Is there a way to salvage hard drive data from a broken Xbox One S?

Discus and support Is there a way to salvage hard drive data from a broken Xbox One S? in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; I've had my old Xbox one S laying around since it broke in 2019, and today I pulled it apart and found out the motherboard is corroded badly and likely... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by GDog_0, Mar 24, 2025.

  1. GDog_0
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    Is there a way to salvage hard drive data from a broken Xbox One S?


    I've had my old Xbox one S laying around since it broke in 2019, and today I pulled it apart and found out the motherboard is corroded badly and likely can't be salvaged. As far as I'm aware the hard drive should still be good, is there a way to salvage the game saves off of the old hard drive? Is it possible for me to plug the hard drive into my PC and copy the files that way? Or even simply swap the hard drive to my other working Xbox one S and copy them from there? I did not have home internet before 2022 so there is no "cloud" for me to simply pull them off of. And I'd like if I could save my old Minecraft worlds off of it, if possible.

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    GDog_0, Mar 24, 2025
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  2. Smwutches Win User

    Is there a way to salvage hard drive data from a broken Xbox One S?

    We cannot assist with self-repair.
  3. Smwutches Win User

    salvaging data from broken Xbox one s

    You would just have to sign into the same account on the new console. Anything you purchased is tied to your account and can be redownloaded from your games and apps. Saves are stored on the cloud and will resync when you start a game.
  4. AngelObullets Win User

    Xbox service to copy games onto new external hard drive

    Hi there SupZ1

    There is already ways to transfer to different hard drives if both are working on the storage settings on xbox one.

    I have had problems with a broken hard drive before, There isn't away to transfer data if the drive is broken so a long reinstall process is whats needed to be done if they broken.
  5. MarbleBag590 Win User

    Xbox One hard drive

    There's no point in switching hard drives from your broken original Xbox to the Xbox One S. If you want more storage space simply buy an external hard drive.
  6. The Geeky Panda Win User

    XBox 360 - Corrupted Files On USB Drive

    Sounds like your data corrupted on your flash drive. Sadly no way to really salvage it at this point.
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Is there a way to salvage hard drive data from a broken Xbox One S?

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