wanting to swap to larger HDD on original XBOX, questions

snsclziklost

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I have an original 1.6 Xbox (halo edition)
softmodded, with UnleashX, I think the softmod method was called NSANE
I have determined that this is an older softmod comparatively, but not really an early early one for the xbox, I don't think.

Is there a best resource for a guide to swap in a bigger hdd without a chip?
something that gets into all the copying/unlocking/pairing without assuming i know some of it?

At the time I read you needed a chip to do so, but I don't know if that's true anymore

trying to figure this stuff out from all the old "the usual places" info out there is like trying to squish together several time capsules in several different languages and make sense of it

If I need a modchip than I'm not interested so if that hasn't changed then thats that i guess.



PS: and obviously if there's some simple way to like run a USB drive with the og XBOX instead of swapping, I'm unaware of that and would be interested in that instead, but I assume if possible thats not just like some easy plug n play adapter
 
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thank you. should i just go with the fastest rpm IDE drive i can find in good shape, or use an adapter? the guide doesn't really pick a lane

if Im understanding this guide, because im not chipped, i just need the eeprom backup to lock new drive; i dont see a step about locking the drive, but i guess it must just be a prompt that occurs when doing the formatting?
 
is up to you what kind of drive you want to use, this guy is using a ssd. This is an outdated list of compatible drives

if you are using the pc fatxplorer has an option to lock the drive using the eeprom

when i was looking to upgrade my drive, i was gonna use chimp but that's not recommended anymore for some reason.
 

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