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XBOX 360 Question - (Transferring from 'old' style to 'new' style)

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  1. Nero

    Nero Member

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    Hey you XBox Gurus,

    Quick question

    House got robbed, old white XBOX 360 among the items stolen.

    Luckily, my son had the hard drive from the unit with him on vacation, and so the only thing that was lost on it was the console itself.

    I am going to replace the 360, but will probably end up with the new black style unit.

    My question is, how do I go about transferring the profiles and information and all that stuff onto the new XBox from the old hard drive? I assume it can be done.. I had done the same kind of transfer from the old 20gb model to a newer 60gb model, and that worked fine, but I don't know how that works going from the old model to the new style.. also, I may just get the 4gb version, so I don't know how that would work, or if it would even be possible.

    Anyone done this?

    Thanks for any info... you guys always rock
     
    #1 Nero, Aug 31, 2011
  2. DarkHorse

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    Hmmm... not sure how to do it without an actual console, but I did it by actually transferring all of my purchases and files to an external USB drive, and then from the drive to the new XBox. I transferred about 80 gigs worth of stuff, and it worked no problem.

    But that might require you to borrow a friend's unit and put your harddrive in his, and I don't know if that works or not. I never tried.
     
    #2 DarkHorse, Aug 31, 2011
  3. mogrod

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    They have transfer kits you can get that will automatically move everything over for you. It has a cord that connects the old HD to your new system and you just run the software on the CD that comes with it. For some reason, I want to say my XBOX Elite came with the transfer kit. But, I could be wrong.

    Check out Gamestop/EB Games, they should have something to do it.
     
    #3 mogrod, Aug 31, 2011
  4. UTAllTheWay

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    Yeah, the Microsoft transfer kit is the way to go. I had to do the same thing when I bought a new 120 GB hard drive. It's a very simple process.
     
    #4 UTAllTheWay, Aug 31, 2011
  5. Yung-T

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    Transfer Kit or USB, both working well.
     
    #5 Yung-T, Aug 31, 2011
  6. lue03

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    What I did was bought the 4gb xbox open up the 120gb hard drive for my old xbox and inserted it to the new xbox and it works fine. But apparently Xbox frowns upon this for some reason
     
    #6 lue03, Aug 31, 2011
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    Take the hard drive to the store when you buy the new xbox. If it's a game store, they will transfer the profiles and everything for you at the store.
     
    #7 BiggetyBalla, Aug 31, 2011
  8. DonkeyMagic

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    in before the 360 sucks buy a PS3.
     
    #8 DonkeyMagic, Aug 31, 2011
  9. Nero

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    80gb fatty was stolen as well :(
     
    #9 Nero, Aug 31, 2011
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    #10 PASTORofMUPPETS, Aug 31, 2011
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    i deleted all my data once to sell my xbox, but XBL has all my purchases in my history. I just redownloaded them.
     
    #11 mylilpony, Aug 31, 2011
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