120GB Xbox 360 Hard disk for £30 (with a bit of work)

[beerman]

Taken from HUKD



Buy this: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/110273

Follow this: http://www.pcworld.com/article/15097...the_cheap.html

[Brydo666]

Sweet!

Anyone done this or know of anyone who has done it?

[evilsatan]

This has been around for al ong time, problem is I can't just get 360 HD housings for any less than £15. I find 20GB ample for the time being until we get fast internet to dl content so I will wait but this is a really cheap way of doing it.

I think you can do 320GB as well for a bit more.

[petecowie]

I have a 20gb in housing that isn't working, I bougt a 120Gb to replace it. Is it siply a case of swapping out the drives? I thought there was a little more to it than that.
Thanks
Pete

[beerman]

I have a 20gb in housing that isn't working, I bougt a 120Gb to replace it. Is it siply a case of swapping out the drives? I thought there was a little more to it than that.
Thanks
Pete

What drive did you buy, If you are following the guide in my first post it needs to be a specific drive and you need to flash it with different firmware.

[evilsatan]

Follow this: http://www.pcworld.com/article/15097...the_cheap.html

I have a 20gb in housing that isn't working, I bougt a 120Gb to replace it. Is it siply a case of swapping out the drives? I thought there was a little more to it than that.
Thanks
Pete

[petecowie]

sorry didn;t make that clear, I bought another 120Gb xbox 360 Drive so I have a spare, not working 20Gb 360 in the casing plus I also have the data transfer cable. At the time of it failing I tried to find out if I could just replace the drive, I guess things have moved on a bit since then.

[beansontoast]

That looks starightforward (I've seen it before) but my main question is what happens to game saves & downloaded game content..? The instructions just look like you change the drive firmware, no transfer of other stuff.

[beerman]

That looks starightforward (I've seen it before) but my main question is what happens to game saves & downloaded game content..? The instructions just look like you change the drive firmware, no transfer of other stuff.

Yeah it's effectively a new drive and you'll need to download all your content again from XBL

[beansontoast]

Yeah it's effectively a new drive and you'll need to download all your content again from XBL

I'm alright with that mate as long as I don't need to pay again. I guess game saves would need to be put on a memory card (another rip of btw)

[evilsatan]

I'm alright with that mate as long as I don't need to pay again. I guess game saves would need to be put on a memory card (another rip of btw)

There is a M$ migration kit which you can use to transfer shizz from your old 20GB to their 120GB. Not sure if it is still free but plenty on ebay or userso n here will probaly have one.

[beansontoast]

Difference is though the old drive won't be in an enclosure.

[Mario87]

I think you can do 320GB as well for a bit more.

No you cant do bigger than 120GB because you need the FW file from an official M$ 120GB HDD (file "hddss.bin" which can be downloaded) to make the drive work.

The FW will allow you to fit any drive up to 120GB, but nothing more.

[NO.1TRICKSTER]

Can it be detected online as a mod (changed drive). Resulting in a ban

[Mario87]

Can it be detected online as a mod (changed drive). Resulting in a ban

Not sure, but I dont think, so, esp if you use a 120GB HDD cos then they'll just think you went out and bought one. If you use an 80GB HDD you might get cought tho!

[Goldberg]

Think I made one of these a long time ago and then sold it to Ant3b (I Think) when I flogged my 'offline' console (which I think is still online??)

Anyhow, I thought there was a chance you could get banned from live with one of these, hence why I got shot of mine? I got the housing off ebay at the time for £10 and it was simple to do. My Dell laptop is Sata so I just swapped the drives and did what I needed to do that way, really simple.

[Thrush]

So as anyone been banned due to a an unofficial hdd upgrade?

I've got my machine back and stuck two games on my 20gb hdd and I have no room left.

Oh and has anyone spotted the drive any cheaper? Ebuyer has boosted their price a bit.

[Nibb]

I dont think you can get banned as your using an official "hddss.bin" file to modify the drive.

[evilsatan]

I havn't heard of anyone being banned, I'm not banned and I have been using my hacked 120GB HDD. Seeing as the only advantage it offers is it's cheaper I don't see why they would ban you, if they did it would be a bit harsh. A modded console fair enough because it bypasses copyright.

[MODDIGI]

bleh the cunts have risen in price AGAIN! £45-ish now on average, then there's postage fees.... Christ, wonder if it's due to the big increase in sales recently? Dunno, but annoyed ;(