Lost all my game saved data. How to fix?

Is it only this game you are having save problems with ? Try rebooting the Xbox hold the power button on front of the Xbox until it turns off

Hello Animalcrawdad24!

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. Sorry to hear about losing the data on the external hard drive. The Xbox One saves your data to the

Xbox Cloudas long as the console is online. Is the console normally utilized while it is connected to the internet or when it is offline? If it is used while connected to a network, the game saves will automatically be uploaded back to the console once
the game is loaded.

Hello!

I'm an independent advisor and a member of the Xbox Community just like you.

I'm happy to help you today.

If you still have a copy of the save you moved that contains your actual progress, try uninstalling the game, reinstalling it, opening it and once a new save file is generated, replace it with the correct file.

When you reinstall and open the game, the cloud information is synchronized and starts downloading the progress to the cloud if the game allows this option, remember that many games do not save progress to the cloud, they only save it locally.

In case you still do not see your progress after this, unfortunately it is no longer possible to recover it.

I hope the information has been clear, I will be attentive to any questions you may have.

Best Regards.

Unfortunately, a hard drive reformats each time you plug it into a different brand of console, deleting the data.

most games on Xbox app for pc do not have cloud saving, if you overwrite files on the pc and/or reset the OS they are gone for good.

I always use tools to backup my save, like Game Save Manager which is a free tool i have always used, it also backs up Minecraft worlds too which also don't use cloud saves.