Why does my Xbox 360 say no storage device?

Why does my Xbox 360 say no storage device?

The console does not detect the hard drive If your Xbox 360 console doesn’t detect an attached hard drive, try these solutions in the following order: An incorrectly installed hard drive can cause this issue. Turn your console on and then off again. Reattach the hard drive, and then turn your console on again.

How do I connect my storage device to my Xbox 360?

You can only plug two USB flash drives into your Xbox 360 console at once….Format a USB flash drive

1. Plug a USB flash drive into a USB port on the front of your console.
2. Press the Guide button  on your controller.
3. Select settings, and then select System Settings.
4. Select Storage or Memory.
5. Select USB Storage Device.

Where is the storage device on Xbox 360?

You need USB storage. The Xbox 360 has three USB 2.0 ports—sorry, they’re not USB 3.0—with two on the front hidden under a little door and one on the back. You can plug USB storage—flash drives and/or hard drives—into any or all of these ports if you want.

What GB is my Xbox 360?

Press “Y” on the Xbox 360 controller to access the Device Options screen. The right side of the screen lists both the overall size of your hard drive under “Capacity” and the remaining amount of space under “Free Space.”

Can Xbox 360 connect to external hard drive?

Can you use an Xbox 360 without a hard drive?

Yes, you can play games from the disc without hard drive offline but cannot download games online and play it. For Saving game progress, you don’t need a hard drive, since it can be saved with 256 mb memory unit which comes free with arcade version of the console.

How do I reset my Xbox 360 storage?

1 Factory Reset

1. From the Xbox dashboard screen, choose Settings > System.
2. Choose Storage.
3. Highlight your Hard Drive or Memory Unit, then choose Device Options by pushing Y on your controller.
4. Choose Format.
5. You will receive a warning, reminding you that this erases all data on your device.

Does Xbox 360 have built in storage?

You can store or move up to 512 MB of content using the Xbox 360 memory unit (original Xbox 360 console only).

Why does my Xbox 360 have 14gb of storage?

The other 14gb of space used is for the hidden files on the hd enabling the xbox to recognise it as an xbox hd and not a blank lap top drive which is exactly whats in the plastic caddy.The problem is when the hidden files are corrupted or the connection inside the caddy becomes detached in transit we have found.

Why is my Xbox 360 hard drive not working?

Check the pin contacts on both the drive and the xbox make sure there not bent in any way, if there all ok its most likely the drive, only takes a bad partition (3 in total) and it will just not read anything from the drive.

Is there a hard drive for the Xbox 360 Slim?

This new drive which is a WD5000BEVT-22A0RT0 went through with no issues as well and is destined to replace a 250Gb Genuine Microsoft Drive and is going to be used on a Non-modified Xbox 360 Slim. The drive appears correctly in both FATXplorer & USBXTAFGUI which is what is stumping me so much.