Xbox 360 hard drive reads "unformatted"

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  1. Blue Dragon Gg
    Blue Dragon Gg Guest

    Xbox 360 hard drive reads "unformatted"


    Had the same problem myself today. Figured that my data was lost and there was nothing I could do. Tried several different things and then suddenly the hard drive appeared as normal. I use a usb stick in my Xbox as well so I quickly transferred a few key
    games that quite frankly I'd pretty much given up on ever playing again. But, I left Gta V on the hard drivethinking it had fixed itself some how. I'd double checked by turning it on and off. Kinda wish I hadn't now though, the problem has returned and I'm
    left wondering what to do. Seems a bit strange how it suddenly started to work again then stopped.

    :)
     
    Blue Dragon Gg, Jun 27, 2014
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  2. WickedCueball
    WickedCueball Guest
    Unformatted Hard Drive and Transfer Cables

    You said

    I take that has it unformatted itself or formatted itself and lost all the data on the drive.

    What exactly happened with your drive? If there isn't any data on the drive then you will not be able to transfer the data cause there isn't anything there to transfer.
     
    WickedCueball, Jun 27, 2014
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  3. HassanB
    HassanB Guest
    Unformatted hdd

    Once a hard drive is coming up as "unformatted" that means that the Xbox 360 can no longer read the data that's on that hard drive.

    You can try to remove the hard drive and place it back in the console and see if it makes any sort of difference. If it doesn't then that means that the data is already gone as there's no way to read data that's coming up are "unformatted" on a hard drive.

    You'd need to format that hard drive in order for it to be readable again. If this happens again, it's likely an issue with the hard drive and it would need to be replaced.
     
    HassanB, Jun 27, 2014
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  4. HassanB Win User

    Unformatted hdd

    Once a hard drive is coming up as "unformatted" that means that the Xbox 360 can no longer read the data that's on that hard drive.

    You can try to remove the hard drive and place it back in the console and see if it makes any sort of difference. If it doesn't then that means that the data is already gone as there's no way to read data that's coming up are "unformatted" on a hard drive.

    You'd need to format that hard drive in order for it to be readable again. If this happens again, it's likely an issue with the hard drive and it would need to be replaced.
  5. ArguedPlace6857 Win User

    hard drive

    my hard drive will not let me go into anything it says it is unformatted and wont read in the xboxs
  6. Mister Cerb Win User

    brak połonczenia z xbox live [Translation: No xbox live połonczenia]

    Hey there Fir! Are you saying that your hard drive is unformatted? When you go to System, then Storage does your Hard Drive read as unformatted? I'm trying to make sure I understand the situation.
  7. Mister Cerb Win User

    helphelp cant get in to my hard drive its a 320g i bought it seprate to console coz of isues with other 360 consoles ive had its only just over a year old bought it brand new and its full of important data my controler wont sync while it is in and it wont

    Hey there! As long as the information is still on your hard drive and it's not unformatted, you should be able to use a hard drive transfer cable to send your information over to a new hard drive. Check out this link:
    support.xbox.com/.../set-up-transfer-cable.

    Edit: I just noticed you said it was reading as unformatted. That probably means you won't be able to use the transfer cable. I've heard of it working before, but I've also heard of it not working. So it's not an official support suggestion.
  8. DRG StonerPooch Win User

    Ohhhh this may sound stupid

    yo my hard drive for 360 keep saying its unformatted all because of an update by xbox and i dont want to formatted
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