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Xbox 360 + my external harddrive

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notime_for_jokes
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to be able to play movies from my 320gig harddrive on my xbox, apparently i need to format it or something. (i googled, dont really understand what to do... ya noob i know cool) so how do i get it formatted correctly to work with my xbox- from my mac?
Mar 5 2010 4:23PM
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Mike-O
Posts: 14593 - Karma: 1,089
A magnet will surely format the whole drive, swipe it 5-6 times over the opened case.
Mar 6 2010 2:42PM
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[tightpants]
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I dunno man what kind of HD do you have?  I have a western digital that I use with my mac and it's just plug-and-play with my 360 I never had to format or anything
Mar 6 2010 7:04PM
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Galin
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I believe you want to format it to FAT32 instead of NTFS. Hopefully that works.
Mar 7 2010 12:56AM
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gordie.
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wait are you trying to play movies on your mac on your xbox? or the other way around??
so confusing
Mar 7 2010 2:56PM
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notime_for_jokes
Posts: 554 - Karma: 11
this is so weird i have a western digital passport and ive formatted it in EVERYTHING and nothing appears on my xbox. WTF
ftk im trying to get the harddrive to appear on my xbox so that i can watch movies off it
Mar 7 2010 10:05PM
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wobbly_panda
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What format are the videos in? Ive got a western digital that i use with my mac and when i plug it in my xbox only some of the videos play. They're all .mpg or .avi but some .avi's randomly dont work.
Mar 8 2010 6:06PM
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hue.
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make sure its a very strong magnet
Mar 9 2010 12:04AM
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1337
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rare earth do the trick
Mar 9 2010 1:10AM
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