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upgrading harddrive on xbox

Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:57 pm
by legend_018
Hi. So I see a lot of comments here and there in forums about upgrading the harddrive on an original xbox.
I even have the link to the xbox hard drive compatibility chart. I hear a lot of people talking about 500g drives, yet I don't see it on the list.
I'm also wondering....where people are getting these and what they might be paying for them. This is the list I got.
http://xboxdrives.x-pec.com/?p=list

Any feedback would be great.

Re: upgrading harddrive on xbox

Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:59 pm
by mrmajikbus45
There are plenty on that list. You need a model number to look it up. Most of us have acquired these drives over time. Look on ebay for these, or a computer repair store.

For example on the compatability list: http://xboxdrives.x-pec.com/?p=list&v_b ... _postedby=

And a simple Google search for the drive: https://www.google.com/search?q=western ... :l,p_ord:p

Re: upgrading harddrive on xbox

Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:05 am
by legend_018
hmm I did't see anything higher then 120gigs on that list. But, I should go by the list exactly when buying larger harddrives for the xbox? Or any IDE should be fine? Thanks for the link and pointing that out. I'll go back and look more carefully.

Re: upgrading harddrive on xbox

Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:08 am
by mrmajikbus45
Find a drive you like, then type the model number of that drive into that list and search. It will tell you if the drive works or not.

The model number that I entered was the first result in the google search for 500GB IDE HDD.

Re: upgrading harddrive on xbox

Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:22 am
by legend_018
thanks