Using a USB instead if expensive hard drive?

Can I use a USB instead of a hard drive to play my original xbox games? I configured the USB with the xbox and it shows as more storage but the game still says I need a hard drive. Do I need a crazy amount of memory to play the original x box game? I checked
the list as we'll and the game is on the list so it's supposed to be compatable. I don't play the thing all that much but I really like the game because I don't like the 360 version of it at all.

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My Xbox 360 S is freezing! HELP!

My Xbox 360 S 4gb is freezing in the start up. I know what happened, my 4gb internal memory is corrupted. I wrote a post here like 2 months ago, and they give me a verified answer..... "You can use a 250gb hard drive while your 4gb is corrupted."..........
I take a look on how much a 250gb hard drive cost. Its very expensive. So... I'm thinking, if I can use my USB Hard drive... so instead of my Xbox 360 booting to the corrupted 4gb, it will boot to the USB hard drive.... WILL THAT WORK????

 

External hard drive only

My official Xbox 360 internal hard drive is faulty. I was wondering if it would be OK to take it out and use an
external USB hard drive instead. Has anyone got any experience using only an external hard drive with an Xbox 360?

 

PrepCircle,

Even if you format a USB to work with the Xbox, it cannot be used to play Original Xbox games as the official MS hard drives have a special partition that has the emulator software necessary to play the Original Xbox games.

 

So I would be cheaper to just buy an old xbox then? Lol

 

That's ultimately your call but having an original Xbox wouldn't impose the limitations of only a select list of compatible games. I've still got my original Xbox, Xbox 360, and One. It just depends on what you are looking for and if a hard drive would be
beneficial to your Xbox 360 experience.

 

Ok we'll thank you for the information

 

Actually I do have one more question about the hard drive and how do I know what size I would need?

 

well every OFFICIAL MS hard drive has the emulator partition on it, so depending on which 360 you have if you have the older fat its 20, 60, 120, and 250. On the Slim and later E model its 250 or 320, good luck.