Official Xbox 360 250GB Replacement Hard Drive

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With the two chrome surrounds removed we’re now at the second most difficult part of dissecting the new Xbox 360. Remember these little things: Be careful when removing the front of the system. There’s a ribbon cable that connects the 360‘s power button to the rest of the system, you have to remove it before you can proceed. In my original teardown the ribbon cable just ripped right out of its connector without any problems so if this happens to you, you should be ok. That being said, I really do hope that we see just as many eager game developers take advantage of the tremendous increase in CPU and GPU horsepower we’ve been given over the past five years. When the 360’s CPU was first announced no desktop CPU could manage 6 threads, today we can have twice that paired with over 12 times the amount of cache on the 360’s CPU. Today’s GPUs are similarly impressive and are going to be even more affordable this year, and faster next. Other profiles can now use content on your console. You can also use the content when you’re not connected to Xbox Live For easy data recovery from a formatted hard disk, follow the steps below. 1. Launch WondershareRecoverit data recovery program

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Supports data recovery from 500+ data loss scenarios, including computer crash, partition loss, accidental human error, etc. To get around this, you will need to perform a License Transfer on the new console. You can only do this once every 4 months. From the DRM FAQ Inserting the drive in your PC will require a SATA data cable connected from your computer's motherboard. It will also require a SATA power cable from your computer's power supply. Here's how to connect your Xbox 360 hard drive to a Windows PC. Why Connect Your Xbox 360 HDD to a PC?With the HDD removed from your Xbox 360, you're ready to connect it to your PC. You have three ways to do this. It should be noted that while this modification will add additional storage to your console, it violates the Xbox Live terms of service, and could potentially lead to your banishment from Xbox Live. If you are using a 250GB drive, rename the HDDSS_250GB.BIN to HDDSS.BIN or HDDSS320.bin to HDDSS.BIN in case of a 320GB drive. Has anyone tried or posted a manual for opening the HDD enclosuer for an Xbox 360 S model HDD. I want to upgrade my old non-S Xbox to the 320 GB drive, but MS doesn't make it in the old enclosure style, and I'm not a fan of aftermarket. Your laptop hard drive is now formatted to be installed and used on an Xbox 360. Follow the steps below to install the drive to your console drive enclosure.

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This time, the release slides diagonally, down and toward you. Pull the hard drive door open at the same time. Don't worry too much though, the warranty on your Xbox 360 console will remain intact, nonetheless.Open your Xbox drive enclosure using a Torx T6 screwdriver and remove the top. Then use a Torx T10 screwdriver to open the metal case screws below. Now, unplug the power and SATA cable from the drive and gently pull it up. Finally, insert your laptop hard drive into the enclosure. To get into the Xbox 360 you’ll need pretty much the same tools you needed to get into the old one. A flat head screwdriver helps, preferably one with a long, thin stem (a tiny flathead is also useful in getting the heatsink clamp off if you want to go that far). You’ll need a torx driver with T8 bit. A phillips head screwdriver if you want to remove the fan on the heatsink and a selection of thin/flat tools to help you pry bits of the case apart. The single large heatsink is a lot heftier than what we’d seen in previous 360s, it doesn’t feel quite as cheap or as insufficient. This time around it has to do double duty cooling both the CPU and the GPU. Althoughthe external hard drive is a wise choice for upgrading your game console, it can also cost a great amount of money. Maybe you recently invested in a new game console and are tight on a budget;an external hard drive may not be the ideal option.

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If you are considering buying an external hard drive for extra storage on your Xbox 360, you should know the requirements and the file format compatible with your Xbox console beforehand. You may or may not know that most game consoles, including Xbox 360, Xbox One, etc., support the exFAT file system instead of NTFS. In contrast, the external storage devices are pre-formatted to NTFS, making them unfit for Xbox consoles. That is why you have to format your external hard drive from NTFS to exFAT to match the Xbox 360 hard drive's file format.

Before you start, it is worth mentioning that this process will only work for Western Digital Drives, for Example, Scorpio Blue Drive. Things you will need are

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Accidentally formatted the wrong hard drive and lost all important data? If your answer is YES, don't worry, you can recover your data in 3 simple steps. Recover Data from Xbox 360 Hard Drive At this point you can also remove the 802.11n card which is held in place by a single screw. Remove the T8 screw and the card slides right out. It is just plugged into an internal USB port. So I just went ahead and tried it. And yes, inside the Xbox 360 S Hard Drive enclosure is a standard 2.5 inch hard drive that can then be inserted into the original Xbox 360 hard drive enclosure. Besides file format, there are some other necessary requirements for an external drive to work on an Xbox 360 console. The User ID is simple. It matches your Xbox Live account, and allows your user to play saves and content assigned to that user.The piece of aluminum shielding in the lower left of the picture above lifts straight out, you can remove that if you want to pull out the motherboard. On the old 360 you at least had a removable face plate and some insight into what was going on at the rear of the system. This time around you can only look in at the sides which makes this next part quite frustrating. You should also consider buying an anti-static wrist strap. Learn about the risks of static electricity to find out more. I happen to have an external HD enclosure (the original HD had a platter crash) that works perfectly to mount the XBox 360 HD to my PC for all sorts of uses, allowing for either USB or external SATA connectivity. :D