I don't know if this has been covered before? But using the Windows program HDD RAW COPY from http://hddguru.com/ and a USB All in 1 HDD Docking Station, I cloned an Xbox 10gb IDE drive to a 500gb SATA drive.
I put the 500gb in my Xbox and it booted up straight away
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This picture shows two drives inserted in the dock.I am now cloning a 250gb IDE to a 500gb SATA, I started the copy at 2.15 this afternoon, it is now 5.15 and it is 64% complete.
So not lightning fast really, I will report back how long it took and if it works in the Xbox
A few specs, HDD Station is USB 2.0, 1 IDE and 1 SATA port.
I am using v1.02 of HDD RAW COPY but the latest is v1.10.
OS Windows 7 Pro 64bit.
Source drive is unlocked.
My Xbox has an X3 modchip.