Of course, it goes without saying that this will totally void your warranty, but we thought we'd say it anyway. [Thanks, Sidd]
Mod at your own risk: How to put an old Xbox 360 HDD into Xbox 360 S
by David Hinkle 
on Aug 25th 2010 8:00AM
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Of course, it goes without saying that this will totally void your warranty, but we thought we'd say it anyway. [Thanks, Sidd]
Reader Comments (69)
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 9:10AM ChomskyKnows said
or you could just buy an S with an HDD...
or a 4GB S and then an HDD that actually fits it later (they have these)...
or a 4GB S and then an HDD that actually fits it later (they have these)...
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 9:15AM 2tall2hide said
I'll wait until the holidays when the Kinect bundles come out. If nobody is being banned, then I will pick up the 4 gb slim and use my old hard drive.
Would be kind of ridiculous to get banned for using a Microsoft licensed hard drive. I guess removing the hard drive from the enclosure is breaking the TOS.
Would be kind of ridiculous to get banned for using a Microsoft licensed hard drive. I guess removing the hard drive from the enclosure is breaking the TOS.
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 9:30AM Futbol de 1ra said
Can i put the xbox360 hdd in to my ps3??
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 9:48AM billiam247 said
Where do I aim again?
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 9:50AM SHADO1980 said
Microsoft should sanction this fix, if they are smart. It would encourage more Xbox owners to upgrade to the S model if they could keep their old drive. They should even provide the sleds themselves.
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 9:53AM Tolq said
Haha, this is the best video I have seen in a long while! Opening the old hard drive case with a hammer and then proceeding to use pliers to pull it out of the new 360 slim - classic! And the aiming "instructions" ("aim it in between these points right here") were just the icing on the cake. Finally, I love that he accidentally drops the drive inside the slot, comments on it and _still_ publishes the video. Hats off to this 1337 mod!
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 10:12AM Sidd1234 said
Wow...they featured it! Omg, no thank you David and joystiq
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 10:25AM killer rin said
umm, can't we just take the sled off Slim HDD then plop the old drive into it? or is the sled on the new Slim HDD stuck on it?
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 11:15AM ytilanigiroon said
@killer rin
the 4GB model doesn't come with a sled in the HDD port, so there isn't one to use.
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the 4GB model doesn't come with a sled in the HDD port, so there isn't one to use.
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 10:34AM BustedChain said
Sorry, this idiot lost all credibility when he said he opened his original 360 20GB HDD with a hammer. There are better ways to get that case open. A hammer is not a valid method unless you want to crash your drive and make it completely useless.
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 12:08PM Damians Dad said
Sweet, gonna do this when I get home. I was wondering if it would work, but I didn't feel like finding out by myself that it wouldn't. And don't be silly, Joystiq, this isn't going to void anyone's hard drive.
I'm gonna pad the hard drive with heavy Styrofoam to make sure it doesn't take damage.
I'm gonna pad the hard drive with heavy Styrofoam to make sure it doesn't take damage.
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 12:30PM andysexton said
Tested.com (sister site to Giant Bomb) showed this working in a much more professional way back at the launch of the new console.
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 4:11PM GoonieGooGoo said
A peripheral company should just create an external HDD dock with a sled that slides into the 360S with SATA Connectors.....
Or create a conversion kit for old 360 HDD to be installed for use with the S.
Personally I think this would boost S model sales as those of us with launch 360s that haven't red ringed (cross fingers) are dying to upgrade as we know its just a matter of time.
Or create a conversion kit for old 360 HDD to be installed for use with the S.
Personally I think this would boost S model sales as those of us with launch 360s that haven't red ringed (cross fingers) are dying to upgrade as we know its just a matter of time.
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 4:20PM Marcus Carter said
why would any one be stupid to even try something like this?
Posted: Sep 7th 2010 7:58AM Gundamforce said
@(Unverified) Considering that this actually works, they're obviously smarter than you.
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Posted: Oct 15th 2010 1:37PM XperimntNterror said
yeah this is all well and good, but i guarantee MS is already devising a way to implement a FW that will prevent this sort of thing just like they did when people figured out the HDDs were just plain ol' SATA drives and were popping in 500GB drives, so they introduced that FW that would only allow you to access memory up to what they were offering at retail with their branded drives. money grubbing pricks.
