true with the xbox harddrive out of box, however I was running it with xbox media center, chipped and put in a 160g drive so I don't believe I should have those xbox problems and yes I do believe it was running linux. Can I have someone with Linux do something with it so maybe I can use it with windows?

You do need to chip the xbox if you are going to use another harddrive internal. There is a way to softmod it but you can't use it for games or the internal harddrive after that just for XBMC. Works great with an external NAS. I have links if you want to know how to do it or how to purchase already chipped. Got my 360 chipped coming in a couple of days and another softmod xbox 1 so I can get my XBMC back. appreciate the help if you know anything I can do to format that internal linux drive I have sitting around for windows.