I also went hardcore hotswap route when uploading my first xbox launcher, followed by eeprom dump and decoding password from that. There are other hardcore meth

I also went hardcore hotswap route when uploading my first xbox launcher, followed by eeprom dump and decoding password from that. There are other hardcore methods available: - sniffing IDE bus with Logic Analyzer https://hackaday.com/2011/04/28/ide-bus-sniffing-and-hard-drive-password-recovery/ https://hackaday.com/2011/04/28/ide-bus-sniffing-and-hard-dr... - reading password directly from locked drive HPA (service area) using MHDD https://hackaday.com/2011/02/18/hard-drive-password-recovery/ https://hackaday.com/2011/02/18/hard-drive-password-recovery... yes its stored in plaintext Nowadays the second method is conveniently build into FATXplorer as a one click action https://fatxplorer.eaton-works.com/2024/05/31/fatxplorer-3-0-beta-31-password-recovery-for-og-xbox-western-digital-drives/ https://fatxplorer.eaton-works.com/2024/05/31/fatxplorer-3-0...