[Request]: Retail Recovery Disc/Iso?

As much as I hate making requests (because it makes me feel like a freeloader sometimes), I just have to ask. I don't know if these exist in the wild or not, so I just thought I'd ask you all.

Why would I want/need this? Could use it for testing purposes on xqemu. Would be great to get the Xbox dashboard to launch properly, without the need for the XDK launcher (which means less restrictions of what you can and can't run). And at this point, anything helps. Thanks.

Shogun.

 

Do you mean a recovery disk that would run on retail systems, or do you mean the recovery disks that put debug kits into pseudo-retail mode? A debug kit in pseudo-retail mode is basically the same as retail but with the debug RSA public key, CERT key, and EEPROM keys.

 

I think he means a disk that microsoft would use to install the dashboard onto retail boxes.

 

Just before anyone thinks about it (Im not realy looking at you guys above me) the Refresh disk is not installing anything, it only removes all saves, music, xlive accounts and clears the cache (if im correct) It is not installing or adding files for a dashboard.

 

Thats correct

 

CodeASM and Borman, is that the Hardware refresh disc that you're talking about?

 

Yep. Ive never actually run mine, but Ive been told that it should just wipe out the user files.

 

Yup. Disc does exactly what it says on the label.

No more, no less.

 

I did tried, and sofar I lost the saves, music and the cache was empty. Emulators and some homebrew apps where still there I think.

 

I know nothing of non-standard XBoxes, so I apologise in advance if this suggestion is unusable, but wouldn't the Slayers install disc install the Microsoft Dashboard, and whatever else you need? I've used it on my modchip-equipped XBox, and it's great. Read about it here

http://www.epforums.org/showthread.php?73130-Slayers-Evo-X-Auto-Installer-v2-7-(INSTALL-DISC)*

and you can download it from here

http://www.theisozone.com/downloads/xbox/tools/slayers-evox-auto-installer-27/

 

I believe that the retail dash part was installed by a program that phoned home to Microsoft servers on the factory LAN. These files were discovered remaining on brand new systems' hard drives and were recovered. However, they have a region code of 0x80000000 (manufacturing). This would mean that the only way to run the program without a modded system would be to blow away your EEPROM data, causing the kernel to go into a panic mode where it only runs manufacturing-signed programs.

This is the same state an Xbox was in fresh off the factory. The flash ROM was programmed already, but the EEPROM and hard drive were blank, and the hard drive wasn't locked. This program talked to Microsoft servers on the LAN to get its serial numbers and unique keys, programmed them into EEPROM, locked the drive, then downloaded the Dashboard.

 

Ive heard about those too, dont have those sadly. There where pictures of a systems where this process is done from eastern europe I believe.

 

Wow, I forgot all about this thread. I wanted to thank everyone for the insight. The reason I asked about this is because I was hoping to test run some retail content on xqemu. Since there's no user-friendly solution to using it yet, we have to install the Xbox OS via .iso. The recovery .iso for debug and dev kits works, at the expense of only being able to test debug content. I have loads of debug and retail content I'd like test, but just didn't have the means to test retail content.

This is the reason I asked about it. Hopefully the above link will work for me. Thanks.

I've been wondering this for years now. Thanks.

Shogun.

 

You could fix a drive by using xboxhdm ? HEXAGON posted some kernels and dashes, and I tested all the dashes and they work. Kernels not so much, probably because 4627 is the most stable at the moment (either retail or debug)

my side project: when you look at the recovery.cpp code, its clear MS checked eeprom or harddrives contents before recovering or overwriting. love to remove some checks or give it what its looking for just for fun/kicks.

EDIT2: Someone did send me the "Boot Loader Test Utility" wich downloads the XMTAXBOX.XBE over the network, it crashes (because probably the region code ) (no output xqemu just "pfifo_run_pusher: Assertion `false' failed.")... someone has XMTAXBOX.XBE ???



This xbox doesnt want to become a BETA live kit "yet".