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xbox 360 show as mapped or connected external drive to PC
I have an Xbox360 which is connected via hardwire ethernet to my router.
I have an external TB (terabyte) drive connected to the Xbox360 via USB
I am using WinXP (NOT Media Edition)
How can I map the external USB drive OR the xbox360 to my PC
1. I can already stream files to the Xbox360 (I used NeroMediaHome)
2. The Xbox360 is already on the network and can receive from PC and go out on XBoxLive
3. The External USB TB Drive can play files on the Xbox360.
I do not want to keep moving the external drive everytime I want access to the data on that drive. Is there a way to map the drive or map the xbox360.
I have an external TB (terabyte) drive connected to the Xbox360 via USB
I am using WinXP (NOT Media Edition)
How can I map the external USB drive OR the xbox360 to my PC
1. I can already stream files to the Xbox360 (I used NeroMediaHome)
2. The Xbox360 is already on the network and can receive from PC and go out on XBoxLive
3. The External USB TB Drive can play files on the Xbox360.
I do not want to keep moving the external drive everytime I want access to the data on that drive. Is there a way to map the drive or map the xbox360.
ASKER
My suggestion here:...right so basically exactly what I said I already knew how to do. Thanks. I cant gather the data on the xbox360 or the external drive connected to it from My PC.
Depends what kind of data you're trying to access. Most anything the 360 can play can also be streamed from Windows Media Center. I suggest this because you can set up Windows Media Center on your Windows box and then stream movies, music, pictures etc to your 360 that way, meaning that you can attach your external to your windows box and access the data from either your PC or the 360 provided you set up the external drive as a media center share.
To set up Media center, you need to either have XP Media CEnter edition, Vista, or Win7 (built in media center). Then setup the 360 as a media extender. That will allow you to do exactly what you are trying to accomplish.
To set up Media center, you need to either have XP Media CEnter edition, Vista, or Win7 (built in media center). Then setup the 360 as a media extender. That will allow you to do exactly what you are trying to accomplish.
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I appreciate what you are saying however I am trying to avoid streaming. videos cannot be FF or RW or such compared to when just jacked into via USB. I was trying to see if I could access the xbox360 as a mapped drive. Since the network clearly sees the xbox360 as a separate IP, I didnt know if there was a filesharing concept that could be engaged.
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there is no solution which was told to me..so it is a BS answer.
My suggestion here would be to connect your external drive to your Windows box and set that Windows box up to stream the media files you're looking for to the 360 via Windows Media Center.