Formatting HDD through SDK

Hi,

Just wondering if the format hard drive option when recovering a kit would actually format any WD 2.5" HDD to FATX? It's a long shot, but saves the hassle of HDDHACKER.

Cheers

 

It should. I Have Done 2tb that way before.....

 

Can vouch, worked on my 800GB

 

Excellent

Thanks all

 

Can confirm it works with Western Digital as I assumed through the HDDHACKR compatibility. Got a free 80GB Fujitsu HDD from work (not stolen, just was no longer in use) and it works too.

Hope this helps anyone who reads this thread

 

Another question, if I were to format a non 360 hard drive on a dev, would it work on a retail? Is there any risk of a ban?

Thanks

 

Haven't tried it myself but I have bounced between using a legit retail 20gb on an XDK and then back to a retail before without a ban. Back before I managed to get a sidecar on my XeDK I used a green 05 launch team hdd between in and the 05 LT console and wasn't banned ever. Granted, this was like 6 years ago.

 

That wont work the retail 360 hdd wont have the security sector on the drive.

 

Yes, I would like to add when I say I bounced back, I did have to go through the reformat process before using it.

 

What do you mean bud? By non 360 drive I mean just a standard hard drive, that isn't manufactured for xbox 360. If I formatted that on an XDK then put it on a retail, would it read it?

Can you not just put a non 360 hard drive on a retail and format it? I heard about 3rd party stuff or modifying stuff like that puts you at risk of a ban?

Thanks

 

Been there tried that wont work for retail. Non microsoft drive missing Security info which is needed for retail

 

And for the sake of argument, if you take an official retail HDD and connect + format it with the XDK, you won't be able to use it on the retail kit anymore (not without going into the hddhackr route at least)