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Xbox not detecting hard drive

  • 07-08-2010 8:09pm
    #1
    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭


    I switched on my 360 a while ago and the game it did'nt sign into my gamertag. When i checked the dashboard it said no profiles were found and i found that it was'nt detecting the hard drive even though it's connected.

    I was playing my 360 this morning and had no problems. I had'nt removed the hard drive or done anything in between then and when i just turned it on. Is my hard drive broken or could it a problem with the console itself?


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  • #2
    balfe1990
    Registered Users Posts: 507 ✭✭✭balfe1990


    Had this same problem myself a while back. All I did was take out the power leads, carefully disconnect the HDD and put it back in. Wasn't workin so I just forgot about it for a while.

    Then I came back to it, found out it worked again, and there hasn't been a bother out of it since.

    At the end of the day, its a HDD problem in my opinion, not the console.
    Nothin you can do about it really unless you wanna pay MS to fix it(and probably lose all your save data). If it works, just forget about it.


  • #3
    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    If it's only the HDD thats the problem than it's not so bad. My HDD is only the 13GB that i originally came with my 360. I've been considering getting a larger one anyway.

    It's just the save game data that i've lost that i'm concerned about.


  • #4
    projectgtr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭projectgtr


    if its intermittent id back up your game saves and log ins, i wouldnt like to be losing them :eek: , ill be putting my spare 120gb drive up on adverts today if your interested ;)


  • #5
    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    projectgtr wrote: »
    if its intermittent id back up your game saves and log ins, i wouldnt like to be losing them :eek: , ill be putting my spare 120gb drive up on adverts today if your interested ;)

    Does'nt look like i can. It's not reading the HDD at all anymore. I can still recover my Gamertag over xbox live i think but my game saves are effectively gone.


  • #6
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    pablomakaveli wrote: »
    Does'nt look like i can. It's not reading the HDD at all anymore. I can still recover my Gamertag over xbox live i think but my game saves are effectively gone.

    Connect the hard drive up with a transfer cable and use software like Xplorer360 to save the data to a new hard drive when you get one :)


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  • #7
    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    balfe1990 wrote: »
    Had this same problem myself a while back. All I did was take out the power leads, carefully disconnect the HDD and put it back in. Wasn't workin so I just forgot about it for a while.

    Then I came back to it, found out it worked again, and there hasn't been a bother out of it since.

    At the end of the day, its a HDD problem in my opinion, not the console.
    Nothin you can do about it really unless you wanna pay MS to fix it(and probably lose all your save data). If it works, just forget about it.

    Funnily enough i turned on my Xbox again today and found that it's reading the HDD again.

    I'm going to backup the data now though just in case it happens again.

    I guess the connections must have been loose.

    At least i don't have to fork out for a new HDD.

    EDIT: I guess i spoke to sson. I turned it off and turned it on again and it isn't reading the HDD again. At least i backed up all my saves now so it's not so bad.


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