Xbox HDD probs

[Yaka]

rite ive got a dead xbox (stopped working for some reason) with a 40gb hdd in and am wanting to stick it in a working xbox but when i do that it gives me a 07 hard drive error. anyone know what the problem may be?

 

[tris-]

maybe try this -

http://www.llamma.com/xbox/reformatting_the_hard_drive.htm

could also by damaged HDD or loose connectors inside.

 

[Yaka]

dont wana reformat the drive as it basicly was used to stor family videos and pics. if and when i stick it the working xbox its giving me 07 eror. both xbox have the x3 chip on. only diff is the dead one had v1.6 mobo and the live one is v1.0

 

[Dommers]

don't really know much about HDD but can you test it on a PC?

 

[Whipped]

If I remember rightly, the formatting programs on the dashboards take a uniquie HDD ID from your xbox original hard drive to transfer onto your new one. So swapping a drive form one Xbox to another (Be it original or new) won't work.

I'd have a look around and see if there's a utility to rejig a already setup drive. Failing that you'll have to copy off the data somehow and reformat.

Bit of a pain, but I believe that's the only way you'll be doing it. Just remember, afaik you can't just bung a xbox drive in as a slave in your PC, as it won't read it. Probably some utility to let you do it available though.

 

[Yaka]

after much digging around ive found that i need to unlock the hdd in the dead xbox via X3 bios which is pain as that xbox is clearly dead. shame the X3 bios just run before the hd check the xbox does.