i tryed this a few days ago as i already had one for a few months. it does work with my 2.5" ide hdd. its and old 10gb drive i had lying around but after a few trys it does indeed work.
have not tryed it with a sata or 3.5" ide yet.
mine has a sata port on it too. thought i would say so as i...
if they get permission from 4j (the studio who helped put minecraft on consoles), they could put the console edition tutorial worlds in the game, as seeds
and i mean all of them (if not, maybe a few highlights, like TU1, TU31, and TU69)