Yesterday, my son and his cousin were playing the xbox 360 Kinect and they wanted to play an older xbox 360 game. They asked if the system would play the old game, and I said sure it would. Was I ever wrong. They put the old xbox 360 game in the system and we got an error saying “You need to attach an xbox 360 hard drive”. I do have an external drive attached to my xbox but if you look at the system settings it calls it memory instead of a hard drive.

So, what I found out is this, if you want to run old xbox 360 games you must have a hard drive installed and the 4gb units only have flash memory. To play the older game you really have no other choice than to buy a Microsoft approved hard drive and put it into your unit. The reason I say a Microsoft approved hard drive is because the system must see the Microsoft boot files on the hard drive to recognize it as a Microsoft hard drive.

The good news is that you can find a 250 Microsoft approved hard drive on amazon. I looked around for the right units and here is what I found.

Below is the Harddrive you need to add to your Xbox 360 Slim Unit to play older games and have a hard drive for installing games.

Xbox 360 250GB Hard Drive

• Download and save hundreds of HD movies, television shows, videos, and more.
• Download and save tons of games, demos and extra content from Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
• Save your game, Xbox LIVE gamer profile, game demos, and custom soundtracks.
• Rip CDs, save photos, games, movies, and more.
• More space to save what you love.

Play, watch, save, store-expand your entertainment possibilities. The massive 250GB hard drive has plenty of space for games, high-definition TV and movies, Games on Demand, game demos and add-ons, music, plus so much more. It’s the easiest way to get the most from your Xbox 360.

List Price: $ 129.99

Price: $ 82.73

Now you will need to know how to install the hard drive. The video was the best I found for being able to install your 250 gb hard drive in you xbox 360 4gb system.

Things you will need: T6 (Screw)Driver or Bit T10 (Screw)Driver or Bit a PC with SATA Port, Serial Power (or Molex to Serial Power Adaptor) and Xplorer360: rapidshare.com (only use Xplorer360Bevs for WD BEVS Drives)
Video Rating: 4 / 5