Hi Inferno / Fumanchu / Jackhammer
I wonder if you can help me. I wasn't sure if I should start a new thread so I thought I'd add to this one seeing as it is quite recent.
About a year ago I modded my xbox & replaced the hdd with a 60gb one. I formatted the hdd with my old PC which had ide cables so it was very easy to do.
Now I want to replace the 60gb hdd for a 500gb one but my new PC only has SATA cables. Is there anyway I can format the 500gb hdd for my xbox via usb?
Last edited by BillyG; 19th-July-2011 at 16:09.
Yes, of course. you will have to buy yourself the USB adapter though.
What is it....FATX? i am positive the software you use to format to it has the option to browse for the drive, be it drive , E:, F: or any other.
these adapters are cheap, lets see.....here. $1.64 new.
Hold it you do not need sata for the xbox it's not even sata it's ide
360 = SATA - Xbox original = IDE
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GTA San Andreas - Real Car Names extra content mod [WIP] [Back burner, just won't have the time ]
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Your PC only has SATA cables? Or SATA ports. If it only has SATA ports then you'll need a PCI RAID card with an IDE port. I'm afraid Jazz was wrong on this one, I don't think you'll be able to format a drive through USB to FATX, as all the programs are DOS based. I imagine DOS doesn't support USB?
I used Linux (boot CD) from what I remember, but same thing goes... IDE is still needed not SATA and not via any USB convert
Last edited by Zorlon; 19th-July-2011 at 18:59.
Mod projects - XBOX
Phantasy Star Online Episodes 1 & 2 - online quests in offline mode packs [COMPLETE]
[Quest Packs Collection]
GTA San Andreas - Hot Coffee [COMPLETE]
[Mod ready] & [Full ISO ready]
GTA San Andreas - Real Car Names extra content mod [WIP] [Back burner, just won't have the time ]
Please can all ESR users post your results here to help with the project and others wanting to use ESR
I've never tried it, but it might be worth looking at Chimp. I don't know if it works for a bigger HDD, that's why I kept my old PC in the loft just in case I need to repair my Xbox.
http://www.xbox-hq.com/html/xbox-tutorials-255.html
Mod projects - XBOX
Phantasy Star Online Episodes 1 & 2 - online quests in offline mode packs [COMPLETE]
[Quest Packs Collection]
GTA San Andreas - Hot Coffee [COMPLETE]
[Mod ready] & [Full ISO ready]
GTA San Andreas - Real Car Names extra content mod [WIP] [Back burner, just won't have the time ]
Please can all ESR users post your results here to help with the project and others wanting to use ESR
Mod projects - XBOX
Phantasy Star Online Episodes 1 & 2 - online quests in offline mode packs [COMPLETE]
[Quest Packs Collection]
GTA San Andreas - Hot Coffee [COMPLETE]
[Mod ready] & [Full ISO ready]
GTA San Andreas - Real Car Names extra content mod [WIP] [Back burner, just won't have the time ]
Please can all ESR users post your results here to help with the project and others wanting to use ESR