This article discusses the maximum storage capacity for your Xbox 360 Hard Drive. This article explains why the total capacity of the Xbox 360 Hard Drive is different from the maximum capacity of the Xbox 360 Hard Drive that is listed in the Dashboard.
The storage capacity of your Xbox 360 Hard Drive depends on the model of hard drive that you own. The total capacity of the Xbox 360 20 GB Hard Drive model is as follows:
The Xbox 360 system reserves approximately 6 GB of space for the following:
- Approximately 4 GB is reserved for game title caching and for other hard drive-specific game elements for games that support the use of the Xbox Hard Drive.
- Approximately 2 GB is reserved for use by the Xbox 360 backwards-compatibility software that allows you to play older Xbox titles on the Xbox 360 console.
After you subtract the reserved space from the listed total, the following approximate amount of free space remains on the 20 GB hard drive:
- Approximately 14 GB of free space for the 20 GB model
This is the amount of free space that you can use to save game files, downloadable content and music, and other media files.
Notes- The amounts in this list are rounded down to the nearest gigabyte in the Dashboard.
- Depending on where you buy your Xbox 360 video game system, the Xbox 360 Hard Drive may come preloaded with various content, such as videos and Live Arcade games. Therefore, the actual free space on a new hard drive may be less than the amounts in this list.
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