Can you boot up an Xbox 360 S if you replace its drive with a drive from an Xbox 360...

I agree that the source of the issue is the Seagate 1TB drive. The drive works fine with the Xbox 360 except for the first boot. That's what I'm confused about; the drive works fine when plugged in after the Xbox 360 boots up. What's even weirder is I
can leave the drive connected, turn the Xbox 360 on, and when the screen freezes, leave the drive connected but turn the Xbox 360 off and back on immediately and the Xbox 360 will boot up.

If the drive didn't work with the Xbox 360 at all, I wouldn't even be here. But it is only having issues on the first boot. This doesn't make sense to me. If the Xbox 360 recognizes the drive under every other condition, what is causing the issue with
the first boot?

Hi there,

The 360 will allow an
external storage device to be connected to it. Have you tried saving your maps and such to an external drive to see if the 360's hard drive is going bad, or if the machine itself is corrupting the files. If the machine is corrupting the files, time to replace
it. If it's just the 360's drive corrupting them you can try looking for a new 360 drive.

Hello,

If you have already tried the solutions listed in the "Disc Drive Solution" guide located here then that means that there is a problem with
the console disc drive and it needs to be replaced.

You are able to still play Minecraft and watch YouTube from the console as these do not require your XBOX 360's Disc Drive, they use the XBOX 360's hard drive or internal storage.

Instructions to start the repair process can be found here.

Hi

If you are referencing the Xbox 360 S 4GB internal memory then this option was not available on all Xbox 360 S consoles please see the link below and quoted text.

https://support.xbox.com/en-GB/xbox-360/accessories/add-remove-hard-drive

The Xbox 360 S 250 gigabyte (GB) console has an internal hard drive, which can be removed and replaced.

The Xbox 360 S 4 GB console has internal flash memory, which is not removable. The internal hard drive can be purchased separately.

There are different models of Xbox 360. The one you are talking about is the 1st Xbox 360 model (Core, Elite, Arcade) which only has the Xbox 360 hard drive on the side if lied down or on the top if stood up. The Xbox 360 S or E models are the consoles
with the internal hard drive, these can be taken out from a slot from the bottom of the console if stood up or the side if lied down.