Restoring Hitachi with FW Toolbox 4.0

Xion

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Dec 8, 2002
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I have been reading all over tonite looking for a little info. I want to restore my Hiatchi 47 and then falsh the iXtreme 1.2 FW to the box.

My problem is that even though I know that I have to restore the 360 back to it's original state first I have not seen just where to put the original bin file before you run FW 4.0 to restore the drive or how to find it after you run FW 4.0.

Here is what the Read Me file says:

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Restoring your drive:

RESTORE.BAT automatically restores your drive back to original state

* To RESTORE a drive, it must be in "Mode B" and have "Drive Letter"
* Then just run RESTORE from "Command Prompt" while running windows.

* The new RESTORE does not need any backup, it will 100% restore your
drive back to "ORIGINAL" state as long as it is visible in Windows!

* Program will not start unless it detects the version of your Hitachi!

* You can restore any drive, even "v1.1" or "f900" or your own hacks.

* System will check flashed firmware, and redo until 100% completed.

* Once you get the PASS / DONE line, you can shut-down the system.

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How does the program know what and where my original bin file is and what should I name that file (I do have the original backup bin from the first time I flashed the drive)? I have a lot of coin invested in this box and I really would hate to brick it.

Thanks guys...
 

Xion

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Dec 8, 2002
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Maybe I should just ask it in a little simpler way.

Can anyone give me a quick outline on how to backup my Hitachi drive to the original bin. Any help would be great.
 

Xion

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Dec 8, 2002
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* The new RESTORE does not need any backup, it will 100% restore your
drive back to "ORIGINAL" state as long as it is visible in Windows!
Well. I'll give this one more try. Not sure why I cannot get an answer on this question.

Does this statement mean that it will read the hacked fw that is currently on the DVD drive and insert it into the proper original bin and then flash it back to it's original state? Really don't want to try this until I am sure.