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Monocasa: Fill in config area partition path

2022-03-22T04:55:02Z

Fill in config area partition path

Velocet: Used the old Xbox Hard Drive Locking Mechanism article and cleaned everything a bit

2020-08-05T23:41:42Z

Used the old Xbox Hard Drive Locking Mechanism article and cleaned everything a bit

LoveMHz: /* Further Reading */

2020-01-05T02:55:17Z

‎Further Reading

JayFoxRox: Link Config Area and add some FIXMEs

2019-06-11T16:32:58Z

Link Config Area and add some FIXMEs

Espes at 11:14, 27 December 2018

2018-12-27T11:14:04Z

DaveX: /* Partitionstable extended with Device Object Names */

2018-08-23T21:22:36Z

‎Partitionstable extended with Device Object Names

JayFoxRox at 11:29, 30 August 2017

2017-08-30T11:29:56Z

JayFoxRox: Removed models from this article, moving to hardware revisions

2017-08-30T11:29:00Z

Removed models from this article, moving to hardware revisions

JayFoxRox: /* Partitions */

2017-08-28T08:19:59Z

‎Partitions

KaosEngineer: /* Models */

2017-08-28T02:25:34Z

‎Models

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 | 0x00080000
 | Fixed Structure
-| N/A
+| \Device\Harddisk0\Partition0
 |-
 | X

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 * Add info on how extended partitions are added.
-== Locking ==
+== Locking Mechanism and Basics ==
-The hard drives in the Xbox are locked with a key which is unique to the specific Xbox. The drive is unlocked by the kernel at boot.
+The hard drives in the Xbox are standard IDE drives locked with a key (referred to as the HDKey). The drive is unlocked by the Kernel at boot. The XBox uses a User Password with the Maximum security mode (see below).
-=== Unlocking for Backups ===
+The security feature of the hard drive can be enabled and disabled by sending special ATA commands to the drive. If a device is locked, it will refuse all access until it is unlocked.
 Before connecting an Xbox HDD to a PC for a backup or modification, the drive must first be unlocked. This can be done with alternative dashboards (such as EvoX). But beware, once you unlock the disk you cannot use it with an official BIOS until you re-lock the disk! For this reason it is suggested to use a patched BIOS which does not require the disk to be locked. If you are unable to run unsigned code (needed to unlock the HDD before powering off), it is possible to hot-swap the drive after the Xbox has started. This is not a suggested method, but it has been known to work. The idea is that you start the Xbox and wait for the dashboard, at which point the drive will be unlocked. Then, while the Xbox is running, you disconnect the IDE cable (but not the power!), and then connect the drive to your PC. Then the drive can be mounted for read/write (using XboxHDM), or imaged directly.
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 == Further Reading ==
-* [http://hackipedia.org/Disk%20formats/Partition%20tables/X-Box/Xbox_Partitioning_and_Filesystem_Details.htm Xbox Partitioning and Filesystem Details]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150502210033/http://hackipedia.org/Disk%20formats/Partition%20tables/X-Box/Xbox_Partitioning_and_Filesystem_Details.htm Xbox Partitioning and Filesystem Details]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20020617181617/http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk:80/~lucien/computing/projects/xbox/XBOX-disk-layout.htm XBOX DISK LAYOUT v0.13]

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 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
-! Drive Letter
+! Drive Letter{{FIXME|reason=This is under control of running application / variation even in official products?}}
 ! Description
 ! Offset (bytes)
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 |-
 | N/A
-| Config Area
+| [[Config Sector|Config Area]]
 | 0x00000000
 | 0x00080000
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 ::::::::::::::::::::::''side note: CD/DVD Drive "D:" <=> "\Device\CdRom0"''
-::::::::::::::::::::::''and usually: added Drive "F:" <=> "\Device\Harddisk0\Partition6"''
+::::::::::::::::::::::''and usually: added Drive "F:" <=> "\Device\Harddisk0\Partition6"''{{FIXME|reason=Mark as unofficial / homebrew}}
-:::::::::::::::::::::::::&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''added Drive "G:" <=> "\Device\Harddisk0\Partition7"''
+:::::::::::::::::::::::::&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''added Drive "G:" <=> "\Device\Harddisk0\Partition7"''{{FIXME|reason=Mark as unofficial / homebrew}}
 '''Debug/Devkit HDD:'''

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:14, 27 December 2018
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	== Further Reading ==		== Further Reading ==
	* [http://hackipedia.org/Disk%20formats/Partition%20tables/X-Box/Xbox_Partitioning_and_Filesystem_Details.htm Xbox Partitioning and Filesystem Details]		* [http://hackipedia.org/Disk%20formats/Partition%20tables/X-Box/Xbox_Partitioning_and_Filesystem_Details.htm Xbox Partitioning and Filesystem Details]
		+	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020617181617/http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk:80/~lucien/computing/projects/xbox/XBOX-disk-layout.htm XBOX DISK LAYOUT v0.13]

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 ! Size (bytes)
 ! Filesystem
 |-
 | N/A
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 | 0x00080000
 | Fixed Structure
 |-
 | X
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 | 0x2ee00000
 | FATX
 |-
 | Y
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 | 0x2ee00000
 | FATX
 |-
 | Z
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 | 0x2ee00000
 | FATX
 |-
 | C
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 | 0x1f400000
 | FATX
 |-
 | E
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 | 0x131f00000
 | FATX
 |}
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← Older revision		Revision as of 11:29, 30 August 2017
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−	The original Xbox hard disk drive was ~~8GB~~ in size. Later releases, ~~1.3 and 1.4's had Seagate 10GB~~ drives; however, only the first ~~8GB~~ of the drive was used.	+	The original Xbox hard disk drive was 8 GB in size. Later releases, 10 GB drives; however, only the first 8 GB of the drive was used. See [[Hardware Revisions]] for more information.

	== Partitions ==		== Partitions ==

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 == Partitions ==
 The Xbox hard disk contains multiple partitions. Unlike a PC, which typically contains either a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record Master Boot Record] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table GUID Partition Table] to specify the partition information, the Xbox kernel uses a fixed partition layout. The file system used on the Xbox is [[FATX]], a variant of FAT16/32 developed by Microsoft specifically for the Xbox.
 {| class="wikitable"

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 | Seagate
 | ST310211A
-| 10G
+| 10G ?
 |-
 | 1.0 (XB:2001-10-26 FF=02)