Is this drive an official Microsoft OEM, origonal not refurbished hard drive. I have an origonal microsoft game disk that will only play on an official Microsoft hard drive. I called Amazon and was assured that it is not a knock-off or refurbished product. After reading the reviews I am not so sure. Which is it? Is this drive an official Microsoft OEM, origonal not refurbished hard drive. I have an origonal microsoft game disk that will only play on an official Microsoft hard drive. I called Amazon and was... » Read More Is this drive an official Microsoft OEM, origonal not refurbished hard drive. I have an origonal microsoft game disk that will only play on an official Microsoft hard drive. I called Amazon and was assured that it is not a knock-off or refurbished product. After reading the reviews I am not so sure. Which is it? « Show Less
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Yes, being able to play older games was one of my reasons for this purchase. It comes in a Microsoft package and I have had no problems since installing. Not all old game discs will play however. There are upgrades for many of them. Do some online research to find out if your favorite games have the needed upgrade available. Hope this helps.
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mine was OEM, no problems here. I needed a genuine because I wanted to play an older game and it works great
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To play xbox games on an xbox360 with this hard drive you'll need to get updates for each game from xbox Live.
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This is not an official microsoft brand hardrive but it is recognized by the xbox as one. When you check the storage it lists the hdd as "Microsoft".
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You don't need a proprietary Microsoft one. I ordered this Hausbell one, which was the cheapest available at Amazon, at the time: Hausbell ® 320G HDD Hard Disk Drive For Microsoft Xbox 360 Slim -it installed very easily and automatically, and has worked perfectly. There are larger ones now available, and I'd guess other brands are just as good. In fact, my drive had nothing that identified it as a "Hausbell" drive -the drive looked totally generic. Note that this and other drives advertised and/or labeled as for the Slim, work fine on the 360E because the octagonal slots are identical. You don't need a proprietary Microsoft one. I ordered this Hausbell one, which was the cheapest available at Amazon, at the time: Hausbell ® 320G HDD Hard Disk Drive For Microsoft Xbox 360 Slim -it installed very easily and automatically, and has worked perfectly. There are larger ones now available, and I'd guess other brands are just as good. In fact, my drive had nothing that identified it as a "Hausbell" drive -the drive looked totally generic. Note that this and other drives advertised and/or labeled as for the Slim,... » Read More You don't need a proprietary Microsoft one. I ordered this Hausbell one, which was the cheapest available at Amazon, at the time: Hausbell ® 320G HDD Hard Disk Drive For Microsoft Xbox 360 Slim -it installed very easily and automatically, and has worked perfectly. There are larger ones now available, and I'd guess other brands are just as good. In fact, my drive had nothing that identified it as a "Hausbell" drive -the drive looked totally generic. Note that this and other drives advertised and/or labeled as for the Slim, work fine on the 360E because the octagonal slots are identical. « Show Less
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That raises the question: What is the "proper packaging" for this drive? And the corollary question: How do you know it when you see it? What I do know is that mine has worked without a qualm since I bought it.
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Maybe it is luck of the draw. I ordered directly from Amazon and received the bad cardboard packaging. I have not got around to installing the drive yet(hopefully this weekend), so do not know if there will be issues.
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The hard drive has nothing to do with being able to play an original Xbox game on the 360. Take a look at the wiki page for compatible games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games_compatible_with_Xbox_360
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That's a tough one that only Gamestop can answer. Most times, while used, they are the Microsoft-branded hard drives. Look for the proper branding on the case and in the software once installed. There should be a warranty in case it isn't. Don't settle for one that isn't branded properly... all others are headaches waiting to happen.
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I have a 500gb external hard drive and i can install any game on it. But Microsoft only allows you to use 32gb worth of momory out of the 500gb HDD. If i try to download the HD content for bf3 on the 500gb external hard drive am promted with a meassage; you need a xbox 360 hard drive to install this content. So what am asking is will this hard drive allow me to download the HD content or will i need to get an offical microsoft hard drive?. Thats my questuion. Sorry for this mix up!
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Actually OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer, in this case it means that Western Digital manufactured the hard drive. The drive itself will be blank, with no version of Windows installed on it. You will need to reinstall Windows and any necessary drivers before the computer will be usable. You will also need to reinstall any software (such as Office) before you can use it.
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Hi fellow amazon customer, i attached the the hard disk and i got no response from it. Probably the one is recieved got damaged, im in the process of returning it.
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I am sorry to hear that your product is working properly. I will say this though if you are looking to return the current product for another I would strongly recommend the ex hard drives made by the brand G-tech. Take your time and scour through the product descriptions to find the one that suits you best. When I was looking for a new ex-hhd at the time I purchased this one G-tech was a close second and only because the brands prices were out of my range.
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I just checked www.wdc.com Typed in Serial Number from drive I received. Answer from WD: "The warranty for this product has expired. The product is not eligible for replacement. If you need technical assistance, please send us email." So either Seller is warranting this drive OR NO ONE IS!!! I, for one, would like to hear from the seller on this matter!
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NOT from this seller - I checked both serial numbers on Seagates Warranty Validation page and see "The product you identified was sold as a system component. Please contact your place of purchase for service."I have a failed drive, and no response from the seller - can't send it back to Seagate.. uh oh.
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Just to let everyone know this is not a certified may Microsoft HDD so it will not let you play original Xbox games with it. You will need a certified Microsoft HDD.
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I received a 2TB Hitachi on June 29th, 2010, and it was RETAIL packaging. I ordered direct from Amazon, not a reseller. I had no issues with the drive, and it is still running strong. It seems that some of the 1 star reviewers later in July got non-Retail boxes. I bought mine when Hitachi was offering a rebate, so I bet Amazon sold out of Retail packaged units by the time July rolled around. Looks like they have the item under investigation now...probably for the packaging.
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You don't need a proprietary Microsoft one. I ordered this Hausbell one, which was the cheapest available at Amazon, at the time: http://www.amazon.com/Hausbell-320G-Hard-Drive-Microsoft/dp/B00B0QONB0/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1417195335&sr=8-16&keywords=xbox+hard+drive -it installed very easily and automatically, and has worked perfectly. There are larger ones now available, and I'd guess other brands are just as good. In fact, my drive had nothing that identified it as a "Hausbell" drive -the drive looked totally generic. Note that this and other drives advertised and/or labeled as for the Slim, work fine on the 360E because the octagonal slots are identical.
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I just had a similar problem. I purchased what was advertised as a new drive and received a drive marked "Recertified". When I when to register this drive I found it only had 3 years remaining on it's warranty. This is my eight WD 4TB Re drive. I'm very happy with them and I have purchased most of them from Amazon. In two other cases I received an OEM drive and had to exchange it. In all the other cases I received what I ordered. Getting an OEM drive or a Recertified derive "by mistake" seems to be a common problem. The warranty is very important to me. I own a total of sixteen HD's on three computers. Over the past 15 years two have failed under warranty and WD replaced them. I just had a similar problem. I purchased what was advertised as a new drive and received a drive marked "Recertified". When I when to register this drive I found it only had 3 years remaining on it's warranty. This is my eight WD 4TB Re drive. I'm very happy with them and I have purchased most of them from Amazon. In two other cases I received an OEM drive and had to exchange it. In all the other cases I received what I ordered. Getting an OEM drive or a Recertified derive "by mistake" seems to be a common problem. The warranty is very important to me. I own a total of... » Read More I just had a similar problem. I purchased what was advertised as a new drive and received a drive marked "Recertified". When I when to register this drive I found it only had 3 years remaining on it's warranty. This is my eight WD 4TB Re drive. I'm very happy with them and I have purchased most of them from Amazon. In two other cases I received an OEM drive and had to exchange it. In all the other cases I received what I ordered. Getting an OEM drive or a Recertified derive "by mistake" seems to be a common problem. The warranty is very important to me. I own a total of sixteen HD's on three computers. Over the past 15 years two have failed under warranty and WD replaced them. « Show Less