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How to Use a Computer Hard Drive for XBox

Xbox 360 consoles are manufactured by Microsoft and are capable of using USB hard drives to save player data and store game information. You can attach a hard drive via a USB connection to the console and the Xbox 360 will detect it automatically. The process of using your USB hard drive with the Xbox 360 will take about five minutes.

Things You'll Need

Xbox 360
USB hard drive

Instructions

- 1
  Remove any external hard drives already connected to the Xbox 360 (either via USB or via the console's SATA hard drive port on the left side of the machine). Plug the hard drive you wish to use with the Xbox 360 in to a free USB port on the front or rear of the Xbox.
- 2
  Power on the console and wait for the main menu or "Dashboard" to load. The system will detect your hard drive automatically and ask you if you want to format it for use with the Xbox 360 as a USB storage device. Press the "A" button on the controller to reformat the hard drive (this will erase all data stored on the hard drive before the reformatting).
- 3
  The console will restart and load the Dashboard again. Your USB hard drive will be formatted for use with the console and can be accessed as a storage device within the "System" Dashboard tab under the "Memory" option.

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