Well I thought this is grim, So I called Micro. I click it and it just looped around again and again. I clicked OK and the screen went back to the XBOX LIVE UPDATER screen again, then it went to the cannot connect screen with the OK button. NOPE, it came up with a screen saying 'XBOX LIVE cannot connect at this time Please try again later', so I click OK to go on, after all I don't need to update XBOX live I'm not going to be on it anyways. I plugged it in and with the push of the button it came on, with the flubber screen or whatever it is and booted up to a screen that said 'XBOX LIVE UPDATE, Please do not turn off the power until update is finished.' Great I thought I'll just plug it up to the network and let it do its thing, WOW this will be an easy fix. My next step was to check out the XBOX to see if she would power up. Then I checked the board out for any signs of burnt traces or other fixable problems and found none. Well first thing I did was clean off the old paste on the CPU that cheap thermal paste, and replace it with high quality Arctic Silver paste. Hum I thought didn't look like much, boy I thought it would be more like a computer motherboard, seeing how everyone says it's a computer basically. My package arrived and I tore into it, first thing taking the Xbox apart. My problem started when I purchased an XBOX off EBay for a cheap price, I knew in advance it was broken but the promise of fixing it myself was to be a challenge, and boy was it! Not that I couldn't do it after all I do have a paper that says I know how to fix electronics, even if I can't spell very well I hope it helps a lot of people who have had the same head ach I have about getting to the secret key to unlock the XBOX's Hard drive. Hi all, first I would like to say thanks to everyone who helped me with information and suggestions on the forums and to Llamma for the posting of this HOW TO guide.

Xbox hdd master tool