# How Microsoft attempted to make the Xbox 360 dashboard load faster

DevFeed: [How Microsoft attempted to make the Xbox 360 dashboard load faster](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-microsoft-attempted-to-make-the-xbox-360-dashboard-load-faster-32599.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://eaton-works.com/2023/01/09/how-microsoft-attempted-to-make-the-xbox-360-dashboard-load-faster/>)

Author: Eaton

Published: 2023-01-09T16:48:31Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Eaton Works Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/eaton-works-feed.md>)

Topics: [Xbox](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/xbox.md>), [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>), [Filesystems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/filesystems.md>)

Tags: [faster](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faster.md>), [load](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>), [xbox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xbox.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines how the Xbox 360 dashboard was stored on NAND flash and how the October 2012 update moved its preferred load path to the hard drive's System Extended partition. The NAND copy remained as a fallback when no suitable hard drive was connected.

## Source excerpt

The October 2012 Xbox 360 dashboard update moved the dashboard from the nand flash to the hard-drive. Does it make a difference?