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Question for you tech guys. Can one use the 40gb HD that came with FFXI in a PC?

I was going to go out and buy a new 40gb for my PC but I have a friend that will sell me his FFXI HD for less than $30, if I can format it and use it that would be a good deal.

Thanks

 

[dark10x]

Why on earth are you buying anything for your PC? Surely you have enough room for Word documents (seemingly the only thing a PC could be possibly be used for, outside of worthless gaming).

 

[signet]

Why on earth are you buying anything for your PC? Surely you have enough room for Word documents (seemingly the only thing a PC could be possibly be used for, outside of worthless gaming).

Need space for all those useless MMORPGs coming out

 

[Defensor]

I assume it could work if you manage to take the brackets off so you can fit it inside your PC.

 

[Drexon]

All I know is that's it's a helluva hassle to do on an Xbox, and that's been hacked pretty badly, so I don't think it's possible on a PS2 HDD.

 

[The Faceless Master]

All I know is that's it's a helluva hassle to do on an Xbox, and that's been hacked pretty badly, so I don't think it's possible on a PS2 HDD.

hassle? all you do is unlock it... takes like one button press with config magic

 

[signet]

it worked, just needed to guess the jumper setting for slave and format it. Could not get the guide rails off (weird screws) but it still fit with them on. Formatted and ready to go, maybe I'll buy Doom 3 after all...

 

[teh_pwn]

What are the PS2 HDDs specs?

 

[Crazymoogle]

40GB (unformatted)
5400 RPM
IDE (ATA-66 mode)

 

[WarPig]

Yeah, it fits in a PC just fine. One of my roommates lost his Linux Kit hard drive for months because another roommate stuck it in his PC and forgot about it.

dFS.

 

[Ghost]

PS2 HDD in a modded Xbox would work aswell then? Just for ironys sake

 

[Burger]

PS2, Xbox and PC all use IDE spec Hard Drives.

You can mix and match them all you like, but each is formatted with their own file system, meaning they can't see each others contents, for example, a Xbox cant see a PS2's files.

Provided you format them, you will in business.

Xbox HDD's have an extra layer of protection. You must 'unlock' the drive before it can be used. Config Magic can do this in a few seconds, BUT, it MUST be done on the Xbox it came from, as that is the only xbox that has the matching key.

 

[Brofist]

I was going to go out and buy a new 40gb for my PC but I have a friend that will sell me his FFXI HD for less than $30, if I can format it and use it that would be a good deal.

Do they still even sell 40gb hard drives? I bought a 120gb HD for like $60 recently. And on a PC what can you even do with a drive that small anymore...install like 3 games

 

[signet]

I bought a 120gb HD for like $60 recently.

link?

And on a PC what can you even do with a drive that small anymore...install like 3 games

more like 13-14 but let me know if you can find more than 3-4 PC game worth keeping installed

 

[teh_pwn]

Don't put that ancient HDD in your PC. Don't you have like a 9700 Pro?

A 4-5 year old HDD like that will lag everything down major.

Here's a good IDE HDD:
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=22-144-118&DEPA=0


This one's better, I think:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-148-022&depa=0

 

[Brofist]

link?




more like 13-14 but let me know if you can find more than 3-4 PC game worth keeping installed

Den Den Town in Japan...lots of cheap electronics, computer stuff. But even places like Newegg have insane deals all the time.