Using Hard Drive on 2 Xboxes

Lucious Sweet

I'm thinking of buying an xbox 360 arcade for the spare room so I can still play while the missus is watching desperate housewives.
I already have an elite in the living room.
Question is can I swap and use the elite hard drive (120 gb) between the 2 consoles without any major hassle?

calex71

Messy, but possible.

You see if you have any games installed you will have to reinstall them when you move the drive to a new xbox. They will play off a disc without problem though if the noise doesnt bother you. I prefer to have the games installed as they load faster and noise is significantly reduced.

A recent update allows you to store your profile and saves on a usb memory key and move it between xboxs at will.

DeVore

I have done this and its worked for me (I have two elites, but I doubt that will make much different). I cant tell you what problems you might face but it didnt give me many problems at all really...

DeV.

dazftw

calex71 wrote: »

Messy, but possible.

You see if you have any games installed you will have to reinstall them when you move the drive to a new xbox. They will play off a disc without problem though if the noise doesnt bother you. I prefer to have the games installed as they load faster and noise is significantly reduced.

Really? That's weird if there installed onto the HDD! Didn't know that at all..

You should have no problems otherwise OP I had 2 xbox's for awhile and did this loads.

calex71

dazftw wrote: »

Really? That's weird if there installed onto the HDD! Didn't know that at all..

You should have no problems otherwise OP I had 2 xbox's for awhile and did this loads.

Yeah total pain in back side , i know installing only takes 10 minutes or less but still annoying considering you still need the dvd in the tray to play the game.

Lucious Sweet

Thanks for the replies lads.
I'm still a bit confused though Will I need to reinstall a game every time I switch the hard drive between consoles?

TheMooseInNam

moz wrote: »

Thanks for the replies lads.
I'm still a bit confused though Will I need to reinstall a game every time I switch the hard drive between consoles?

I'm pretty sure as long as you have your game saves, profile and games all saved your xbox HD and have your consoles connected to XBL, then you will have no issues with switching between the consoles.

If your second console isn't connected to XBL, then you may have problems accessing some of your downloaded content.

You won't need to re-install your games to the HD each time you switch consoles.

Hope this helps

Raze_them_all

I swap my hard- drive between 2 consoles every day or two. Never had any problem. Always have it connected to live

Lucious Sweet

Ta mate, just what I wanted to hear .

Lucious Sweet

I picked up an elite for small money on adverts. Reinstalled all of my games on the new hard drive and installed my game saves and profile on a usb memory stick. Makes playing on either console dead easy

garv123

ive a 20gb xbox in my room with my hard drive in it.
i pop that hard drive out and into the elite in the sitting room with no bother at all.the games installed to the hard drive so your not having to install it every time.
i never once yet had a problem changing around between them and i do it on a daily basis nearly