Xbox 360 hard drive upgrade.

[Coldfuse]

So i have googled and googled and googled and i can't seem to find a good DIY guide to upgrade a Xbox 360 hard drive to something significantly larger.

Obviously this has been prompted by the recent release of GTA5 as this has a rather large install.

Does anyone have any experience upgrading an original Xbox360's 20GB drive? I've found a bit of info taking the caddy apart. But i am well aware of the fact that the Xbox's hard drive has some pretty specialist software on it, so i'm wondering what the procedure is to do this.

I work with IT equipment so i have no problem taking it all apart or using cloning software.

[S3_Graham]

why not just buy a 120gb xbox drive?

granted you could probably do it cheaper but for loads more hassle.

[Coldfuse]

S3_Graham said:

why not just buy a 120gb xbox drive?

granted you could probably do it cheaper but for loads more hassle.

I'm happy with hassle as its in my nature to take a PC apart and upgrade, thats why i work in IT, and i don't want to pay the prices that they are asking for the tiny little hard drives.

[rsv gone!]

A simpler option would be to get a 32gb USB stick and install to that. I have GTA5 running off a Sandisk 32gb. The xbox complains that the drive doesn't meet its standards but it works fine.

[CrutyRammers]

Coldfuse said:

I'm happy with hassle as its in my nature to take a PC apart and upgrade, thats why i work in IT, and i don't want to pay the prices that they are asking for the tiny little hard drives.

The price depends on how much you value your time.
40 quid for an xbox 120gb disk, plus about a tenner for the transfer cable. Plug it in, it transfers everything, job done in about 10 minutes. That's what I did, and it couldn't have been easier.

If you buy a different drive, you're going to save, what, 10 or 20 quid? For how many hours work?

[joe_90]

Just buy a cheapo 120Gb (needs to be a specific type) and run a few programs and you are good to go..
Total cost is about £35 quid when I did it.

Just google for a tutorial.

[MadMullah]

a 120gb can be bought for £20

we sell them for that much and we've had a 250gb for 30

[Coldfuse]

CrutyRammers said:

Coldfuse said:

I'm happy with hassle as its in my nature to take a PC apart and upgrade, thats why i work in IT, and i don't want to pay the prices that they are asking for the tiny little hard drives.

The price depends on how much you value your time.
40 quid for an xbox 120gb disk, plus about a tenner for the transfer cable. Plug it in, it transfers everything, job done in about 10 minutes. That's what I did, and it couldn't have been easier.

If you buy a different drive, you're going to save, what, 10 or 20 quid? For how many hours work?

You make a fair point, i was going to opt for a 500GB drive and i'm fairly sure M$ never did something that big for the Xbox. If it was a case of cloning the drives onto the new hard disk, a 20GB hard drive is about an hours work maybe slightly more? So lets say 2 hours to be on the safe side. That sounds like time to goto the gym :P

But see below.

joe_90 said:

Just buy a cheapo 120Gb (needs to be a specific type) and run a few programs and you are good to go..
Total cost is about £35 quid when I did it.

Just google for a tutorial.

Do you have a specific tutorial?

MadMullah said:

a 120gb can be bought for £20

we sell them for that much and we've had a 250gb for 30

Just looking on Ebay there are some 250GB standard edition hard drives going cheap, do you know if you can transfer your data with a USB stick?

[downthepub]

This is the guide I used when I upgraded mine: http://digiex.net/guides-reviews/console-guides/xb...

Pretty straightforward I found.

[Irrotational]

hmmm I have a 120gig drive AND a transfer cable lying around.

Based on prices here - happy to post to you for £30 (assuming you live in mainland british isles!)

PM me if you're interested.