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Ok the 250 (generic) or any other generic HDD works great...BUT it WILL NOT PLAY ORIGINAL XBOX TITLES. But there is a fix. Go to link or google xbox-scene.com and look up the thread "Xbox games dont work selfmade HDD problem" and follow the instructions. I had to do some serious digging to find this out. You will need a transfer cable to hook up to your computer in order to restore partition 2. The program used is "Xplorer360 Extreme2" you must run the program as computer administrator. The Generic HDD's are missing a working partition 2 file which is basically the original XBOX emulator and will not work until you do this. Otherwise this hard drive will only play 360 titles. Its a pretty easy fix but it still sucks you have to bother doing all this. it was hard for me to find the proper info to fix the problem so I hope my review here will at least help people that buy this HDD fix the problem a little easier.

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I'd been holding off ordering this inexpensive 250g hdd from JacobsParts because of some of the negative comments on this thread (and others)about this vendor. Finally pulled the trigger. Got the unit within 3 days of ordering and installed with absolutely no problems none. The only problem area (if you want to call it a problem) is the amount of time it took to transfer data from the old hdd to this one apprx 1/2 hour. I was concerned because lengthy download times usually turn out to be problematic (for me anyway) i.e. freezing of the application, dropped data, etc. and, of course, in this case the data from the old hdd is gone forever once it downloads. I had some questions for the vendor before ordering the drive and they responded within 24 hours of my email. Bottomline, got the hdd in short period of time, vendor was helpful and it installed no problems.

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Package came in earlier than expected. Which was good for me. Packaging was minimal and I was concerned that something could have been broken in shipping. However, both drives (I ordered two) were undamaged. If you are upgrading from a smaller hard drive to a larger oneyou will need a transfer cable. Luckily, my son had one already. You do not need any software disk to complete the transfer. The software that was on the disk is now part of the XBOX 360 Operating System. The menus to complete the transfer are a little difficult to navigate but work. I've had this drive in constant use for over a week or two and have had zero trouble.

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So I was a little concerned with some of the reviews on Amazon about this hard drive, so I went over to eBay and bought from a seller called "USAPowerPros" figured good, it won't be coming from china. Well as soon as the paypal payment went through I realized it was coming from Jacob's Parts which is the same seller here.

Since the HDD arrived in well under a week (and was shipped from NY) there is no way it comes from China.

I've already installed 3 or 4 games on the drive and its running beautifully. Well worth the 50 bucks you save from Microsoft...

In terms of transferring content to the HDD I only cared about transferring my save games which is why I just used a USB Memory stick. Not worth buying a transfer cable for something you are only going to use once. It worked great!

In the end, its a great HDD and a really great price.

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I bought this HDD for my son so he could save and play his games on xbox. It started working OK but after a couple of weeks it completely died. Returning soon.. will have to consider buying the more expensive Microsoft branded HDD.