Why is the hard drive an optional component for the Xbox 360 Core System?
CESPage.com Xbox - FAQWe want to expand the Xbox experience to different audiences. By offering choice to consumers we allow consumers the flexibility to enter the immersive, high definition world of Xbox 360 gaming and build toward the complete Xbox 360 entertainment experience.
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CESPage.com Xbox - FAQJust like in the previous generation, utilisation of things like Xbox Live and the Hard Drive will be up to the game designers, game developers have also been informed that some scenarios will include a disconnected hard drive.
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Videora Xbox360 Converter - Xbox360 Video FAQYes, but only video downloaded from the Xbox Live Marketplace or preloaded on the Xbox, not your own videos.
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CESPage.com Xbox - FAQThe Xbox 360 Core System comes standard with what consumers need to jump right into next generation games and media and is fully expandable to the complete Xbox 360 experience. With the Core System consumers will get Xbox features including progressive scan DVD, CD and MP3 Playback out of the box, an Xbox 360 Wired Controller, the ability to connect to Xbox Live, and an S-Video cable / SCART Cable.
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CESPage.com Xbox - FAQThe hard drive for the Xbox 360 is removable so can be used on another person's Xbox 360 however it is not as small or as portable as a memory card which can be kept on a key chain. The Memory card slots into one of the two Memory Card slots on the front of the console.
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CESPage.com Xbox - FAQYes. Game designers will have all kinds of innovative ideas that the hard drive will be used for. Use of the hard drive is not just limited to game scenarios. Like the original Xbox you will be able to do things like rip and store music, plus Xbox Live scenarios and downloadable content.
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Xbox 360 FAQs - XboxThe Xbox 360 hard drive is a 2.5" hard drive, similar to those found in notebooks. The hard drive that you buy for your PC are 3.5". Considering that notebook parts are always more expensive than desktop PC components, it is reasonable that the Xbox 360 hard drive costs more than a desktop PC hard drive of the same size.
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CESPage.com Xbox - FAQThe Xbox 360 game system is a no compromises system, the core system was introduced to the non-hard core gaming market, with the premium bundle aimed at the hard core gamer.
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Kids and the Internet FAQThe Xbox and Xbox 360 game systems come with parental controls, called Family Settings, which are tools you can use to restrict the type of games your children can play based on a game's rating (for example, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) rating in the United States). For more information, see Xbox 360 Family Settings help create a safer gaming environment and Family Settings - A guide to helping your family enjoy the Xbox experience.
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Frequently Asked Questions - Mod Chip WorldTo upgrade your hard drive you will need a xbox mod chip installed and a copy of the EvoX cd or dvd. It has an hard drive rebuild option for upgraded large hard drives. When its has finished installing reboot and that all you need to do.
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Talk:FAQ - Xbox-LinuxIn a word, NO. The xbox has 4 x 16MB chips by default (64MB) they all share address pins i.e pin 1 on 1 chip is electrically the same point as pin 1 on the other 3 chips. The xbox has 4 positions and ONLY 4 positions free in which you can install extra memory chips. There are 2 free positions on the top side of the motherboard and 2 free on the underneath side.
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GAF Blog Archive for thamYes. The XNA Framework runtime environment for Xbox 360 requires that a physical hard drive be present on your Xbox 360 retail console.
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Xbox 360 FAQs - XboxIn a special chat held after the Xbox 360 price announcement, J Allard said: We think game designers have all kinds of innovative ideas that the hard drive will be used for. Use of the hard drive is not limited to game scenarios. Like Xbox 1 you will be able to do things like rip and store music and don't forget about live scenarios and all the downloadable content.
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Xbox 360 FAQs - XboxOnly the Premium model comes with a hard drive. The Xbox 360 Core System does not come with a hard drive but users can upgrade their Xbox 360 console and incorporate at any time the Xbox 360 Hard Drive.
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Xbox 360 Help and Hints | Your questions. Our answers.This may be the easiest task you'll ever perform, using your 360. If you bought a Premium 360 (a.k.a. a white outer box), look around for your hard drive. If you cannot find your hard drive contact 1-8004MY-XBOX. If you bought a core 360 (a.k.a. a green outer box), open up your hard drive that you bought from the store.
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ActiveXbox: FAQNo. You don't need to. The Xbox hard drive has separate partitions for cache, music etc & there is no need to defragment the drive ever, period.
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High Definition Dvd Faq Page 1This section will provide some details of early Blu-ray hardware (for computers or standalone devices) that will be available around launch. This section is not meant to be an all inclusive list of all available hardware, but rather, a list that is designed to give you a general idea of the specifications (and if available, costs) of the early generation hardware. This section will list some software (currently only movies) that have been official announced for release in 2006:Related Questions
how do you change the xbox hard drive and replace the software in the other hard drive?
Talk:FAQ - Xbox-LinuxIf Linux is already installed, you'll have to attach one of the hard drives to the DVD drive cable and basically perform a regular Linux hard drive upgrade. See the HOWTO's for more info. If you have not installed Linux yet, you'll have to consider why you need that software - you will not be able to run XBox games with an upgraded hard drive, so you're probably better off doing a hardware mod and installing Linux on the new hard drive while it's still empty. Under the right circumstances, yes.
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Xbox 360 FAQs - Pakistan's Gamers CommunityThere are two type os DVD drives available on Xbox 360 i-e Samsung & Hitachi! to see which DVD drives is in your xbox 360, check out the following pictures and notice the tray shapes! ultimately you can open your Xbox 360 case to identify which drive you have.
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Related QuestionsIs the Xbox 360 a computer?
Xbox 360 FAQs - XboxThe Xbox 360 it is not a personal computer in the sense of PC as a productivity tool. However, its hardware capabilities and technical specifications make the Xbox 360 more powerful than any desktop computer available on the market at this time.
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ActiveXbox: FAQYes. The Xbox has a built-in 8GB HDD that can be used for but not limited to storing game demos, ripped CD's, extra characters/maps/weapons in games. The hard drive is not be used as the installation destination of a game, like it is on the PC, rather it is used as a "scratch pad" to avoid DVD seek delays.
Related QuestionsWill I be able to download content from Xbox Live without a hard drive?
CESPage.com Xbox - FAQYes, with the 64MB MU you will be able to download content. However, gamers that choose to download lots of content will want to get a hard drive for capacity and flexibility.
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CESPage.com Xbox - FAQWhile the hard drive offers a lot of fast memory for storing saved games, extra levels and other bonus features, the memory card provides portable memory to use in compatible Xbox controllers, so you can store your saved games and take them with you to play on other Xboxes.
Related QuestionsHow do you transfer memory on the Xbox hard drive to a memory unit?
Xbox Technical Issues FAQ - Cable ForumNote: Some games do not support transferring saves using a memory card, for example Knights of the Old Republic does not support save transfer even with a large enough memory units.
Related QuestionsCan I run movies and games off of the Xbox Hard drive?
Xbox Media Center Installation FAQ - ProductWiki, unbiased p...Yes, but the Xbox harddrive is only 8GB, and you can only save about 4GB worth of data to the harddrive, so it's not THAT useful. Some people do a mod to the Xbox to swap in a larger harddrive, up to 320GBs.
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FAQYes and you'll have full menu support too. Just rip the DVD movie to your hard drive using DVD Decryptor, then ftp the ISO file to your f:\video or g:\video directory on your Xbox. Once copied over, just play it with XBMC. Or just use the dvd2xbox application on your Xbox and make sure you're ripping in ISO mode. "ISO mode" is for movies and "normal mode" is for games.
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