HDD Help, little puzzled...

[ChrisSampson]

This is in regards to the tutorial:

[font=verdana, arial, helvetica] 7. Format the drives

If everything above is OK , just select "Install New drive" and then confirm ("Yes").
The software will now format the drives.
When finished , it will return the EvoX dashboard.


8. Transfer C & E

Now connect with FTP to your xbox. You should see all drivenames.
Transfer the whole C & E backup u made on your PC to the C & E on your new Xbox HD.
Remove the disk from your Xbox , and reboot.
The Xbox should now reboot from your new xbox HD.
If not , you probably did something wrong while restoring the drives.
Just boot the Evox Install HD disk and you can FTP to your xbox again and check what might have gone wrong.
If needed you can always reinstall your old xbox HD.


Now I formatted with a Install Evox HD boot disk, then FTP'ed my backup C and E drive, and put back the msxboxdash, xboxdash (evox), and evox.ini, after I put the C and E drives onto the new hdd. I remove the disk after rebooting, and when it's rebooting I don't have my regular evox dashboard, but the "Install New Drive" dashboard. This is after I already formatted my drive and put the C and E onto the NEW HD...The only thing I can think of is I may of put the wrong section in the .ini:

[/font][font=verdana, arial, helvetica] Section "Install Menu"
{
Item "Install New drive",@210
Item "MS Dashboard",@3
Item "Reboot",@5
Item "Power Off",@10
}

[Action_10]
Info "Install HDD - Xbox-Scene"
Warning "This will format all drives"
Warning "Make sure you have a backup of C & E"
Progress "Formatting drives"

ConfigSector "\backup\disk.bin"
Format c:
Format e:
Format f:
Format x:
Format y:
Format z:

For EvolutionX v1.8.3682 or higher/newer (if your HD is +137gb and you have a bios with LBA48-rest-to-part6 support it will make 1big F drive)

Section "Install Menu"
{
Item "Install New drive",@210
Item "MS Dashboard",ID_MS_Dash
Item "Reboot",ID_Quick_Reboot
Item "Power Off",ID_Power_Off
}

[Action_10]
Info "Install HDD"
Warning "This will format all drives"
Warning "Make sure you have a backup of C & E"
Progress "Formatting drives"

ConfigSector "\backup\disk.bin"
Format c:
Format e:
Format f:
Format x:
Format y:
Format z:

Now, if your HD is +137gb and you want to use partition7 (dirve G), you need EvolutionX 1.8.3921 or higher/newer and a bios with LBA48-137-to-part6-rest-to-part7 support. Use this:

Section "Install Menu"
{
Item "Install New drive",@210
Item "MS Dashboard",ID_MS_Dash
Item "Reboot",ID_Quick_Reboot
Item "Power Off",ID_Power_Off
}

[Action_10]
Info "Install HDD - Xbox-Scene"
Warning "This will format all drives"
Warning "Make sure you have a backup of C & E"
Progress "Formatting drives"

ConfigSector "\backup\disk.bin"
Format c:
Format e:
Format f:
Format g:
Format x:
Format y:
Format z:



I put the 2nd one, but how do I check to make sure I did the right one?
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[Rookio]

When you downloaded evox, and you edited the original file, did you keep a copy of the original? if not, just unrar the files again and copy the evox.ini to your xbox. Also, if you want your dashboards to work properly, rename xboxdash.xbe to evoxdash.xbe and rename msxboxdash.xbe back to xboxdash.xbe

Then set your bios to run evoxdash.xbe

This is because the latest bios' can select the dashboard filename to boot. so you need to leave the original M$ dashboard untouched, or you wont be able to boot with chip disabled.