hdd troubles

**noremacyug** · 4th February 2004

ive posted at xbox-scene and recieved no response so ill try you folks here. some time back i modded my xbox and put a 120gig maxtor hdd in it. well, ive just recently built me a new computer and want to take that maxtor out of my xbox, put it in my computer and take an old western digital 45gig hdd and put it in my xbox. ok, well i ripped open my xbox and pulled the hdd and stuffed it in my computer. however, when i turn on my computer with the hdd plugged up it wont load up windows. consequently, since i cant get into windows i cant format the thing. ive tried using the killdisk program on it and everything i can think of to no avail. so, if anyone out there can help me id greatly appreciate it.

thanks

**CFL** · 4th February 2004

You might need to unlock it first before putting it back in your PC. Or you may need to zero the drive for windows to recognise it. Thats all I can think of at the moment. Good luck

skel28 · 4th February 2004

Have you checked the jumper setting on your drive then asked your bios to detect it? Does the bios detect it?

**4me2** · 4th February 2004

Originally Posted by CFL

You might need to unlock it first before putting it back in your PC. Or you may need to zero the drive for windows to recognise it. Thats all I can think of at the moment. Good luck

not might have to unlock it , he definately will.

**{{909}}** · 4th February 2004

aye, the PC not booting sounds like a jumper setting problem, but even then youll need to unlock that momma before u can format it

**El_Dadou** · 5th February 2004

Originally Posted by 4me2

not might have to unlock it , he definately will.

well , not everyone lock his 120Gb HDD ...
Mine isn't , for example ..

**noremacyug** · 5th February 2004

thanks you all. i got it fixed. as far as i new i never locked the thing. but, i went through the steps of unlocking it like you would if you were putting an original xbox hdd into a computer and it magically started working. phew!! prob solved. thanks again.