How to Connect an External Hard Drive to XBox 360
- 1). Plug the USB hard drive into your computer.
- 2). If you have not already, download and install Partition Magic.
- 3). Run Partition Magic.
- 4). In the Partition Magic window, select the USB hard drive.
- 5). Check to see what type the USB drive has been formatted as. If it says FAT32, skip to step 8.
- 6). If the hard drive has been formatted as anything other than FAT32, select it and click "convert partition", then select "FAT32" then click "OK."
- 7). Your hard drive has now been formatted properly so that the Xbox 360 will be able to read it. Remove your USB cable from the computer and plug it into the Xbox 360. The Xbox should automatically read it.
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