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Moving a hard drive to a new XBox
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| scayze@us.loreal.com 2005-03-22, 6:29 pm |
| Hello all,
My XBox is getting ready to take a dirt nap as far as reading disks.
The hard drive is fine, and cleaning has not helped, so I'll probably
have to get another XBox. I was wondering if I can physically move the
current hard drive to the new XBox and have it read the drive. I'm
pretty sure there's no other way to transfer the data, but if anyone
knows of one, please let me know. What are my options?
Thanks in advance,
Shannon
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| Kendrick Kerwin Chua 2005-03-22, 6:29 pm |
| In article <1111506890.074790.155510@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
<scayze@us.loreal.com> wrote:
quote:
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>My XBox is getting ready to take a dirt nap as far as reading disks.
>The hard drive is fine, and cleaning has not helped, so I'll probably
>have to get another XBox. I was wondering if I can physically move the
>current hard drive to the new XBox and have it read the drive. I'm
>pretty sure there's no other way to transfer the data, but if anyone
>knows of one, please let me know. What are my options?
In a nutshell, hard drives are coded to be unique to each motherboard.
Another Xbox console will not be able to read that hard drive without
modification to the drive or to the BIOS. A less drastic solution is to
replace the DVD drive in your original Xbox instead, which should resolve
any ongoing 'dirty disc' errors that the console is reporting.
Replacement DVD drives can be had for anywhere between $80 and $200, and
it's important to note that you can't use a standard DVD unit intended for
a desktop computer due to the customized power connector. If you're not
interested in seeking out official repair options and really want to hang
on to your save files, it's almost worth it to buy a new Xbox outright and
scavenge parts from it.
Rather than changing out parts, you may want to explore moving your save
files to the other hard drive instead. Since many save files are designed
not to be copied to a memory card, some people have taken it upon
themselves to devise unofficial methods of moving these files to another
hard drive. Just as the hard drive is coded to work only with the one
Xbox, so too are some save files. Without getting into too much detail,
it's possible to extract a save file and rewrite it to load on another
Xbox. Depending on your skill level and how much patience you have, this
can be done relatively easily.
Already this post is much longer than I meant it to be. I hope that's
helpful and gets you started.
-KKC, who can't decide if $100 is better spent on a second Xbox for the
other room or a Gameboy Advance SP.
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| Timinator 2005-03-29, 7:23 pm |
| Aside from cleaning, an adjustment to the laser diode itself and also
resolve this problem. Or replacement of the laser diode in the DVD
drive. Both are a lot cheaper than buying a new XBox.
Tim
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