Xbox 360 hard drive

metamorphpwner · 8 Nov 2008 at 10:57

Hi,
I've read that you can store films on the hard drive of the Xbox 360, but are you able to store full games on it? Like if i borrowed a game from a friend could it be stored on it??

orderoftheflame · 8 Nov 2008 at 10:59

metamorphpwner said:
Hi,
I've read that you can store films on the hard drive of the Xbox 360, but are you able to store full games on it? Like if i borrowed a game from a friend could it be stored on it??

No.

When the NXE comes out you'll be able to copy the contents of the disk to the HDD, but you will still need the disk in the console to play (to prove you own it).

Memphis · 8 Nov 2008 at 11:03

metamorphpwner said:
Hi,
I've read that you can store films on the hard drive of the Xbox 360, but are you able to store full games on it? Like if i borrowed a game from a friend could it be stored on it??

Which of course would be illegal.

metamorphpwner · 8 Nov 2008 at 11:12

Memphis said:
Which of course would be illegal.

But films can be stored on the hard drive, which shouldn't that be illegal also?
and can RIP music from CD's to it

mrgubby · 8 Nov 2008 at 11:14

metamorphpwner said:
But films can be stored on the hard drive, which shouldn't that be illegal also?
and can RIP music from CD's to it

It is illegal but it tends to be ignored

metamorphpwner · 8 Nov 2008 at 11:15

mrgubby said:
It is illegal but it tends to be ignored

as do a lot of other ilegal things

Sinny · 8 Nov 2008 at 11:32

metamorphpwner said:
But films can be stored on the hard drive, which shouldn't that be illegal also?
and can RIP music from CD's to it

Just do what i do, Stream video file's from your PC (if you have one close by to your 360). Silence's the DVD drive which annoyed me when watching horror flicks.

I beleive you can put DivX encoded video's (not sure the format may be .avi) onto your 360 to play of the HDD, but i have not tried this.

ic1male · 8 Nov 2008 at 12:14

You can't copy anything to your 360's HDD. Only music can be stored and that is put there by ripping from a CD.

rp2000 · 8 Nov 2008 at 12:39

metamorphpwner said:
Hi,
I've read that you can store films on the hard drive of the Xbox 360, but are you able to store full games on it? Like if i borrowed a game from a friend could it be stored on it??

You can't copy movies to it (last time I checked). You will be able to copy games to the HDD from Nov 19 (NXE), but not for the purposes you describe. You could borrow your mate's copy and load it to the HDD for convenience/noise minimisation, but you will only be able to play with the disc in the drive. Maybe if it is a game you borrow frequently it would be worth copying to your HDD?

If what you really mean is both of you play the same copy of the game on separate machine at the same time, then no, this will never work.

rp2000