

Then select a product category (Games and Apps, for example) and see what’s in there. To do so, navigate to System, Storage and then the correct device (Hard Drive on my 360, a 250 GB unit).


So take the time to remove the stuff you never use, especially games, which can take up many gigabytes of space. If you’ve had your Xbox 360 for a while, as I have, you probably have a lot of junk on its internal (or bundled) storage. Here’s what you need to know.įirst, you may not need more storage. And that has inspired me to upgrade the storage in my own 360. If you're looking for instructions on the Xbox 360, you will need different software and also a hard drive security sector in the same capacity as the hard drive you want to install.While the Xbox 360 has long supported adding external storage devices, it has only recently gained the ability to add large capacity devices with up to 2 TB of storage. Note: The above instruction is for the original Xbox. Then transfer the hard drive to your Xbox, and if all goes well, the console will boot to the dashboard. At the boot menu, type 3 and use lockhd -a to lock the drive. Type 1 at the boot menu, then type xboxhdm when the distro is done booting. After that burn the image, then turn your computer off, unplug your existing hard drives from your computer, connect the drive you want to use in your Xbox, and boot from CD. There are instructions at the Xbox Scene Forums (the site's down you may need to use Google's cache to view the page).īasically with xboxhdm just download the package, unzip it, place your EEPROM and C: drive contents as indicated, then launch the build script to make an ISO image. I used xboxhdm to initialize a new drive I've bought recently. To make your drive work, you'll need a dump of your Xbox's EEPROM (for HD key), the contents of the original C: drive (dashboard), and some program that can initialize the drive for Xbox use.
