If You Bought Grand Theft Auto V For Xbox 360 You Will Need a Hard Drive September 17, 2013

Today, I’ve noticed a major spike in traffic here on the site and on my YouTube Channel because a lot of people are picking up their copies of Grand Theft Auto V for the Xbox 360 and noticing they are unable to play it because their Xbox 360 is not equipped with the minimum 8GB of storage space required to play the game.  The easiest solution to this is to buy the Xbox 360 Hard Drive.

If you happen to have a 250GB Xbox 360, you won’t need to worry, so long as you have 8GB of storage space free.  Older Xbox 360 models equipped with Hard Drives shouldn’t be affected either.  However, Xbox 360 Arcade Models or 4GB Slim models are not equipped with a Hard Drive and will need to be upgraded.

If you have a 4GB slim and wish to upgrade, you can currently pick up a 320GB Hard Drive for around $129 US.  I make mention of the price specifically because I want anyone to be wary of any deals (especially on sites like Amazon.com) which offer extremely low-priced drives.  In most cases these low-priced drives do not work.  They either won’t be detected at all by the Xbox 360, won’t be compatible with original Xbox games, or will cause E34 errors.

Here’s a handy video guide on how to install a 320GB Xbox 360 Slim Hard Drive.

You can also try to install the game to a Xbox 360 compatible USB flash drive but Microsoft does mention this may cause game issues with installed content.  You will need a large enough flash drive to hold all the GTA V game data, and you will need to format that drive to the 360’s specifications before installing the GTA V content.  This will make the USB drive unusable in your PC or Mac until you wipe and reformat it again.