How to Save Music on an Xbox 360 Hard Drive

The Xbox 360 can rip music from your favorite CDs and save them on its hard drive.

The Xbox 360's external hard drive allows users to save music files and listen to them through the TV speakers. If you want to load up your Xbox 360 hard drive with your favorite music, you'll first need to have it on CD. If all the music on your PC is in the.mp3 format, you'll need to burn it as the Xbox 360 can only rip music for storage from CDs.

Things You'll Need

• PC with music files and CD burner
• Blank CD-R disc
• Xbox 360 controller

Instructions

1. Burn your desired music onto a CD-R music CD, not a data CD.

2. Turn on the Xbox 360 console with a controller attached and without a disc in its drive, which will prompt the main menu (dashboard) to pop up. Press the "eject" button on the disc drive and insert your burned CD.

3. Select "Rip CD" from the menu that will pop up automatically, which is accompanied by a music player. Highlight any tracks you want to rip and select them by pressing "X" on the controller.

4. Highlight and select "Rip CD" using the "X" button on the controller. Your Xbox 360 will then rip your selected tracks to your hard drive.

References

• Xbox Support: How to Rip Music