Rex Dart Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Hi there, Got an old 360 with 120GB hard drive, but the ethernet port's dead. I'd like to get a new kinect bundle with the newer design 360, but I know they don't use the same hard drive casing. I'm wondering if I could crack open the hard drive case for each & swap the innards. Anybody know how well this might work? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I don't think it will work. I know the cased drives wont' work, but I think they are using IDE's on the old drives and the new ones are SATA. You can get a thumb drive, up to 16 GB and copy saved games that way, if your old system still works. Or you can get the transfer cable, which plugs into the drive and hooks to a USB port on your console to let you copy your drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Got an old 360 with 120GB hard drive, but the ethernet port's dead. I'd like to get a new kinect bundle with the newer design 360, but I know they don't use the same hard drive casing. You can take an old 360 sidecar hard drive apart and pull out the SATA drive for use in a 360S model. Your best bet is to attach a piece of tape to the front of the HD to make a little tab that you can hold it by and lower into the 360S bay to get it connected. Then just use a small piece of foam on the top and bottom of the drive to keep it in place. Yes, I have done this personally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Sure it will work, well it can be made to work, there are details to follow but I came up with this in a quick search: http://www.myce.com/news/hack-your-old-xbox-360-hard-drive-into-an-xbox-360-slim-33667/ http://www.maxconsole.net/content.php?41930-Video-How-to-put-the-old-Xbox-360-HDD-into-the-new-Xbox-360-Slim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 Awesome! Hell yeah. Buyin' an Arcade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Awesome! Hell yeah. Buyin' an Arcade. The Arcade's are the older style I believe. The Kinect bundles and the 360 4G are the new S models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 Eh, whatever they call the cheapest Slim model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Got an old 360 with 120GB hard drive, but the ethernet port's dead. I'd like to get a new kinect bundle with the newer design 360, but I know they don't use the same hard drive casing. You can take an old 360 sidecar hard drive apart and pull out the SATA drive for use in a 360S model. Your best bet is to attach a piece of tape to the front of the HD to make a little tab that you can hold it by and lower into the 360S bay to get it connected. Then just use a small piece of foam on the top and bottom of the drive to keep it in place. Yes, I have done this personally. Will this work on the 4GB models? If so then I just may get a slim and swap HDD's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Will this work on the 4GB models? If so then I just may get a slim and swap HDD's. Yes, the 4GB models come with a hard drive port. If I were going to do it I'd also get one of these to make it easier: http://www.eachgame.com/goods-4420.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Cool, glad to see I'm wrong on the drive type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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