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How to Transfer Data From One Xbox360 to a New Xbox360

The Xbox 360 launched with a 20GB hard drive, but since its initial release, Microsoft has offered video download services, movie rentals, downloadable content and the ability the ability to install your games to the hard drive of new Xbox 360s. All of these services required a large amount of space on the system hard drive, and the 20GB hard drive became too small for the growing system. Microsoft has released larger hard drives and introduced the ability to transfer data from an older hard drive to a new one.

Things You'll Need

Xbox 360 console
2 Xbox 360 hard drives
Xbox 360 data transfer cable
Xbox 360 data transfer disc

Instructions

Transfer the Data
- 1
  Power down the Xbox 360 and remove any accessories plugged into the USB ports.
- 2
  Leave the old hard drive attached to the top of the system.
- 3
  Power on the system and attach a controller, wireless or corded.
- 4
  Attach the data transfer cable to the new hard drive and plug the other end of it into the USB port on the rear on the console.
- 5
  Insert the data transfer disc into the console. The disc will automatically load and present you with a series of instructions on the screen.
- 6
  Follow the directions on the screen to begin the transfer process.
- 7
  Wait until the transfer process is complete before powering off the console. The transfer process might take several hours, depending how much data is on the hard drive.

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