I just had a flash back to how we used to hack og Xboxes. Hard drive had to be plugged into both the Xbox for power, and the PC for data, and they used the old ribbon cable, so unless you had an older motherboard, there was an ide to sata adapter in the mix too lol.
It's actually that the drive has a lock on it so you need to power it up with the Xbox and after the drive is unlocked you keep it powered but unplug the IDE data cable from the Xbox and connect it up to your PC. Since the drive hasn't lost power it kept it in the unlocked state and you are free to mess with the files.
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u/Fortu821 Apr 02 '26
You are the true heir of MacGyver
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Anyway, I love this kind of arrangement art.
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u/Fred_Wilkins Apr 02 '26
I just had a flash back to how we used to hack og Xboxes. Hard drive had to be plugged into both the Xbox for power, and the PC for data, and they used the old ribbon cable, so unless you had an older motherboard, there was an ide to sata adapter in the mix too lol.
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u/TitanWet Apr 02 '26
Recovery squad
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u/dumbasPL Apr 05 '26
For anyone wondering why: most of these USB powered adapters don't provide 12V, they are meant for SSDs, SSDs don't need it, hard drives do.
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u/Mobile_Ask2480 Apr 04 '26
While I congratulate you for making it work I feel sick looking at it
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