Salvaging Corrupt Harddrive

Hi everyone,

I had the original Xbox console from 2006ish, with the original 20GB HDD. A few months ago, the Xbox stopped recognizing the harddrive because of a corrupt save file. I now have a new slim Xbox 360, and would like to know how I can salvage the data from
the old HDD to the new one. I'm thinking I can just buy and use the HDD transfer cable, which should be as simple as transferring over all the files except for the corrupt one? Although, I'm not entirely sure which file is the problem.

Thanks.

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motherboard 360eliet

my 360 harddrive packed up.if i connect a hard drive from another xbox to it is the mother board able to corrupt the new harddrive

 

Profile keeps on corrupting

I would do what Hassassinade suggests, since your profile corrupts when it is on the harddrive

 

A transfer cable will transfer all data on the hard drive. When it is transferred you can check the files and remove the one with a yellow exclamation mark.

Be sure that you get an official transfer cable though or you risk ruining the drive and Microsoft does not offer warranty repairs on items that were damaged with 3rd party devices.

 

I picked up a transfer cable and tried it with my Xbox...but the console, or the cable, is not picking up the old HDD. Is the HDD dead, and am I SOL?

 

If it's not finding the drive then perhaps the drive is dead. Sorry to hear it. You won't be able to retrieve your game saves but you can redownload all your DLC from your download history.

On the console go to Settings>Accounts>Download History.