What you will need

1: a pc any pc will do

2: c4eva xtrm-hitachi v2 4 Stealth.rar (here)

3: 1 360 hitachi drive

4: 1 USB <> S-ATA adapter (here)

5: 1 connectivity kit or slax
(Bmode tut here)

Flashing Hitachi 36, 40, 46, 47, 58, 59 Drives


Right after you have put your drive into B-mode, boot your PC into Windows.

Now look for the C4EVA XTRM-HITACHI v2 4 Stealth.rar you have downloaded.
Next move the X-LG folder to the root c-drive ( c:\X-LG> )

Now open up a command screen, by entering “cmd” after clicking Start > Run.

Next navigate to the X-LG folder by using these basic dos commands :

Cd\ - go to root of drive

cd X-LG - this is the folder you want at in dos

After you reached your X-LG folder ( C:\X-LG> ) start the next procedure.
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Flashing your drive
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FLASH24S.BAT automatically makes a complete backup of your firmware system

* To FLASH a drive, it must be in "Mode B" and have "Drive Letter"
* Then just run FLASH24S.bin from "Command Prompt" while inside windows
* Prompt must be at the same directory with the rest of the files!

* FLASH24S needs two variables, the assigned "Drive Letter", and any 4
numbers for the BACKUP directory, use a new unique number like 1672

- This is used to make your BACKUP directory!

- For Example: FLASH24S.BAT D 1672

after running it will tell you PASS / DONE. you will have a BACKUP directory "X23-1672"
in the "x-lg" folder and the program will store FIVE firmware files:

---- key.bin ---- DRIVE KEY /// DRIVE KEY
---- was.bin ---- Your drive before FLASH
---- gdrXX.bin ---- The untouched original fw
---- XX_23.bin ---- The patched Xtreme23 fw
---- now.bin ---- Your drive after FLASH!

- Where the XX in the above names will be the version of your Hitachi

- Zip or Rar this folder up and email it to yourself for backup purposes


now test a backup before you put the case back on

and FLASH17S.BAT is the same as above but, without F900 core, use this
if you don't want to extract SS with your drive.
i used the flash17s.bin i u want to just replace the 24 with 17
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Restoring your drive
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RESTORE.BAT automatically restores your drive back to original state

* To RESTORE a drive, it must be in "Mode B" and have "Drive Letter"
* Then just run RESTORE from "Command Prompt" while running windows.

* The new RESTORE does not need any backup, it will 100% restore your
drive back to "ORIGINAL" state as long as it is visible in Windows!

* Program will not start unless it detects the version of your Hitachi!

* You can restore any drive, even "v1.1" or "f900" or your own hacks.

* System will check flashed firmware, and redo until 100% completed.

* Once you get the PASS / DONE line, you can shut-down the system.

Found by tpepsiman