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Title: Has Anyone Got A External 120gb Hdd To Work Yet?
Post by: Leglez on August 17, 2006, 11:08:00 PM
I am wanting to use an external 120GB or 160GB HDD, has anyone got them working?  If you got one working could you post the model number.
Title: Has Anyone Got A External 120gb Hdd To Work Yet?
Post by: acidwarz on August 24, 2006, 06:00:00 AM
The 120 should work make sure to format using FAT32  
up to 137 GIG

I am going to try a 120 over the weekend I'll let you know on it!
Title: Has Anyone Got A External 120gb Hdd To Work Yet?
Post by: Leglez on August 26, 2006, 09:21:00 AM
Ok how to I format it?  I thought I would just put it in the external enclosure and plug it in.
Title: Has Anyone Got A External 120gb Hdd To Work Yet?
Post by: EMoNey1 on September 26, 2006, 09:09:00 AM
Put it in the enclosure and format it in windows.  Right click the drive and select format.  Make sure that you format as a FAT32.  Just so you know, you can only play music and pictures from the hard drive, no video.
Title: Has Anyone Got A External 120gb Hdd To Work Yet?
Post by: Don Robbery on October 14, 2006, 08:53:00 AM
So it is possible to use a external hdd with your 360? And will it have the same functionality as the original 360 harddrives (so being able to store demos,trailers and game expansions)? If it is possible,any tutorial on how to hook it up to your 360?

This post has been edited by Don Robbery: Oct 14 2006, 03:57 PM
Title: Has Anyone Got A External 120gb Hdd To Work Yet?
Post by: pcrat on November 09, 2006, 12:42:00 PM
no it wont

Read this:

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=560481
Title: Has Anyone Got A External 120gb Hdd To Work Yet?
Post by: B4tm4n on November 15, 2006, 12:47:00 AM
It'll be a glorified memory card thats all.
Title: Has Anyone Got A External 120gb Hdd To Work Yet?
Post by: Drunkn_Munky on November 15, 2006, 04:05:00 AM
As long as it reads and writes, it's what people want. I think most people want it for music. I know I can't fit my music collection on a 360 HDD as well other stuff I'd want, and using a USB one is extremely annoying because you can't save playlists and can only play 100 songs maximum.
Title: Has Anyone Got A External 120gb Hdd To Work Yet?
Post by: david3558 on November 27, 2006, 06:44:00 PM
Sorry, why does it have to be 120? I have a 160 and 250 will those work? So they must be formatted in FAT 32 otherwise it wont work?
Title: Has Anyone Got A External 120gb Hdd To Work Yet?
Post by: Drunkn_Munky on November 28, 2006, 01:46:00 AM
QUOTE(david3558 @ Nov 28 2006, 03:15 AM) View Post

Sorry, why does it have to be 120? I have a 160 and 250 will those work? So they must be formatted in FAT 32 otherwise it wont work?


CAN YOU NOT READ?!?!
Title: Has Anyone Got A External 120gb Hdd To Work Yet?
Post by: melliott001 on December 05, 2006, 06:55:00 PM
QUOTE(EMoNey1 @ Sep 26 2006, 03:40 PM) View Post

Put it in the enclosure and format it in windows.  Right click the drive and select format.  Make sure that you format as a FAT32.  Just so you know, you can only play music and pictures from the hard drive, no video.



FYI,  I just plugged in a MS Dos (Mac Disk Utility formatted) 10 gb drive via USB 2.0.  First tried an mp3 and it worked.  Then tried a .mov and .wmv movie file.  .wmv worked fine.  So in conclusion, the video worked from a third party external USB 2.0 hard drive formatted in what I think to be fat32.

About to try a 120 gb drive with tons of .wmv files on it.  I'll report back if all is well.

Cheers

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