Hard drive problems

I have a xbox 360 20 GB hard drive that I've had for a couple years. recently when ever I download a DLC or content necessary to play the game (like battlefield) at a certain part or amount of time the xbox will say the disc is unreadable. I've tried switching
it a new xbox and a new disc with the same hard drive and the problem still occurs. So I'm wondering is my hard drive some how corrupted in a way that it can't read the downloaded content or is it my console?

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Hard drive problem

For the past few months my hard drive would just crash on my xbox while playing games. Recently it has happened more often. I have a SATA 1.0TB hard drive. Is there a certain setting that's causing the problem or is it the hard drive itself. I have a lot of storage on their that I would hate to lose. I'm sure its not an overheating problem because I would turn the hard drive on for the first time that day and it would crash in the first few minute. Please help if you can, its annoying the crap out of me.

 

External hard drive problems

do you have that box checked that says "turn off external devices on standby" or something like that? That might be the issue.

 

Check if your hard drive shows any sign of corrupt files shown with (!) or yellow circle. Delete these files and clean your console's cache:

support.xbox.com/.../clear-system-cache

If this doesn't solve your issue I suggest you to format the hard drive:

Careful: When you format a storage device, all of the information saved on that device is erased and cannot be recovered. Make sure that you either do not want the information stored on that device or have backed up the information to another device before
you continue.

To format a storage device

Press the Guide button on your controller, go to Settings, and select System Settings.

Select Storage or Memory.

Select the storage device that you want to format, and then press Y on your controller.

Select Format. You will see the following message:

This will delete all content on this device. Do you wish to continue?

Select Yes to format the storage device.

If you are asked to enter your console serial number, do so, and then select Done. This step helps to guard against accidental formatting.

 

Thanks! Did this exactly as you said and it worked! Owe you one!