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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:21 am Post subject: Suggestions for USB HDD?
Does anyone know if the 360 can read external drives formatted w/NTFS? I really don't want to have to find a copy of Partition Magic just to format a 200 gig drive in FAT... _________________________________________________________ Noli nothis permittere te terere.
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Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23948 Location: NSW, Australia XP: 3,060,914
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:33 am Post subject:
lol.. good question..
I dont have a external USB drive otherwise i would be able to tell ya for sure.. Hopefully someone else here on HQ has the answer??
Joined: Oct 09, 2004 Posts: 1873 Location: Hampshire, UK XP: 384
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 7:06 am Post subject:
Similary I don't have a HDD to try on Saturday but I think it reads it as a normal drive like an iPod, Flash drive etc...
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 7:07 am Post subject:
Ive used my PSP and it brings up the whole memory card..
God knows what format the PSP memory cardis fomatted in.. So more then likely it will just show up..
Just found that and it looks very interresting. Might by and USB adapter and HDD.
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:07 am Post subject:
My 360 will only read a drive formatted in FAT. I tried NTFS... no go. _________________________________________________________ Xbox 360 #2
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Joined: Jul 03, 2004 Posts: 2385 Location: Portugal XP: 368,740
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:39 pm Post subject: Re: usb HD
soreros wrote:
Does anyone know if the 360 can read external drives formatted w/NTFS? I really don't want to have to find a copy of Partition Magic just to format a 200 gig drive in FAT...
Hehe i have 2 external drives...and guess what i didnt test that yet _________________________________________________________
Tingy 360-HQ Newbie
Joined: Oct 12, 2007 Posts: 2
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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject:
Have just got my USB HDD to work on my 360, had to be FAT not NTFS and also had to be set as a primary drive not a logical drive.
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Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23948 Location: NSW, Australia XP: 3,060,914
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:38 am Post subject:
Back again.. lol
Just a quick question for anyone reading.
Does it matter which USB External HDD you buy??
Can all USB HDD's be reformatted so that the xbox 360 can use it?
With the most recent updates im thinking of purchasing a External Drive from my 360 so i can watch all my divx/xvid movies without having to stream them from my pc all the time.
If you have a USB HDD that works could you please reply with what brand and size it is.. It would be useful info for others looking to do the same.
UPDATE:
Ill just answer my own question i think.. lol
You can reformat just about any External USB hdd with a program called "MacDrive" (http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/)
Here's some info for all Xbox 360 owners:
MacDrive will format any External HDD drive into the HFS+ Format and enable it
to be used on the XBOX 360 for HD WMV files of any size. No longer is there a
4GB file size limit like FAT32.
This app is great. I currently use it on a Seagate 320GB External HDD which i connect to my 360 via USB for HD content playback
The MACDrive software will re-format any USB Harddrive to a HFS partition which can be read by the xbox 360.
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i have 2 external drives...and guess what i didnt test that yet
