BulletWasp Posted February 15, 2019 Report Share Posted February 15, 2019 So now that I have got my new Dashboard running and have my games ready, it's time to start getting the stuff for the HDD swap. I am going to get a StarTech IDE2SAT2 adapter, but I know that the Xbox can be picky with what SATA drives it will work with. I was thinking of going with a WesternDigital Black or SeaGate. but what are the drives that people have the most success with? Also, in regards to size, are 3.5" drives a pain to fit inside the console? Or would it just save a lot of headache going with a 2.5" drive? Also, I'm a little confused on what steps I need to take to get it all set up once I have the HDD and the adapter. Do I need a boot disk as well? And Chimp clones the existing drive while XBPartitioner will format the new drive? I found this guide at XBMC4Xbox, but its about 7 years old so I am not sure if any of the information is outdated or has changed with new methods: https://www.xbmc4xbox.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=649&hilit=2tb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Folgado Posted February 15, 2019 Report Share Posted February 15, 2019 3.5" WD Blue work well for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ging3rguy Posted February 15, 2019 Report Share Posted February 15, 2019 The guide worked fine for me, I installed a 2TB HDD, the only issue I found was that not all sata to ide boards work because of their size and transfer rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted February 16, 2019 Report Share Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) Rocky5's video tutorial(s) on using Chimp 261812 at youtube show all the steps involved. There are three as the user interface has been updated. The last two videos show the changes made since the first tutorial was posted. Edited February 16, 2019 by KaosEngineer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletWasp Posted February 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2019 Thanks a lot guys, those videos are great Kaos (shoutouts to Rocky5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyhawk5421 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Im a western digital man mahself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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