i see you left it on while you were installing cables.

[@ArchadesGames]

You don't have to burn chimp to a disc. You can ftp it over.

[@Donald_Dump420]

@@ArchadesGames oh okay i found a tutorial on the ftp jazz. One more thing. will i have to backup my downloaded music and game saves with a memory card or will my data transfer over when i clone it. Thank you so much for responding btw. That original xbox is so bad ass. I had no clue you could mod it this easily and give it like a solid state hard drive and shit.

[@ArchadesGames]

It will transfer all data over to the new drive

[@matthewgeorge]

One thing about my 1.6 Xbox that I haven't seen mentioned. After doing the hot swap my Xbox would freeze before I could get into chimp. I noticed the original hard drive jumper was set to "cable select". I assume all the 1.6 seagate drives are set this way. Switching the jumper to "master" resolved the issue.

[@E3T7]

Do you know if me having a 1.6b makes the swap/upgrade any different?

[@matthewgeorge]

@@E3T7 it's straightforward, just verify your original hard drive is set to master and not cable select.

[@Destroymaster100]

does doing this clean out the slave HDD? i think i have maybe an OS in this HDD im trying to use but I wonder if doing this will just erase everything on the HDD that way i can just start it fresh and not have to actually remove it a different way.

[@ArchadesGames]

Yes it erases it

[@ThePreciseClimber]

Had some weird experience with a StarTech IDE-to-SATA adaptor, at least on my particular 1.6 OG Xbox. I launch the console, it works fine. I turn it off and try to launch it again, I get the error screen. Some time passes, I launch the console, it works fine. Basically, any immediate attempts to power on the Xbox after the initial boot always result in the error screen. Some time has to pass. However, soft resets from the main menu work fine. A cheaper, Chinese adaptor also worked fine.

[@ArchadesGames]

Chances are the IDE cable is the culprit more than the adapter

[@allenohealy]

Can i get a link to a generic ide to sata that works

[@terryhollingsworth]

So, I'm in the process and then you say that you are going to go to your applications menu and I see an menu that isn't showing on my Xbox and I am suddenly lost! Where did that menu come from!

[@jorge3997]

Which setting should I choose if I’m using a 1tb HDD at this part “how would you like your partitions setup”?

[@ArchadesGames]

1 TB will work fine with all extra space on F

[@williamdraughnchannel603]

I'm using ur steps have the same exact hard drive and it pops up saying it can't be locked it reads it so the adapter piece works the 80 pin wire is already installed all works I looked at my hard drive and it does not have a jumper clip on it does the hard drive need that or does the adapter jumper clip work thanks

[@Shyverin]

It needs the jumper

[@cookedbacon24]

I'm currently stuck between hot-swapping and loading up chimp. It freezes every time. Any advice?

[@fidelgonzalez7818]

Same here

[@oddfox6776]

@@fidelgonzalez7818 any solutions?

[@matthewgeorge]

Same thing was happening to me and I noticed the original Xbox hard drive jumper was set to "cable select". Switching it to "master" resolved the issue

[@virgilholmes]

Does the new hard drive still have the same hdd key?

[@ArchadesGames]

That is set by the eeprom when you lock it

[@Noblereach36]

Pissed off because I used that list showing which hard drives should be lockable and I bought one that doesn’t lock. It said it locks but doesnt

[@vommytercetti]

Do I have to use 80 Wire IDE Cable? Can't I hotswap with the stock cable?

[@bomb447]

80 wire is required if you upgrade to Sata.

[@TechHowden]

I got the new hard drive to work but now I don’t know how to set the /applications folder to use Drive F instead of E. How do I change the path?

[@ArchadesGames]

Depends on your dashboard. You can add paths in XBMC/XBMC4Gamers

[@TechHowden]

@@ArchadesGames thanks

[@loublacksail1614]

How long does it take to load the Rocky 5 tools disk? I've burnt 2 discs (DVD-R) with an 8x and every time I try to run it from Xbox Media Center the green light flashes on the Xbox and black screen for over 10 minutes.

[@ArchadesGames]

Should only take about 1-2 minutes max. you can try running it from the HDD by extracting it and copying it over through ftp or try installing it with DVD2Xbox

[@Retro8itmods]

Quick question, how would you go about cloning an already softmodded Xbox HDDz

[@ArchadesGames]

It would be the same as shown in the video

[@Retro8itmods]

@@ArchadesGames thanks!

[@ArchadesGames]

For sure!

[@mctc958]

Could a sata to ide 3.5 work?

[@EricLDC]

Don't need a sata since I only own about 12 games. What's the process of using another ide hdd ? Have 1 soft modded. Other is hard modded with a chip but it's stuck in Spanish

[@ArchadesGames]

It's the same thing

[@EricLDC]

Hey thanks that's great to hear

[@shanez1215]

Ugh, wish I wasn't trapped on error 9 regardless of drive. Maybe the issue is the IDE to SATA adapter I'm using not working? I'm using the recommended startech one.

[@retropcs88]

Are you using a 80 wire IDE cable? You might need to use it if it doesn't boot with the stock one

[@joshjohanning]

If I follow this method, do I still have to re-sign some game saves to continue to work (like Forza)?

[@ArchadesGames]

I haven't had a signed save to test with but you can try it and see then resign if needed still.

[@snowysnow4411]

I tried the clone, everything seemed to work but I couldn't use the existing cable like you. The old cable works with the old drive. Why do I need a new cable?

[@ArchadesGames]

Because it needs the increased speed

[@danielcortes476]

Can i Unlock the new cloned hard drive so i can connect it to my PC and use Fatxplorer to transfer games faster? it takes forever to FTP games into it.

[@ArchadesGames]

Unless you have backed up the eeprom to use with fatxplorer I wouldn't.

[@miserablepile]

Chimp didn't set up my partitions correctly. Despite choosing to split between F and G, it only set up 120ish GB of F. If anyone else has this problem, I recommend they do as I did and find a guide on how to use XBpartitioner, (also found on the extras disk) it'll allow you to set your partitions correctly if Chimp didn't do so already.

[@terryhollingsworth]

I think I figured it out. You didn't tell us to remove the disk from the drive first!

[@Banditmax20]

Looking for a good hdd for my OG Xbox but I feel really conflicted on which one is good… have any recommendations for a really good one?

[@ArchadesGames]

I will always stick to Western Digital for mechanical drives.

[@Banditmax20]

@@ArchadesGames yeah those look great but I seen the versons like blue, red, and green (purple also, but it said something that is not for pc stuff)

[@ArchadesGames]

Blue is what you want for Xbox projects. Just check the model list in the compatibility link so you know it can lock properly for a softmod. And for softmod no reason to go over 2 TB.

[@Banditmax20]

@@ArchadesGames thank you, that’s help a lot. Big project modding is kind of new to me

[@Banditmax20]

@@ArchadesGames just got a hdd for my Xbox, it’s a seagate barracuda 2tb 3.5 inch. Saw it works the same

[@tookeydookey]

I actually still want to repurpose the original hard drive from my OG XBOX but I connected it to an IDE/SATA to USB adapter and it shows as unallocated and not initialized, so when I do initialize it, Windows throws up an error saying "The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error." And it's not my adapter cuz it also works in my SATA drives. Also I tried DBAN and it froze at 8% so that's out of the question. Any advice?

[@ArchadesGames]

Did you unlock it

[@tookeydookey]

@@ArchadesGames No not yet. Any way how to do such?

[@ArchadesGames]

You use the Xbox it came from and run an unlocking program on it like Chimp

[@tookeydookey]

@@ArchadesGames I unlocked it from my Xbox and created a simple volume on my Windows machine and it works like a dream! Don't know why I didn't try this before LOL! Thanks for the help!

[@ArchadesGames]

Nice, have fun!

[@SkullyETC]

My Xbox is freezing when I attempt to hotswap. Any suggestions?

[@SkullyETC]

So I learned a few things that may help someone else, 1. If you use a 3rd party controller, chimp freezes. 2. I used a different IDE2SATA and it did not work, the one in the video did work.

[@h3r0studio85]

@@SkullyETC thank you man, i dont know whats wrong and i tried an og controller after i saw your comment, and its working, thank you so much!❤️

[@brianhanson7123]

Cloning worked but when I try to boot with the new drive I get error 08. The adapter is set to master and I’m using an 80 pin ide cable. Any suggestions?

[@ArchadesGames]

Did you lock it after cloning?

[@brianhanson7123]

@@ArchadesGames yes. It showed locked with maximum security when I checked the slave drive details

[@ArchadesGames]

I'd try again with a different drive to verify compatibility

[@mrzero3082]

Q1 If i had tsop original xbox "hard modded" can i put any HDD not matter if it lock or unlocked? Q2 i planned to tsop my xbox but someone says after flashing the bios you should remove the tsop wires from your mother board? And thank you

[@mrzero3082]

The last question i wanna buy a sata HDD i really need to see if it comptiablite in this page? or pick up any HDD from any local store

[@ArchadesGames]

If you have a hard modded system it doesn't matter what you put in it. If that's what people say it's a good idea to listen.

[@mctc958]

Where did you get your deive

[@ArchadesGames]

Amazon

[@kasumichansuki4388]

I´m trying to upgrade the hd and after pressing the button to confirm the slave hd in the chimp the screen became black and I accidentally pressed the eject button of the dvd drive.Now the ring light is blinking.It´s safe to turn off and try again or I fuxxxd up the process?

[@ArchadesGames]

You should be fine to start over

[@kasumichansuki4388]

@@ArchadesGames I completed the process and it´s showing error 16.Is there a way to fix this?

[@ArchadesGames]

means it isn't finding a dashboard. If it boots from your stock drive still, you might want to retry the process.

[@learningchannel3850]

I hope someone could help me. Does anyone know the difference of speed of an hdd vs loading games off of the disc? I could only find information on speed for the ps2 but nothing on the og xbox.

[@bomb447]

Its a bit faster but convenience and saving whats left of the dvd drive is the main factor.

[@jessragan6714]

Wait wait wait wait wait, do you need to use the 80 pin cable from the start of the cloning process? I can't tell if you're starting out with the 40 pin or the 80 pin cable.

[@ArchadesGames]

I started with the 40 but it would not hurt to use the 80

[@jessragan6714]

@@ArchadesGames Thanks for the advice; I switched from the 40 to 80 pin cable. Unfortunately, I've got another problem now... the system is really, really slow to load on boot. Do I need to do the clone over, or is the IDE to SATA adapter at fault?

[@ArchadesGames]

Which adapter is it?

[@jessragan6714]

@@ArchadesGames It's the cheap green one. I should have gotten the Starlink instead, huh?

[@ArchadesGames]

The green ones can have increased startup times comparatively. How does it run after booting?

[@user-wo1qf6vc9y]

why do you need the new IDE cable when they already have one inside the xbox? any difference

[@ArchadesGames]

Because 40 pin doesn't work with most SATA adapters as shown in the video

[@loublacksail1614]

@@ArchadesGames Correct. Also, 40 pin allows your Xbox to run at less of a bottleneck speed as 80 cable/40 pin is considered as Ultra ATAPI/UltraATA :)

[@cheesychipkitten8977]

Has anyone got this to work with the new IDE to SATA converter in the description? I keep getting Error Code 11, and I have everything plugged in correctly.

[@cheesychipkitten8977]

It's very clearly different from the one he uses and I just wanted to know if people got it to work

[@jambii267]

I couldn't get it to boot for ages. Eventually I figured out it was the adapter from the Amazon link. Don't get that Star-Link adapter. It stops the dvd drive working properly.

[@joshjohanning]

Can you explain @jambii267? I am getting error 16 right now after following this.

[@CCTimtegra]

After successfully cloning when I go to boot I’m getting error 16 any suggestions?

[@ArchadesGames]

It messed up the dashboard files so you might have to try again

[@terryhollingsworth]

I've tried everything I can find to upgrade my HDD. Nothing works. Chimp just freezes. I tried a different TV RCA ports, ribbon cable. No luck.

[@Dorien837]

Xbox freezes when I swap the disc drive cable

[@theghastlygamer5326]

Hey my hdd i bought for this does not have a jumper pin

[@ArchadesGames]

SATA drives don't have a jumper. The adapter does. If an IDE drive doesn't have it then you will need a different one.

[@theghastlygamer5326]

@@ArchadesGames thank you

[@Mchenrygames]

Ok, so i followed the tutorial. Using a 500 gb HDD on a v1.6 console. The F: drive available space looks good in Chimp, but once I reboot into the dash there's only 120 gb available in F:

[@ArchadesGames]

You can use xbpartitoner to mess with the F partition to see if you can get the full space back. Just don't mess with C/E and you should be good.

[@Mchenrygames]

Thanks for replying. I figured it, my softmod was just too old, once I upgraded to the latest Rocky5 all apps now see the entire free space, all 457 GB.

[@ArchadesGames]

That would do it alright

[@terryhollingsworth]

Now Chimp will not boot. It just gets stuck on Booting Chimp 261812. I am using one of the recommended HDD. WTH?

[@akumaahou]

Just did this with a 2tb WD drive. It would not detect the second drive until I pressed the eject disk button and it found it right away.

[@ArchadesGames]

Interesting to hear!

[@MikeMaxwell-fg2jr]

Do I need to null my HDD? What does that mean anyway?

[@ArchadesGames]

It means changing the key to all 1's to make doing replacements easier in the future. Not needed if you backed up the eeprom

[@mctc958]

How long do i sit at the dash board

[@ArchadesGames]

Like 5 minutes

[@Vvewa]

stuck on burning a dvd and I aint installing a dvd burner

[@linuxviking]

Is this possible with v1?

[@ArchadesGames]

Every Xbox

[@thebombingsoda]

I know the video says HDD, but could you use a SSD instead?

[@ArchadesGames]

Not in a softmod

[@thebombingsoda]

@@ArchadesGamesdang, thanks

[@MrFischfrosch]

a 4TB Seagate won´t do the trick for a softmodded xbox? It´s on the list

[@ArchadesGames]

You can't use a full 4TB drive on an OG Xbox unless you have a modded tsop/modchip.

[@MrFischfrosch]

@@ArchadesGames what wildly available 2tb hdd would you recommend?

[@Maces006]

@@MrFischfrosch Wester Digital 2TB should be a good enough drive, which looks to be the one Archades used. I'll be using a spare 2TB WD Blue drive i have once i can repair my DVD drive (its not playing any games atm) Just make sure to check that the drive is displayed on the compatability list before buying it as it might not work.

[@cesarperez1745]

does this work with 1.0?

[@ArchadesGames]

Yeah

[@cesarperez1745]

okay because the youtuber Blaine Locklair said that for V.1.0 to 1.5 he said that you had to do a TSOP flash before you could upgrade your hard drive which is confusing since your video nor MrMario's video don't mention TSOP flashing@@ArchadesGames

[@ArchadesGames]

Nope that is false. The 1.0-1.5 have the ability to be TSOP flashed which is great but not necessary in the slightest.

[@cesarperez1745]

@@ArchadesGames thank you so much I really appreciate the help. You got a sub from me!

[@XfromDarkHorse]

Can you do this with SSD?

[@ArchadesGames]

If it can lock.

[@Sinow016]

@@ArchadesGames Great video! Any tips on a SSD that can be lockable?

[@ArchadesGames]

I haven't looked into any personally.

[@Sinow016]

Thanks for the quick response! I'll try to Google then!

[@Eric-sj8rn]

I did everything exactly as you said but for some reason my 1 TB drive was split evenly into F & G in the extra partitions for some reason. More importantly when I switched out to the 80pin ribbon cable the Xbox turns on and off twice and then stays blinking green and red. No video signal......

[@jorge3997]

Does this work on a Xbox 1.6?

[@ArchadesGames]

Yes, this video was done using a 1.6

[@jorge3997]

@@ArchadesGames thank you

[@E3T7]

@@ArchadesGames How about 1.6b?

[@ArchadesGames]

Yes

[@darrelldunn1354]

I got an error 7 doing this fml

[@SSR_RedDevil]

Followed this and everything went smoothly....until it didn't. I put my xbox back together....and my screw went straight through the 80 wire cable. I'm such a TWAT!

[@ArchadesGames]

Oh dang... I've done that before not a fun experience.

[@SSR_RedDevil]

@@ArchadesGames It's entirely my own fault. I had about 30 games copied over, then tried to use my Insignia account. Apparently Chimp doesn't copy over EVERTHING. It doesn't copy live accounts. So I had to put my old drive back in, use a USB drive to back up the account. Put the new drive in, tested it. HAPPY. Close the xbox with the screws and BAM....Not happy. At least IDE cables aren't too expensive. Just gotta wait for the new cable to arrive.

[@ArchadesGames]

Yeah, rather the cable then the drive

[@jordandavis8818]

Lol this is stupid, chimp stuck on “booting….” And no red led on the sata to ide adapter and its the same kind

[@ArchadesGames]

If the adapter isn't working maybe you found your own problem

[@jordandavis8818]

@@ArchadesGames yea its the adapter i was able to hot swap successfully using the red one

[@garypinholster1962]

If you don't have a CD burnder you can FTP Chimp to the current HDD in the xbox?

[@Mchenrygames]

Yes, that works too, just copy it to the apps folders on the E drive