Celebrating 15 years of FATXplorer

Today marks the 15th anniversary of the FATXplorer application! What started as a small project to try and make a better version of Xplorer360 has turned into an invaluable tool thousands of people use every month.

A few highlights over the last 15 years:

• In 2012, a patch and custom formatter was released to extend Xbox 360 USB sizes up to 2 TB.
• In 2015, version 2.5.4 was released. Currently the main “stable” release of FATXplorer, it has survived almost 10 years without the discovery of any major bugs.
• In 2020, FATXplorer 3.0 beta was released. It brought the widely asked for OG Xbox support and substantial speed improvements.
• In 2021, FATXplorer 3.0 beta gained new formatting tools for OG Xbox. These would later be expanded to include support for brand new BIOS projects: Cerbios and Stellar.
• In 2022, patches were released to raise Xbox 360 HDD and USB storage limits from 2 TB to 16 TB.
• In 2024, Xbox 360 HDD Maker was released, making it possible for anyone to easily make a retail-compatible Xbox 360 HDD.

What to look forward to in 2025

Research is currently underway in making solid-state drives Xbox 360 retail-compatible. There has already been a lot of success, but more work and research is needed to expand the support before it is released. A patch to add TRIM support to JTAG/RGH will also be explored.

You can keep an eye on the SSD updates here and on X.

Fun facts/stats

Applies to the 3.0 beta only. It is interesting to see how usage for both Xbox 360 and OG Xbox is nearly identical!

In the last month…

• 8k Xbox 360 HDDs have been loaded*.
• 7.9k Original Xbox HDDs have been loaded*.
• 18.4k total loads* across all device types (above 2 included).
• 3.3k devices have been formatted, with Xbox 360 HDDs and Original Xbox HDDs leading the pack at an even 1.4k each.
• 213 WD HDDs have been flashed using Xbox 360 HDD Maker.

*A load is when a device/partition is mounted for browsing.

A special discount

FATXplorer generally never goes on sale, but to mark this special occasion, a $5 coupon code has been created. Enter (code expired) at checkout to get $5 off through December 2! The last time a discount was available was back in 2020, so use it while you can!

Thank you to everyone who continues to use FATXplorer! You can continue to look forward to many more years of updates. 🙂