My xbox 360 200gb internal hard drive does not show up in the storage settings. Can someone ...

i had recently bought a new 200 GB hard drive for my xbox 360(which had something like 3gb of memory) and i plugged it in on the right side of my xbox in this hidden place. i did push it in as far as it could. I then went to the system settings and then
to storage but i couldn't find the hard drive. I would really appreciate some advice on how to fix this. thanks

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xbox 360 slim max supported capacity for hard drives?

my old old faithful xbox 360 finally gave up the ghost after years of loyal service on Saturday night when I was greeted with the red ring of death so I ran to the shop,s on sunday & bought a 2nd hand 4gb xbox 360 slim in top condition from a games store
& also a 500gb internal drive.

got home & set up the new console but after placing the hard drive inside & switching on it did not show up, thinking it was possibly damaged I ran to a different shop & bought a 320gb hd biggest they had in stock but again the drive when placed inside the
console does not show up in storage & both times with the 500gb & 320gb were missing & only the 4gb internal memory was labelled as storage.

then for what ever reason I thought about using the connections from my laptops external backup caddy & both the 500gb & 320gb hd's show up as external usb storage devices & will format with no problems. it popped into my head that the problem could then
be with the console not picking up internal drives.

to check this I went to my nephews & both the 320gb & 500gb hard drives both show in his xbox as internal hard drives but his current 120gb drive also shows up as a hard drive when I installed it in my xbox so bang went the theory that the xbox itself was
possibly damaged & not able to pick up internal drives.

this got me thinking if both the 320gb & 500gb hard drives are working in a different machine & a 120gb drive works in my machine could it be that not all xbox 360 slim models will support the bigger internal drives?

I know the most common drives are the 250gb so was wondering if some xbox 360 slim only support up to a max of 250gb & perhaps limited edition or later models than mine only have the software to support the bigger hard drives, is this possible?

can somebody please confirm or deny this theory or suggest a reason why some drive wont show up in my machine but will in others yet other drives will show up in my machine. im baffled.

 

How to add or remove an Xbox 360 Hard Drive on your Xbox 360 S Console

The Xbox 360 S 250 Console includes an internal hard drive and you can easily remove or replace it. But The Xbox 360 S 4 GB console has only irremovable flash memory. You can purchase the internal hard drive separately.

How to insert a hard drive in the Xbox 360 S console

• First, turn off the console.
• You need to position the console horizontally.
• Look at the right side of the console. You will find the hard drive cover release near the back of the console.
• While pulling the hard drive door open, you have to slide the release toward the front of the console.
• Now insert the hard drive into the slot and press firmly until you hear it click.
• Before turning on the console, you need to replace the hard disk drive cover.

Follow the steps bellow to ensure that your console recognizes the hard drive:

• Go to Settings pressing the Guide button on your controller, and then proceed to System Settings.
• Press Storage or Memory.
• If the console recognizes the hard drive, it will appear in the list of Storage Devices. If it does not, you need to remove and reattach the hard drive following the steps above.

How to remove a hard drive from an Xbox 360 console

To remove a hard drive, first turn off the console. Open the hard drive door following the steps above. You need to pull the tab to remove the hard drive. Finally, replace the hard drive cover and turn the console back on.

 

Hey there TheJafferys!

Sorry to hear about the HDD issue. I would start with this article on
troubleshooting Xbox 360 hard drives. There is a section that says "The console does not detect the hard drive", which is where you want to start. Follow those steps and feel free to post back to let us know how it goes!