Will this work with an original XBox game? I've been wanting to play Shenmue II with my XBox 360 Slim, but don't know if this harddrive would work.
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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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Yes.if you transfer save game data to it then transfer it back it will work,but you will require the same profile.even if it's a different hard disc as long as it has the same profile.
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If you need more hard drive space this installs easily in an Xbox slim. My Xbox slim came with only a 4G harddrive. I did not have enough space to install the game to the hard drive. So if when trying to play Titanfall you get a prompt stating you don't have enough space, then yes this will work perfectly. It's easy to install too.
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No it can't out of the box. I was able to mod mine so that it will. There are some YouTube videos on how to make a 360 backwards compatible. If you're good with computers it's not hard.You need a SATA-to-USB cable (such as the Xbox transfer cable but MAKE SURE it's for the slim as the other one won't fit) to hook it up to your computer. You download a program called "Xplorer 360" that can read and write to the HDD, and you download the partition that allows for playing original Xbox games, then you use that .bin file to run a restore on partition 2.After I did that, I popped the HDD back in and it plays Halo 2. Before it gave me the error message. No it can't out of the box. I was able to mod mine so that it will. There are some YouTube videos on how to make a 360 backwards compatible. If you're good with computers it's not hard.You need a SATA-to-USB cable (such as the Xbox transfer cable but MAKE SURE it's for the slim as the other one won't fit) to hook it up to your computer. You download a program called "Xplorer 360" that can read and write to the HDD, and you download the partition that allows for playing original Xbox games, then you use that .bin file to run a restore on partition 2.After I... » Read More No it can't out of the box. I was able to mod mine so that it will. There are some YouTube videos on how to make a 360 backwards compatible. If you're good with computers it's not hard.You need a SATA-to-USB cable (such as the Xbox transfer cable but MAKE SURE it's for the slim as the other one won't fit) to hook it up to your computer. You download a program called "Xplorer 360" that can read and write to the HDD, and you download the partition that allows for playing original Xbox games, then you use that .bin file to run a restore on partition 2.After I did that, I popped the HDD back in and it plays Halo 2. Before it gave me the error message. « Show Less
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All xbox 360s are supposed to have a hard drive . Some Units require a slim hard drive or up to a 250 that snaps in place on the top of the xbox . You need to figure out which type you need . If its the older style 360 2nd hand drives are available cheap if you look . Make sure its a OEM hard drive not a fake from china. In the mean time you can maybe hook up a large thumb drive like 32gb or 64 and could play some games till you get the right drive . I would suggest the 250 GB cause the space goes fast and is used for other things like demos , videos etc. I hope this helps. Ash
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I haven't had experience with this personally but all I had researched it says that it doesn't work with the original Xbox games such as halo 3, nfl fever..all the backwards compatibility games. Something about a necessary partition being missing. All Xbox 360 games it works for I've played/used it with battlefield 3 bioshock infinite,mw2 and 3 ncaa 14 as well as have state of decay on the hard drive along with the free good games crackdown and assassins creed 2. I'd reccomend it with my eyes closed its really insane how much the Microsoft branded one costs when this one does all you need for 50 dollars. Get it if your even remotely thinking about it I haven't had experience with this personally but all I had researched it says that it doesn't work with the original Xbox games such as halo 3, nfl fever..all the backwards compatibility games. Something about a necessary partition being missing. All Xbox 360 games it works for I've played/used it with battlefield 3 bioshock infinite,mw2 and 3 ncaa 14 as well as have state of decay on the hard drive along with the free good games crackdown and assassins creed 2. I'd reccomend it with my eyes closed its really insane how much the Microsoft branded one costs when this one does all you need... » Read More I haven't had experience with this personally but all I had researched it says that it doesn't work with the original Xbox games such as halo 3, nfl fever..all the backwards compatibility games. Something about a necessary partition being missing. All Xbox 360 games it works for I've played/used it with battlefield 3 bioshock infinite,mw2 and 3 ncaa 14 as well as have state of decay on the hard drive along with the free good games crackdown and assassins creed 2. I'd reccomend it with my eyes closed its really insane how much the Microsoft branded one costs when this one does all you need for 50 dollars. Get it if your even remotely thinking about it « Show Less
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How most cables should be set up for the original 360s are where you place whatever hard drive you WANT to transfer content TO needs to be connected to your system, and your existing hard drive needs to be connected with the box end of the cable. The USB end connects to the back of the system where you would plug a wireless adapter or some other accessory. Be warned about my review however; if its third party, you could wipe your new hard drive. I do NOT know about the slim or X1 looking models. I hope this helps answer your question. :-)
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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 have the 4GB xbox 360 E and the drive is recognized, but I wasn't able to play original xbox games. A quick google took care of that and after running a program with the drive connected to my computer I am now able to play original xbox games.
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I bought this one here at Amazon: 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, but today I'd get this bigger one that is now available: http://www.amazon.com/500GB-Hard-Drive-Internal-Black/dp/B00JJIJNB6/ref=pd_cp_pc_3. Mine installed easily and automatically, and works fine. Any hexagonal drive designed for the Xbox will work, and any that are supposed to be for the Slim (like mine) will work perfectly on the 360E.
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This HD does not work with original X box games b/c it is missing some Microsoft files.
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The one I wrote the review on will work but you gotta be a little good at soldering those wires. You have to switch out the main circuit boards that are inside the DVD drives to make the xbox think it's using the original drive. If you don't, it will not work at all. It wasn't easy but it was cheaper than a $150 xbox.
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This works on any slim 360, has worked fine for me. Unfortunately I read reviews and it says it won't play original Xbox games from the market place, I don't own any so I am yet to test this theory.
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This hard drive will only fit into the Xbox 360S. The original Xbox will not accept this hard drive, nor will the first generation of Xbox 360. Basically, if your Xbox is black, skinny, and has wireless internet connection from the factory, this is the hard drive you want. If your Xbox does not have all of those things, do not buy this hard drive. Upon reading your question again, the Xbox 360 is not backwards compatible with original Xbox games. This seems like a strange place to ask that question though.
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I don't know. You might want to do a bit more research on the External Drive and the xbox in regards to requirements of the xbox and the capabilities/specs of the drive.
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I use mine in my xbox 360. It works just fine in mine. Will it let you format it? If so see if you can format it to a fat32
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This hard drive only works with the 360 s and newer. The first and second gen 360 have a different hard drive that I consider to be external and this hard drive is internal. This hard drive does work with battlefield 3 and anything else you put up there. I just recently downloaded a full game from the market place (2gb) and everything was fine. No problems so far after transfering everything off my unit memory to the hard drive.