Saturday, January 9, 2010

Tutorial: How to copy a game to your xbox360 USB HDD and play it using XexLoader 0.26

Disclaimer:
HDD Loading is a highly experimental project created by thier respective developers. I will not be held responsible for anything you do to your Xbox or HDD or PC or anthing for that matter. Use this tutorial at your own risk.

Edit:  Its worth pointing out that you do need a console that is already setup with XBR homebrew enabled (exploitable consoles on only  http://symbioteorg.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-run-games-or-homebrew-off.html)


Preparing your USB HDD (Only needs to be done once)


1.  Since windows does not allow you to format a large USB HDD to any size that is useful You will need a tool called SwissKnife Format Tool to get the job done. You can get it here Mirror: http://www.cavernimports.com/downloads.jsp. Get this file and install it to your Win XP computer.

2.  Insert your USB HDD to your Win XP computer (switch it on if it is not self powered) and take note of its drive letter allocation in "My Computer".

3.  Open SwissKnife and use it to delete any partitions on your USB Drive. Create a new Primary partition with the maximum size limit in FAt32 (Warning: Do not choose the active option! Make sure it's your USB drive your formatting and nothing else as formatting a drive also erases its contents!).

4.  Unplug the USB HDD from your PC and plug it into your 360.






Using XexLoader to copy a game to the USB HDD


1.  Ensure your xbox3260 USB HDD is formatted in Fat32 and plugged into the 360 USB port (switch it on if it is not self powered)


2.  Turn the console on with the power button (not the eject button, if there is a game in the draw wait for the console to turn on fully and then hit the eject button to open the tray to stop the game from loading)



 3.  Once the console is on and the XBR Dashboard is loaded navigate to the Game Library (Directional Pad "up", "right", "right") and select XexLoader with the "a" button on your controller, then press "a" twice more to load the "game" (application). Variation: If you are using the live CD/DVD then put XexLoader Disc in your console and launch it just like running a game.



4.  When XexLoader opens for the first time you will see virtually a blank screen as there is no games on the USB HDD, so hit right on the D Pad to enable detail mode.


5.  Press "x" to bring up the storage device selection screen, navigate to Usb0: (assume you only have one USB storage device plugged in) and hit "a" on the controller to select it. (Warning: Do not select any other storage area other that USB unless you know what you are doing!)


6.  Now that the correct storage drive is selected, press "y" to open the actions menu, navigate to "Create" and select it with the "a" button. Use the virtual keyboard to make a new folder called "Games" (Warning: It must be called "Games"! and this step only needs to be done once)



7.  Once the "Games" folder is created then it will appear on the screen, Navigate to the "games" folder and press the "a" button to open it.



8.  Now that you have your games folder is made, press "y" again to open the actions menu, navigate to "Create" and select it with the "a" button. Use the virtual keyboard to make a new folder called "Game Name" (You may call the folder anything you like but remember you cannot change the name afterward without using your PC or deleting the folder).


9.  Once the "Game Name" folder is created then it will appear on the screen, Navigate to the "Game Name" folder and press the "a" button to open it.



10.Now that you have your games name folder is made, press "y" again to open the actions menu, navigate to "CopyDVD" and press "a" to select it. Put the game in the tray, shut the tray and press "a" to confirm the install.



11.Repeat Steps 4-7 to add more games or hit the Green "Home" button to exit to dash.








Using XexLoader to play a game from the Xbox 360 USB HDD



 1.  Ensure your xbox3260 USB HDD is formatted in Fat32 and plugged into the 360 USB port (switch it on if it is not self powered)



2.  Turn the console on with the power button (not the eject button, if there is a game in the draw wait for the console to turn on fully and then hit the eject button to open the tray to stop the game from loading)



3.  Once the console is on and the XBR Dashboard is loaded navigate to the Game Library (Directional Pad "up", "right", "right") and select XexLoader with the "a" button on your controller, then press "a" twice more to load the "game" (application).  Variation:  If you are using the live CD/DVD then put XexLoader Disc in your console and launch it just like running a game.


4.  If all is good then you will be greeted with a game list, use the analog stick to scroll and press "a" to select the game of your choosing (Warning: Accidentally hitting the D Pad right will toggle detail mode, hit it again to re-enter Game selection mode)



Tutorial written by LittleJonny of Team Symbiote -  Feedback to be sent to jon@cavernimports.com

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