Post by: rob1309 on December 04, 2007, 04:43:00 PM
my 360 doesn't see my maxtor 500GB usb 2.0 external hdd...
at first i tried just sharing it via pc but no avail as i forget exactly how to share crap via vista/xbox360... not just the right click and share crap as that not working.
Post by: rob1309 on December 04, 2007, 05:52:00 PM
anyways, now i just wanna be able to make external hdd work when connected directly to 360
Post by: rob1309 on December 04, 2007, 05:56:00 PM
now to just get that darn drive working as plug and play on 360 
Post by: moosebox on December 04, 2007, 08:56:00 PM
NTFS is not compatible with the 360
Post by: rob1309 on December 04, 2007, 10:16:00 PM
that sucks big time
thanks for the fast reply though. i was super stumped
what are downsides to fat32 though? i still use the drive on pc a lot. the filesize limit isn't really a big deal to me
Post by: rob1309 on December 05, 2007, 09:59:00 AM
Post by: Goodgsheppard on December 06, 2007, 06:23:00 AM
QUOTE(moosebox @ Dec 5 2007, 04:56 AM) 
Format the drive either in FAT32 (4gb file size limit) or HFS+ (use MacDrive 7)
NTFS is not compatible with the 360
Hfs+ is the better choice because you can play files bigger than 4gb.
Post by: NorthernLightsX on December 06, 2007, 10:09:00 AM
QUOTE(moosebox @ Dec 5 2007, 04:56 AM) 
Format the drive either in FAT32 (4gb file size limit) or HFS+ (use MacDrive 7)
NTFS is not compatible with the 360
what are you talking about man? I am connected right now through my xbox to my sata ntfs harddrive and watching an avi file.
So your claim of the 360 not being compatible with ntfs is complete bull.
what I would like to know though, why it isn''t seing my ide drive.
Post by: twistedsymphony on December 06, 2007, 11:05:00 AM
I reformatted 2 of them to FAT 32 and had another one that was already FAT32 and it has no problem seeing any of them.
since launch the 360 has been unable to read NTFS... it was written plainly in usermanual and everything.
unless they changed something in an update at some point the system has never been able to read NTFS directly through USB.
Post by: NorthernLightsX on December 06, 2007, 11:17:00 AM
QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Dec 6 2007, 07:05 PM)
since launch the 360 has been unable to read NTFS...
You are mistaking cause I am connecting to a sata hdd that has the ntfs file system on it as we speak via the media blade of my xbox 360.
It could also mean that you are trying to say it can not connect to a usb hdd with ntfs.
So either way be clear with what you write or be sure.
Post by: bucko on December 06, 2007, 01:12:00 PM
QUOTE(NorthernLightsX @ Dec 6 2007, 06:17 PM)
You are mistaking cause I am connecting to a sata hdd that has the ntfs file system on it as we speak via the media blade of my xbox 360.
It could also mean that you are trying to say it can not connect to a usb hdd with ntfs.
So either way be clear with what you write or be sure.
You must be using HDHacker or something, the 360 only accepts FAT32 or HFS+. Provide pictures of what your doing because you don't make any sense.
Post by: Boiker on December 07, 2007, 09:52:00 AM
QUOTE(NorthernLightsX @ Dec 6 2007, 07:17 PM)
You are mistaking cause I am connecting to a sata hdd that has the ntfs file system on it as we speak via the media blade of my xbox 360.
It could also mean that you are trying to say it can not connect to a usb hdd with ntfs.
So either way be clear with what you write or be sure.
Duh anyone can connect with a sata HDD if they are using media sharing, which is exactly what you are doing by the sounds of it. This guy was talking about connecting a HDD formatted ntfs directly to the console via USB, he said that way up the page. I think it was said clear enough.
Post by: gunzdiesel on December 07, 2007, 02:45:00 PM
Post by: cerealkillajme on December 07, 2007, 03:21:00 PM
QUOTE(gunzdiesel @ Dec 7 2007, 04:45 PM)
this is kind of off topic, but is there anyway to add files to your usb hdd that's connected to your 360 by using your pc and the network? I hate connecting and disconnecting it everytime I want to update stuff. I would just stream from the pc > 360, but I have wireless and use wmv-hd sometimes...
Nope. Probably the best thing I've thought of to do that is to connect the USB threw a USB hub or some sort of splitter and have one USB cable go to your PC and the other to the 360 that way you could access the HDD from a PC to transfer stuff to it and then also access it with the 360 to watch it. Not a good solution though as you would have to run a long USB cable for most setups unless you keep your PC near your 360. I have not done this yet, but it's the only way I've come up with for doing that.
But as far as using the network to access an external HDD connected to the 360, it's impossible.... for now.
Post by: tariqosuave on December 12, 2007, 07:35:00 PM
Post by: sillyboydarryl on December 13, 2007, 09:31:00 AM
QUOTE(tariqosuave @ Dec 13 2007, 03:35 AM)
So basically there is no way that a pc user can hook up a external hard drive with movies that are bigger than 4gb on them?
the solution was answered just a couple statements ago...
MacDrive
find it buy it... !!!!
using that to format your drive allows your usb hard drive to see movie files over 4gb
I watch all my hdtv tv shows recorded (transcoded to wmvhd) and it looks simply stunning..
Star Wars in HD just rules...
but get MacDrive
Post by: gunzdiesel on December 13, 2007, 02:17:00 PM
Post by: tariqosuave on December 14, 2007, 08:10:00 PM
Post by: THDVL on December 14, 2007, 07:42:00 PM
QUOTE(tariqosuave @ Dec 14 2007, 09:10 PM)
HOw do i do it on mac drive... My PC does'nt recognize it.
Check out this thread.. Its what I would suggest. Dont waste your money on macdrive.
http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=633883
Post by: tariqosuave on December 15, 2007, 02:19:00 PM
QUOTE(THDVL @ Dec 15 2007, 04:18 AM)
Check out this thread.. Its what I would suggest. Dont waste your money on macdrive.
http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=633883
Do I have to open my pc up and put a hard drive in? I got a 320 gb seagate I'm trying to use.