darthcircuit

Ok, so im really sorry about the bump, but I'm currently working a very similar project. The only problem is that I don't have an Xbox's Seagate drive to compare to. As I've been researching, it would seem to me that all the information changes that are in the firmware are contained in sectors 16-22 of the hard drive itself. In my searches I have not been able to find a dump of these sectors from a seagate drive. I have discovered that it is possible to use a hex editor to read these sectors myself, but without a drive to compare to, it has basically been useless. I have also set up a serial connection with the drive, and have discovered how to change the serial number and a few other things, but the limit i have at the moment is that seagate drives are limited to 8 character serial numbers. since this is the case, the hitatchi security sector dumps that are common on the net are useless because their serial numbers are 15 characters. In order for me to proceed on this front, i feel that i need an official seagate xbox drive to work from. I know it's a long shot, but if the OP is still interested in this project and has been keeping tabs on this thread, please respond, so that we may be mutally benefitted. again, sorry for the bump. thanks for any help in advance.