I didn't think you could take the hard drive out?Hobbs said:Can't you just take your hard drive out your xbox and then send it in?
Pretty sure when I sent mine for repair (a good 7-8 years ago now) I was required to remove the hard drive and just send the xbox itself.
I was using the overheating method to get it back working again (RROD) and in the end they sent me a refurbished one around a week later.