As we are living in a stressed out world owing to constant work pressure. Devising new means to bust the same has become imperative.  Xbox equipped with the latest gaming console has filled the gap effectively.  Using its 360 console form. We can enjoy some of the live streaming videos, recording and similar applications. However, it is not immune from errors.  The area concerned here is to problem of Xbox connecting to any external device properly or formatting glitches.

 With the professional and technical acumen of xbox repair shop near me, we will provide a brief insight on how to do a proper formatting of your hard disk that would be compatible enough to connect with its 360 form as described below

• since, the hard drive will be formatted, make  sure to create a proper back up using cloud storage services   or another device like laptop etc   as you will lose everything on it .
• After performing the necessary back up,  you will be required to plug in,  the hard drive to Xbox 360 and visit the my Xbox or system settings  menu.
• For windows, connect the hard drive to the laptop. Under the start up menu, right click on my PC option and proceed to select “manage”.
• In the new dialog window, located to the extreme left under computer management section, tap to select storage or disk management respectively.
• To locate the drive, right click, then you will get a drop down menu list and select format under it.
• Configure the file format to a specific form and proceed to select ok.  Then, proceed to select continue on the next screen that appears.
• After reconnecting the hard disk to the Xbox, visit its memory settings tab.  Under, the USB configure heading, click to accept the warning related to performance problem and press ok. This is post the completion of formatting.
• From the drop down list that appears, in the storage devices section, tap to select the memory unit, to confirm that the formatting was successful.

The above steps are more than enough to help you do the formatting related to hard drive in relation to it.  Further, you can disconnect your hard drive and connect it to the laptop concerned, try to load some of the compatible media files and then, reset it to the Xbox 360.  Make sure, that the selected media doesn’t   appear under the portable device heading in the music, picture, and video category.

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