I honestly think that Eternal may be one of the most useful users on this forum.
Demonfail
:D Thank you.
Get it if u know for sure u'll be playing online, otherwise its not really worth it.
As for the external hard drive, I wouldn't get the transfer wire. You can easily open up the external HDD and put it into your new slim 360 (all you need is the right screwdriver, check youtube on videos how to do it, very simple). Using your HDD this way is faster than using the transfer wire, i.e. if u decide to install games onto the HDD, it will load faster.
Also i should note, this is only worth doing if the external HDD is a 360 HDD, you can't use any random external HDD to install games on i believe.
halokillerz
Well, you "can" do that (open up the harddrive), but not only does it void the warranty, but it is a major waste. EBGames usually accepts 60GB Harddrives (the RAREST ones now), for around $30-$60. That is a LOT of money for such an old harddrive model. They also accept the 20GB and other ones, but 20 GB is worth around $5 I believe. I do not know the prices of the others (it depends on the manager and which store you enter).
Check the price of a new 320 GB harddrive with a free game (a game that lets you use cheats and still get achievements, so free 1000 gamerscore if you spend the time, and it is really fun, especially if you have an 8 year old little brother who watches you with puppy dog eyes when you play on the Xbox 360).
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/category/xbox-360-hard-drives-and-memory/23564.aspx?path=91deb9b8d75851783bd1125322e0f12een01
$149.99 - $30.00 = $119.99 (I went with the lowest value of the old harddrive, EBGames accepted my 60GB Harddrive for $60 last year).
"wow people give some bad answers on here.
The Answer is Yes AND No.
No: 3rd party hard drives do not work directly with your 360. You cannot save or run game data off of it.
Yes: You CAN however plug in a 3rd party Hard drive via USB and run media off of it. Pictures, mp3s, WMVs and MP4s(with download patch).
So it all depends what your REALLY asking. If you just want all your good media to play through your 360, itll work. If your lookign to use it for game saves and content, it wont.
hope this helps."
Source for the above quote: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081103062141AAKlwNH
Yes, so the normal external harddrive that is usually used with Windows Servers and a PC will not work with the Xbox 360, even though they are both Microsoft, because the harddrive maker is not Microsoft, and the compatibility is not the same. I forgot to explain why only a Xbox 360 harddrive would work, and I also assumed that you had an Xbox 360 harddrive from your old Xbox 360.
Now, if you really want to open your harddrive, this is one of the best tutorials for how to go about doing it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6qV3EiuaHI
But, if you look at the video on the time: 5:18 - 5:40, you can see how fragile the harddrive looks. If any part of that malfunctions, or even just melts or falls off into the Slim, you will void your warranty I believe (unless you somehow manage to remove all evidence of a non Microsoft, non altered, harddrive being installed in there). Yes, if you mess with a harddrive that you got with an Xbox, it does not void the warranty for that Xbox, because you did not "do" anything to the Xbox. But if you put a harddrive that you messed around with into another Xbox, it voids the warranty for that Xbox that interacted with the altered harddrive. For me, a person who got his slim for $8 and did not purchase a warranty, that is not a big deal. But since you are obviously looking to save money (I assume this because you want to somehow use an old harddrive), I would suggest not doing this. But your choice. There are easy ways to fix your Xbox 360 and I am sure someone on these forums will aid you if you do damage it.
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