Best way to use external USB drive on Xbox 360

[Deandre]

I am sorry if am posting this thread in the wrong section. Actually am in need of some tips regarding using external USB drive on my Xbox gaming console. i have seen many of my friends facing difficulties while connecting or using USB on their console. Do you guys have faced any problem while doing the same ? Is there someone who can give some tips for using external USB Drive on Xbox without any issue ? Any help will be appreciated.

[rajmalhotra]

First of all you will need to format your USB drive in FAT32, than only it will be recognized by your Xbox gaming console. Basically, Windows won’t let formatting a huge USB drive by FAT32, thus you may require finding a separate supplication to perform this. In order to make use of any USB drive with 16GB as a storage device on your console, be sure to make use of Customize rather than Configure Now from the system’s Menu because Configure Now will delete your entire drive.

[Happy_To_Help]

That’s correct; first we need to format the drive with Fat32. If it is done with some other file system than it not works either you select Customize or Configure Now. In addition it may also remove the USB drive. In case you wish to use the drive for streaming videos or music or pictures and wanna watch them on your console, you can still go ahead. Your Xbox will perceive the left over space as a separate portable device.

[Hitman22]

If you plan to make your USB drive just as a storage device than you require connecting to Xbox Live in order to support newest files for avatars and themes be robotically downloaded. In case you this new storage device contain any Zune Marketplace videos copied by than you will need to visit Video Marketplace and launch Zune earlier than playing any show. This will permit your Xbox to place the video playback support bits on your fresh storage space device.

[Mario2]

You can format your 500GB external hard drive or other in FAT32 without Difficulty and make it compatible with your Xbox. In order to format an external hard drive over 32GB in FAT32, you should use this software: Fat32formatter. There is also a way you can Copy your xbox 360 iso on the external hard drive.

• The format FAT32 does not account for files larger than 4GB, so it will compile your xbox 360 iso with Schtrom360Xtract v4.1
• Once your iso converted it will rename the folder,the name of your game and copy it to your external hard drive.
• hen connect your external hard drive to your Xbox 360, launch your dashboard, hard drive must be recognized usb0, usb1 or usb2 depending on which port it is connected.
• Select your game and click on "start" (shortcut to the executable. xex) the game starts.

[reddevil6]

In case you this new storage device contain any Zune Marketplace videos copied by than you will need to visit Video Marketplace and launch Zune earlier than playing any show. This will permit your Xbox to place the video playback support bits on your fresh storage space device.

During gameplay, or from the Xbox 360 Dashboard, you can press the Xbox Guide button on your Xbox 360 Controller or on the remote control.In the Xbox Guide, select Media, and then select Music Library. Select Portable Device as the source. Select the music that you want to play.