So I buy an Xbox 360 today....

marqmajere · 09-30-06, 03:39 AM

I decided to finally purchase a 360 system. I picked up the 360 premium pack and Chrome Hounds. The game I bought used but the system was brand new. Had everything hooked up and ready to go. Everything worked great. However. I see I only have 12GB free on my HD. What's that all about? Come to find out, it's loaded with music and videos. There's also a couple of marks on the top of the unit that I didn't notice earlier. I thought I had bought a brand new X360. The box was even sealed and the merchant had to tear off that little tab on the box to scan the UPC when I was there. Did I get someones return? Was it a refurb from MS? What should I do? On the one hand, I should be getting a new system, not someones return. On the other, the system is working fine and maybe I shouldn't tempt the fates. What would you do?

msxyz · 09-30-06, 03:44 AM

Even if you clean everything that comes pre-installed in the HD, you'll still have about 14GB of space free. The remaining 6 GB are used as a cache to speed up loading and for the Xbox emulator.

marqmajere · 09-30-06, 03:47 AM

So did your 360 come with a bunch of music preinstalled? I really dont like to think that I paid for a new system and ended up with a used one.

msxyz · 09-30-06, 03:54 AM

Yep: a couple of promo videos, a song, a free Live arcade game (Hexic) and a few new avatars and themes for the dashboard.

Except for the Hexic game, everything else was deleted within the first 10 minutes of use of the hard disk

If you don't want to keep anything you can reformat the drive from the menu.

marqmajere · 09-30-06, 04:05 AM

Ok. I just saw about 30 songs on the HD and a few videos and I thought maybe I was getting the short end of the stick. Thanks for the input, msxyz.

six_storm · 09-30-06, 09:35 AM

Yeah, mine came with a bunch of stuff on it, mainly crap. Now it's filled with saved games, d/led content and I dunno what else. Congrats on the purchase!

toxikneedle · 09-30-06, 11:22 AM

There's no doubt in my mind that we will see a bigger HDD hit the market sometime around the holidays.

Peoples-Agent · 09-30-06, 11:53 AM

I've still got over 12GB left and im always downloading stuff. If you keep up with maintaining it and delete old crap, your always seem to have plenty of space.

oldsk00l · 09-30-06, 12:01 PM

Yeah mine came with quite a few songs preloaded and some HD videos. Congrats on the purchase, get on XBLive Marketplace and try out some of the awesome demos.

GamerGuyX · 10-01-06, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toxikneedle

There's no doubt in my mind that we will see a bigger HDD hit the market sometime around the holidays.

I don't know man, X06 was the perfect chance for then to announce a bigger HDD.

BioHazZarD · 10-01-06, 05:16 AM

No bigger harddrives will not be seen cause ive read an interview they said they talked about how an average gamer has not even filled his hd 50% and only thoose who have it almost full only represent a small %.

The only thing they will relase to christmas i belive is a 250mb memory card which i find very useless the 64mb do just fine for backup.

msxyz · 10-01-06, 05:49 AM

Having purchased the Datel transfer kit, I can live with the 64Mb memory card. But indeed a bigger memory card would be very useful. I keep a full backup archieve of my saves.

09-30-06, 03:39 AM	#1
marqmajere GeVooForceDoo Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 1,064	So I buy an Xbox 360 today.... I decided to finally purchase a 360 system. I picked up the 360 premium pack and Chrome Hounds. The game I bought used but the system was brand new. Had everything hooked up and ready to go. Everything worked great. However. I see I only have 12GB free on my HD. What's that all about? Come to find out, it's loaded with music and videos. There's also a couple of marks on the top of the unit that I didn't notice earlier. I thought I had bought a brand new X360. The box was even sealed and the merchant had to tear off that little tab on the box to scan the UPC when I was there. Did I get someones return? Was it a refurb from MS? What should I do? On the one hand, I should be getting a new system, not someones return. On the other, the system is working fine and maybe I shouldn't tempt the fates. What would you do? __________________ Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature file to help me spread! Desktop - Asus M3A78-CM \| AMD Phenom II 965 \| 4 gigs G. Skill 1066 \| ATI 5850 1 gig \| WD 1TB Black \| Windows7 64-bit Laptop - m11x

09-30-06, 03:44 AM	#2
msxyz Hybrid Microprocessor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Milan (Italy) Posts: 2,050	Re: So I buy an Xbox 360 today.... Even if you clean everything that comes pre-installed in the HD, you'll still have about 14GB of space free. The remaining 6 GB are used as a cache to speed up loading and for the Xbox emulator. __________________ Powered by: Pentium Dual E2180 (2GHz, 200MHz FSB) Abit L95C (The one and only mATX with dual PCIe slots!) + 2x1 Geil Black Dragon PC6400 XFX 9600GSO 384MB Little freak wonder

09-30-06, 03:47 AM	#3
marqmajere GeVooForceDoo Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 1,064	Re: So I buy an Xbox 360 today.... So did your 360 come with a bunch of music preinstalled? I really dont like to think that I paid for a new system and ended up with a used one. __________________ Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature file to help me spread! Desktop - Asus M3A78-CM \| AMD Phenom II 965 \| 4 gigs G. Skill 1066 \| ATI 5850 1 gig \| WD 1TB Black \| Windows7 64-bit Laptop - m11x

09-30-06, 03:54 AM	#4
msxyz Hybrid Microprocessor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Milan (Italy) Posts: 2,050	Re: So I buy an Xbox 360 today.... Yep: a couple of promo videos, a song, a free Live arcade game (Hexic) and a few new avatars and themes for the dashboard. Except for the Hexic game, everything else was deleted within the first 10 minutes of use of the hard disk If you don't want to keep anything you can reformat the drive from the menu. __________________ Powered by: Pentium Dual E2180 (2GHz, 200MHz FSB) Abit L95C (The one and only mATX with dual PCIe slots!) + 2x1 Geil Black Dragon PC6400 XFX 9600GSO 384MB Little freak wonder

09-30-06, 04:05 AM	#5
marqmajere GeVooForceDoo Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 1,064	Re: So I buy an Xbox 360 today.... Ok. I just saw about 30 songs on the HD and a few videos and I thought maybe I was getting the short end of the stick. Thanks for the input, msxyz. __________________ Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature file to help me spread! Desktop - Asus M3A78-CM \| AMD Phenom II 965 \| 4 gigs G. Skill 1066 \| ATI 5850 1 gig \| WD 1TB Black \| Windows7 64-bit Laptop - m11x

09-30-06, 09:35 AM	#6
six_storm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Nashvegas Posts: 11,575	Re: So I buy an Xbox 360 today.... Yeah, mine came with a bunch of stuff on it, mainly crap. Now it's filled with saved games, d/led content and I dunno what else. Congrats on the purchase!

09-30-06, 11:22 AM	#7
toxikneedle this.is.a.chemical.burn Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 2,323	Re: So I buy an Xbox 360 today.... There's no doubt in my mind that we will see a bigger HDD hit the market sometime around the holidays. __________________ [cpu]amd.x2.4400 . [ram]crucial.2gb.3200 . [gpu]evga.8800.gts . [hdd]wd.raptor.74gb ::

09-30-06, 11:53 AM	#8
Peoples-Agent Vape Therapist Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Berkshire, UK Posts: 4,308	Re: So I buy an Xbox 360 today.... I've still got over 12GB left and im always downloading stuff. If you keep up with maintaining it and delete old crap, your always seem to have plenty of space. __________________ For The Fallen With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free.

09-30-06, 12:01 PM	#9
oldsk00l Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,663	Re: So I buy an Xbox 360 today.... Yeah mine came with quite a few songs preloaded and some HD videos. Congrats on the purchase, get on XBLive Marketplace and try out some of the awesome demos. __________________ The Adama maneuver was incredible, go watch Exodus pt 2.

10-01-06, 05:16 AM	#11
BioHazZarD USCM Marine Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,369	Re: So I buy an Xbox 360 today.... No bigger harddrives will not be seen cause ive read an interview they said they talked about how an average gamer has not even filled his hd 50% and only thoose who have it almost full only represent a small %. The only thing they will relase to christmas i belive is a 250mb memory card which i find very useless the 64mb do just fine for backup. __________________ Chieftec Miditower /w 5 case fans \| Corsair 620W HX PSU \| Asus M4N98TD EVO SLI \| AMD Athlon2 X2 260 3,2GHz \| Corsair 3GB PC3-10666 \| eVGA Geforce GTX 460 1GB (336shader) \| Samsung Spinpoint x2 250GB HD +SATA 320GB \| SB Audigy 4 @ 2.1 \| Samsung Syncmaster BX2331 TFT 23" running 1920x1080@60hz \| Windows XP PRO SP2 \| \|

10-01-06, 05:49 AM	#12
msxyz Hybrid Microprocessor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Milan (Italy) Posts: 2,050	Re: So I buy an Xbox 360 today.... Having purchased the Datel transfer kit, I can live with the 64Mb memory card. But indeed a bigger memory card would be very useful. I keep a full backup archieve of my saves. __________________ Powered by: Pentium Dual E2180 (2GHz, 200MHz FSB) Abit L95C (The one and only mATX with dual PCIe slots!) + 2x1 Geil Black Dragon PC6400 XFX 9600GSO 384MB Little freak wonder

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