Tutorial written by : Tsom111

This is a much easier and cheaper way to set up an external hdd for your Xbox.

This leads to easy to an easy way to switch from HD to HD.

Needed:
HDD power supply extension ($2.99 at radio shack)
Nail file, or strong wire cutter

Follow this “How to fully open an Xbox lid” tutorial until you get up to part 4. (once you have the hdd case removed stop.

Now remove the Hdd from the case it is held in.

Place the case back inside with out the HDD in it.

Right behind the DVD drive there is a little piece of plastic that sticks up, simply file or cut it down. Like this:

Now connect the power supply cord extension to the power supply cord, and place it and the ide cable over the area you just filed down:

Now take your xbox lid, flip it over, you will see the metal things that stick out, fold the them over on the back of it were the ide cable and power supply cable come out of the xbox

Now place the lid back on and put the screws back in.

The Ide cable and power cord fit perfectly. Connect them back into the HD, Put the hd in a case (I used the HD case inside my ps2, seems like I won’t need that anytime soon) and your done.

Notes:
I found this much easier than going threw the side on the Xbox and since I couldn’t find a round Ide cable anywhere, this was much better.
If you did this correctly the cords should fit perfectly.

*Also, I do not recommend just leaving the HD on top of the Xbox, put it in a case and if possible with a fan, it heats up so fast it melted the gloss I put on my Xbox paint job