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marty3700
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_ 		31. July 2006 @ 16:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I want to upgrade my xbox to a 160gb by using the one that is sitting in my computer as a secondary drive. Is there anyway I can put it on my xbox without having to reformat my drive? I have lots of good media on that drive that I want to keep on.

Thanks
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Venom5880
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_ 		31. July 2006 @ 19:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Unless you're going to have multiple hard drives hooked up to your Xbox, then I'd have to say no.

Multiple hard drives - http://iso420.org/xbox/xtenderv2/index.htm

If you use it as the primary, you'll have to format and partition it before the Xbox can use it.
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marty3700
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_ 		1. August 2006 @ 13:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no?? damn... is this a definite answer??
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marty3700
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_ 		1. August 2006 @ 14:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
also, would i be able to form a partition of, say 100mb for the mod and misc stuff, (having that section formatted), and another partition for all my games and media? (unformatted)
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Venom5880
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_ 		1. August 2006 @ 14:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Actually, I just remebered that the Xbox doesn't even use a PC file system for hard drives.

It uses a modified FAT filesystem, so even if you used it as a secondary, your Xbox wouldn't be able to read it without it being formatted first.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FATX

And yeah, it's a definite answer...
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marty3700
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_ 		1. August 2006 @ 14:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok, thanks alot for your help man. I'll get right on backin my shit up on dvd's. lol
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