Hard drive data transfer and clear/format.

Discus and support Hard drive data transfer and clear/format. in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; I had RROD on my old style xbox 360 elite 120GB. As the console was over 6 years old I have decided to buy a xbox 360 slim 250GB rather than fix my... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by Firedragon15, Feb 4, 2014.

  1. Firedragon15
    Firedragon15 Guest

    Hard drive data transfer and clear/format.


    I had RROD on my old style xbox 360 elite 120GB.

    As the console was over 6 years old I have decided to buy a xbox 360 slim 250GB rather than fix my old console.

    I have also ordered a data transfer cable to copy the data from my old hard drive to the hard drive on my new xbox 360.



    I would like to sell my old xbox elite on Ebay for spares/repair. Whatever I manage to get for it will offset the cost of the new console a little.

    However, before I do that I would want to clear my data from the old hard drive.



    My question is: Can I clear the data from my old style hard drive via the data transfer cable? As the console has RROD I cant clear/format the drive via the console itself.

    :)
     
    Firedragon15, Feb 4, 2014
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  2. UnfocusedMartin
    UnfocusedMartin Guest
    transfering data

    trying to transfer data from old style hard drive onto new slim hard drive using a data transfer cable and comes up got to format the old hard drive....any advice on how to do it ...
     
    UnfocusedMartin, Feb 4, 2014
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  3. TMX boxburn
    TMX boxburn Guest
    HDD data transfer problem. HELP!!!

    When you transferred the content over to the new hard drive, did you have the old or new hard drive plugged into the transfer cable?

    If you had the 120GB hard drive plugged into the transfer cable that may be where the issue is being caused, would you be able to transfer the data back to the 20GB hard drive, plug the 120GB hard drive into your console, format it then try transferring
    the data back to the 120GB hard drive with the 20GB hard drive plugged into the transfer cable and the 120GB hard drive plugged into the console.

    Scroll down and follow the "Format a storage device":
    support.xbox.com/.../storage

    Let us know how it goes!
     
    TMX boxburn, Feb 4, 2014
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  4. EggsBoxJuan
    EggsBoxJuan Guest

    Hard drive data transfer and clear/format.

    Hi, firstly I hope you ordered a genuine Microsoft data transfer cable. Third party cables more often than not will make both hard drives useless as xbox hard drives. Should you be asked to configure the hard drive when using the cable please do not proceed
    any further.

    -

    On to your question, when the data is transferred the source drive is wiped of data and so you should be good to go in that respect.
     
    EggsBoxJuan, Feb 4, 2014
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  5. EggsBoxJuan
    EggsBoxJuan Guest
    EggsBoxJuan, Feb 4, 2014
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  6. Firedragon15
    Firedragon15 Guest
    Thanks for the advice, that's perfect then.

    Yes i've ordered a genuine Microsoft cable from Amazon

    Cheers
     
    Firedragon15, Oct 31, 2018
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  7. EggsBoxJuan Win User

    Hard drive data transfer and clear/format.

  8. Firedragon15 Win User

    Hard drive data transfer and clear/format.

    Thanks for the advice, that's perfect then.

    Yes i've ordered a genuine Microsoft cable from Amazon

    Cheers
  9. EggsBoxJuan Win User

    Hard drive data transfer and clear/format.

    Hi, firstly I hope you ordered a genuine Microsoft data transfer cable. Third party cables more often than not will make both hard drives useless as xbox hard drives. Should you be asked to configure the hard drive when using the cable please do not proceed
    any further.

    -

    On to your question, when the data is transferred the source drive is wiped of data and so you should be good to go in that respect.
  10. TMX boxburn Win User

    HDD data transfer problem. HELP!!!

    When you transferred the content over to the new hard drive, did you have the old or new hard drive plugged into the transfer cable?

    If you had the 120GB hard drive plugged into the transfer cable that may be where the issue is being caused, would you be able to transfer the data back to the 20GB hard drive, plug the 120GB hard drive into your console, format it then try transferring
    the data back to the 120GB hard drive with the 20GB hard drive plugged into the transfer cable and the 120GB hard drive plugged into the console.

    Scroll down and follow the "Format a storage device":
    support.xbox.com/.../storage

    Let us know how it goes!
  11. jedi master1974 Win User

    hard drive problems

    hello

    just formatted my hard drive and its still saying unformatted i think my hard drive is broken and needs replacing

    if i buy a new hard drive or Xbox do i need a data transfer cable to transfer from hard drive to hard drive?

    but at the moment there is nothing on my Xbox hard drive to transfer
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