Can I play original Xbox games with this hard drive?
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some not all of them though u will have to search google for what u will be able to play
788275
Yes. You can play any Original Xbox Games that are compatible with the Xbox 360. This is the best list of compatible games I could find: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games_compatible_with_Xbox_360. Have fun.
1305717
To play xbox games on an xbox360 with this hard drive you'll need to get updates for each game from xbox Live.
455950
yes you can I actually downloaded some of my games from the original disk. I Hope my answer helps you.
1894612
I have a 500gb external hard drive and i can install any game on it. But Microsoft only allows you to use 32gb worth of momory out of the 500gb HDD. If i try to download the HD content for bf3 on the 500gb external hard drive am promted with a meassage; you need a xbox 360 hard drive to install this content. So what am asking is will this hard drive allow me to download the HD content or will i need to get an offical microsoft hard drive?. Thats my questuion. Sorry for this mix up!
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No it can't out of the box. I was able to mod mine so that it will. There are some YouTube videos on how to make a 360 backwards compatible. If you're good with computers it's not hard.You need a SATA-to-USB cable (such as the Xbox transfer cable but MAKE SURE it's for the slim as the other one won't fit) to hook it up to your computer. You download a program called "Xplorer 360" that can read and write to the HDD, and you download the partition that allows for playing original Xbox games, then you use that .bin file to run a restore on partition 2.After I did that, I popped the HDD back in and it plays Halo 2. Before it gave me the error message. No it can't out of the box. I was able to mod mine so that it will. There are some YouTube videos on how to make a 360 backwards compatible. If you're good with computers it's not hard.You need a SATA-to-USB cable (such as the Xbox transfer cable but MAKE SURE it's for the slim as the other one won't fit) to hook it up to your computer. You download a program called "Xplorer 360" that can read and write to the HDD, and you download the partition that allows for playing original Xbox games, then you use that .bin file to run a restore on partition 2.After I... » Read More No it can't out of the box. I was able to mod mine so that it will. There are some YouTube videos on how to make a 360 backwards compatible. If you're good with computers it's not hard.You need a SATA-to-USB cable (such as the Xbox transfer cable but MAKE SURE it's for the slim as the other one won't fit) to hook it up to your computer. You download a program called "Xplorer 360" that can read and write to the HDD, and you download the partition that allows for playing original Xbox games, then you use that .bin file to run a restore on partition 2.After I did that, I popped the HDD back in and it plays Halo 2. Before it gave me the error message. « Show Less
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Nope, you can transfer all of the data on the Xbox to the hard drive once you insert it
2002573
As far as i'm able to tell it is able to work with it, I have the slim but my cousins have the E. Just in case do some quick research. Be warned though, original xbox games do not work with this hard drive. This is because it is not manufactured by Microsoft, but it's still a good buy, i bought it over a year ago, and it still works great, I've never had one problem with it.
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This device will not play original Xbox games. In order to make an Xbox console backwards compatible you actually have to purchase an Xbox formatted hard drive. The difference between the two is software to make the older Xbox games compatil with the newer consoles.
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http://kotaku.com/the-best-external-hard-drives-for-your-xbox-one-1586710559 here are some ideas for you... good luck!
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Short answer: No. Long answer: Don't expect this drive to work at all. Couldn't even install and play the first game I tried on it and that was a 360 game. Original Xbox games require a specific partition to be in place on the drive that this drive lacks. I'd go for an official Microsoft drive.
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Not all original games are supported on the 360,the ones that are supported may work though
1094648
Yes, i installed all my original games in the hard drive and they run much quicker although you have to insert the origial disc, it thoesn't allow you to play without disc. It is recomended to install all the content because the lasser reader is the first issue that could break
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Yes, it will play gamecube games. It will play anything the original drive would.
420871
From my understanding it doesn't have the actual xbox partition and regular xbox games cannot be downloaded to it. I've had it for 6 months absolutely no issues and have many games saved to it. I don't think battlefield will be an issue because I've saved data for blackops on it.
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No, well at least it shouldn't. I've never had this problem before, the only thing that is wrong with this hard drive is that it has no built in emulater to have the ability to play original Xbox games. Before making the purchase though, if available, try using a thumb drive as a save utility and see if that solves the problem. Just to make sure it's the hard drive and not the console. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
1404350
No it won't. Only hard drives made by Microsoft will play original Xbox games. But otherwise, this hard drive works well!
889917
Well yes Xbox 360 has reverse capabilties. The hard drive is not the issue. You must have xbox live to download the patches to play the original xbox games.