can a  xbox hard drive work on a computer??
970530
Yes, simply connect to your PC and format.
993566
Read the microsoft article at: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315231\n\nThis will work, considering it is from microsoft :)
898462
I do not believe so, I think it only goes from your computer to your xbox 360, and not from xbox to computer, unless you mean hooking up your xbox to your computer the way you would to your tv. although i have not heard you can do this, i have not heard it cannot be done either.
887104
no doubt you used something like EVOX when you put a new harddrive in the xbox (?)  put the original hdd in the xbox boot the evox disk and in the options there is one to unlock the drive.  \nthe drives are sort of locked, i am not sure of the ins and outs why.
877111
I could be wrong, but is the hard drive formatted for the Mac?  You may need to format it so it can ready/write on it.\n\nI dont know Mac's too well.  Has the device ever been connected to a PC?  If so, it may have a different file format.  That is why you cant do anything.  If there is anything on the drive, formatting it would remove that just to warn you.  I dont know how to change formats in a Mac.  Hopefully someone can chime in on that.
12585
There are different types of hard drives, but usually the new ones come with an external enclosure with either a USB port or a Firewire (IEEE1394) port.  If you have a computer with either of these ports you are good to go.  Since I have a USB drive, I can provide you these steps:\n\nAssuming that you have switched on your computer, connect the hard drive to the power supply (some drives can directly take power from the USB cable and hence don't need to be connected to the power supply).  So verify first whether your drive needs a power supply.\n\nSecondly, connect the drive via a USB cable to the USB port of your computer.\n\nIf you have Windows XP, it will automatically recognize the drive as a USB device (so you don't have to install special drivers, if you are using Windows 98, you might have to install USB drivers that come with the external drive before connecting it to your PC).\n\nThats it, you are all set.  You can access the drive using Windows Explorer or My Computer and save files to it just like your computer's internal hard drive.
642405
A hard drive is hardware (ie. it's an actual physical piece of equipment) you cannot download them for the same reasons you cannot download televisions and refrigerators. If you would like to buy one, however, I suggest you go to http://www.dabs.com\n\nHope this Helps!
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you may need to install the driver for the Ethernet port on your computer to work. is your Ethernet connector onboard with your motherboard? if so, contact your manufacturer of your motherboard  to get a driver, or ask them who makes the chipset on the board (mostly nvidia or ATI) \n\nif your Ethernet connector is separate or in a computer port (towards the bottom of the computer box) then the default Microsoft driver may work. \n\nOpen the control panel, then go to add new hardware. Have the computer search for recently installed hardware (trust me). It should pick up the device and ask you to install the driver that Windows has for it.\n\nor if you have a disc for that part, better yet..insert the disc and run the setup. It should then install the proper drives for you.\n\nThis Nvidia link may be of help:
1161111
you can use any capture card that accepts analog sources\n\nmake sure u get one wiht composite or svideo in so u can hook ur xbox directly to it.
496890
nope. The hard disk drive stops running when it hibernates, so you cant download anything into it
874453
you could install it as a slave drive and transfer files and install an os, then either switch the control for master/slave (varies by computer) or just switch the cables with the old hd. (you may have to switch places too, some of those cables are short and inflexible)
36219
1) if it's a power supply issue, replace the power supply in the host machine.\n\n2)You can pull the drive and install it as a secondary internal drive in another machine.\n\n3)Buy an external usb or firewire enclosure, install your hard drive in it. And now you have the ability to connect that hard drive to any computer with a usb or firewire connection.
1185039
Yes you can copy the files on your hard drive onto the disk or cd. Use a cd burning program like Nero.\n\nP.S.\n\n{{{{{However do NOT think that just by copying the files to the cd and then putting those files onto another computer, that the game will still run properly.  When you install a game it also puts registry entries on the computer, and they are usually needed for the game to function properly, and to keep track of cd keys and whatnot to make sure you are a valid user. So just having the files themselves may not be enough.}}}}}
1052314
I think so.  Get a bigger Hard Drive first.  Don't get the wrong idea you can do it but you can do a better job with a larger HD.
20389
Yes your data will always be there even if the computer is dead . The best way to check this out is go to Best Buy and bring your harddrive into Geek Squad because there pro's at that stuff. It only cost 60$ ( i think lol ) and they first run a diagnosis to find out what's really wrong with it. But yah it will still be there what you can also do if the computer is dead you can go back to best buy and get the Geek Squad to put your old info, or any thing that you want from your broken comp, to your new comp. Easy as that.
780546
Your hard drive isn't affected, but your install of XP will definitely suffer some problems. When you install XP on a system there are hundreds (if not thousands) of adjustments that are made to enable XP to "talk" to your particular hardware setup. When you plug your c: drive into a new motherboard you're essentially moving your entire system into a new environment and all of the adjustments that XP made to talk to your old chipset and drivers and so on are different. At best, your new setup will work with no major flaws that you notice. At worst, your new setup will crash violently and take all of  your data with it. My advice is to back up all your critical data from your old system, perform a clean install of XP, and then migrate your old files to the new system. Any other plan of action is risking your data and not a good idea, IMHO.
1161532
No.. It depends on your treatement to your hardware.. I have a 30 GB. hard drive since 4 years.. and it's running smoothly and very good without any errors.. then it can work for more..