360 wont recognise my external hard drive?

_tom_ · 8 Feb 2009 at 13:37

Just been trying to watch some films through my 360/tv but for some reason the 360 wont recognise the external hd. It's a Seagate barracuda in some unbranded case which has ports on the back for power and usb. When its connected to the front and turned on, the portable device bit in videos is still greyed out..

Does it only work with those small, self powered type drives?

Cheers

tom_e · 8 Feb 2009 at 13:39

Is it formated in FAT32? MS in their infinate wisdom dont allow you to use NTFS drives

_tom_ · 8 Feb 2009 at 13:40

No idea to be honest, how can I check this?

Robert1986 · 8 Feb 2009 at 13:50

_tom_ said:
No idea to be honest, how can I check this?

Hook it up to your pc and right click on the drive > prop.

_tom_ · 8 Feb 2009 at 14:08

Yeah its NTFS. If I were to backup everything off the hd then format as FAT32, should that sort it out?

Robert1986 · 8 Feb 2009 at 14:09

_tom_ said:
Yeah its NTFS. If I were to backup everything off the hd then format as FAT32, should that sort it out?

yes.

BloodyL · 8 Feb 2009 at 14:11

If there are any files on the drive that is larger than 4Gb they will not transfer back, that is the difference betwen FAT32 and NTFS, FAT32 can only support up to 4Gb files sizes, whereas NTFS can support much larger files.

_tom_ · 8 Feb 2009 at 14:13

ok cheers, I'll have a look to see

_tom_ · 8 Feb 2009 at 15:23

bugger, wont let me format in FAT32 for some reason, theres no option for it. Theres some other type of FAT but I guess that wont work?

wannabedamned · 8 Feb 2009 at 16:15

There is a program called Swissknife which should do it for you just fine