Can I recover a lost save file on Xbox Series X?

Any game saves you had are lost.

The live connection can recover your gamertag and profile info in the last state it was connected to live. Meaning if ou gained achievements offline since last connected, those are lost.

Any purchases made can be recovered.

But save files are gone. To get those back, you would need to find the lost flash drive.

Hi EpicDesire!

Thanks for your post. I'm sorry to hear that the data has not been able to be recovered. Have you attempted to check the save file for past versions? Windows 10 does include some file recovery features that can asses the situation. Usually, if a game save
has been lost due to a power outage or a similar event, the data can be corrupted and lost. If methods available can not recover the saved data, it may be that said data is gone.

I hope this info can help, thanks again.

Unfortunately if the save file is gone then there is no way of recovering it. Unlike a PC the Xbox 360 uses a proprietary file system on the HDD and there are no tools that can be used to recover the bits that the FAT lost. You can always use Cloud Saves
and USB storage devices in the future to create back-up saves.



A word of caution: data being suddenly deleted off of a HDD is usually symptomatic of HDD failure. If these issues continue in the future it would be wise to invest in a new HDD.

You're welcome, Mark!

Based on what you've reported, you bought the external hard drive with the intention of saving game saves there, which unfortunately isn't possible. But you can use that drive to install games on, which can be handy in most cases. Regarding the game saves, if you are using the same account on both the Series S and the Series X, you will be sharing the saves across both consoles, meaning that this could create some sort of conflict between both, and cause issues with game progressing. It is recommended that you only keep your account on your main console, avoiding any sort of syncing issue.

I would like to be sure that we have the same understanding of the terminology. I have a friend who says she does what I wish to do, on her X series. I don't want to "save" to the external drive. I want to "copy" the saved game files to the external drive, like you would copy a file(s) from your computer's hard drive to an external one. So that I can replace any saved game files on my X series that are lost or damaged. Using the external drive as 2nd "backup device" per say, along with the Xbox cloud, but independent of it.

I'm afraid if a save file is lost during the transfer process or corrupt it can not be recovered.

As to why it may have happened I cant tell you but hopefully someone else can shed some light on it.