# I'm having an issue with my Xbox 360 harddrive
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-my-xbox-360-harddrive/56084
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**Created:** [July 5, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-my-xbox-360-harddrive/56084 "2013-07-05T17:57:17Z")
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### Author:  [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-my-xbox-360-harddrive/56084/1 "2013-07-05T17:57:17Z")
My 360 has the internal 4gb hdd and I recently bought a 320gb hdd to plug in to it. When I got it, I just plugged it in and it showed up that it had 300-something gb storage but now, when I go in there it says that it is not formatted. So, I tried formatting it and it keeps saying there is an error and it can’t format…
Is there any other way of doing this? Is mine defective???
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-my-xbox-360-harddrive/56084/2 "2013-07-06T00:51:58Z")
Does that have a USB interface? If it does just plug it into a PC and see if it mounts up. If it doesn’t, then it’s probably toast. If it does it looks like something’s wrong w/the Xbox.
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### Author:  [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-my-xbox-360-harddrive/56084/3 "2013-07-06T01:29:37Z")
> [@jhb8426](#):
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> Does that have a USB interface? If it does just plug it into a PC and see if it mounts up. If it doesn’t, then it’s probably toast. If it does it looks like something’s wrong w/the Xbox.
Nah, it doesn’t plug into the usb slot. It’s like this: [http://www.bestbuy.com/site/320GB+Media+Hard+Drive+for+Xbox+360/3724705.p?id=1218428664064&skuId=3724705&st=xbox%20360%20hard%20drive&cp=1&lp=1](http://www.bestbuy.com/site/320GB+Media+Hard+Drive+for+Xbox+360/3724705.p?id=1218428664064&skuId=3724705&st=xbox%20360%20hard%20drive&cp=1&lp=1)
So it’s toast huh? Can you point me to a good kind to get?
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-my-xbox-360-harddrive/56084/4 "2013-07-06T01:34:05Z")
I’m not up on Xbox stuff, but you can get an adapter cable that will allow you to plug the drive into a PC to check it out.
[http://www.bestbuy.com/site/eForCity+-+Hard+Drive+Transfer+Cable+for+Microsoft+Xbox+360+-+Gray/1306929699.p?id=mp1306929699&skuId=1306929699](http://www.bestbuy.com/site/eForCity+-+Hard+Drive+Transfer+Cable+for+Microsoft+Xbox+360+-+Gray/1306929699.p?id=mp1306929699&skuId=1306929699)
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### Author:  [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-my-xbox-360-harddrive/56084/5 "2013-07-06T01:37:58Z")
Thanks for the help. I have another external hdd that has the USB and it holds 250gb… Maybe I’ll just check it out.