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> External Usb Hdd, I have a usb hdd and i would like to format it for the xbox please hel
The. Doctor
post Jul 18 2008, 07:48 AM
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couldent find how to but i belive i need i need it formated in fatx right and i have no idea how i tried to google and searched the forums i did the ndure hdm hack and have a usb hub all set up when i plug it in and try to browse it it shows up on evoX file explorer but it says not formated or somthing or it shows empty i cant remember HELP
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post Jul 18 2008, 09:04 AM
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I think there is a limit in space you can use for USB devices. USB sticks smaller than 4GB sometimes work. Devices that are bigger are not compatible with the xbox.

If your device is compatible with the xbox, the M$dash will automatically format it to fatx the first time it sees the disk. The disk will appear as a big external gamesave device.

Another option is using the Xbmc dashboard. That dashboard can access FAT formatted devices.

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post Jul 18 2008, 07:22 PM
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so if i get xmbc it will recognize it? the drive is in fat32 currently and could i format it to fatx with a live cd or somthing and then it would work normally?
thaks for the quick responce this is a nice forum im new to all this
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post Jul 18 2008, 10:36 PM
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I know xbmc recognises FAT formatted devices. Not sure about FAT32.

What are you exactly trying to do? Are you attempting to prepare a harddisk for use in a xbox, or are just trying to connect an usb disk to your xbox?

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post Jul 18 2008, 11:26 PM
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QUOTE(obcd @ Jul 18 2008, 02:12 PM) *

I know xbmc recognises FAT formatted devices. Not sure about FAT32.

What are you exactly trying to do? Are you attempting to prepare a harddisk for use in a xbox, or are just trying to connect an usb disk to your xbox?

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xbmc will read FAT32, although im not sure if it will read a partition larger than 4gb (some with the xdk libs prevents it from addressing more than 4gb via USB)
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post Jul 19 2008, 03:39 AM
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Google "Network Attached Storage" (NAS).
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post Jul 19 2008, 04:33 AM
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i havent tried it but unleashx might let u format it the drive letter should be some where between H and O
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post Jul 19 2008, 07:07 AM
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by network attached storage do you mean sharing it on a computer an accessing it from there? im hoping to fit all of my games onto it and if it is possible it would be good if i could partion some of it in a format for windows so i can back up some stuff on it and again this forum is great quick quick responses this is my first post

i have a USB hard disk and i would like to format it to fatx to run games its 120 GB and i already have a USB hub and my xbox has the unleashX dashboard ill look for an option to format a drive in unleashX and download XBMC and see if that works
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post Jul 19 2008, 08:09 AM
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there's no way to run games off of a usb hard drive. I use a memory stick to transfer small files when a network isn't available
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post Jul 21 2008, 09:16 AM
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a a aawwwww

if anyone thinks other wise please post
suppose ill be able to fit all my music on it least

and will newer games not let you copy them to the HDD because timesplitters 2 worked like a charm but not halo 2 (threw the unleash X dash)
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post Jul 21 2008, 02:23 PM
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Get the latest DVD2Xbox to rip Halo 2 to the HD. It will do it with no problems.
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