Xbox Dev Kit HDD Backup Problem

So I finally got the equipment needed to backup my 2 HDD (my DVT-4 HDD and my Debug kit HDD). The debug kits HDD I was able to back up and make an image file. But the DVT-4 HDD was giving me a cyclic redundancy check error when trying to back it up.

It should be noted that I was not using the bad HDD. I had replaced it for a 120gb but the old drive has old dev firmware that supposedly no one has a recovery for so I wanted to back it up.

I am using HDD Raw Copy Tool by the way.

If anyone can offer any advice it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Jake

 

Bump
If anyone can help at all I would really appreciate it. I don't want to throw the HDD out just yet if it can be imaged.

 

Hrmm, CRC usually means bad sectors. unreadable, etc. There are usually command line switches or GUI check boxes in imaging software to ignore read errors and continue the dump / image process. In GHOST I believe it's -IR.
Try that first, then if that still fails, maybe SPINRITE?

 

I was tinking on posting the next bit, but changed my mind. because it was probably not the same errors like you have. Syclopse actualy posted something more plausible.

Im no expert on the hdd unlocking thing but is your hdd unlocked? I cant access my DVT4 hdd, cause its locked.
gives all errors in linux.. but a retail disk worked fine after I hotswapped. cant seem to dump the eeprom either.

 

Ghost is the name of the software? And thanks for the reply. I will try that and see what happens.

 

I believe the HDD is unlocked. I have never had one locked or heard of one being locked until today.

 

All the literature that I've found claims that the hard drive's for DVT4's should be unlocked. Not all that long ago I had tried to make a raw backup of my DVT4 hard drive and kept getting some odd errors (under linux). Ended up flashing the firmware of the hard drive which had a side effect of unlocking the drive. Attempts to make backups of the drive after that were successful.

 

Hmm, dont like to update any firmware. but maybe I should.
https://www.symantec.com/theme/ghost I think its this

 

Wouldn't flashing the hdd firmware wipe the hdd?

 

Not always if im right. but never tried, and I dont wanna risk it. Cause I wanna make a backup of its contents well, not the firmware.. or should I?

Does your drive still "boot" by the way?

 

I know it worked when I sold it

 

Honestly I don't know. I have a new HDD in that dvt4 now.

 

Ha ha your good Borman. HDD die sometimes. I should have backed it up earlier. I saved the files just not the firmware.