Recovering Xbox 360 save file (Skyrim)

ImThatBetch · Jul 12, 2018

SOS, I recently saved over a ton of Skyrim data on accident, and I would like to recover the old save file. I don't care if the current save gets overwritten. Is it possible to recover old save data? If it requires hooking the xbox 360 up to a computer,
I have a macbook. What type of equipment would I need to get for this to be possible?

Thanks!

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SpikiestSpade · Jul 12, 2018

Ye Olde Witcher 3 save issue

Are our saves automatically backed-up in the cloud? In that case, maybe OP could recover his save files.

Internet Expert · Jul 12, 2018

Transfer profile from Xbox 360 to new profile on Xbox One S - is it possible?

Unfortunately, the saves from the Xbox 360 version of Skyrim are not compatible with the remastered Skyrim on Xbox One.

There's that, and save files are also not transferrable between Xbox accounts.

You will pretty much have to start fresh.

Smwutches · Jul 12, 2018

Unfortunately unless you had the save backed up somewhere, it's not possible to recover it once its been overwritten.

Smwutches

Unfortunately unless you had the save backed up somewhere, it's not possible to recover it once its been overwritten.

Internet Expert

Unfortunately, the saves from the Xbox 360 version of Skyrim are not compatible with the remastered Skyrim on Xbox One.

There's that, and save files are also not transferrable between Xbox accounts.

You will pretty much have to start fresh.

Krisander 1998

If you originally had the save file on your Xbox 360 and you transferred it over to your Xbox One via Save Cloud then you should still be able to go to your Xbox 360 and just take the save file off the Save Cloud and then put it back in to the Save Cloud
so it appears on your Xbox One again, if you started to play the Backwards Comp. game with a new save file on the Xbox One then it should hopefully (not completely sure) but it should hopefully still have been copied over to your Xbox 360 Account on the Save
Cloud and just take it off and put it back into the Save Cloud again. If its not there then I'm sorry, but there is then no possible way to recover your save file.

Smwutches

The saves are stored on the cloud, so if you buy the game, you'll pick up where you left off.

VisageOfAnAngel

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.

Recovering Xbox 360 save file (Skyrim)