Is there a particular size Toshiba GAX drive you recommend.

30, 40, and 60 have been widely used with success

 

Not to butt in...but would it be safe to use a 60GB as is, without expanding any of the partitions?

Sure

Thanks...downloading now

Is there a particular size Toshiba GAX drive you recommend.

30, 40, and 60 have been widely used with success

 

Not to butt in...but would it be safe to use a 60GB as is, without expanding any of the partitions?

Thanks, got a 60 on order, should be here next week. FYI, took the car for a drive, played music from my library, looked up a POI and was talking to a friend via B/T, and it seemed all fine. Got back, parked, transferred a couple of Contacts from my phone and got a reboot.

So there you have it.

Thanks for your help and advise Hyperite.

Michael

I got my 60GB Toshiba HDD with Z3 preloaded/unlocked, from garrettoomey yesterday. Installed this morning and works like a CHAMP!

Thanks you so much "GARRETTOMEY"!!!. I highly appreciate it!!!

Thanks, DR

Thank you.

Did mine today, installed it into a 60 gig toshiba.

disabled security feature.

Tested it no issues so far.

I got my 60GB Toshiba HDD with Z3 preloaded/unlocked, from garrettoomey yesterday. Installed this morning and works like a CHAMP!

 

Thanks you so much "GARRETTOMEY"!!!. I highly appreciate it!!!

 

Thanks, DR

Your welcome!

I know I'm probably gonna get pimp-slapped for this, but...

The download says "virgin Z3". Knowing the folks around here, I assume that even though it says "virgin", that it already has the 2-wire-bypass-hack applied - or does the old Z2 2-wire-hack need to be applied over the top of the installed Z3 image?

(ducks and runs for cover)...

Rick

It DOESN'T MENTION whether the image is 2-wire bypassed or not anywhere in this thread. Or actually, maybe the question should be - Will my 2-wire-bypassed Z2 work with this image (ie: is the Z3 2-wire-bypass, the same as the Z2). Still catching up on all the threads, been out on tour and haven't been here in awhile.

Uhh, there is no patch needed to be able to use the 2-wire bypass. Which is why you don't see a separate thread for people wanting to bypass Z3's that they bought at retail.

I bought new Toshiba 40 Gig HDD. FTP'd the image - removed security on the drive. re installed new drive. Works like a charm. New maps have my street on them now!

Some settings like rear camera worked without re-config. Bluetooth phone came up right away. no need to re pair the phone. iPod and XM worked right away. Phone book and music gone however.

Thanks for the Z3 image guys !!!!

Rolf

"You will need to connect the drive to your PC (use something like this http://www.hdd-tools.com/products/rrs/ Do not use their cheaper HDD unlock wizard service. This will erase your drive. The repair station will unlock it and leave it intact. You can load up their free drive info tool to verify you have connected the drive to your PC correctly.

The repair station program will check the drive to verify they can unlock before you pay anything."

Am I missing something? Is everyone using that same unlocking site? According to them "Per-use License, Each license allows you to recover or unlock a certain number of hard drives. License Price Purchase. License for 1 recovery $49.95"

I know the 'save-my-data' price is around that but what about the 'don't-care-about-my-data' price of around $5 I've seen in posts. My question is where is that option Someone point me in the right direction. Thanks.

I used this one here: http://www.hdd-tools.com/products/rrs/ Do not use their cheaper HDD unlock wizard service. This will erase your drive.

http://www.hddunlock.com/ Use the cheaper HDD unlock wizard service. This will erase your drive.

2 quick questions

1. Im using my original Z3 drive which is 30GB and Im going to take the $5 route. Can this be done on a 30gb drive. The reason Im asking is b/c I thought that the new Z3 comes with a 40gb drive

2. I have acronis open but im not sure which catergory to choose. I see (bakc up and restore) (Disk Utilities) (Try& Decide) and (management tools). Which one of these catergories do I choose and from there what should I do. Thanks

ok I have acronis going but I dont see 4 different partitions on my harddrive like the pdf has on the first page of this topic. All I have is a drive that says unallocated. What should I do

Hello Everyone,

I have been visiting this site for quite a while but this is my first post on this forum. Last week I purchased a Z2 and one of the primary reasons of my selection was your knowledgeable community! Thanks for all of the great information!

I have found that you use various type of Toshiba hard drives despite not all of them belong to the automotive HDD class. (I believe the higher the shock and vibration resistance and operating temperature range the higher the longevity of the HDD in a vehicle).

Interestingly, all of the official automotive HDD’s RPM is 4,200 - no 5,400 RPM HDD is in this class, i.e. no 60GB storage capacity drives. Also, the 60GB has significantly narrower temperature resistance range.

If the excess storage capacity - above the stock 30GB - could be fully used for music storage, my first choice would be the 80GB MK8050GAC, otherwise I would go for the 40GB MK4050GAC simply because of their higher temperature resistance range.

Source:

http://www.toshibastorage.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/AutomotiveHardDiskDrives

Toshiba Automotive HDDs.xls

I just installed the HD back in my truck and I got an error that say can not use HDD. What can I do now. Im leaving to go on vacation next tuesday and I need to get this back working. HELP from all please

can someone be nice enough to call me.

I just installed the HD back in my truck and I got an error that say can not use HDD. What can I do now. Im leaving to go on vacation next tuesday and I need to get this back working. HELP from all please

what DID you do? Did you unlock it? Reimage it? What?

I just installed the HD back in my truck and I got an error that say can not use HDD. What can I do now. Im leaving to go on vacation next tuesday and I need to get this back working. HELP from all please

what DID you do? Did you unlock it? Reimage it? What?

I know that I unlocked it. I could get the security removal to work so I ended up paying $10. I really need your help Im going to shoot you a pm really quick. Im going out of town in a few days and I realllu really need to get this working. Thanks

ok I realize why I couldnt remove the security code. I was using version 2.0 of the magic boot disk when I should of been using version 4.5. Im going to try the drive now but I dont think it will work. Im having trouble with the acronis step. If I can get that down pack I think I will be good. If anything has changed in those steps, someone please inform me. brb.

OK OK OK OKAY. You guys can ignore all of my previous post. I was able to diable the security code using the correct version (can we edit that sticky on this). I have it back up and running and it says version 03.000. Is this correct? What else can I check to verify it?

ok. just installed the image this weekend:

Avic Z1, i put the image on TOSHIBA MK6034GAX 60GB 5400 RPM. Made the MSV partition 30G and disabled the lock.

i have the image downloaded from Torrent.

The new HD updated and installed sucessfully. All of my AV functions work perfectly. I have the new maps (2/2008). BUT several Navi menu functions do not let me select them or modify:

Address search

Scroll bars in the POI Search menu

Phone menu

Backgroud select

any way to enter and search for a destination is blocked.

My maps show me, track me, show whats around perfectly fine. if i do a vicinity POI search i can select and route from the list.

I could always just retry from scratch but figured i would see if anyone had any insight as to what might have gone wrong. I read through the thread and didn't see anyone else with my problem. Any thoughts are appreciated.

^^ Well, you didn't do the bypass, clearly.

^^ Well, you didn't do the bypass, clearly.

crap, your absolutely right! that's all the symptoms. i'll bet mine is an early Z1 with the old bypass. i'll look into the FAQ and do the two wire.

just to be clear, if you've done the two wire bypass and then you change the drive and reimage the bypass is still in effect right? there's nothing you need to redo? mine was bypassed with my old Z1 drive and image but it was probably the old style and so wouldn't work with the update. am i on the right track?

I did the 2 wire bypass on my Z2 and upgraded to Z3 image last week. All features work as they did on Z2..

yeah, just read up and i remember seeing that ducatiboy circuit all wrapped in heat shrink while wiring the XM. i'll do the 2-wire and have a new Z3! and my bluetooth won't echo any more! this forum rocks! thanks all for everything!!