Xbox 360 Hard Drive Upgrade - Mods For Xbox 360

[@HedgehogY2K]

2:34 you realize those are the proprietary flashed firmware drives specifically made compatible with the Xbox 360's firmware, there's no how to about that. We all can use external USB 2TB HDDs or, SSD/SSHD! That's that problem There are no SSDs for the Xbox 360 or xbox one because the the Xbox 360 won't just accept whatever 2.5 inch SSD you slap in there and format it. No, you have to flash the firmware on the drive itself that you had specifically bought for the Xbox 360 for better speed so Minecraft would stop LAGGING ALL THE TIME!

[@Otto_von_Chesterfield]

idk about the 360 but the xbox 1 can accept any drive 500GB to 2TB if you partition the drive correctly. I know because I just put a 2TB SSD in my xbox1x.

[@HedgehogY2K]

@@Otto_von_Chesterfield Partition correctly? That's different from formats. What are the specifics of what you are saying exactly? I always believed it had to do with the firmware of the drive itself and then have the console format it to be compatible with the console content as well as the FAT32 that the PC can access. For Xbox when formatting a compatible drive, it creates a folder specifically to console content which is unreadable to the PC however the PC can still put FAT32 files/folders on the same flash drive separately on the root of the drive, I listen to the Spongebob and Horton movies I ripped/converted to Pro Logic 2 MP3s from the flash drive while I play my games on my Visiontek Pocket SSD for 28MB/s out of the max 35 for gaming performance, faster than 15.75MB/s DVDs but certainly slower than the stock HDD. I would personally like to get an SSD of my choice inside my 360 so Mine-CRAP can stop lagging/juddering all the time.

[@Zodarus]

That stinks that legally I can only use a 500gb official drive. Was hoping I could buy a 1 or 2tb hard drive and put it in the shell. But it's still cool that it is possible just unofficially. Maybe later in the future it will be a fun project.

[@DittoBlast]

Can I buy any 500GB hard drive and put in a case a case and use or does it need to be an official Microsoft hard drive?

[@synkaiV]

@@DittoBlast if u want backwards compatibility you need an official drive but otherwise any unbranded 2.5” sata hdd works fine

[@DittoBlast]

@@synkaiV Will a unofficial hard drive ban my console or account?

[@EvoX180]

​@@DittoBlast no

[@HedgehogY2K]

No, the 40 other Gigabytes aren't reserved for the operating system. When you put a 16GB flash drive into a PC, it can only read 14.9GB same with 32GB being read as 28.6GB and my 120GB Visiontek Pocket SSD which goes 28MB/s on 2.0 ports is read as 111GB on my Xbox 360 so that little loss than advertised has nothing to do with it. In fact, 512MB is reserved for the flash drive or HDD/SSD for Xbox 360 functionality.

[@shanez1215]

To add it's because the marketed number for the drives is Gigabytes (GB) which are exactly 1 billion bytes each with KB, MB, and TB being 1000 of the previous units like with metric units. But the console itself uses Gibibytes (GiB) which are roughly 1.07 billion bytes each. This is because computers use base 2 for their units, so each unit is 1024 (2^10) of the previous one. It's also dumb because windows despite saying "GB" actually shows you "GiB" of capacity So 1GB/1GiB = 10^9/2^30 = ~0.931. So a hard drive marketed as 1TB is actually 1TiB, or 931GiB when plugged into your system. Even more confusing, Windows shows Gibibytes but calls them Gigabytes, which furthers the confusion. Funny enough, Linux will correctly show GB as proper GB, so if you dual booted into Linux, you'd see 1000GB. The interesting thing is that it varies. I have two "1TB" SSD's that show as 953 GiB in Windows. That means they used 1 TiB and have extra space reserved for stuff like garbage collection and stuff.

[@HedgehogY2K]

@@shanez1215 Wow, thanks for the free lesson. I thought I was an expert up to this point.

[@MARCOSHAK100]

But this isnt a mod its almost the same than slapping a usb into your xbox

[@Game-ZoneYT]

I put a 1 tb hard drive in the original Xbox 360 witch came out to 931 gigabytes thanks man

[@bocky7643]

What brand model did you use?

[@matthewmcgill5820]

That was cool I appreciate that the hard drive will be replace my old one broke down and I’m getting a new one

[@goldendlolig8237]

I have my 360 for 6 years and just realized I got an 500gb original hard drive in it i think it's special

[@valeriobagnoli2007]

i got it too in my Xbox 360 E from 2015

[@aymaneoubad5057]

Hey ! Question here , I have a xbox 360 s with a 320gb hdd I was just wondering what type of hdd it was ? Is it 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm ? If someone could answer me It would mean a lot and thank u and this video is awesome ! Cheers!

[@AugustusMcMillan]

5400

[@youngboss509official]

Can you play original xbox games with this ?

[@MasterYoduhhh]

Thanks bro!! Super simple, way easier than I thought

[@zolxva1036]

Just wondering if I have my rgh and it comes with a hardrive could I switch to a completely new hard drive and start from scratch and will my console still be modded

[@Drakuuscg985]

Can you use any hdd?

[@youngenny8966]

Does this work for the first gen Xbox360?

[@Wingy-BGraphicArtWorks]

Can an Xbox one hard drive work on Xbox 360 RGH just wanna know 💭 or do you have to buy 360 hard Drive

[@earlyculyer4103]

Can you play original Xbox games with that hard drive or does it have to be official tissue That's the impression I have is it true it has to be an official Microsoft hard drive?

[@barneyjuniorYT]

There are some original Xbox games you can play on 360 like GTA SA, SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom, Jetset Radio etc.

[@gametakeouts5771]

Great video, I love your content.

[@DarkProsperity09]

this video helped me out, I'll sub

[@PABGames]

Thanks for watching and for subscribing! What games are you going to put on your 360 with the extra hard drive space?

[@DarkProsperity09]

@@PABGames I got my xbox360 5 days ago and I'll go with 500gb hard drive because you can put over 100 games 👍

[@DarkProsperity09]

@@PABGames the games I'll put is gtaV, call of duty, forza horizon

[@PABGames]

Awesome! This games are good! GTAV is a very good game, I’ve never played Forza Horizon but I hear really good things about that video game franchise all the time

[@DarkProsperity09]

@@PABGames forza is a very good game, it's like other racing games like need for speed

[@j.lietka9406]

Did you pre-format the HDD prior to installing? Can you get the new drive with an SSD? Thanks & I subbed! 🤓

[@PABGames]

No I just installed it as it came from factory. And I’m not sure if they make SSDs for Xbox

[@j.lietka9406]

@@PABGames hmm... I thought you could get a case / caddy for the HDD, but without a drive, just empty. Then take an SSD of whatever size one chooses, place it in the case (the SSD may have to be formatted) and insert it into the drive bay. Thank you 🤓

[@DittoBlast]

​@@PABGames Will using them get your console banned?

[@SakuraandSesshomaru]

4GB isn't enough to do anything with. What were they thinking! That's basically forcing us to buy the external hard drive to be able to play games.

[@TheRedOwl]

I know im late to the video and watching this and even asking this, but i recently got my own 360 slim and i also found super cheap Kingston SSDs A400 series 480gb for like $20ish, will there be any improvements by using the ssd on 360? maybe smoother ui? faster load times of games by any chance or anything or is it just useless to put an ssd in it?

[@andreslara9417]

How can I mod my x box 360 slim?

[@marcsonelmonis9348]

Hi! I have a console xbox 360slim I need to crack it tell me how to do it please

[@xavi619]

Quick question on that 500gb HDD can be open and add a 1TB hard drive?

[@PABGames]

The only I was able to find was the 500gb version here: amzn.to/380bACz I’m not sure if you can find one that is 1TB. Maybe amazon has something, but I don’t have experiencing opening the drive and replacing it with a 1TB. Sorry, I don’t want to lead you the wrong way. Good luck and let me know if you find a solution

[@joshdvd]

you can but the drive won't work because the system supports up to 500gb internal hard drive signed by MS

[@MirrorFaith]

Can this hard drive be put on a pc or xbox s or ps4 series?

[@MysticsClipz]

if u take it out the black plastic shell (covering) then yeah

[@Kollin1C]

Just bought me a 320 GB drive

[@hermanwoods9738]

Hi ! How are you today, MY Name is MR.HERMAN WOODS here .I just got my XBOX 360 FOR E-BEY . I THINK ITS A TRINITY ! SO ! I WONTED TO KNOW . I HAD A HDMI CABLE LIYING AROUND . I PUG IT UP TO THE TV . BUT NO PICTURE ! ON THE TV ! I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF IT WORKS. THE LIGHTS ON THE BOX IS GREEN . ON POWER SUPPLY FORM ORANGE TO GREEN . XBOX GREEN ! BUT ! NO PICTURE ! SO ! I THOUGHT IT WAS THE HDMI CABLE. OUR IS IT THE UNIT . "O" IT WILL RUN FOR ABOUT 15 MINIS AND CUT OFF. BUT NO PICTURE . DO YOU THINK ITVIS THE UNIT OUR CABLE ! CAN YOU LET ME KNOW .THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MR.HERMAN WOODS.

[@trongsang4150]

Có thể giúp tôi được không

[@marcsonelmonis9348]

Why I can find a cd fifa 20 or 21 for it

[@davidomar4664]

GOT MY 2010 XBOX 360 TRINITY SO WAITYNG 4 U PAPA

[@johnroyasdolo7172]

How did you get all disc😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@fallingwithlostfaith]

Um he downloaded the games on the internet, duh

[@7THGHOSTWRLD]

If anybody don't want there Hard drive you Pass it i RLLY NEED IF anything😀

[@DJ-rk6lf]

Mmmmmm

[@RRebo]

Here's a challenge for you.... Try and make a video without saying the words "Go ahead" before saying what you are about to do. Alternatively, Go through your video and count the number of times you say it.

[@PABGames]

Now why would I do that when you’re keeping count for me?

[@RRebo]

@@PABGames Cause I'm gonna go ahead and quit counting, and instead I'm gonna go ahead and watch something else. You should go ahead and make us a new video. 🤣🤣🤣

[@PABGames]

@@RRebo you can go ahead and have some fun doing that! 😊 but why are you asking for a new video if you are going ahead and watching something else? I can go ahead and do this all day 😂