Had a question on upgrading my HD

[aden34]

So i have a softmodded xbox and a spare 320gb hdd laying around and wanted to upgrade my xbox's hd. i saw something about anything over 137gigs you have to convert he rest or something like that with unleash x, does that mean i wont get my full 320gb?

also is there a good tut anywhere? and what exactly would i be doing to upgrade it? any soldering? or what?

[DefectX11]

Google is your friend- there's plenty of tutorials out there.
AFAIK, with proper formatting the system can recognize quite a bit. I've seen mods with 500GB+

[aden34]

great! thanks. Also have another question. i have another xbox i want to softmod but dont have a mem stick or anything for it, can i just pull the HD out of that, unlock it, and put the gamesave on it that way or no?

[APE]

If you have the key already but if it isn't softmodded I don't see how you know the key.

Make sure the drive you get as a replacement can be locked. If you can't find one a modchip is your friend - or a TSOP flash.

[HEX1GON]

great! thanks. Also have another question. i have another xbox i want to softmod but dont have a mem stick or anything for it, can i just pull the HD out of that, unlock it, and put the gamesave on it that way or no?

No, otherwise the XBOX won't think the drive belongs to it any more. Your best option is to do a hotswap or modchip as APE mentioned.

[Bad_Ad84]

If you have the key already but if it isn't softmodded I don't see how you know the key.

Dumping the eeprom that contains the key and open it with live info?

[Shinebi]

...but you can only do so on a modded Xbox?

[Bad_Ad84]

http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/Reading_Xbox_Hdd_key.htm

[APE]

Or spend $8 to drop a modchip in there.

[Bad_Ad84]

not saying its a better way, just that not being modded doesn't mean you cant have your key via other means.