My Xbox memory unit has 15,868 blocks ;)
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My Xbox memory unit has 15,868 blocks ;)
I'm sending in my Xbox to Microsoft to get my crappy Thomson DVD drive replaced. I wanted to back up my saves in case they screw something up, so I bought a xbox-usb cable (female) at www.levelsix.com: http://www.levelsix.com/detail.aspx?ID=90
I hooked up my 256MB USB flash drive to the adapter, and my xbox recognized it as a memory unit with 15,868 blocks free. heh. This is definitely a more economical way of making backups than buying 8MB xbox memory units. I'm going to go out and buy a cheap 64MB USB flash drive and use it as a dedicated xbox memory unit to back up my saves.
I hooked up my 256MB USB flash drive to the adapter, and my xbox recognized it as a memory unit with 15,868 blocks free. heh. This is definitely a more economical way of making backups than buying 8MB xbox memory units. I'm going to go out and buy a cheap 64MB USB flash drive and use it as a dedicated xbox memory unit to back up my saves.
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If that does work, that's great news. I hate not being able to bring saves of games to my friends house to play. Plus backing up all saves is a good thing too.
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Originally posted by Joshic
nope. I've done nothing to it at all. not even opened it.
nope. I've done nothing to it at all. not even opened it.
Seems like this is the quick and easy way to do backups without any hacking.
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Originally posted by young
any usb flash drive worked? which one are you using?
any usb flash drive worked? which one are you using?
Originally posted by goLUCKY
can you backup xbox live downloads?
can you backup xbox live downloads?
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this is common sense, but just in case: make sure you don't have anything important on your usb flash drive when you connect it to your xbox. the xbox will reformat the usb device and make it unreadable to PCs. of course, you can just reformat it again on a PC to make it once again readable to PCs. But then it becomes unreadable to xboxes.
like a said earlier, you can find 64mb usb flash drives for as cheap as $10. Add in the xbox-usb adapter cable for $10 and you have a 64MB xbox memory unit for $20 total. since the official xbox memory unit is only 8mb and costs $25, you'd have to spend $200 to get the same storage using the official xbox memory units.
like a said earlier, you can find 64mb usb flash drives for as cheap as $10. Add in the xbox-usb adapter cable for $10 and you have a 64MB xbox memory unit for $20 total. since the official xbox memory unit is only 8mb and costs $25, you'd have to spend $200 to get the same storage using the official xbox memory units.
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Finally!!! I've been wanting to buy a Flash drive but up until now I didn't have a reason.
Thanks for the great idea.
Thanks for the great idea.
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Re: My Xbox memory unit has 15,868 blocks ;)
Originally posted by Joshic
I'm sending in my Xbox to Microsoft to get my crappy Thomson DVD drive replaced.
I'm sending in my Xbox to Microsoft to get my crappy Thomson DVD drive replaced.
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Re: Re: My Xbox memory unit has 15,868 blocks ;)
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Hmm, are they charging you.. and if so, how much? My drive's been acting the fool lately too.
Hmm, are they charging you.. and if so, how much? My drive's been acting the fool lately too.
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i, too, am beginning to suspect my xbox (which also has the thompson cd). i am starting to get more "disc not recognized. insert dvd or game" messages. it's still rare, but annoying. i thought it may be the new games that just had bugs, but it happened once even w/ motogp2 which had been a stalwart game.
that's it! i'm never buying another microsoft product again!
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isn't the warranty 1 year? mine is still covered until may. this technique would be a life-saver for the, well, game saves.
that's it! i'm never buying another microsoft product again!
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isn't the warranty 1 year? mine is still covered until may. this technique would be a life-saver for the, well, game saves.
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Well I've started on my quest to get M$ to fix my xbox for free! Let's see how far I get.
Step one. Complain to M$ Support. They wanted to charge me $100 bones.
Step two. complain to The Better Buisness Bureau (I did this today)
(crosses fingers)
Step one. Complain to M$ Support. They wanted to charge me $100 bones.
Step two. complain to The Better Buisness Bureau (I did this today)
(crosses fingers)
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Re: Re: My Xbox memory unit has 15,868 blocks ;)
Originally posted by khai
Hmm, are they charging you.. and if so, how much? My drive's been acting the fool lately too.
Hmm, are they charging you.. and if so, how much? My drive's been acting the fool lately too.
You can replace the drive yourself; expect to pay $60 for one, not including shipping & the time it'll take for you to fix it yourself.
I was initially pissed at having to pay $99 to fix it, but I got to thinking that I've used my Xbox for 2 years, and have certainly put at least several thousand hours of game time on it. Can't expect DVD drives to last forever, I guess.
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ok, i got the usb cable from levelsix and a lexar jumpdrive secure 256 mb usb drive (listed as a working drive on the other page linked above).
it worked fine but a caveat:
1. some games won't let me copy them. like Star Wars KotOR - 1600 blocks and copy isn't an option.
in general, i had no problems backing up the rest of the stuff. even made me clean up my saves of games that i don't even have anymore like Project Gotham Racing 1.
so, thanks for the tip. i think 15000+ blocks may be overkill, but what the hey...
it worked fine but a caveat:
1. some games won't let me copy them. like Star Wars KotOR - 1600 blocks and copy isn't an option.
in general, i had no problems backing up the rest of the stuff. even made me clean up my saves of games that i don't even have anymore like Project Gotham Racing 1.
so, thanks for the tip. i think 15000+ blocks may be overkill, but what the hey...
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Originally posted by goLUCKY
Well I've started on my quest to get M$ to fix my xbox for free! Let's see how far I get.
Step one. Complain to M$ Support. They wanted to charge me $100 bones.
Step two. complain to The Better Buisness Bureau (I did this today)
(crosses fingers)
Well I've started on my quest to get M$ to fix my xbox for free! Let's see how far I get.
Step one. Complain to M$ Support. They wanted to charge me $100 bones.
Step two. complain to The Better Buisness Bureau (I did this today)
(crosses fingers)
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Originally posted by goLUCKY
Update: They called me up and offered to fix my drive from $50 bones. I'm still trying to see if I can get it fixed for free.
Update: They called me up and offered to fix my drive from $50 bones. I'm still trying to see if I can get it fixed for free.
i've been told that the samsung drive models are the best...
i, of course, have a thompson drive
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Just wanted to bring back this thread. I picked up this 64MB flash drive for $19.99 ($9.99 AR) at Office Max today. Seems like a really good deal to me.
Thanks to the OP for posting this information.
Thanks to the OP for posting this information.