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===Overview===The Xbox uses a standard 3.5" IDE HDD, the same type you would find entire process should proceed in a desktop computer back in the day. Finding a replacement HDD is easy, but preparing it for use as an Xbox drive is a long, tedious process due to a few caveatsthree phases:* The Xbox uses 1. Get a unique hacked save file system that neither Windows nor Linux can recognize. Special software must be used to read, backup, and prepare an Xbox drive.* The HDD is locked with onto a key generated from the Xbox's EEPROM data that is changes from Xbox to Xbox memory card and HDD to HDD. This means confirm you need a HDD that is lockable (most are), and you need extra software able to generate a new key. The software used to lock/unlock trigger the exploit by loading the drive must be run file from a bootable MS-DOS diskthe game.* Extra steps must be taken to use 2. Backup the original HDD and prepare a drive larger than 137GBnew one (not required, but highly recommended).* Although you can upgrade 3. With the new HDD without having already softmodded in the Xbox, you must be able use the game save exploit to boot EvoX using either '''007 Agent Under Fire''' or ''MechAssault'''install a permanent exploit.
Before getting into specifics==Preparations==Softmodding an Xbox is... involved (unless you use the hot-swapping method, which has no special requirements apart from a PC with PATA interface). You need a few pieces of equipment that may be hard to come by (i.e. an Action Replay), several programs, I will outline in general the steps needed and a suitable PC environment to go from start to upgrade finish. To make things easier, you should ensure that you have everything you need before you get started. You should also be comfortable with some technical tasks, such as using an FTP client, adding/removing and setting jumpers on IDE HDD's, using command-line programs (nothing too complicated), and accessing xbins (see the HDDnext section). ===Phase 1:Game save exploit=======Equipment====* 1A legitimate copy of '''007 Agent Under Fire''', '''Mech Assault''', or '''Splinter Cell'''. (Note that not all versions of these games support the exploits. Dump your )* An '''Action Replay''' or some other method of transferring save files to an Xboxmemory card* An official, Microsoft-branded memory card (while the Action Replay does come with a memory card, it's EEPROM data using EvoX.cheaply made and is likely to become corrupted)====Software====* UXE installer by Krayzie (xbins: /XBOX/Console Based Applications/exploits/_Packages/Krayzie Uxe Installer/) ===Phase 2. Unlock : Upgrading the original HDD in DOS and use Windows to make a backup=======Equipment====* A computer with at least one IDE port.* 3A new HDD. Lock the original HDD and set it asideIt must be lockable (I'll explain this later).====Software====* 4Lots of stuff... Connect ===Phase 3: Installing the exploit to the new HDD and use LiveInfo in Windows to generate a new key=== ==Xbins==[http://www.* 5xbins. Restore org Xbins] is a website which serves as a stockpile of all the backup exploits and apps you need and want for your softmodded Xbox. You won't find any of the old drive files on the site, though; they are located on an FTP server to which you must obtain a temporary username and password by visiting the new one#xbins IRC channel. It is very important that you learn how to use xbins.* 6To access xbins, you need an IRC client and an FTP client. Lock Just about any IRC client will work (I use mIRC in Windows and Konversation in Ubuntu), but xbins is very particular about the new drive, connect type of FTP client you use: it requires an FTP client that does not attempt to the Xboxuse multiple connections to download files. It recommends FlashFXP, SmartFTP, and hope CuteFTP. ==Game save explot (007)==I only have access to '''007 Agent Under Fire''', so that is what I'll assume you have for this section. The steps for '''Mech Assault''' and '''Splinter Cell''' should be very similar, differing only in how you boot the exploit from the bestgame, but you will need to locate another source for specific instructions for those games (for now).
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The topic of softmodding the Xbox is covered extensively by [http://www.xboxscene.com Xbox-Scene], and most of the tutorials available there are still relevant. However, most of the guides are nearly a decade old: the Windows of the time was XP, most hard drives used IDE cables, and floppy drives were common. Several of the programs used for softmodding, especially those used to upgrade the HDD, will not work properly on modern OS's. The purpose of this guide is to walk you through the entire softmodding process using modern hardware.
==Upgrading the HDDOverview==The Softmodding works by exploiting flaws in the MS Dashboard and certain games. By transferring a hacked save file to an Xbox comes packaged with memory card through a USB device and then loading the file from the game, a program which allows full access to the Xbox, called a '''Dashboard''', can be booted. From there, an underwhelming 8GB FTP connection can be established between your PC and Xbox, allowing you to modify system files on the Xbox HDD. 8GB is plenty for game saves, but if which will enable you plan to take full advantage boot the Dashboard of your softmodded Xboxchoice either upon boot or from the MS Dashboard, you're going to without the need extra space to store games and media filesfor the game whose save file had been exploited.
