Xbox Slim won't load dashboard.

My Xbox slim console will turn on, but it just stays at the beginning Xbox 360 loading screen. The dashboard won't load unless I remove my hard drive. It works when I use a flash drive, but I have many files and game downloads stored on the hard drive that
I don't want to lose. Help?

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Xbox one dashboard won't load.

recently my xbox started shutting down by itself while i was playing. And now the problem is gone but my dashboard wont load at all. I can start xbox and access movies and all that other stuff but the little dashboard screen to the
left wont work . I cant access it to send messages or see any of my friend etc. But i can play games online no problem. I tried hard reset and disconnected cables behind xbox for few seconds. Problem is still there.while playing a game When i press the big
bright button in the middle of controller it vibrates as it would try to turn pop dashboard on but nothing happens.

 

my profile loads forever

let's see if this clears things up. when i turn on my xbox it won't load to my gt or anything. i guess you would say the dashboard won't load up

 

You most likely have a bad hard drive.

 

Hey there, XZMB3XEPICGECKO! This thread is a bit old, and the original poster may have already found a solution. I do appreciate your enthusiasm to help others out, though! There are others that have posted more recently that could definitely use your expertise.
Head on over to those threads and drop some knowledge on them! We are excited to see more posts from you in the future.