XBox 360 question.
 

Does anybody know if i could use an external hard drive via a USB lead on a 360 seeing as my 20gig is getting a bit full, if not is there a way of transferring all the data onto a new 120gig Xbox HD.

Hi,

Simply plugging in an external USB HD will not work unfortunately. You can play media from the external drive but you cannot copy onto it.

I understand that the new Xbox 360 HDs come with a cable and some software for you to be able to transfer data/live account from your 20gb HD.

Pete

Thanks Pete, yes you are right by the look of it the new 120GB HD come with a Data Transfer Cable which connects your old 20GB and the machine together.

Glad to be of help Tootall!

My new 120GB HD came this dinnertime which is now formatted and fitted, it only took lest than an hour to transfer data from the 20GB HD.

I've read of people ugrading their own hdd units to 120GB but they had to use a particular model of 2.5" drive for it to work. I'll find a link if anyone's interested.

That would be handy if you could please

I've just found this one on a quick search so you can see it's possible to do.

http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/23...20gb-hdd-hack/

Here's a more comprehensive guide which also includes instructions on how to transfer your existing data onto the newer larger hard drive: http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.p...ic=660096&st=0

I ordered a 120GB western digital scorpio bevs hdd from ebuyer yesterday & will be aiming to do this upgrade on friday. The £ saving isn't as huge as it could have been but the drive is £39 and I already have a sata interface so I'm ready to go. I anyone's interested how I get on I will update here after it's fitted.

looks a pain in the *** to do
if you look in the right places you can get a new 360 120gig hdd for £70
that how much i paid for mine