I've been trying to get some music and pictures etc from an external USB hard drive onto the Xbox.

However, when I connect the drive to any of the consoles usb ports, it doesn't seem to acknowledge it as a portable drive. The "portable drive" option remains greyed out and I can't select it.

Does the Xbox only work with USB flash drives?

I've been trying to get some music and pictures etc from an external USB hard drive onto the Xbox.

However, when I connect the drive to any of the consoles usb ports, it doesn't seem to acknowledge it as a portable drive. The "portable drive" option remains greyed out and I can't select it.

Does the Xbox only work with USB flash drives?

I believe the external drive has to be formatted as FAT16 for the xbox to recognise it..... Or at least that's what the old xbox360 was like.

Cheers

Dave.

FAT16? Who the F still uses FAT16? Bloody Nora!!! Mind you that would be typical Microsoft!

Edited 3 March, 201115 yr by 2SkodaFamily

The xbox has to be connected to a FAT drive, so Fat32 will be just fine.

You can't put media onto it (only exception being Audio CDs (not MP3)). You can only read media off USB devices, or via streaming.

The xbox has to be connected to a FAT drive, so Fat32 will be just fine.

You can't put media onto it (only exception being Audio CDs (not MP3)). You can only read media off USB devices, or via streaming.

Then I don't really see what the point of the large hard disk is then? I thought you could store movies, music, pictures and videos on it? In fact, my son has ripped a CD to it, but since there's no network connection to it, there is no track/title information.

You can buy stuff from MS to save on your 360's big harddrive though!

Personally I'd only use that for game installation. If it's music you want, you can plug old style iPods into in, and control it in game as you would media saved on the HDD. I think you can also browse pictures off of it too.

The xbox has to be connected to a FAT drive, so Fat32 will be just fine.

You can't put media onto it (only exception being Audio CDs (not MP3)). You can only read media off USB devices, or via streaming.

Of course you can put any media on the external drive, I have run videos and music from a Fat32 formatted 320GB hdd.

Of course you can put any media on the external drive, I have run videos and music from a Fat32 formatted 320GB hdd.

And I found today that the media has to be FAT32 formatted. This would explain why my NTFS external hard drive couldn't be seen!

I've a 750gb Fat32 drive hooked up to my 360. Loaded with films and works fine.

Of course you can put any media on the external drive, I have run videos and music from a Fat32 formatted 320GB hdd.

I wasn't being clear enough.

360 has no problems reading media from a USB device.

You can't put anything from a USB device, onto the 360 HDD.

I wasn't being clear enough.

360 has no problems reading media from a USB device.

You can't put anything from a USB device, onto the 360 HDD.

if you go into system settings, memory, I think that gives you access the HDD.

I've a 750gb Fat32 drive hooked up to my 360. Loaded with films and works fine.

How did you get the films onto the external hard drive? Are they ripped from dvd or downloaded from, say, iTunes?

How did you get the films onto the external hard drive? Are they ripped from dvd or downloaded from, say, iTunes?

Sorry 2skoda, I didn’t see your last post until just now. My films are backups from my DVD collection, saves the discs getting trashed. However, I’ve recently connected my Windows 7 computer to my xbox wirelessly, much easier when converting from my DVDs, I don’t have to unplug the drive from the xbox to put the films on it anymore, I just rip them straight onto the HD.

Sorry 2skoda, I didn’t see your last post until just now. My films are backups from my DVD collection, saves the discs getting trashed. However, I’ve recently connected my Windows 7 computer to my xbox wirelessly, much easier when converting from my DVDs, I don’t have to unplug the drive from the xbox to put the films on it anymore, I just rip them straight onto the HD.

What process do you use to back the DVDs up?