xbox hard drive

[nomrlz1]

kid wants a bigger hard drive for his 360. i guess these maps on COD have his 10gb almost full. so, what size do i get? i've seen 20, 60, 250gb for them. his is the non slim original style he says. should be a good Christmas present but i have no clue what to get.

[Ryanm2323]

It's cheaper to buy an external hard rive and plug into the USB port. Oh can get massive one for 80 bucks or a 20g jump drive for cheap

[nomrlz1]

you mean like a computer ext.? hell, he has a 500gb now for his laptop i think he barely uses

[Ryanm2323]

Yes they can be used.

[nomrlz1]

thx, that'll make it a lil easier

[kaknballz]

keep in mind tho it isnt 100 percent plug and play.

quick search will tell you why on google o or yahoo. it isnt hard by any means but it's not plug and play right away.

[nomrlz1]

so, what do i need to buy to make this hassle free. my wife will install it cuz she likes doing that shit. i don't wanna be bothered with issues all the time

[kaknballz]

http://www.ehow.com/how_4486548_use-regular-external-hard-drive.html

[nomrlz1]

this is why he hasn't used his for this



Xbox's connection with an external drive is read-only. You can only read files that are already on the drive after connecting. You can't save game files or anything else on the Xbox main drive onto the external hard drive
Read more: How to Use a Regular External Hard Drive on an Xbox 360 | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_4486548_use-regular-external-hard-drive.html#ixzz1dX4T3uO9

[kaknballz]

this is why he hasn't used his for this



Xbox's connection with an external drive is read-only. You can only read files that are already on the drive after connecting. You can't save game files or anything else on the Xbox main drive onto the external hard drive
Read more: How to Use a Regular External Hard Drive on an Xbox 360 | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_4486548_use-regular-external-hard-drive.html#ixzz1dX4T3uO9

winner winner chicken dinner

[nomrlz1]

so, to save the maps you hafta put a new hd in it?
christ this gamer shit is complicated. ima just buy him an atari 2600 and he can play pitfall

[kaknballz]

so, to save the maps you hafta put a new hd in it?
christ this gamer shit is complicated. ima just buy him an atari 2600 and he can play pitfall

all of your dlc "down loadable content" will have to be re downloaded onto the new hard drive as far as i recall. ive never had to recover a gamer tag or re download any of the stuff so some one else may have to chime in. places sell a data transfer cable that you can transfer your game saves from one hard drive to another but that's it. the actual dlc is

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Support/LicenseMigration/Home

[Ryanm2323]

You will have to rwdownload all maps and gamer tags, and other saved stuff.


If you do want to get a new hard drive, place all the old hd info on your external hard drive then put new hd on and copy it all to it. Downloading everything would take forever.

[nomrlz1]

wife just said they have the new 360 with 250gb for $200 black friday. i guess it has cooling fans too. which his don't have.

[kaknballz]

You will have to rwdownload all maps and gamer tags, and other saved stuff.


If you do want to get a new hard drive, place all the old hd info on your external hard drive then put new hd on and copy it all to it. Downloading everything would take forever.

im just wondering, have you actually done this? im gonna have to guess no because the dlc is licensed to that particular console which means you have to re download it all again any way. your dlc also has DRM on it as well.

the only way you can openly move files from one device to another is with software like modio. even then tho dlc or xbox live games are not openly transferable from hard drive to hard drive unless you have a jtaged xbox if i recall correctly.

[kaknballz]

wife just said they have the new 360 with 250gb for $200 black friday. i guess it has cooling fans too. which his don't have.

all 360's have cooling fans.

the new 360's have better cooling control, wifi built in, quieter running, and are a bit smaller.

[nomrlz1]

all 360's have cooling fans.

the new 360's have better cooling control, wifi built in, quieter running, and are a bit smaller.

oh, they way she acted was like his had no fans. the one he has now is the one she won from mt dew

[Ryanm2323]

I haven't dlc butn currently using a jump drive to store arcade games such as perfect dark and risk, as well as my dlc maps for cod. I will check tomorrow to see if you can transfer maps.

[black88gt]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-250GB-Hard-Drive-Migration-250G-Grey-HDD-for-Microsoft-XBOX-360-XBOX360-US-/260861226170?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item3cbc8a6cba

Id' just do something like this you might beable to save 10-20 by putting a hd in the existing case but is it worth it?

[nomrlz1]

wife says if we can get new console for two hundred. then that's what we're doin. if not, we'll look into these options

[Ryanm2323]

I didn't actually transfer the maps, but the option is there so I assume their is no issue. You'll see here that one is the original hard drive and one is a jumpdrive:

http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/Ryanm2323/efcddfd7.jpg



You can pretty much transfer anything over such as games/gamertags/ saved games.

http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/Ryanm2323/88e5d0e2.jpg



The only difference is you have to hit A one time to select which memory device to save to. It's pretty self explanatory I doubt your kid will have issues here.


http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/Ryanm2323/b4639e52.jpg



The read only is irrelevant since when a game saves data is erases and saves new, it does not alter the existing data.