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Xbox 360
Type
installation
Thing
HDD
Title
Installing Xbox 360 HDD
Introduction
Here I show you the rather simple replacement of the actual hard drive in the 360's HDD enclosure. Microsoft makes it expensive or difficult to upgrade your hard drive by limiting your options with said upgrade. I found a handy guide on GamerWok.com that gives you the software tools and know-how to make a bigger drive work in your 360, up to 250GB. This guide deals with how to physically take the drive apart and replace it with your shiny, new WD HDD. Yes, for some reason it has to be a Western Digital drive. One from either of the following drive series:
-WD Scorpio Series BEVS/BEAS
-WD Scorpio Blue Series BEVS/BEVT
-WD Scorpio Black Series BEKT/BJKT
-WD VelociRaptor Series
I looked on Newegg.com and found a Scorpio Black 250GB drive spinning at 7200RPM with 16MB cache and 3.0Gb/s. for about $65. That is what I would probably recommend, being that it gives you the most bang for your buck, and is about half what MS will charge you for the 250GB drive.
Here is the URL for the guide on GamerWok:
http://www.gamerwok.com/main/2010/7/15/how-to-make-your-own-xbox360-hard-drive-2010-edition-diy.html?SSScrollPosition=160
I have not yet tried the guide, but it seems to require quite a bit of expertise, so proceed with caution.
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Conclusion
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Author
R Trent
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