Setting up a 500gb Portable Hardrive to use with Xbox 360 ?

[Dalgleish]

Hey guys,
i've been looking all over the internet over the last day now and haven't found anything that works.

I just bought myself a 500GB portable hardrive thinking i could use it instantly with my xbox, turns out apparently Xbox 360's don't recognise the file system NTFS and i had to format it as FAT32 (which i've done) but to no avail, anyone have any ideas on how i can fix this problem?

[setter]

Can'r you find any information at Xbox site what file system they use?

[Dalgleish]

I can't but i've been told that i have to format my drive to FAT32 for the xbox to recognise it, however its just still not working yet others have got it working , so it mudt just be what i'm doing

[setter]

I would suggest you format it again and don't use the quick format, use the total format.

[Dalgleish]

Thats the only format i use, it takes ages aswell, but i usually let it do it while im sleeping or at work so i'll do that again alter on

[AfzalivE]

First of all it needs to be a Western Digital drive (2.5" most probably)

here's a tutorial: http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=660096

(i hope that link is allowed )