Just navigate into the Device Options screen for that device and choose Transfer Content. If you want to replace one storage device with another-for example, perhaps you were using a 32 GB USB flash drive before and have upgraded to a larger hard drive as I have-you can do so somewhat easily.
Transfer all of the content from one storage device to another. Tap the (A) button on the controller to access the storage device’s options, which include Rename, Format (which I needed to use for the Mac hard drive), Clear System Cache, and Transfer Content.
You should see the new device in your list of storage devices.Ĭonfigure device options. To access the storage devices on your console, navigate to System, Storage. You can format it with the Xbox 360 system software, so no worries on the formatting.)Īccess the new storage device. (It was actually designed for the Mac, but for whatever reason was cheaper-just $65-than the Windows equivalent on that day. For my own upgrade, I bought a 1 TB WD external hard drive. You can plug USB storage-flash drives and/or hard drives-into any or all of these ports if you want. The Xbox 360 has three USB 2.0 ports-sorry, they’re not USB 3.0-with two on the front hidden under a little door and one on the back. And then delete space-hogging games and other content you never access anymore.Īdding storage? You need USB storage. Then select a product category (Games and Apps, for example) and see what’s in there. To do so, navigate to System, Storage and then the correct device (Hard Drive on my 360, a 250 GB unit). So take the time to remove the stuff you never use, especially games, which can take up many gigabytes of space. If you’ve had your Xbox 360 for a while, as I have, you probably have a lot of junk on its internal (or bundled) storage. Here’s what you need to know.įirst, you may not need more storage.
And that has inspired me to upgrade the storage in my own 360. While the Xbox 360 has long supported adding external storage devices, it has only recently gained the ability to add large capacity devices with up to 2 TB of storage.
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