can anyone confirm what someone mentioned earlier in this thread that you can restore just the first two partitions and not loose your recorded library? because that is the only thing holding me back from doing this is i do not want to have to re-record all my cd's
can anyone confirm what someone mentioned earlier in this thread that you can restore just the first two partitions and not loose your recorded library? because that is the only thing holding me back from doing this is i do not want to have to re-record all my cd's
confirmed
can somebody please elaborate on step 3 where I gotta connect the hard drive to my IDE in my desktop.
Anybody got like a picture of the motherboard and where exactly I need to connect this?
Can I just keep trying to connect it until the unlock software finally recognizes the drive?
if i buy a laptop harddrive from the store with a bigger capacity and i follow all the steps to mirror it would it work? 
ok, do i need to set a jumper on this hard drive or not, cause I'm pretty sure I've connected everything correctly, and it's still not being recognized...
The drive needs to be connected as master on the secondary IDE controller. Place a jumper on the drive according to the diagram to make it a master. Do not use cable select and do not have any other drives connected to this controller (i.e. CD/DVD drives included).
The drive needs to be connected on the primary IDE controller. If your primary drive is set to Cable Select (as with most OEM computers), connect the drive to the middle band on the ribbon cable (not the end). Place a jumper on the drive according to the diagram to make it a Slave.
holy crap, thats the exact opposite of what the instructions say...
i guess I'll give that a try right now....
dumb question, but does it matter which way the ide cable is connected to the adapter?
UPDATE:
I just did what the above poster said, and the drive is now recognized in windows, and when I run HDD Unlock Wizard, it recognizes the drive, but then says that the drive is connected incorrectly because its connected as slave.
Now one question, if I switch this hard drive around and make it a master, and make my desktop hard drive a slave, will that work out fine with no problems?
ok, so i just did what I said in my post above, and it didn't work.
HDD Unlock Wizard said that I have something else connected to the same IDE cable
I know that I'm connecting everything correctly on the secondary ide channel, but for some reason its still not workin, I'm gonna give it one last try by switching around the ide cables and see what happens.
Use your IDE cable that your CD-Roms are connected to. YOu don't need then for this purpose. SO connect your drive via tha IDE cable. When finnished your can simply plug your Drives back in. Good Luck.
Ok, thats exactly what I did, but my computer completly doesn't recognize the drive, nor the secondary ide channel in the device manager. Once I connect something else to that same cable, like a cd drive, it recognizes the secondary ide channel and also the hard drive, but then the HDD Unlock Wizard cannot unlock it cause there are other devices connected.
I honestly think that this is a problem with my motherboard, I have an Intel Desktop Baord with a P4 processor
hmmm wierd. You care connecting it to the end part of the cable right? not the one closest to the middle? that would make a difference. Also, after connecting it to the CD-ROM IDE channel. setup your bios to ensure it sees the drive!! that might be what's happening. If not that.. then take it to a friends house! 
I was able to update from Z1 to Z2 using the 9GB ISO I downloaded from the newsgroups perfectly on my first try. I did however use a brand new 60GB Toshiba drive that was listed on here as no resetting. I grew the music partition to near 40GB.
Firstly, thank you very much to everyone who contributed to this upgrade process.
I am stuck on STEP 4 – Unlock Your AVIC Z1 Hard Drive because the link provided is no longer valid.
http://www.hdd-tools.com/products/rrs/howto/,
edit: Its hard to see in the first post of this thread but when I pasted the link above, I noticed the comma (,) at the end of the link causing the invalid link 
Has anyone successfully completed this upgrade using Vista? I'm using Vista Home Premium and wondering about the compatibility of Repair Station since the website says "for Windows XP/2000".
Nim,
I used windows vista to go from z1 to z2. I did not use the repair station
This is my recommendation. Spend the $50 on a new HDD vs. $50 one time unlock. That is what I did and it worked great. New HDD that is faster, larger, and so far more stable (hasn't froze on start-up...yet).
Navyute
I am stuck on STEP 4 – Unlock Your AVIC Z1 Hard Drive because the link provided is no longer valid.
http://www.hdd-tools.com/products/rrs/howto/,
edit: Its hard to see in the first post of this thread but when I pasted the link above, I noticed the comma (,) at the end of the link causing the invalid link
Thanks Nim. I never noticed the comma at the end of that link. I fixed the original post so it works now.
OK I did it, I used the original hard drive and followed the instructions step by step. It works perfectly no reboots. Thank you guys!
Nim,
I used windows vista to go from z1 to z2. I did not use the repair station
This is my recommendation. Spend the $50 on a new HDD vs. $50 one time unlock. That is what I did and it worked great. New HDD that is faster, larger, and so far more stable (hasn't froze on start-up...yet).
Navyute
Most people on this forum are having rebooting issues with non-original HDDs. What HDD are you using?
Most people are NOT having rebooting issues with the 60 and 80 GB toshiba drives. I am running the 60gb with no troubles. $48 at newegg.com.
So ANY toshiba 2.5 PATA HD will work? Could somebody recomend a model number for a 60 GIG that is known to work without rebooting?
Thanks
So ANY toshiba 2.5 PATA HD will work? Could somebody recomend a model number for a 60 GIG that is known to work without rebooting?
Thanks
here is one a few people have used with no reboots.
TOSHIBA HDD2D17 (MK6034GAX) and (MK6032GAX)60GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache ATA-6 Notebook Hard Drive -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822149041
Also the 80 gig model. (MK8032GAX) TOSHIBA
Most people on this forum are having rebooting issues with non-original HDDs. What HDD are you using?
I'm using the Toshiba MK6034GAX 60 gb HD from newegg
Not one boot problem, and it hasn't froze....YAY!!! knock on wood
Wow... ok nice to know. Thanks for that info.
I finished the upgrade just now. Thanks again to everyone that made it possible. GREAT step-by-step AFMagnum!
However, I skipped "STEP 5 – Disable the Security Lock on Your AVIC Z1 Hard Drive" because I do not have a floppy drive and my motherboard does not support boot from removeable media.
I tried creating a bootable CD but that did not work either. Plus, I was too impatient.
Another issue was the bypass. The unlocking procedure went so smooth, so did the backup creation and the recovery of the Z2 image. The bypass however does not work as I am locked out of almost all menu items.
I have completed the original parking-brake -> ground for the Z1 which worked like a charm and I prepared for this upgrade 2 days ago by moving the MUTE wire to the bottom right pin of Connector #2 and grounding it.
I am guessing the Bypass ISO is already applied to the Z2 image I downloaded from the link provided in the first post as the name reads Z2Bypassed... Correct me if I'm wrong. I have also tried resestting the unit using the reset button. I am still flashing the lights on startup.
What else could be wrong? The only thing I can possibly think of is a bad MUTE->GROUND connection, I will check tomorrow. Besides that, can I be missing anything else?