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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:33 pm Post subject: Xbox360 hard drives and you: a beginners guide |
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I never thought I'd be asking this question. I can't believe I'm asking this question. Anyway:
Is there anything special about the hard drive that comes with the Xbox 360? Can I just buy a SATA drive and stick it in a core system? Why else should I buy a non-Core system if I don't care about the DVI cable or the wireless controller? |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 3725
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah! The hard drive is proprietary. You can't use your own hard drive. Sorry! Bill's kids gotta eat!
-Wes _________________
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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That's unsurprising, retarded, and disappointing.
The reason I ask is that if I buy a Japanese Xbox 360 to play Idolm@ster, the core system in Japan is coming bundled with N3 and a racing game, but I'd also need the hard drive.
Now I'm thinking I should go back to not buying one at all. |
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helicopterp .
Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:45 am Post subject: |
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But think of all the faceplates you'd be missing out on! _________________ Like you thought you'd seen copter perverts before. They were nothing compared to this one. |
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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Okay so here's another question: The hard drive with the pro system is 20GB, but there's starting to be a lot of crap you can download from Live. My understanding is game demos are getting pretty big (up to 1gb each?), so are people running into capacity issues with their drives? |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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Well, some of them do. But I have like 8 demos on my HD, about 10 movies, and 10 Live Arcade games. I could probably remove most of the movies and all but 1 of the demos and be happy. But I still have like 5 gigs left. I don't have any problems and I always have more than enough things I am willing to erase if I needed more room. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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I ran into a few problems with space a while back, but I cleared off all of my mp3s and started streaming them from my computer to get a bit more room. I don't think you'll run into issues as long as you delete any demos you don't play anymore, but if you're going to be big into MMORPGs it might become a problem. I know Final Fantasy XI takes up something like 5 Gigs by itself (I'm not sure if some of the game is left on the disc or not), but generally if you get rid of stuff you don't want and stream non-game related files from a computer you shouldn't be too worried.
-Wes _________________
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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I guess that's good to know. Don't get me started on MP3 streaming, though. |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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I just use my iPod for mp3s on the 360 _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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