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How to Rebuild XBox 360 HDD

An Xbox 360 hard drive can become corrupted over time the same as that of any computer drive. You can rebuild an Xbox 360 hard drive from within the game console, but you will lose all of the saved game files that have been accumulated. Connecting the Xbox 360 to a PC through a home network will let the PC access the Xbox̵7;s hard drive so that the saved game files can be copied and reinstalled after the drive has been rebuilt. The procedure is straightforward and does not void the game console̵7;s warranty nor cause any harm to the PC.

Things You'll Need

Ethernet cable
Home network

Instructions

Connecting the Xbox 360 to the PC
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  Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port on the Xbox 360. Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into a free Ethernet port on the home network router.
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  Turn on the Xbox 360. Go to ̶0;Settings̶1; and select the ̶0;Network̶1; icon.
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  Click on the ̶0;Join Home Network̶1; option. Follow the menu commands to join the home network.
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  Navigate back to the Home menu once the procedure has been completed.
Running the Hard Drive Program on the PC
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  Download and install an Xbox hard drive listing program to the PC̵7;s desktop--for example, the Xplorer360 program (see the link in Resources). Double-click on the icon of the Xbox hard drive listing program. Follow the menu commands to install the program onto the PC̵7;s desktop. Restart the PC.
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  Double-click on the icon of the Xbox hard drive listing program to launch it. Click on the ̶0;Partition 3̶1; icon in the left column of the Xbox hard drive listing program̵7;s main screen.
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  Right-click on the folder in the window next to the ̶0;Partition 3̶1; icon that begins with an ̶0;E.̶1; Select ̶0;Extract̶1; from the drop-down menu.
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  Drag all of the saved game folders that appear in the column next to the folder that begins with an ̶0;E̶1; to the desktop. Wait until the saved game folders are copied to the desktop. Quit the Xbox hard drive listing program.
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  Turn off the Xbox 360. Turn the Xbox 360 on.
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  Navigate from the Home menu to the ̶0;Systems̶1; tab. Scroll down to ̶0;Memory.̶1;
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  Select the Xbox 360 hard drive from the list of choices presented underneath ̶0;Memory.̶1;
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  Select ̶0;Format̶1; from the list of choices presented to the right of the Xbox 360 hard drive. Click ̶0;Yes̶1; on the confirmation window when it appears.
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  Follow the menu commands that appear to reinitialize the Xbox 360 hard drive now that it has been rebuilt. Turn the Xbox 360 off when the program states that it has completed formatting and rebuilding the hard drive.

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