does this cable hook up to the xbox and transfers from the xbox 360 to the new hard drive or does it hook up directly to the old hard drive??
1656898
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. :-)
1656899
I will give you a direct answer. You need a Microsoft brand transfer cable and a Microsoft brand hard drive in order for transferring content to work. I had to find that out the hard way this Christmas. Both the later model hard drives and the current model ones I am pretty sure have the same plug but they do make newer model plugs as well for the later release Xbox 360 consoles.
1404349
It will play Xbox 360 games but will not play original xbox games. I bought this harddrive for my xbox slim and it works great.
778797
Didn't your xbox come with that cable mine did. As far as using this box. No it will not work. You have an input and output. It only goes out hdmi not in.
1790470
No cable required. There is actually a little door on the xbox that I never had noticed and you just flip this door open and drop the new hard drive it. Easy peasy!
806983
Short answer: No. Long answer: Don't expect this drive to work at all. Couldn't even install and play the first game I tried on it and that was a 360 game. Original Xbox games require a specific partition to be in place on the drive that this drive lacks. I'd go for an official Microsoft drive.
641388
I doubt it'd have any data to transfer. There is no drive in the controller to store or transfer data. It should charge it though (assuming you have this: http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-One-Play-Charge-Kit/dp/B00DBDPOZ4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qi;d=1403285738&sr;=8-1&keywords;=xbox+one+charger)
967256
No you don't have to have a cable to plug it in, it plugs inside the xbox console. So it plugs in directly.
1200821
I haven't had any problems like that up to this date. I was actually suprised by the quality of this hard drive because it looks like an exact clone to the Microsoft one. I know this doesn't really answer your question and that's because I haven't in countered your problem. I am not going to swear by this HDD as the reading might be your Xbox or might be the HDD if your looking to buy it do it. It's insanely great quality for the price.
1412893
Nope! You'll actually have the option of transferring all your game data from the Xbox storage to the new HDD. But even if you choose not to, none of your progress or achievements are erased.
612206
As far as I understand it, the hard drive, once formatted with the third party cable, ONLY works if the cable is plugged into the system and the hard drive (which should now be 32 GB) is linked with the cable and NOT where the hard drive originally should be. This is due to the hard drive now being read as an external storage device. If you have a first party cable, then once you have moved your data, the cable has done its job and is no longer necessary. It all comes down to if you have a cable straight from Microsoft or one from another company. I hope this helps. =-)
830662
i bought this from microsoft, it works on my xbox 360, but then i bought and hdmi cable that works better, if you have a hdmi in your tv i suggest that you buy the hdmi cable instead of this one
820641
You just stick it in the Xbox 360 slim and move your files from internal storage to the hard drive. When you first play a game it will ask you which save device to save on and you need to say the hard drive.
359160
No, it's ready to go, plug-and-play. Just insert the drive case into your Xbox and the system should recognize it.
188711
Yes, the xbox 360 comes with composite cables allowing use straight out of the box. PS3 is another story. I think this product should state in its description that it is NOT ready for use on BOTH consoles directly after purchase.
1350049
I have no experience with that issue. The only thing I know is that this hard drive is specifically for the 360 SLIM, so if you are using it on a standard 360 that could be the problem; although I'm not a tech or a gamer. I bought it for my grandsons 360 Kinect Slim. Sorry I couldn't be more help to you.
1466124
Original Xbox or original xbox 360? It will work for any 360 but not an original xbox
1404350
No it won't. Only hard drives made by Microsoft will play original Xbox games. But otherwise, this hard drive works well!