Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:00 pm Post subject: usb to xbox help
I recently bought a usb to xbox adapter for my moded xbox.Whenever i put a usb device in the adapter, the xbox reads it as drive N but it says that drive N is not formatted.I pressed white on the drive and went down to format drive, and it says drive succesfully formatted, but when i try to acces it, it still says it is unformatted.Please help.Thank you.
Last edited by Osksoldier07 on Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:20 pm; edited 1 time in total
forahobby Administrator
Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23944 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:49 am Post subject:
Ive never personally used a USB drive on the xbox 1.. I know DJB has so i will shoot him a link to this topic. Hopefully he has time for a quick reply for you..
Joined: May 23, 2003 Posts: 4031 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:01 am Post subject:
Not all USB devices are compatible unfortunately. I think I may have provied a link of compatible devices in my online manual if you want to check that out.
Also, I recommend using the original Xbox Dashboard to format, not XBMC.
Lastly, what do you plan on using this device for, a memory card or storage?
Osksoldier07 Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: Apr 21, 2009 Posts: 92 Location: USA
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:54 pm Post subject:
i was going to use it as an external harddrive.I cant get back to the original dashboard. it says somrthing like file c:../xboxdash.xbe not found.
Edit: I did what you said to do on the manual and i was just wondering if i could change it back to normal?
DJB Administrator
Joined: May 23, 2003 Posts: 4031 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:20 pm Post subject:
Osksoldier07 wrote:
i was going to use it as an external harddrive.I cant get back to the original dashboard. it says somrthing like file c:../xboxdash.xbe not found.
Edit: I did what you said to do on the manual and i was just wondering if i could change it back to normal?
Possibly, however I've never tried.
Osksoldier07 Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: Apr 21, 2009 Posts: 92 Location: USA
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 12:41 am Post subject:
I've been trying it for hours and it still doesn't work.One time, the xbox read it fine but whenever i try to put anything on the flash drive it says not formatted.I've formatted it like 20 times but it still doesn't work.I'm going to keep trying but help me if you can.Thnx.
Osksoldier07 Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: Apr 21, 2009 Posts: 92 Location: USA
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:18 pm Post subject:
I finaly got it to work by switching to XBMC, but i can't run anything off of it, like games or apps.
DJB Administrator
Joined: May 23, 2003 Posts: 4031 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:10 am Post subject:
Osksoldier07 wrote:
I finaly got it to work by switching to XBMC, but i can't run anything off of it, like games or apps.
You wont be able to. You'll only be able to use it for storage.
Osksoldier07 Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: Apr 21, 2009 Posts: 92 Location: USA
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:09 am Post subject:
That sucks.Well atleast i got it to work.Thnk for all your help.
Osksoldier07 Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: Apr 21, 2009 Posts: 92 Location: USA
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:19 pm Post subject:
I've been using my usb drive for storage just like you said, but i'm beginning to wonder if i can put roms on it and play them off of an emulator on the harddrive?Any help would be appreciated.Thank you.
DJB Administrator
Joined: May 23, 2003 Posts: 4031 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:25 pm Post subject:
Nah you'd have to do all that off your Hard Drive too I think...
Osksoldier07 Xbox-HQ Member
Joined: Apr 21, 2009 Posts: 92 Location: USA
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:38 am Post subject:
awwww...
JSP62 Xbox-HQ Experienced
Joined: Nov 29, 2006 Posts: 166 Location: Boston, MA
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:54 am Post subject:
Since on the topic of USB hookup. . .
I've had a project in mind to do, just haven't gotten around to it. I am going to modify my Xbox and put in (2) USB ports hardwired onto the xbox. My plans were to use it as storage, same as Osksoldier07. More specifically, I was going to use it to store movies and also music.
Can any of you confirm this would work? I don't see why it wouldn't XBMC, does have an option to add a 'path' location, which would be the USB port drive. _________________ With knowledge, comes great power.
With power, comes great responsibility.
With responsibility, comes great wisdom.
Yes it would work, the USB device needs to be formatted in FAT, but you`ll be limited to 4Gb of storage, it wont read any more. _________________
JSP62 Xbox-HQ Experienced
Joined: Nov 29, 2006 Posts: 166 Location: Boston, MA
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:45 pm Post subject:
user1 wrote:
Yes it would work, the USB device needs to be formatted in FAT, but you`ll be limited to 4Gb of storage, it wont read any more.
*in Simpsons character Snake voice* Oh no, not cool!!
4GB max limit! That's extremely small and makes me just think why even do it. Hmmmm, how about this clarification question, does the 4GB max mean per port per USB? Which means if I have (2) ports, I can put (2) USB drives in place for 4+4GB=8GBs.
I take it the 4GB max is due to the FAT formatting? _________________ With knowledge, comes great power.
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