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COPYING ONE XBOX 360 HARD DRIVE TO ANOTHER
WARNING: You can NOT copy one Xbox 360 hard drive to another Xbox 360 hard drive using the “backup to
image” option!!!! It is possible to transfer individual files & folders (game saves, demos, etc).
XBOX 360 HARD DRIVE SECURITY SIGNATURE (HASH NUMBER)
Xbox 360 hard drives contain a security signature which is unique to each drive. Hence, if you backup your
hard disc to an image (a complete 20/60/120 gig hard disc image), and then write this image to a new Xbox
360 hard disc, the Xbox 360 will look at the security signature, see it is invalid for that drive and refuse to work
with it.
If you have done this, the only way to fix the hard disc is to restore its own image back, replacing its own
security signature. This can be done by restoring with an entire backup image or a “part” image either created
by yourself or the Xport software – the Xport software will automatically create a “part” image of any Xbox
360 hard disk it sees as a safety measure.
TRANSFERRING PROFILES AND ALL SAVES
So, you have a new hard disk drive for your Xbox 360 and want to transfer your profiles and game saves to it.
You can do this simply by copying “Content” folder which can be found in “Partition 3” of your hard disk.
You can copy the entire content folder - this will include every profile and save from your hard disk. Or you can
go inside the content folder and select just the profile folders that you want.
1.
Run Xport 360.
2.
Open your 360 hard disk drive or 360 memory card.
3.
Find the “Content “ folder on your HDD/MC. On a HDD it is in “Partition 3”, on a memory card it is
in “Partition 2”.
