How to use a cheap 2.5 drive as an Xbox 360 Slim drive

(Tips & tutorial on upgrading the Xbox 360 Slim 4G with a cheap 2.5 laptop drive – particularly to those who bought the 4G console in Singapore)
note: this is not for the faint of heart. it will get quite technical.
oh! and use at your own risk)

Out of a whim, i just got myself a new Xbox 360-Slim 4G Kinect bundle!
(And yes, that just killed what ever budget i have planned for my supposed small-form-factor PC gaming rig i have been daydreaming about)

Anyhow, i got the 4G version, not the 250G bundle. 4 Gigabytes (actually just around 3Gb) is fine for game saves and all but once you start downloading apps and game demos on the Xbox (like i did, the very day i got the console) – you’d know that it’s just not enough.

The official Xbox drive sells at around S$150~200. You can get it at 250 or 320Gb versions. That’s quite a hefty price for me. Thankfully, i found 2 alternatives: buy a cheaper ‘compatible’ Xbox drive (not the official Microsoft drive) or buy a much cheaper 2.5 (laptop) drive and set it up as an Xbox drive. We’ll we know which route i took.
(this post will probably be moot soon enough with the new Xbox coming out, but a friend ask me for details)

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Introduction to Debugging Tools

note: this was reposted from my wordpress (w/c i did several months ago).

Out of boredom and not having anything remotely interesting thing to do at the office, I’ve written this lengthy guide for ‘newbies’ to the world of debugging tools. I’m not really sure if anyone would be using that document within the group since the members aren’t really used to documents (so unlike, the previous company I’ve worked at). And also, considering that the info in that document could be a help to someone out there, I figured might as well post it in a blog.

So, here it is: my own introduction and tutorial to debugging tools.

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