Tutorial written by : rocky
Last edited: December 16, 2003

Method taken from Jesse M's tutorial on Xbox-Scene, full props dude.

OK. I tried the HDD_Driver thing to transfer data and use the no-modchip font exploit. Couldn't get all the dll's to run it. So I tried another method, but this needs another Xbox with either a modchip installed or Exploit running.

Remove the lids of 2 systems and place them back to back. Power them both and let them boot to MSdash and whatever the other Modded\Exploited system is running.

I made a disc with boxplorer as the boot program and containing "Ernie and Bert reloaded" and the Signed Phoenix Loader V1.3 in a subdirectory. Boot this disc on the modded system.

With boxplorer booted, choose select drive and go to the d: (Dvd) with all your stuff. Now, Pull the IDE cable from the modded systems HDD and Plug it into the unmodded (Powered and booted) systems HDD. (You will need to unplug the IDE from here too, Duh!)

LEAVE THE POWER ON BOTH SYSTEMS TURNED ON!!! The unmodded system is using its power supply to power the HDD the modded system is using. So now you have a modded system connected to an unmodded HDD, it is unlocked and ready to transfer data. Select Drive again on the modded system in boxplorer and go to C: You will now be viewing the Virgin, unlocked HDD.

First, copy over the Ernie and Bert files to the Fonts Directory on the C: rename the two files already there from XTF to XFT. There should be 4 files there now. Ernie and Bert XTF and two others XFT

Also, transfer the Phoenix Bios Loader to the C: root. there are several files to copy over, xboxrom.bin, phoenix.raw, evoxdash.xbe, evox.ini, default.xbe and boot.cfg I dont know if all these are necessary, but it worked so.....whatever!

The beauty of this connection method of the 2 systems is that you can now power down the modded system and reboot it. As long as the HDD is still powered by the Unmodded (Hee Hee) system, the Modded xbox will boot. Remember to remove the disc too.

If it doesn't work (It should) reconnect the systems to their respective HDDs and restart the procedure. It worked first go for me.

If it worked, congrats. I hope this helps people who may have a friend with a modded system and are a little to scared at trying this without a safety net. I doesn't realy matter if you back up the system or not as you are not modifying any crucial files, except the Fonts. You can still bring a damaged system to boot and Hotswap to transfer again!

Good luck.

Tutorial written by : rocky